Dominica lands the top spot as the best destination to unwind in the latest list by travel magazine’s Lonely Planet. The list, Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2023, “offers a comprehensive set of itineraries” on the 30 countries they’ve picked to help travelers explore the world. It is comprised of four categories: best places to […]
Leading Ontario grocery store chains should take the lead in combating food insecurity by making food affordable for all families. Grocery stores can counter people’s inability to afford staple foods as inflation soars by marking down items. These stores are capitalizing on higher prices and lower purchasing power to charge more for groceries, and are […]
Jamaica’s Ministry of Education and Youth will test solar energy usage in schools through a pilot program. Portfolio Minister Fayval Williams stated that the experiment will be conducted at 30 institutions during the first quarter of 2023, “and then, depending on the results, that will be something we would look to scale across our schools.” […]
Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for a fraud scheme that embezzled $1 billion through public works projects during her presidency. A three-judge panel found the Peronist leader guilty of fraud, but rejected a charge of running a […]
Mexico’s troubled Maya Train tourist project will now include a 45-mile (72 kilometer) stretch of elevated trackway through the jungle, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday. López Obrador has changed his mind a number of times on his pet project, which is intended to ferry tourists around the Yucatan peninsula. The project was initially […]
By Lincoln DePradine The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada has promised that, if elected as prime minister, he would fix the country’s “broken’’ and “incompetent immigration system’’, including a pledge to “speed up’’ the process of recognizing the professional credentials of new immigrants to fill job vacancies in the country. Pierre Poilievre, […]
Pinball Clemons Foundation and Pathways to Education to back underrepresented students in communities is funded through American Express’ Backing Equal Futures community giving pillar—which provides skills and pathways to prepare them for long-term success and the future of work; and advocates to support education and workforce development in underrepresented communities—will back 600 students as they […]
Chantale Ismé’s Address to the Sub-Commission on International Rights: Chantal Ismé, vice-president of community organization Maison d’Haïti, said most of Montreal’s Haitian community opposes foreign military intervention. Ladies and gentlemen deputies, I am here to deliver a strong message on behalf of the Ayitian people to you, those at home as well as those […]
Scores of migrant farm workers from the Caribbean held a rally at Dundas Square in Toronto on Saturday to protest “exploitative treatment” by their employers. Several injured workers at the rally spoke about how employers and businesses benefit from the labour of migrant workers while migrant injured workers are made “invisible and disposable”. Workers […]
By Stephen Weir After 28-years the Black Business community should be getting ready to spend an evening networking and celebrating Christmas without being poked and prodded. Just in case they’ve forgotten, Warren Salmon, the founder of First Fridays, just sent out an all-encompassing social media reminder that this Friday evening they will be holding a […]
