By Lincoln DePradine Jamaican-born Hugh L. Fraser, a former Canadian Olympic sprinter and retired Ontario judge, has been asked to take a lead role in fixing embattled Hockey Canada, which has had its access to public funds frozen, and sponsors such as Nike, Tim Hortons and Scotiabank have ended or suspended commercial relationships with the […]
By Aldwyn McGill Argentina is set to play defending champions France in the final of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022; although they won their semi-final matches against Croatia and Morocco in different fashions, they both took early leads which they never relinquished. From my vantage point it can be said that the semi-finals games […]
By Lincoln DePradine Canadians of all walks of life, including Black community members, have been expressing public outrage and anger at a CBC sports reporter’s commentary on football star Alphonso Davies, calling his comments unfair and even racist. “I’m biting my tongue. Maybe, it is time to defund CBC,’’ said Trinidad-born entertainer Henry “King Cosmos’’ […]
Teacher stopped students from playing a song that uttered the word, then she said it in explaining why they shouldn’t do it. Oops! Into the penalty box! The Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) is in the middle of an investigation after one of its high school teachers used the N-word twice in school. […]
A new study found that men who immigrated from West Africa and the Caribbean have a significantly higher incidence of prostate cancer than other immigrants and long-term residents in Ontario. Nearly 10 years ago, Ken Noel, who immigrated to Canada from Guyana 50 years ago, was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and after undergoing several tests […]
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime scored a 6-3, 6-4 win over top-seeded Rafael Nadal in round-robin play at the ATP Finals on Tuesday. Auger-Aliassime, seeded fifth in the season-ending men’s championship, won 81 per cent of his first serve points and delivered 15 aces The win evens Auger-Aliassime’s round-robin record to 1-1 after the Canadian dropped Sunday’s […]
Kathy Grant founded the website and Facebook page Black Canadian Veterans Stories as part of a promise to her father, a Second World War veteran, to honour the contributions of Canada’s Black soldiers. Since then, dozens of stories from Black veterans of various wars have been posted online. Grant said she’s been in situations where […]
Yolanda T. Marshall Winter is upon us. In the words of my late Guyanese grandmother, outside is “COLD like dawg nose!” Emphasis is placed on the word “cold” as it is expressed loudly while looking out the window at the accumulated snow. By the way, did you see the books I recommended two weeks […]
Dr. Mary Anne Chambers, Chancellor of the University of Guelph, will deliver the feature address at the Caribbean/Black Impact Awards 2022 on Sunday. Eight individuals and two organizations from Toronto’s Caribbean community will be presented with awards at the Ontario Science Centre. The Caribbean Camera and the Black Indigenous Business Development Association (BIBDA) have organized […]
Award-winning filmmaker and producer Frances-Anne Solomon will receive the 2022 “WIFT Toronto Crystal Award for Mentorship” in recognition of her outstanding contribution in helping to motivate, guide and support emerging and mid-career professionals in the Canadian screen-based media industry, often serving as a role model to younger entrepreneurs as they grow in their own careers. […]
