PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Leader of the Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Kamla Persad-Bissessar has announced December 6 as the date for the party’s internal elections. She made the announcement at a virtual meeting on Monday night. “Take notice that the UNC’s internal election to elect a new national executive for our party will […]
SANTIAGO, Chile — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers have joined their counterparts in Latin America in signing a political declaration for a “sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery” post the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said that the declaration was signed in the framework of its 38th Session, […]
WASHINGTON – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries were divided on the issue of “free and fair” elections in Venezuela, with The Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica, and St Lucia all voting in favor of the resolution tabled at the 50th General assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) that ended here last week. Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, […]
HAVANA — The Cuban government said on Thursday that the island has lost nearly $5.6 billion in one year as a result of economic sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez decried what he said was a growing number of sanctions suffocating the island, a topic that is on […]
OTTAWA – Federal political parties are condemning the Bloc Québécois for defending the academic use of the N-word. New Democrat Matthew Green said academic freedom cannot be used to justify a racial slur that still hurts many, including himself, a Black MP. “For someone who has had that word hurled against them from the time […]
Marci Ien, the Liberal candidate for Toronto Centre, won the evenings election in a seat that was vacated after the resignation of former finance minister Bill Morneau. The federal Liberals have held on to the Ontario riding of Toronto Centre in Monday’s byelection, according to results from Elections Canada. In Toronto Centre, Liberal Party candidate Marci Ien, […]
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Ontario’s civilian police watchdog, is probing the circumstances of the death of Anthony Aust, a 23- year old man who fell from his 12th floor apartment last week during an Ottawa police drug raid in which tactical officers used a controversial ” dynamic entry” to search the apartment. The SIU […]
IQALUIT, Nunavut — An Iqaluit city councillor has resigned over comments she made on social media about the Black Lives Matter movement. At a meeting last week, city council unanimously passed a motion calling for the resignation of Malaiya Lucassie who issued a statement shortly after, saying she would resign immediately. Her resignation comes after […]
Alica Hall, executive director of the Nia Centre For The Arts in Toronto, said at a news conference last Friday that work has started on the creation of Canada’s first Black arts centre. She spoke of a $7.5-million renovation of the Nia Centre’s 14,000-square-foot headquarters on Oakwood Avenue to create “a safe, culturally affirming place […]
After seven months in operation, Community Strong, a grassroots organization which has been providing weekend meals to shut-in seniors in the Greater Toronto Area, has ended its food delivery service. Its last meals went out on Thanksgiving Day. Recipients were told several day before that the community meal initiative was coming to an end. But […]
