As Haiti rapidly spirals into chaos, its island neighbour, the Dominican Republic, has responded with crackdowns on migrants and a military build-up the government claims will “guarantee border security”. But some fear those moves will only deepen long-existing xenophobia against Haitian migrants and harm both nations’ economies. On Sunday, Dominican President Luis Abinader announced the […]
Intimidated, scared, paranoid. Those are some of the words used by more than three dozen students of colour and their parents in a new report describing their experience with officers in North End and downtown Winnipeg schools. Last Tuesday, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report, titled Safer Schools Without Policing Indigenous and Black […]
More than 200 people have been killed in gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in the space of 10 days, United Nations figures reveal. Almost half of those who died were residents without ties to the gangs which are fighting for control of the Cité Soleil neighbourhood, the UN says. Locals say they are running […]
Two men from Guyana have been arrested in relation to the discovery of cocaine hidden within bowls containing curry. Last Friday, Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers intercepted a male passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) who was about to travel on Jet Blue Airways Flight B61966 destined for JFK. A search of […]
At least 25 people have been killed and more than 50 are still missing after landslides swept away their homes in the Venezuelan town of Las Tejerías. About 1,000 emergency personnel are taking part in search and rescue operations. “We’re trying to save whoever we can and are expressing our condolences to all those who […]
The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) has denounced a plan by New York City to open Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers to support hundreds of asylum seekers, including Caribbean nationals, primarily Haitians, who are arriving in the city daily from Texas and other border states. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced last Monday […]
Editorial In this writer’s student days in Ottawa, my dear friend, tall and Black, would return from his regular visits to Montreal with the same story – stopped and questioned by police every time. That was in the early 1970s when Quebec was respected for being politically and socially progressive, when Pierre Vallières of the […]
Toronto Deputy Mayor Michael Thompson has been charged with two counts of sexual assault. In a news release issued on Friday, Ontario Provincial Police said Thompson, 62, has been charged in connection with assaults that allegedly happened at a private residence in Muskoka, Ont. earlier this year. A complaint was made about Thompson in September, […]
As Hindus across the world are celebrating Navaratri and Durga festivals, two Hindu temples were vandalised and desecrated this week in Trinidad. The temples which were attacked are located in Couva and Penal towns on the island. On September 28th, a Kali Mata temple in Carli Bay in Couva was vandalised and desecrated by unknown […]
The provincial government wants the help of Nova Scotians to define seven types of discrimination as it works to create a strategy by 2023 to combat systemic discrimination and racism. Officials are holding virtual sessions over the next several weeks to receive input on defining the following terms: gender and sexuality-based discrimination, ableism, anti-Semitism, anti-Black […]
