The family of a 24-year-old personal support worker is trying to raise thousands of dollars to bring her body home to Kenya after she drowned while live streaming herself swimming in a pool in southwestern Ontario. “You can see what happened in the video,” said Alfonce Nyamwaya, a close friend of the victim, Hellen Wendy. […]
BLACK ICE, the full length film will make its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September. This new sponsorship is part of Scotiabank’s hockey for all initiative, focused on promoting diversity and inclusion throughout the game. The film will explore the journey of Black hockey players from the creation of The […]
Advocating for representation in literature via YouTube By Yolanda Marshall In a world of YouTube channels, it feels like a breath of fresh air to find Canadian content creators actively advocating for cultural representation in literature. Here are two powerful women who engage and educate the younger generation within our community. The Love […]
Continuing to grow Jamaica into a regional airlift hub, Montego Bay is pleased to welcome back weekly service from Grand Cayman (GCM) by Cayman Airways. A flight, which arrived on August 4, marked the first time the carrier has operated this route since the pandemic. “I could not be more pleased to welcome back this […]
By Anthony Joseph The Pakistani community made a detour to the East End of the GTA and celebrated their 75th Independence anniversary at Ajax Marketplace on Notion Road in Ajax. The 18,000 in attendance is a measure of how special this occasion was for our Pakistani Canadian community. The event, hosted by Marketplace owner Zahid […]
Residents and visitors to Cayman have long been waiting on a relaxation of visitation rules which, until recently, restricted some unvaccinated persons from landing in Cayman. This has now changed, following announcements at a press briefing on August 19, 2022. According to the government, as of Wednesday, August 24, 2022, the following rules will […]
Julian Jervis of the Cayman Islands, Chayse McQuan of T&T and Khamal Cumberbatch of Barbados are three of the top male squash players registered to challenge Jamaica’s Chris Binnie for the Individual male title at the 37th running of the Caribbean Senior Squash Championship. The one week tournament scheduled for Kingston, Jamaica, August 21 – […]
By Stephen Weir Photos by: Anthony Berot Ms Jean Augustine, Ms Everything, is about to be crowned Canada’s Movie Queen. Earlier this week the annual Caribbean Tales Film Festival (CTFF) held it’s 2022 Media Launch to roll out the movies that will be screened in theatres this September, and the show stopper is none other […]
Sulaimon Giwa has strong opinions on modern day policing from years of lived and academic experience. He doesn’t however, have a specific answer for what it means to defund the police. “It’s a question I’ve been trying to grapple with,” he said. “Are we actually using the correct language to define and have meaningful […]
Ontario ombudsman Paul Dube who recommended standardized, mandatory de-escalation training for police across the province in a report he made in 2016, said last Wednesday that “progress has been painfully slow” on his recommendation on this issue. Dube was speaking at a news conference introducing his annual report, which outlines trends and investigations his office […]
