By Carlton Joseph The dysfunctional United States Senate remains dysfunctional, but Senate Democrats were able to strike a deal with Dixiecrat Democrats, Manchin and Sinema, to pass a multi-billion-dollar climate, health care and tax package, with no republican support, and Vice President Kamala Harris using her vote to secure passage. The bill now goes […]
Newly elected Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has admitted that his administration lacks public sector experience and going forward there will be educational sessions to engage others who can guide them in the right direction. Mitchell–whose National Democratic Congress (NDC) was elected to office on June 23rd after winning nine seats, made the pronouncement while […]
When Taylor Lindsay-Noel reviews a restaurant, she’s not just commenting on the food and the ambiance — though that’s a part of it. The Toronto tea entrepreneur is making waves with her TikTok reviews that rate restaurants on their wheelchair accessibility on a one-to-five scale. That means asking questions like, can she actually get through […]
We love our tales about how Canada offered sanctuary to U.S. slaves for decades, but the unabridged version is it sustained African bondage for much longer. For over 200 years, New France and the British North America colonies held Africans in bondage. The first recorded slave sale in New France took place in 1628. […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon Recently a 49-year-old citizen of Jamaica, who I will refer to as Ricardo, was a former permanent resident of Canada and was successful in the Federal Court in having a negative humanitarian and compassionate application for permanent residence set aside. The facts of his case are as follows: He first arrived in […]
By Lincoln DePradine Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t want the contributions of Black military men, who served the country more than 100 years ago, to be “overlooked and forgotten’’, and he has issued an apology to them for the racism they experienced during the First World War. However, for many Blacks, racism in the Canadian […]
This year the Pan Fantasy Steel Orchestra will be celebrating 35 years of making beautiful music and to remember in the west end community in which the players played their first notes together. Since then the band has become one of the most successful bands in Toronto, winning eight Pan Alive competitions. Now they are […]
Man was zapped with a taser twice The Ontario Provincial Police has launched an internal investigation into the actions of four Norfolk County officers after a judge ruled the charter rights of a Black man were violated multiple times during his July 2021 arrest in Delhi. Ontario Justice Aubrey Danielle Hilliard called the officers’ actions […]
By Lincoln DePradine Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t want the contributions of Black military men, who served the country more than 100 years ago, to be “overlooked and forgotten’’, and he has issued an apology to them for the racism they experienced during the First World War. However, for many Blacks, racism in the Canadian […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a roundtable at the Rexdale community Hub in West Toronto on Tuesday last week that the Canadian government is enacting stronger gun control measures to keep Canadians safe. Trudeau was joined at the roundtable by Etobicoke North MP Kirsty Duncan and Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri to hear how […]
