Jamaican-born health-care practitioner Dr. Rosemary Moodie is a recipient of Canada’s 2014 Constance Hamilton Award. Established in 1979 by Toronto City Council in honour of its first female member, elected in 1920, the award commemorates the 1929 Privy Council decision which requires the federal government to recognise women as “persons”. As president and board chair […]
Tony Meastre and Friends will again entertain passengers at Pearson Airport for Caribbean Airlines. In this photo, the show adds merriment to the airport last year. Caribbean Airlines will entertain their passengers on the Departures Level at Pearson International Airport today (Dec. 23) with a Christmas parang with Tony Meastre and Friends serenading. Passengers and […]
By Jasminee Sahoye The Law Society of Upper Canada is seeking outstanding legal professionals to honour with awards, including the Lincoln Alexander Award. The Lincoln Alexander Award honours an Ontario lawyer who has shown an enduring commitment to community service on behalf of Ontarians. It’s one of four awards to be given out. Deadline for […]
By Gerald V. Paul Welcome to Lincoln Alexander Day, slated for Jan. 21. Thanks to the Ontario efforts of Trinidad and Tobago-born MPP Bas Balkissoon and Sen. Don Meredith, whose bill recently received royal assent from Gov.-Gen. General David Johnson, it’s now a national event. Lincoln, born in Hamilton, was the first Black MP. He […]
By Gerald V. Paul “For the last 20 years we have been flying regularly with Caribbean Airlines and they are the best!” That’s the considered opinion of Jamaican-born Samuel and his wife, Trinidad and Tobago-born Margaret Banton, when interviewed by The Camera at Pearson International Airport. Guyanese-born Azeez Abraham, who for the past 25 years […]
By Gerald V. Paul Frantz St. Fleur, a Haitian-born citizen of Canada, has filed a $225, 000 lawsuit alleging racial profiling. All he was trying to do was to deposit a $9,000 cheque, a refunded real estate transaction, at the Scotiabank at Scarborough Town Centre but, according to the statement of claim, after he presented […]
By Gerald V. Paul “Having this clinic here in Simcoe means a lot. I have been coming here to work in Canada for the past 30 years and this is the first time I am able to come to see a doctor regularly,” a seasonal worker from Jamaica told community worker and advocate Chris Ramsaroop. […]
By Gerald V. Paul With the Supreme Court of Canada 4-3 decision allowing police to search cell phones without a warrant, a prominent community activist and law student told The Camera “This is more disturbing than carding.” George (Knia) Singh, who says he has experienced racial carding, also said the issue is entering Charter of […]
Seven lucky people have so far been winners as part of Digicel Diaspora’s Christmas is on Us promotion which saw customers winning return flights home to the Caribbean for Christmas and cash to the value of US$5, 000. With the sweepstakes set to continue until Dec. 28, there are still chances to win cash, American […]
Scarborough Hospital, which prides itself on its maternal newborn and child care program, ensuring that mothers, regardless of ethnicity, make an effort to breastfeed their newborns, recently achieved a Level IIC Neonatal Intensive Care Unit designation from the Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health. “Achieving a Level IIC designation is important both for new […]
