Described by his followers as the African Che Guevara The trial of 14 men, including a former president, has begun in Burkina Faso over the assassination of the country’s revered revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago. Former President Blaise Compaore and 13 others face an array of charges in the death of Sankara, described […]
These "slaves" were expected to take care of tasks for the people who purchased them, such as grabbing their lunch or carrying their books to class.
Seth Drost was flooded with bad memories of high school when he saw photos of Fredericton students dressed in culturally insensitive outfits for their graduation photo day. The most disturbing memory was of the time he was auctioned off for a school fundraiser. In 2002, Drost attended Harvey High School, a school in the rural […]
Ontario is investing $1.6 million over two years to fight racism and hate in the province. The money will support community-based anti-racism and anti-hate initiatives, focusing on anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous racism, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia. “Racism and hate will not be tolerated and our government is doing everything it can to protect people from being victimized […]
By Rocco K. Achampong Eight is greater than seven, and that includes judges in number when deciding on a case. If one recalls the year 2018, three quarters of the way through municipal elections in the province of Ontario, Toronto was singled out for reduction in the number of councillors from 47 to 25. The […]
A Toronto teacher was found not guilty of drowning a 15-year-old student on a school canoe trip, after a judge ruled last Wednesday that his actions did not constitute a “marked and substantial deviation” against the due diligence standard. Nicholas Mills had been charged with criminal negligence causing the death of Jeremiah Perry by drowning. […]
An interview with Greg Fergus, Chair of the Federal Black Caucus Caribbean Camera: Now that it’s over, what is your take on the elections? Greg Fergus: The election was ok but I would have loved to have a Liberal majority government; but it’s still a liberal government and the progressives are still in charge. Canadians […]
Last Friday a visibly relieved Prime Minister Trudeau announced to a thankful nation that Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, two Canaidians who had spent nearly three years imprisoned in China, were coming home. It was wonderful to see the families of the two Michaels, unburdened of three years of emotional pain, greet their sons, fathers, […]
Mother’s Peace Walk against Gun Violence and recognizing the National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Homicide was held on Saturday, September 25th. It started with a couple hundred people at Yonge and Bloor with land acknowledgement and multi-faith prayers made on the way to Nathan Phillips Square. Leading the walk were bikers from Out […]
But she will encourage people to take the vaccine In a virtual press conference following the UNGA76, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has reiterated that she is not for mandatory vaccination of Bajans. “I personally do not like the notion of mandatory vaccines; I don’t. And we had said that we would work as hard […]
When the dust settled, following last Monday’s elections, we sought to find out how many candidates from our broad community put their names up for elections. It wasn’t as easy as we thought, and when we were through we knew that we may have missed one or two. But our best effort yielded over 50 […]
