“Styled” – new Canadian home reno TV show Caribbean style

“Styled” – new Canadian home reno TV show Caribbean style

By Lincoln DePradine Jamaican-born Caffery Vanhorne, who is co-hosting a new Canadian television show focusing on home design and renovations, says he brings his Caribbean background to the weekly program on HGTV. The TV show, which premiered this past Tuesday, is titled “Styled”. It’s co-hosted by Vanhorne and Nicole Babb. “Coming from a West Indian background, […]

Statue of Mary Ann Shadd Cary unveiled in Windsor

Statue of Mary Ann Shadd Cary  unveiled in Windsor

A statue honoring Mary Ann Shadd Cary was unveiled in Windsor last Thursday. Cary, an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher and lawyer, was the first Black woman in North America to establish a newspaper. Born in 1823 in Wilmington, Delaware, Cary and her family worked to free enslaved people as part of the Underground […]

Kiddies and parents jumping up at two band launches

Kiddies and parents jumping up at two band launches

By Stephen Weir Forgot how busy summer is in the city of Toronto?  The weekly Caribbean Camera carnival list begins here. With the Covid Pandemic apparently in retreat, Carnival event planners have quickly booked event halls, outdoor concert venues and even amusement parks for every weekend of the spring and summer all beginning this weekend. […]

Black CEO delivers economic freedom message at Building Diversity Awards

Black CEO delivers economic freedom message at Building Diversity Awards

By Lincoln DePradine One of the leading Black business owners in the United States is advocating for cooperation between Americans and Canadians in achieving “economic freedom to all minorities’’, and in obtaining greater equity in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. “What I want to be is a bridge to bring people together in […]

Books for mental health awareness month in May

Books for mental health awareness month in May

By Yolanda T. Marshall Annually, one in five Canadians battles with a mental illness. According to CAMH, the disease burden of mental illness in Ontario alone is 1.5 times higher than all cancers put together and over seven times that of all infectious diseases. Reports of poor mental health are higher amongst the lowest income […]

Albert Jackson Postal Processing Centre opens in 2023

Albert Jackson Postal Processing Centre opens in 2023

In north Scarborough, Canada Post is building a mail processing centre that will open early next year. It’s the largest zero carbon-producing industrial project of its kind in Canada. The state-of-the-art facility will be able to process a million packages a day, and have them ready for dispatch in four minutes. Last Friday Canada post […]

NDP promises more affordable housing

NDP promises more affordable housing

Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath says affordable housing will be a priority for her party, if it wins the provincial elections come June 2. In an interview with The Caribbean Camera while on the campaign trail last week, Horwath noted that the NDP plans to partner with municipalities and other “providers” to build 100,000 housing […]

Guyana MP Gail Teixeira makes a quick stop in Toronto

Guyana MP Gail Teixeira makes a quick stop in Toronto

Guyana Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira told an audience in Toronto last week that she is sanguine about Guyana’s prospects despite the recent challenges posed by flooding, COVID, etc. Oil and gas offer real opportunities for Guyana to fulfil the promise of a better life for every citizen. But she cautioned that […]

Not physically present at time of wedding – appeal allowed

Not physically present at time of wedding – appeal allowed

By Sukhram Ramkissoon A 39-year-old Canadian citizen who I will refer to as Abu was recently successful before the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD).  The negative decision on his sponsorship application made on behalf of his 32-year-old spouse, who is a citizen of Sudan (who I will refer to as Gammy) was quashed and the appeal […]