BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Dame Sandra Mason was installed on Monday as Barbados’ eighth Governor General. In the presence of Members of Parliament, members of the Senate, the judiciary, the diplomatic corps, family and friends, the 68-year-old former Justice of Appeal took the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Office for the execution of the […]
Helen Wailoo, nee Hoyte, a Guyanese centenarian and the matriarch of the Wailoo family, died in Toronto on December 21 last, shortly after her 100th birthday. She was born in 1917 in what was then British Guiana to a Guyanese mother and a Barbadian father, and raised 10 children in the hard times of the […]
Betty John who created carnival history in Trinidad by winning both the national carnival queen contest in Port of Spain and the local queen contest in her hometown, San Fernando, in 1962, died at Bridgepoint hospital in Toronto on November 17 last. She was 75. Her son, Joel, said his mother who suffered from diabetes […]
We have heard people talk about how kind, helpful and well-mannered Canadians are. We have laughed at the jabs taken at their military, claiming they are too nice to partake in wars or conflict. It is all in wholesome fun, but for the most part, I would say it is true. I recently moved here […]
Former First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, Tuesday afternoon, was given a standing ovation at Ryerson University’s Mattamy Athletic Center, where about 3,000 individuals had gathered to listen her discus gender equality, politics and economics. Obama shared the stage with Rhiannon Traill, president and CEO of the Economic Club of Canada. […]
The Hilton Toronto on 145 Richmond Street West, opened its doors to Toronto youths last Saturday, for the inaugural Jobs of the Future Youth Summit. The event was put on by the government of Ontario, in conjunction with the Jr Economic Club. It was an all-day affair, commencing at 8:30 am and culminating at 4:00 […]
Arlayne Margaret Shepherd (nee Walker), a former secretary of the Organization of Calypso Performing Artistes (OCPA) who was well known in mas’ making circles in Toronto’s Caribbean community, died on Saturday. She was 87. Carnival aficionados recall that she sewed costumes for the first Caribana parade in 1967 and played mas’ that year. Calypsonian Cosmos […]
QUEBEC — The Quebec national assembly has passed a controversial religious neutrality bill that obliges citizens to uncover their faces while giving and receiving state services. Members of the national assembly voted 66-51 in favour of Bill 62 yesterday. Tabled by Justice Minister Stephanie Vallee in 2015, it is the governing Liberals’ response to the […]
By Lincoln DePradine Jamaican parliamentarian Juliet Holness is looking to overseas-based fellow nationals to help in creating a “first world Jamaica’’. “Ladies and gentlemen, it is possible,’’ Holness, MP for St Andrew East Rural, said last Saturday while delivering the keynote address at a ” grand charity gala” in Toronto. “Join us in building a […]
JOHN’S, Antigua – The Selection Panel of Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Saturday a 13-member Windies Women’s squad, for the three ICC Women’s Championship One-day Internationals against Sri Lanka Women on October 11, 13 and 15 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad. SQUAD: Stafanie Taylor (Captain), Anisa Mohammed (Vice Captain), Merissa Aguilleira, Reniece […]
