The Toronto Caribbean Carnival officially kicked off the 2021 Festival Season with two back-to-back events held on June 15th, 2021. The virtual launch included a media press conference, followed by an Instagram Live Event hosted by news journalist Brandon Gonez, along with a grand prize giveaway to win a 5-night stay for two at Stonefield […]
Tobago-born retired accountant Parker Ignatius Woods died at his home in Toronto on May 20 last after a long battle with myeloma. He was 77. Woods worked for more than 20 years with Canada Revenue Agency, retiring in 2013 as an auditor and was also actively involved for more than 25 years.with #Caribana ,the […]
Editorial The carnival is still alive So it’s now official. The Toronto Caribbean Carnival 2021 has been cancelled along with the Canadian National Exhibition and several other major summer events which are held in Canada’s largest city. The City of Toronto announced the cancellations last Friday in its current battle against the spread of COVID-19. […]
The City of Toronto announced on Friday [May 14] that it is extending the cancellation of “in-person ” major participatory events until September to continue to slow the spread of COVID-19. Included in its list of cancelled outdoor events are the grand parade of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, the Caribbean Junior Carnival, the King and […]
A Review – First Lap: Keeping the Carnival Alive ‘Build some quality into the technical aspects of our influence’ By Hollis Lashley The history of Caribana from 1967 was indeed informative. The multiethnic groups involved, the many languages spoken, all served to blend colorful images with a nostalgia which was felt “deep within my Caribbean […]
A false start of the First Lap By Rhoma Spencer The Toronto Caribbean Carnival First Lap was a virtual launch of the summer festival formerly known as Caribana. During this time we would have probably journeyed to Metro Hall for the Press Launch of the festival pre-pandemic. Nonetheless the opportunity to celebrate the launching of […]
FIRST LAP Keeping the Carnival Alive The Toronto Caribbean Carnival in partnership with Carib Beer and Wack Radio in San Fernando, Trinidad, will present First Lap: Keeping the Carnival Alive, a digital series previewing this year’s summer festival. On April 11 at 7.pm., First Lap: Keeping the Carnival Alive will broadcast live on the […]
Pickering, ON – January 3rd, 2021 – On this day our beloved Lydia Parris left this physical world and made her ascent back to the Heavenly Father. Devoted wife to Brian and mother of three: André (Kayleigh), Matthew (Una) and Danielle (Kevin); grandmother of Aria and Rémy, and daughter of the late Marie Harbans. She […]
After ten years with the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, Denise Herrera Jackson has left the Festival Management Committee (FMC) which puts on the annual extravaganza, to return to the Information Technology field. “I’ve worked in Information Technology for many years,” she told The Caribbean Camera in a recent interview. “Just last summer when we began working […]
Aneesa Oumarally is back. The former CEO of the Festival Management Committee (FMC) which runs the annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival, had “stepped down” last month. Now Omarally is returning to the FMC – but as a member of the board, a position in which she had previously served. She joins four new board members, most […]
