It’s been fifteen years since London’s Fugitive Slave Chapel was set for demolition. Now, organizers behind its restoration say they can finally breathe a sigh of relief. At a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony on last morning, $150,000 in federal funding was announced — helping to reach the fundraising campaign’s original goal of $300,000 — and […]
Ready to make a positive “Impact” on the community FACE comes on as sponsor for The Impact Awards By Anthony Joseph The inaugural Impact Awards are almost ready to be unveiled to the community. Over the last year we have been working diligently to develop and produce this program that the Black and Caribbean community can be proud […]
By Carlton Joseph Last week the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Caribbean countries that, because of their high debt and low growth, they face an uphill battle fighting the debt crisis that has them in a stranglehold. The report indicated that the average debt was 79 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), that is, the […]
By Stephen Weir The Canadian Radio and Television Commission made a decision on Tuesday that allows for a religious broadcasting company to create a radio station specializing in religious music in British Columbia with a transmitter in Saskatoon and here in North Toronto. “The Commission approves an application by United Christian Broadcasters Media Canada to […]
By Lincoln DePradine Activists and supporters of undocumented migrant workers and international students attending Canadian colleges and universities are continuing to lobby the federal government for additional changes, despite recent concessions affecting students who seek employment while also at school. Minister of immigration, Sean Fraser, in a statement last Friday, announced a temporary removal of […]
As Haiti rapidly spirals into chaos, its island neighbour, the Dominican Republic, has responded with crackdowns on migrants and a military build-up the government claims will “guarantee border security”. But some fear those moves will only deepen long-existing xenophobia against Haitian migrants and harm both nations’ economies. On Sunday, Dominican President Luis Abinader announced the […]
Intimidated, scared, paranoid. Those are some of the words used by more than three dozen students of colour and their parents in a new report describing their experience with officers in North End and downtown Winnipeg schools. Last Tuesday, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report, titled Safer Schools Without Policing Indigenous and Black […]
Passengers travelling between Carriacou and Grenada will no longer be made to pay the airport user fee of EC$10. This follows a Government of Grenada decision to waive the fee. This is welcomed news for Lauriston Airport-to- Grenada passengers who, for years, have been paying the fee. However, it was not paid by travellers […]
By Lincoln DePradine MPP Mitzie Hunter has described as a “big deal’’, the establishing of the Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health (SAMIH) that is scheduled to open in September 2025. The academy, which is supported by Ontario government funding, will be housed in a new building at the University of Toronto (U of […]
More than 200 people have been killed in gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in the space of 10 days, United Nations figures reveal. Almost half of those who died were residents without ties to the gangs which are fighting for control of the Cité Soleil neighbourhood, the UN says. Locals say they are running […]
