When all is said and done, those of us who live in the Caribbean, and many of us who don’t live there, have yet to face up to an inescapable truth. Our failure to face this truth is the root cause of the continued stagnation in the social and economic growth of the Caribbean region […]
Remember Mr. Tim Tim? Well, he’s back in Toronto for a concert on Saturday (two shows) with the Dance Caribe Performing Company at the Riverdale Collegiate Institute. Caribbean storyteller and motivational speaker Paul Keens-Douglas, popularly known as Mr. Tim Tim (one of the enduring characters in his collection of stories), will be telling tales that […]
Last Sunday, the Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) celebrated his birthday. Amazingly, at 82, the man recognized as the Calypso King of the World hasn’t missed a beat and his memory is better than that of people half his age. And yes, he is still composing. He told me that he was working on a Calypso […]
Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse raced to a to a wind-aided 19.96 on Sunday at the Canadian track and field championships t to capture the men’s 200-metre title for the first time in his career, edging Brendon Rodney (20.02) and Aaron Brown (20.13). “I’m happy about it,” said De Grasse, who wanted to break […]
A unique Canada 150th celebration Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I have just returned from a cricket tour to Trinidad and Tobago where a youth cricket team from Toronto’s diverse communities represented Toronto and Canada. The trip was part of a larger Cricket Across the Pond (CAP) program, an initiative of CIMA and the City of […]
Canadian-based online travel agency Flight Network has named Reggae Sumfest among the top 10, on a list of 36 Global Festivals in 2017. The world-renowned reggae festival, which ranked ninth on the list, will take place from July 16-22 in Montego Bay. The list, which was compiled from events from around the world offering patrons […]
LEICESTER, England – Deandra Dottin stroked an aggressive maiden One-Day hundred as West Indies Women produced their best performance of an otherwise disappointing campaign with a 19-run win over Pakistan Women in the ICC Women’s World Cup here on Tuesday.. Sent in at Grace Road in their sixth game of the tournament, West Indies rattled […]
The killing two years ago of Andrew Loku, a 45-year old Black man, by Toronto Police Constable Andrew Doyle was a homicide. That was the verdict of the jury at a coroner’s inquest which ended on Friday after four weeks of hearings at which 28 persons testified, including Constable Doyle. The inquest heard that on […]
Sir George Alleyne, Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), who received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Toronto yesterday, had a special message for graduates in the ” health and cognate disciplines.” Addressing convocation after the doctorate was conferred upon him, Sir George, the Barbados-born physician recognized […]
About 70 students are expected to attend Canada’s first Black Graduation celebration at the University of Toronto next week. The event will be held at Hart House on the St. George campus on June 22, the final day of convocation at the University of Toronto. Graduates will already have received their parchments at one of […]
