UPEI student Essayas Kassa can’t forget the moment his dream of playing in the NBA shattered. It was October 2017 and the then-17-year-old was in his second year playing for Ethiopia’s national under-19 basketball team. He was warming up for what was supposed to be just another game in his hometown of Addis Ababa. He […]
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced that David Singh of Richmond Hill has been convicted of quasi-criminal charges under the Securities Act (Ontario). Mr. Singh was convicted on November 9, 2021 by Justice M. Greene in the Ontario Court of Justice in Toronto. Mr. Singh was convicted of the following offences under the Securities Act: […]
The Arts Molson Prize is a lifetime achievement award annually given by the Canada Council for the Arts NourBeSe Philip has won the 2021 Arts Molson Prize, a $50,000 award, for her “invaluable contributions to literature.” The Arts Molson Prize is a lifetime achievement award annually given by the Canada Council for the Arts. […]
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Attorney Wayne Panton was last week sworn in as premier of this British Overseas Territory. General elections were held in the Cayman Islands on April 14 last. The elections were originally set to be held on May 26 but Premier Alden McLaughlin asked Governor Martyn Roper to dissolve the Parliament […]
MPs unanimously vote to declare Aug. 1 Emancipation Day OTTAWA – MPs in the House of Commons have voted unanimously to designate Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day across Canada. The motion drew 335 votes in favour on Wednesday last week, with no abstentions or nay votes. Aug. 1 marks the anniversary of the abolition orf […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Singing Sandra (Sandra DesVignes-Millington), a two-time Trinidad calypso monarch, died last Thursday. She was 64. Her death was announced on her social media page. No cause of death was given. Singing Sandra was born in East Dry River, Port of Spain and grew up in Morvant. From an early age, […]
Jamaica-born Claudia Denise Jones, co-founder of the JAMBANA One World Festival, died at her home in Brampton last Thursday night.She was 64. Her brother, Gary Oates, said she had been battling cancer. Claudia Denise Jones and her husband, Allan, operated Jones & Jones Productions which staged several musical events in the Greater Toronto Area, including […]
By Tashia Antoine So many Canadians are still unaware that human trafficking and modern-day slavery is happening right here in our neighborhoods and cities. This past Saturday over five-hundred (500) people took a stand to end such atrocities and bring awareness to the exploitation that thousands endure in this country and around the world via […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – When the matter was called up in the downtown Kingston court the arguments were raised by attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan, who is representing Dale Virgo — the father of a five-year-old girl who was given an ultimatum to cut her dreadlocks before being enrolled in a St Catherine public institution last year. Buchanan […]
Immigration Matters Sukhram Ramkissoon Assessing the best interests of the child In several of my columns, I have discussed issues relating to the “best interests of the child” with respect to applications for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) grounds. This subject continues to be a matter of concern to many in our own […]
