By Stephen Weir Will Canadians head south next month? There will indeed be a carnival of sorts this year in Trinidad. Last week the T&T government made it official, a strip-down version of the annual event kicks off on Monday, February 28, and closes Tuesday March 1st minus a costumed street parade. Prime Minister Keith […]
By Lincoln DePradine Neither Trinidad and Tobago nor neighbouring Grenada has had an official, government-sanctioned carnival in two years. However, carnival organizers in Grenada are seeking government approval for hosting a festival – formally known as “Spicemas’’ – in 2022. “We want to be able, in a matter of two weeks or so, to present […]
A bus driver who helped set up the annual Manchester Caribbean Carnival has been featured in Britain’s New Year Honours list. Cornel Grant says news about his British Empire Medal (BEM) has “still not really sunk in”. The 68-year-old was honoured for his community work, including helping to raise more than £53,000 for the charity […]
Russell Anselm Charter was born on April 21, 1934 on Hermitage Rd. Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad to mother Edna Charter and Father Arthur Leiba Jr. not Edgar Leiba Jr. He died on November 14, 2021, at Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, Ontario after a brief illness. He migrated to Oshawa in 1970 where he […]
Marie Roze Ramsaroop was born on February 19, 1944, in San Fernando, Trinidad. She moved to Toronto, Canada, in 1969 and died peacefully on November 21, 2021 at her home; she was 77 years old. Ramsaroop, the wife of famed bandleader Frank Ramsaroop, was surrounded by loved ones in her her last days of life. […]
The results of the executive board positions elected by the Caribana Arts Group (CAG) membership are as follows; Chair, Davina Reid, Vice-Chair, Tashia Antoine, Secretary, Stacy Hughes, Treasurer, Sean Defreitas, Assistant Secretary, Angela Gill and Director At Large, Paul Green Reid, who has been with CAG since 2018 told the Caribbean Camera, that she and […]
Publishers note For many years the Festival Management Committee (FMC) has been run by people who have never been within 20 feet of the culture of the Caribbean carnival people. They have spent most of their time in the boardrooms of Canada than in the mas’ camps, pan yards or calypso tents where the culture […]
The Festival Management Committee (FMC), producer of Toronto Caribbean Carnival (TCC), is pleased to announce the hiring of Michelle Lochan to the position of Managing Director. “I am thrilled to be taking on this new leadership role,” says Michelle Lochan, who comes from a long career in business development, strategic operations, logistics and advising. “My […]
Colin James Norbert Benjamin (fondly known as ‘Benji’ or ‘Smokey’) died peacefully in his 85th year on November 8, 2021. Born in Parrylands South Trinidad, on March 20, 1936 to parents Eworth and Nellie Benjamin. Brother to Louisa (deceased), Hollinsworth (deceased), Lenora, Griffith (deceased), Sybil, Earl, Eastlyn (deceased), Monica and Leroy. Beloved father to Frank […]
Aurora Black Community on the move Sitting down with another woman of colour, Phiona Durrant remembers her conversation companion saying, “I’m tired of White people asking me what to do or asking me to explain racism. Google it.” The words stung, says Ms. Durrant, because, in her mind, that is not a way to foster […]
