By Jasminee Sahoye Even though prominent community leader and lawyer Charles Roach died fighting to change would-be Canadians having to pledge allegiance to the Queen, three other permanent residents of Canada are continuing the cause. They argued in court that forcing would-be Canadians to pledge allegiance to the Queen before they can become citizens […]
CaribbeanTales (CT), the Caribbean Diaspora’s most dynamic film festival group comes to Toronto August 17 – September 14 at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), 210 Princes’ Blvd and Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queen’s Quay West. The festival will showcase ten feature-length and 20 short films in Official Competition, as well as many others covering all […]
CARNIVAL LAUNCH: Now here’s what you can expect to see on the Lakeshore Parade route come the end of the month, when Toronto Carnival takes to the road. This beauty was on hand to give fans a taste at the official launch of the 2013 carnival at Nathan Phillips Square on Tuesday. GERARDPHOTO
By Marcia Scott The long-awaited trial of a Jamaican police officer and a civilian, who were arrested in 2010 in connection with a drug-smuggling operation between Jamaica and Canada, is set to begin in the Montego Bay RM Court on November 4. Vincent Saddler, a former police sergeant , is charged with conspiracy […]
By Jasminee Sahoye The Bennetts have broken the stereotype associated with Jane /Finch and a single black mother raising her family in the neighbourhood. Anthony Bennett, the first Canadian player to secure the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) first overall draft spot, who spent his early years in Jane/Finch, kept out of trouble by playing […]
By Jasminee Sahoye Twenty years after the charred body of a teenaged girl, identified as Melonie Biddersingh from Kingston Jamaica, was discovered in a suitcase, a study by the City of Toronto’s Community Development and Recreation Committee has been commissioned to find out about abuse among groups of newcomer children. Last year, Toronto Police […]
By Jasminee Sahoye The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada is trying to make a difference in the lives of temporary foreign workers who have been working on farms, food processing, cashiers and live-in caregivers. The union, which represents thousands of workers in the various industries such as food, manufacturing, health and hospitality, […]
Get ready to eat, dance and sing along with the best reggae, salsa and world music artists and dancers this summer as TD Irie Music Festival returns for an eleventh year of FREE, family friendly fun. This year, IRIE invites music lovers right across the GTA to celebrate summer at the inaugural Oshawa showcase on […]
The ecology, literature, culture, sustainable development and their convergence in Caribbean fiction will feature at LiTTribute to LondonTTown to take place in London on Monday (July 15). The symbolic and actual representations of nature in fiction from the section NaTTurescapes in LiTTscapes – Landscapes of Fiction from Trinidad and Tobago by Kris Rampersad will be […]
By Gerald V. Paul There’s a Canadian connection to Jay-Z’s recent release of Magna Carta Holy Grail: 16- year-old WondaGurl, Ebony Oshunrinde, a budding producer! One of the beats on Crown, a track on Jay-Z’s new album has scored Brampton’s Oshunrinde a production credit. WondaGurl was the winner of Toronto’s Battle of the Beat Makers […]
