Russell Anselm Charter was born on April 21, 1934 on Hermitage Rd. Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad to mother Edna Charter and Father Edgar Leiba Jr. He died on November 14, 2021, at Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, Ontario after a brief illness. He migrated to Oshawa in 1970 where he lived for over 40 […]
Up to $4.9 billion in next four years The Ontario government will provide up to $270 million this year to long-term care homes across the province to increase staffing levels, leading to more direct care for residents. This includes $726,676 for long-term care homes in Ajax. This is part of the province’s commitment to ensure […]
By Lincoln DePradine It appears that a record number of Black Canadians are participating in Monday’s federal election, and one candidate, Michael Coteau, has suggested that the winners should consider working across party lines to deal with the challenges confronting people of African descent. “I hope that many of us would be able to […]
Ontario’s top court has upheld the conviction and sentence of Const. Michael Theriault, the off-duty Toronto police officer who assaulted Dafonte Miller in an attack that left the young Black man blind in one eye. Earlier this year, Const. Michael Theriault was found guilty of assault in connection with a December 2016 attack on Miller, […]
The Durham District School Board (DDSB) will hold its 2021-2022 budget deliberation meetings in the following upcoming public sessions. All meetings will be held virtually and will be live-streamed on DDSB’s YouTube Live channel. Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. – 2021-2022 Preliminary Budget Analysis, and Public Deputations to the Education Finance Committee. Wednesday […]
WHITBY, Ont. – Chief David Speed of the Whitby Fire and Emergency Services vividly recalls that when he was at a requiting session about four year ago, almost all the applicants in the room were white men. ” And that really bothered me and I vowed that we really needed to do something about diversity,” […]
Pickering, ON – January 3rd, 2021 – On this day our beloved Lydia Parris left this physical world and made her ascent back to the Heavenly Father. Devoted wife to Brian and mother of three: André (Kayleigh), Matthew (Una) and Danielle (Kevin); grandmother of Aria and Rémy, and daughter of the late Marie Harbans. She […]
Ontario’s Finance Minister Rod Phillips resigned last Thursday after public outrage over a Caribbean vacation he took last month in violation of his own government’s coronavirus travel warnings. Phillips admitted last week that he travelled to the French island of St Barts on December 13 last, after the legislative session ended. Federal and provincial leaders […]
By: Bianca Jacob-Stephenson Five years ago, veteran entertainer Elsworth James first began losing things, and then getting lost during walks around his Toronto neighborhood. Two years later, he faced a devastating diagnosis: dementia, a neurodegenerative condition that affects 50 million people worldwide. Now in the end-stage of the disease, James endures the ultimate loss, memories […]
Can You Hear Me Now? Former MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes tells the story of finding her voice ‘in the unlikeliest of places’ By Lincoln DePradine The story of Celina Caesar-Chavannes is both typical and unique. Born into a humble family in the Caribbean, she migrated to Canada and worked her way to measurable success. That’s […]
