The proposed Canadian Institute for People of African Descent (CIPAD) will be launched shortly, the organizers have announced. Details of the structure of the Institute, to be funded by the Canadian government’s Supporting Black Canadian Community Initiative, were outlined recently to hundreds of community leaders via a virtual town hall. CIPAD, when formally launched, will […]
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has expanded his cabinet and split the health minister’s job in two as his government battles the COVID-19 pandemic. Heather Stefanson and Audrey Gordon now share the health portfolio, which was previously handled by Cameron Friesen, who now leads the justice department, the premier announced at a swearing-in ceremony […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Fit is important but an imperfect mask is still better than none, researchers find When you wear a mask in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), you protect others around you by keeping your exhalations, known as aerosols, and many of the potentially infectious particles within them, to yourself. A University […]
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says there is “no basis” to proceed with criminal charges in the death of 26-year-old D’Andre Campbell, who was shot and killed by a Peel Regional Police officer last April while inside his family’s home. “The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has determined that there are no […]
Although there are thousands of names on the waiting list for affordable housing in the City of Toronto, Mayor John Tory remains optimistic that ” the situation will improve in 2021″ In a recent interview with The Caribbean Camera,Tory noted that the problem of homelessness is eventually going to be solved by the building of […]
By Jill Andrew Many of us come home or host for the holidays. Homes, no matter how big or small, filled with laughter, music, memories, and that aroma from the kitchen. We gather, shoot the breeze, catching up on each other’s lives, and at the heart of it all, we thank the heavens for our […]
NEW YORK – Sandra Lindsay, a critical-care nurse for more than 20 years, created history by becoming the first person in the United States to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave emergency approval last Friday to the vaccine developed by German Company BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer. The nurse […]
ST JAMES, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says regional and global multi-stakeholder policy collaboration is key in ensuring the Caribbean’s full recovery from the impact of COVID-19. Bartlett noted that COVID-19 has not only wreaked havoc on Caribbean economies, but has brought tourism to a point where “nothing will, probably, ever be the […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Hip-hop is helping tackle stigma around mental health Hip-hop is one of the world’s most popular musical genres. Seven of the 10 most streamed artists in the US are rappers. With almost 50 years of history, hip-hop has evolved to give rise to many sub-genres that appeal to different people in diverse […]
After being detained at Toronto International airport for four days, a 60-year old grandfather from Guyana, suspected of having illegal drugs in his possession, was finally released last week without any charges being laid against him. No illegal drugs were found. And now his family is looking at their ” legal options ” Surijpaul Deokeran, […]
