Barbados writer Austin Clark Dead at 81

Barbados writer Austin Clark Dead at 81

  Austin Clark was born Barbados in 1934 and then went to Canada, in 1955.  While in Canada he attended a university.  Clark has worked as a broadcaster, a professor, and a civil rights leader.  His works exhibit the poverty of peasants in Barbados and his immigrant experiences to Canada.  Austin Clark died today in […]

Sister Jackman scholarships a cherished gift

Sister Jackman scholarships a cherished gift

“The Sister Kathleen Jackman Memorial Scholarship Award would help in financing my education greatly …  it’s just my mother and myself,” a grateful Jalen Jones who is studying Environmental Biology at U of T said last Saturday at Tropicana Community Services. Jones was among recipients and organizers at the 2016 Sister Kathleen Jackman Memorial Scholarships […]

Building up our health sector

Building up our health sector is literally a matter of life and death. It is therefore not surprising that good health, both physical and mental, ranks among the highest of our priorities. Without it, our quality of life can drop to its lowest level and life itself can become meaningless. It is worth repeating that […]

On the mend, Elissa says ‘Thank you’

On the mend, Elissa says ‘Thank you’

In glorious sunshine at St. John’s Rehab Hospital in Rae Whistance Memory Gardens yesterday, a grateful and recovering Elissa Antonio cheerfully delivered an update on her recovery from injuries sustained in a 40-foot fall in Trinidad and Tobago. “I feel great. I’m able to lift both feet. And I feel very accomplished,” Antonio told members […]

Canuck gymnast for Rio rattles T&T

Canuck gymnast for Rio rattles T&T

Exclusive to The Caribbean Camera PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago – Citizens here are in an uproar after Thema Williams was pulled from Rio Olympics gymnastic tryouts in February over long-time rival Marisa Dick. The controversy lies in the fact that Dick was born in Canada of Trinidadian parents and Williams was born and raised in Trinidad. […]

Jamaican-born athlete begs to come home

Jamaican-born athlete begs to come home

As thousands of refugees reach Canada’s shores, a Jamaican-born man is begging Canada to help him return here. “If I don’t get home, I’m going to die,” said former Toronto Argonaut Andrew Stewart who is fighting to return to Canada for life-saving treatment. Stewart who has been told he has three to five months to […]