With Dec. 12 slated as the end for community response to draft regulations on carding / racial profiling, Black Lives Matter (BLM) Toronto Coalition wants the public to tell Premier Kathleen Wynne and Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Yasir Naqvi that the only way to do away with “this racist practice” is to ban […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A telephone hotline number has been set up to allow people to share information they may have on Trinidad and Tobago nationals who may be heading to join the international terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The information, which can be given anonymously, will be collected and […]
A roadside memorial to honour a woman killed by an impair driver underscores the annual seasonal campaign against drunk driving, MADD says. On Dec. 5, the memorial was unveiled to honour the memory of Carol Ann Grimmond who is of Guyanese heritage and to serve as a powerful reminder to motorists about the tragic consequences […]
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. The committee, chaired by Gov.-Gen. Sir Elliott Belgrave, also included Secretary Peter Goldson, Felice Swapp, Prof. Evelyn O’Callaghan, Dr. Chantal Onanaiwu, […]
The Barbadian Diaspora graced the Cathedral Church of St. James recently in a service of thanksgiving to celebrate the 49th anniversary of their independence under the theme Living Joyfully with Purpose. Meanwhile, their Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, the chairman of CARICOM, was in Malta last Thursday delivering a speech at the Commonwealth Business Forum called […]
Andre De Grasse and Andrew Wiggins are in the running and “hooping” for the Lou Marsh Trophy. Both are of Caribbean heritage. The trophy, named after a former sports editor of the Toronto Star, is awarded annually to Canada’s best athlete as decided by a committee of Toronto sports writers. De Grasse is Canadian record […]
Spotify in its year in review says the most-streamed artist of the year was golden boy Drake, with around 1.8 billion total streams. Canada’s Justin Bieber had the most streams in a single day and homegrown The Weeknd’s pop charmer Beauty Behind the Madness was the most-streamed album. At least one thing on the list […]
She lost her only child to aplastic anemia, a bone marrow disease that was hardly known some 18 years ago. During those years, Geraldine Haughton has tried to keep her daughter Janelle’s memory alive by providing two students at David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute with scholarship funds. But trying to keep that commitment has […]
Jamaica-born Jamaica Canadian Association co-founder Kamala-Jean Gopie who has fought tirelessly for the community has received the William P. Hubbard Award for Race Relations from the City of Toronto The award highlights access, equity and human rights. The veteran activist and leader who is also the University of the West Indies Toronto Gala 2011 Vice-Chancellor’s […]
