Trinidadian Zahra Gomes is the latest recipient of the Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship. She was chosen from a field of six candidates who were interviewed at Government House by the Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee. Full story in the Caribbean Camera this week
The Caribbean community joined members of other nations at Yonge-Dundas Square last Saturday to welcome Canada’s leadership on the Syrian refugee crisis with a collective “We Welcome Refugees!” One event organizer, Fahad Al, concurred with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that “We have a responsibility to significantly expand our refugee targets and give more victims of […]
The current stories of refugees and migrants from Central America, Cuba, Africa and the Middle East pouring out of these areas in sometimes fatal attempts to reach the U.S. and Europe are nothing new. There has never been a time in history when people were not moving from one place to the next. Recorded history […]
Researchers at University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) are reporting that yoga is useful for men with prostate cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy. The new, first-of-its-kind study found that general quality of life and measurements of side effects often experienced by prostate cancer patients – including fatigue, sexual health and urinary incontinence […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The historic Catholic church once used by American cult leader and mass murderer Jim Jones will reopen for worship next month, nearly 11 years after being devastated by fire. Indiana-born Jones used the Sacred Heart Church to launch his Peoples Temple cult in Guyana but the group was subsequently barred from the […]
ROSEAU, Dominica – The Chinese government has committed to financing reconstruction of a highway which suffered major damage during Tropical Storm Erika in late August, and help resettle residents displaced by the storm. The Edward Oliver Leblanc Highway, or West Coast Road, was significantly damaged during the storm that claimed dozens of lives and caused […]
A woman of Jamaican heritage who was bundled up in a winter scarf that covered her head to keep warm is one of the latest to be attacked in an incident of Islamaphobia. Kayla Christyne Gerber, 26, a singer, dancer, actress and one-time finalist in Miss Canada National, posted the incident on her Facebook page […]
The community is invited to a benefit dinner to launch Scarborough Hospital Foundation’s Caribbean Philanthropic Council at JC’s Banquet Hall, 1686 Ellesmere Rd, Scarborough, on Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. The council’s mission is to provide preventative health care measures unique to the Caribbean community. The council will carry out this mission through fundraising events […]
As the island of Dominica continues to rebuild following Tropical Storm Erika almost four months ago, Canadians are being invited to invest in reconstruction of the three hardest hit sectors, agriculture, infrastructure and housing. Erika dumped 15 inches of rain on the mountainous island. Floods swamped villages, destroyed homes and wiped out roads. Some communities […]
According to a recent Federal Court decision an 82-year-old citizen of Israel who I will refer to as the “applicant” and two daughters and their respective families immigrated in July 2010 to Canada. The applicant has remained in Canada on a temporary visa and applied for permanent residence under the parent and grandparent sponsorship program […]
