Toronto Mayor John Tory has called for action to deal with disproportionately higher rates of incarceration, unemployment and child protection cases in the Black community. He issued the call at the weekend at the launch of ” community conversations,” an initiative aimed at fighting anti-black racism. The launch took place at Ujima House, Canada’s first […]
Kirk Wilson, a Toronto nightclub bouncer and security guard, well known in the Caribbean community, was one of five people killed in a shooting incident on Monday morning at a music festival in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Friends identified Wilson as one of the victims in the shooting at the BPM – Bartenders, Promoters and […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — A police investigation has begun in Trinidad and Tobago into the controversial housing allowance paid to President Anthony Carmona, who assumed office on March 18, 2013. However, according to acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams, this is not yet a criminal investigation, the Trinidad Guardian reported. The investigation into the matter […]
Four men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Grenada-born Jarryl Hagley,17, who was shot in a restaurant in Toronto’s west end last October. Last Thursday, two suspects, Winston Poyser, 24, and Shakiyl Shaw, 23, both of Toronto, were arrested by Toronto police and charged with the murder of Hagley. The following […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -Haitian police have evacuated some 50 .US citizens to safety after attempted attacks by supporters of Haitian Senator-elect Guy Philippe, who was arrested and extradited to the United States last week, a police official said on Monday. Philippe, long wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and remembered for his role in a […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia — At least six people were killed in various incidents in St Lucia over the weekend, less than four days after Prime Minister Allen Chastanet said he was convinced that criminals were people “who are destroying our livelihoods”. Police said that they had detained one woman on Sunday night in connection with […]
By Sherif Foda There’s no question that there are too many black people in jail in Canada. Everyone knows it. It’s what politicians call “over representation of African-Canadians in the criminal justice system.” And while we all agree that it’s a real and observable phenomenon, and that there are systemic reasons behind it, we rarely […]
Do you believe that the revised policy on ‘carding,’, will put an end to the targeting of young black men by police in arbitrary and discriminatory street checks? Phil Vassell Artistic Director The revised policy on carding does not put an end to the practice. Ontario’s new “street checks” regulation, which goes into effect on […]
By Gerald V. Paul The names of police officers who are investigated by the SIU should be made public, even when the SIU decides not to charge them, the Independent Police Oversight Review was told at a public meeting last Thursday evening, at Metro Hall in Toronto. The recommendation was made to Justice Michael Tulloch […]
GUYANA reaffirmed its commitment to fostering a zone of peace when a commemorative ceremony was held to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Cubana air disaster on Thursday.The ceremony was attended by President David Granger, Cuba’s Ambassador to Guyana Julio César González Marchante, Ministers of Government, Members of Parliament, Chief of Staff of the Guyana […]
