By Stephen Weir Just in time for Christmas, the autobiography of Dr. Howard D. McCurdy has arrived at Canadian bookstores. Published some five years after the death of the founder of the National Black Coalition of Canada, “Black Activist, Black Scientist, Black Icon: The Autobiography of Dr. Howard D. McCurdy” is a book that had […]
Recently elected House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus apologized to MPs on Monday about a “personal” video tribute message played last weekend at the Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention. But two opposition parties say that’s not enough and are now calling for him to resign over his “unacceptable” participation in a partisan event. Fergus’ video […]
By Lincoln DePradine The executive board of the Toronto & York Region Labour Council wants the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to follow through with a promise of a Canada Pharmacare Act that will “ensure all Canadians have access to a wide range of safe, medically effective drugs’’. The Labour Council is headed […]
By Lincoln DePradine The ongoing housing crisis facing Ontarians, particularly Black refugees and asylum-seekers, has reached a new low with the death of one man, who was sleeping outside a shelter on Dundas Street East in Mississauga. “It is beyond comprehension that we allow this to happen. When I got the news of the fatality, my […]
By Stephen Weir As the holiday season approaches, Canadian Calypso singing star Joel Davis and the E.P.I.C Carnival mas band are coming together to connect the children with the joys of Christmas. Davis (the Connector) and E.P.I.C are hard at work organizing the coming third annual Toy Drive and Children’s Holiday Party. This festive event […]
Funeral service was held on Tuesday following the sudden passing of Norma McKenzie, a mother, grandmother, nurse, dedicated citizen and a community leader. Born in Springfield, Jamaica, Norma left for England in the early 1960s to study nursing at the feet of the Jesuits. At age 27, she arrived in Canada and worked as a […]
In a heartwarming display of community support, The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation’s Coordinator of Corporate and Community Partnerships, Ken Scott, reached out to the Caribbean Camera to express gratitude for a generous donation made to the FLOW Radio campaign. The initiative, organized in collaboration with community partner Flow 98.7 Radio, aimed to raise funds for […]
By Stephen Weir Carnival memories dwindle into nothing in the rear-view mirror. The feathered costumes, the high-heeled shoes, and even the pocket flag doo-rags have been relegated to the storage room. If you are planning to go South once the snow flies, thanks to an online marketplace, there is no need to worry about not […]
By Lincoln DePradine Many adults in the Grenadian-Canadian community would fondly remember, as children, attending Christmas parties where the role of Santa Claus was often played by Adrian Pitt, brother of a former justice of the Ontario Superior Court, the late Romain Pitt. Less than two months before this year’s Christmas Day, Pitt died. He […]
By Lincoln DePradine Kolin Alexander, in a brief pause at last Sunday’s “Soca Parang Lime” that featured former Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Monarch, Scrunter, reminded patrons that amidst the fun, there was also a serious purpose to the event. Some of the proceeds from the event will support two scholarships established in the name […]
