In a Caribbean version of the journey to success a father who travelled the world and even swam in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is teaming up with his daughter to keep that momentum by training truck drivers. Shellisa Rohoman-Bridgelal of Foxy Industries and radio personality fame is teaming up with her dad, Jack […]
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) is calling for further changes to provide equal access to citizenship and fair process to the Citizenship Act – Bill C-6. “We need to bring down barriers to citizenship, especially for already disadvantaged groups such as refugees, the elderly and women,” said Loly Rico, CCR president. “In line with […]
Elissa Antonio’s medical recovery fund has grown to $62, 668 and, more good news, she’s managed to stand beside her hospital bed. The ongoing fundraising is important as it goes towards her medication and other expenses and to help her daughters Brianna and Moneque as she recovers. Recovery will take eight to 10 months. What […]
The constant call by advocates for migrant workers to be granted access to permanent residence and settlement services has been given a boost in a new report, the first of its kind, Migrant Workers: Precarious and Unsupported. The report was released by Canada’s nine national, regional and provincial umbrella of organizations serving newcomers and compiles […]
Premier Kathleen Wynne pledged to meet with Black Lives Matter activists to address racism and police violence in Toronto, stating that “We are undertaking a review of the SIU, the Special Investigations Unit. We are reviewing all of the police oversight bodies.” Wynne called on the movement to help her as they are on the […]
In a recent Federal Court Decision rendered on March 22, 2016, an applicant, whom we will refer to as Joshua, was granted Canadian citizenship. Although, he fell short 7 days of the required 1095 days of residence in the country. Interestingly, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration by way of representation, made an application […]
Let’s be clear: Black Lives do Matter. Witness the contribution Black people the world over have made to the prosperity we all enjoy today. But we as people of colour have real reasons to grumble. We are facing challenges. We want to participate fully in the life of our country, Canada. Think about the economic […]
Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is being mourned by the Caribbean community in which he had many supporters and admirers, Councillor Ford died Tuesday at Mount Sinai Hospital following a battle with a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer known as pleomorphic liposarcoma. Ford’s family released a brief statement: “With heavy hearts and […]
Canadian entomologist Fiona Hunter says she is concerned that the Zika virus could end up in mosquitoes that are native to Canada due to global warming. Hunter, a professor at Brock University, said that while Aedes egpyti doesn’t live in Canada – and she doesn’t expect to see it in her lifetime – her fear […]
Quebec-born Rosemary Sullivan for book Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva, is the 2016 winner of the RBC Taylor Prize. The story is a non-fiction biography of Russian dictator Joseph Stalin’s only daughter. “Stalin’s Daughter expansively intertwines history, political intrigue, espionage and domestic drama, yet Sullivan hones the episodes to one […]
