Survivor raises $8Gs for cancer research

Survivor raises $8Gs for cancer research

By Jasminee Sahoye It was her first but it’s not the last for Jamaica-born Marcia Brown, a breast cancer survivor, who participated in this year’s Shoppers Drug Mart Weekend to End Women’s Cancers walk in Toronto. She has already signed up for next year’s event and organizers say it will be a transition of North […]

Jamaica, where the heart is

Jamaica, where the heart is Girls – and everyone else – just wanna have fun in Jamaica. To many, Jamaica is the heart of the Caribbean. The birthplace of reggae and the Rastafari movement, and with all-inclusive resorts. Jamaica symbolizes many of the things most loved and perhaps, most misunderstood about the region. A simple […]

Gala celebrates Jamaica independence

Gala celebrates Jamaica independence

  Gala celebrates Jamaica independence By Jasminee Sahoye As Jamaicans around the world observed the country’s 52nd independence anniversary yesterday, Canadians of Jamaican heritage will celebrate with one of that country’s government ministers at a gala in Toronto on Saturday. Jamaica’s State Minister for Tourism and Entertainment, Damion Crawford, will deliver the keynote address at […]

Mentally ill Jamaican gets second chance

Mentally ill Jamaican gets second chance Before his scheduled removal to Jamaica, a person I will call Phillip, requested a pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA). The officer conducting the assessment concluded that Phillip had not established that he was a person in need of protection in Canada. In his PRRA application he described his experiences with […]

Brathwaite Hits Maiden Test Century

Brathwaite Hits Maiden Test Century

Brathwaite Hits Maiden Test Century By Dalchand Bissoon Kraigg Brathwaite, the 21-year-old Barbados opening batsman, scored his maiden Test century – 129 off 258 balls with 13 fours- on the second day of the Second Test Match between the West Indies and New Zealand being played at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Brathwaite, […]

Norman Peart's bolt to stardom

Norman Peart – manager for Usain Bolt. Getting to his parents’ farm in Schawfield, Trelawny, still requires travelling the length and breadth of a dirt road, while jolting his deep-rooted senses that responsibility and accountability are life skills that cannot be purchased. Norman Peart, mentor and manager of Usain ‘Lightning’ Bolt, could never have envisioned […]