By Debbie Ali With the increasing prevalence of violence against women around the world, one must wonder why these horrifying statistics are swept under the rug. To set the record straight, many men are assaulted and are victims of violence as well; however, the number of female victims far outweighs that of males. Even […]
Editorial It’s not only about vaccine mandates It’s almost two weeks since the truckers descended on Ottawa and shut down the southern end of the city. The idea was to get to Parliament Hill and do their best to get the government’s attention by interfering with the country’s and the city’s business. Needless to say, […]
By Lennox Farrell Dear Heart, if you’ve ever considered doing something selfless and communal, do it! And in the memory of our dearly departed, African Canadian stalwart, Hubert Owen Leach. Born August 16, 1936 in Barbados, he died – at the age of 85 – in Toronto, Ontario, February 3, 2022, at the start […]
A baby died in her mother’s arms after the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard fired on a boat carrying migrants from Venezuela, authorities said last Sunday. In a statement Trinidad Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley: “I just spoke to the Vice President of the Government of Venezuela. I conveyed our deepest sympathy to the family […]
Editorial It’s a good thing that Canada is not big, rich and armed to the teeth like its American cousin. And it’s a bad thing when Canada takes instructions from that cousin and does its bidding, no question asked. So we have soldiers in Ukraine training the country’s army to deter “Russian aggression”. We’ve sent […]
He would have been 100 last Friday Lincoln Alexander is remembered as Canada’s first Black member of Parliament and federal cabinet minister, and Ontario’s first Black lieutenant-governor. But to those whose lives he touched, Alexander, who would have turned 100 Friday, he’s much more. Evelyn Auchinvole remembers how Alexander helped Hamilton’s first Black church […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon When a Canadian citizen or permanent resident files an overseas Family Class spousal application, they must meet certain criteria as a sponsor, and if they are found eligible, the application is forwarded to the appropriate visa office for continued processing. If the visa officer has reason to believe that the marriage was […]
Since Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced that his government will either fine or impose a tax on those who refuse to be vaccinated, the idea has found favour with a number of editorialists and persons who want to prevent the unvaxxed from putting the rest of us in jeopardy by spreading the virus. So far […]
King attended the 1956 Emancipation Day celebrations in Windsor An international student at the University of Windsor who grew up in Africa and the Netherlands says today [King was born January 15] is very special to her. It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day — a federal holiday in the U.S. commemorating the life of the […]
Haiti’s National Police said last Saturday that a former senator who is a prominent suspect in the July 7 killing of President Jovenel Moïse has been arrested in Jamaica. Police spokesman Gary Desrosiers confirmed that John Joël Joseph was in custody. No further information was immediately available. Meanwhile, Jamaica Police Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay said that […]
