Caribbean Canadian music with a cause remembered at Friar’s Music Museum By Stephen Weir Standing inside the Friars Museum beside the two curators of the new free exhibition – Rhythm and Resistance – I listen as they tell the history of the Caribbean music scene in downtown Toronto. I am being schooled about what made […]
Jamaal Magloire’s Revellers the first band to announce launch By Stephen Weir Dust off your pans, tune up your singing voice, break out your costume. It is going to happen (probably). Laverne Garcia the chair of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival confirmed to the Caribbean Camera that it is full speed ahead for the 55th Toronto […]
Trinidadian and cultural activist Ansel Wong, 76, are among the Prince of Wales recent investitures. An investiture is a ceremony at which someone receives an official title or special powers. Wong was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his service to arts and culture on February 8 at Winsdor, […]
By Stephen Weir Jenny Baboolal was born in Trinidad and is an entrepreneur, administrator, and practitioner in the arts. Photography has long been a passion for Jenny and she has been pointing her lens at the Children’s Carnival and the natural environment for decades. Being able to capture anything she finds interesting or beautiful, and […]
Dianna Teresa Rosteing was born on May 2, 1950 in Georgetown Guyana and died January 26th, 2022 at the age of 71. Dianna came to Canada in 1965 at the age of 15, settled in Toronto and later moved to Ajax where, after a prolonged illness, passed away peacefully at Lakeridge Hospital surrounded by her […]
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. […]
