By Gerald V. Paul Toronto Black advocate Osborne Barnwell has lashed out at managers in the public service who are perpetuating anti-black racism, ” apparently knowing that they can do so with impunity.” Barnwell was speaking at Toronto City Hall yesterday at the official launch of the campaign by justice4blacks@work, a recently- formed coalition of […]
MIAMI, Florida – Trinidad and Tobago dominated the Taste of the Caribbean Awards here on June 10, sweeping the medals rostrum with six gold medals and two silver medals, as well as the coveted awards for Caribbean National Team of the Year, Chef of the Year and Junior Chef of the Year. This is the […]
“We are a community not by choice.” That sentiment was heard as the community put their heads together in the fight against gun violence recently at Scarborough Civic Centre. UMOVE (Mothers Opposing Violence Everywhere) and Zero Gun Violence Movement (ZGVM) held a Parents Conference with leading members of the community including former deputy chief […]
The funeral took place last Friday of the former three-time world heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali, the self-proclaimed and for many, ‘The Greatest of all Time’, in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. It fulfilled its promise as a most watched television event, fittingly. And even though it is an invidious task to try to add to […]
By Nora Loreto The Orlando massacre is heartbreaking. As details emerge about the victims, as their humanity shines through their images and stories, as we hear about the children, parents, friends and lovers they leave behind, trying to make sense of what is so obviously senseless seems futile. Mainstream media and politicians of all stripes, […]
Project Sizzle, a major Toronto Police gang-busting investigation, has cut deep into a violent street-level guns, drugs and prostitution organization. Police Chief Mark Saunders said the six-month probe was able to pierce the Heart of a King Gang, believed to be responsible for at least three recent murders. “This is such a strong testament of […]
As tributes continue to pour in from around the world on the passing of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, many are reflecting on the lasting impression he left on the Caribbean, especially when he fought his last fight and lost in The Bahamas in 1981. Ali, 74, who died June 3 after battling Parkinson’s disease for […]
When you are a teenager, you follow the lead of your father and brothers when it comes to sports. So, in 1964, my opinion of a young, mouthy heavyweight with the poetic name Cassius Clay was the house’s opinion: I wanted his big mouth permanently shut by the big fists of Sonny Liston. Of course, […]
A play that premiered in 2011 for Father’s Day has been staged over the years at many churches and fund raising events, yet some who have seen it can’t get enough of it. Back by popular demand, I Need To Know My Father is being presented by Marcia Brown and her production company just in […]
Adaoma Patterson was elected president of the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) last Sunday. Patterson, whose late father Horace Patterson came to Canada to pursue studies at the University of Manitoba in the 1960s was born in Winnipeg and, with the exception of six years which her family spent in Jamaica, was raised in that city. […]
