With an average of 100,000 festival goers and growing, TD Bank is back as title sponsor of the Toronto and Mississauga IRIE Music Festival celebrations, extending the successful relationship for a seventh straight year. TD IRIE Music Festival returns to Mississauga’s Celebration Square on Saturday, July 13 & Sunday, July 14, 2013 culminating with the […]
By Gerald V. Paul A serious problem of disproportionality in special education programmes based on both race and income, were the findings from People for Education’s research based on surveys of 1,122 schools across the province . They found “significant gaps” and differences in schools based on family income, from special education to access to […]
Reigning Toronto Calypso King, Brian Thornhill aka Structure receives a $500 cheque plus gifts from Jorge De Souza, General Sales Manager of Hogan Chevrolet, this year’s sponsor of Mas Toronto, one of the participants in the Toronto Caribbean Carnival. Structure wowed a crowd of calypso lovers and the judges, at a calypso contest held last […]
By Gerald V. Paul The African Legal Clinic, ACLC, and a coalition of community activists and lawyers are challenging the controversial police tactic used disproportionately on blacks, known as carding, in court. They will launch a Charter challenge as well as a class action lawsuit to try to stop the controversial Toronto police practice. […]
By Jasminee Sahoye A 25-year-old mother of two, from Ajax is fighting for her life and a result of severe Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and she needs a stem cell donor to survive. Candice, who is mixed with Trinidad and Tobago heritage was first diagnosed with ALL when she was 13 years old. After […]
It is said that behind every successful man, there is a woman and this holds true for Dr. M. Jamal Deen, who was recently recognized by the University of the West Indies (UWI) with the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for his contributions to the field of engineering and applied science. With his wife by his side, he […]
MAS TIME: Toronto Carnival organisers met the media on Tuesday to announce plans and changes for the 2013 staging of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, which includes a new three year sponsorship agreement from title sponsor Scotiabank, a longer parade route and new safety initiatives. Here, from left, parliamentary assistant for the Minister of Tourism Laura […]
By Gerald V. Paul Come January 1, Immigration Canada’s “dependent child” definition will be someone younger than 19, rather than the current 22, and an exception for older children who study full time will also be removed. The new rules could make roughly 7,000 immigrants a year ineligible to come to Canada. The change will […]
By Gerald V. Paul Welcome to Scotiabank Carnival, 2013, where the title sponsorship is on for the next three years and you must wear a wristband if you are on the parade route in an effort to promote safety. “In2008, we became title sponsor of the Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival – the largest North […]
It is only a matter of time before the next bulldozer razes a next timeless heritage element in the region, according to literary and cultural heritage educator and consultant Dr Kris Rameprsad, calling on the region to reexamine its overall approaches to sustainable development planning, budgeting and education and consciousness raising programmes. In her blog, […]
