A year after issues of racism and discrimination in Edmonton schools were thrust under the microscope, some voters are disappointed Edmontonians didn’t choose more trustees of colour for the public board. “What I was hoping to see was that we would be seeing a more diversified board of trustees. But it didn’t happen the way […]
By Carlton Joseph I decided to revisit the pandemic when I read that Arizona’s Attorney General, Mark Brnovich, expanded his lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandates, asking the judge to place a temporary injunction on both mandates for federal employees and private companies as the case is deliberated. The lawsuit asserts that the mandate […]
The popular restaurant chain partners with Zero Gun Violence Movement in innovative program At 24 years old, Marcus Davenport is president of Sunrise Caribbean Restaurant, the largest Caribbean restaurant chain in Canada; it has been under Caribbean-Canadian ownership since it was launched in 1995. Together with his father Lance Davenport, who co-founded the business with […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon A reader recently asked, if a permanent resident was convicted for “driving while impaired” could be ordered deported? I informed him, that because his question is of some interest to all permanent residents, I will be addressing his important question in my article. Let us look at a recent case in which […]
At the end of April, Windsor police said they were investigating vandalism, which was mostly concentrated on a part of the mural dedicated to Howard Watkins — Windsor’s second Black detective. Co-artist of the mural, Jermaine Baylis, said seeing his work back up in Paterson Park feels “good.” “A lot of people were really attached […]
When women became “persons” in 1929 It marks the day in 1929 when the historic decision to include women in the legal definition of “persons” was handed down by Canada’s highest court of appeal. This gave some women the right to be appointed to the Senate of Canada and paved the way for women’s increased […]
A notorious gang is behind the kidnapping of a group of North American missionaries near Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, officials say. The five men, seven women and five children were returning from a visit to an orphanage when they were abducted last Saturday. Officials say they are being held by the 400 Mawozo gang – also […]
TD and Canadian Association of Black Lawyers launch new program TD Bank Group (TD) and the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL) have announced the launch of new programs to support the career aspirations of Black Canadian lawyers, and to increase diversity and inclusion in the field of law across the country, where Black lawyers […]
According to Slava (Veaceslav) Balan of University of Ottawa Faculty of Law According to the 2011 census, almost 213,500 people reported an Indigenous mother tongue, including 144,000 who speak an Algonquian language and 35,500 who speak an Inuit language. All Indigenous languages are the languages of this land. In the same 2011 census, more […]
By Glen Ford Late Editor of Black Agenda Report Thanksgiving is much more than a lie. It is not just a twisted fable, and the mythology it nurtures is itself inherently evil. The real-life events – subsequently revised – were perfectly understood at the time as the first, definitive triumphs of the genocidal European […]
