PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has demoted his embattled Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Darryl Smith as he announced several changes to his Cabinet on Monday. The move comes less than 24 hours after the Sunday Express newspaper in an exclusive story exposed the sport minister’s alleged unwanted sexual advances […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON — The World Bank has disbursed US$20 million to support the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ response to the crisis posed by the La Soufrière volcano eruption. Explosions are continuing, and the falling ash is causing air quality concerns and interruptions in electricity and water supply. “Our hearts are with the people […]
ATLANTA — President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris offered solace to Asian Americans and denounced the scourge of racism at times hidden “in plain sight” as they visited Atlanta, last week just days after a white gunman killed eight people, most of them Asian American women. Addressing the nation after a roughly 80-minute meeting […]
One hundred and ten year-old Jamaica-born Dora Skeen received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday Ms Skeen, the oldest known resident of Scarborough, Ont., received the vaccination at her home as a result of the coordinated efforts of MPP Mitzie Hunter of Scarborough- Guildwood (left) and the Scarborough Health Network. Dora Skeen, […]
The head of a prestigious journalism program at a Toronto university has stepped down amid calls for sweeping changes at the school to address systemic racism and discrimination. Janice Neil, the chair of the Ryerson School of Journalism, said in a tweet on Sunday that she is stepping down, but provided no reasons for her […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH High levels of racism fuels poor health among minority groups One in five people from ethnic minority groups report racial discrimination and these individuals are more likely to develop poorer mental and physical health, according to researchers from UCL and King’s College London. The study, published in BMC Public Health, finds for […]
A high school in the city of Vaughan will be renamed after the late Hodan Nalayeh, a Somali-Canadian journalist who lived in the area. All but two trustees in the York Region District School Board voted in favour of finalizing a motion at a meeting last week, to rename Vaughan Secondary school after Nalayeh. Ten […]
Editorial Time to move on The late Charley Roach was right. The Trinidad-born lawyer spoke out a long time ago about getting rid of the monarchy in Canda and moving towards a republican form of government. Charley was well ahead of his time. Some of us listened respectfully to what he had to say about […]
Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich has started production on a feature documentary on the late Montreal-raised jazz legend Oscar Peterson. A news release from Avrich’s Melbar Entertainment Group says Kelly Peterson, the widow of the virtuoso pianist, will act as consulting producer on “Oscar Peterson: Black and White.” The film is billed as a “docu-concert” and […]
