By Lincoln DePradine Canadians, especially those from the Black community, are mourning the passing of a prominent religious leader who headed one of Toronto’s largest Christian ministries. Dr Audley James, Bishop and Senior Pastor of Revivaltime Tabernacle Worldwide Ministries died July 20 in Markham, Ontario. He was 81. “We are saddened by this enormous loss […]
Trinidad-born dress designer Genevieve Clothilda Thomas nee Lezama died on June 21 last in Toronto after a long illness. She was 89. Thomas ran Genevieve de Paris, a small dress shop on Bloor Street in Toronto, and was known by many in the Caribbean community for her exquisite bridal outfits. She was also the publisher […]
Two Bahamian men who were reported missing in Italy, were found dead in an Italian river last week, according to international media reports. The body of Blair John, 28, a PhD student at St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was recovered on June 5 last from the Po River in Turin . The discovery […]
Dr. Keith Blake who practiced dentistry in Canada and in his native St. Kitts for several decades, died at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on May 28 last, after suffering a stroke. He was 89. After receiving his early education in St. Kitts, Dr. Blake came to Canada to attend university. His daughter, Brenda Blake, said […]
Edward Philip George Seaga was born, in Boston, where his parents lived at the time. His father, Philip Seaga, was a businessman of Lebanese descent, and his mother, Erna (Maxwell) Seaga, was of mixed European and African heritage. The family was originally from Jamaica and returned there when Edward was an infant. He later went […]
By Lincoln DePradine The late entrepreneur and broadcast executive, Fitzroy Gordon, was a “credit to his race’’, according to Pastor Errol Lawrence. “Fitzroy Gordon was a credit to the human race; a great man, not just in Canadian history, but also in world history,’’ Lawrence said at Gordon’s funeral last Friday at Global Kingdom Ministries […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados —Veteran Barbadian journalist Harold Hoyte, one of the founders of the Nation Publishing company, died on Sunday following a long illness. He was 78. Hoyt who was Editor Emeritus of the Nation newspaper, had a long and distinguished career in journalism. which started at the Barbados Advocate in 1959. He later moved to Canada […]
Jamaica’s minister of culture, Olivia Grange, has paid tribute to Jamaican-Canadian broadcasting entrepreneur Fitzroy Gordon, who passed away in Toronto last week. Minister Grange, herself a former resident of Toronto, said Gordon — who founded Canada’s Black and Caribbean- owned and operated radio station, G98.7FM — was an “outstanding promoter of Jamaican and Caribbean culture […]
By Lincoln DePradine Jamaican-born broadcasting entrepreneur, Fitzroy Gordon, is being remembered as a “towering figure’’ and, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, “he’ll be deeply missed’’. Gordon, popularly known as “G’’, died Tuesday at a Toronto hospital, where he was on life support. He was 65. Prime Minister Trudeau and Toronto Mayor, John Tory, are […]
The Caribbean has lost one of its foremost academics and statesmen. Vice chancellor emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Sir Alister McIntyre, died on Saturday in Jamaica. He was 87. Sir Alister who was born in Grenada, graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with first class honours. He […]
