By Stephen Weir Last chance for now. A play about a mixed race couple arguing about, among many other things a certain breed of dog, is leaving town and heading to Montreal. Too bad it can’t stick around longer, Redbone Coonhound is a keeper. The curtain goes down on Redbone Coonhound March 6th, but judging […]
Toronto businessman Mohammad Zahid Malik who had been suffering with oral cancer, died at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto on Thursday. He was 52. Malik was born in Pakistan and came to Canada as a teenager in 1993. He owned Active Marketplace, a flea market in Ajax, as well as several other businesses in the […]
Hosted by The Nature of Things’ Anthony Morgan, Secret Agents of the Underground Railroad investigates how science was used to reveal the long-held secrets of The Cataract House in Niagara Falls as a focal point for Freedom Seekers escaping to Canada This February, science and history collide to uncover the heroes of Niagara Falls’ Underground […]
Celebrating Canadian Fiction The $100,000 prize is the biggest in Canadian literature. Williams is a writer and teacher from Brampton, Ont. He won the Giller Prize in 2019 for his novel Reproduction. His other books include the poetry collection Personals, the short fiction collection Not Anyone’s Anything and the essay collection Disorientation. He is currently […]
Omar Johnson, 42-year-old farmer and chef, of Cascade, Hanover and Omera Belinfante, 21, a student from the bread basket parish of St. Elizabeth, are the lucky winners of the Jamaica ‘60 & Boasy’ with JN Money promotion. Persons became eligible for the promotion by sending or receiving a JN Money transfer during the period August […]
After a few years of sharing her favourite books featuring Black, Indigenous and other racialized characters with other kids on Instagram, 13-year-old Ainara Alleyne is bringing her bookshelf to the small screen. “I really want kids to see that reading isn’t just a chore,” said Alleyne, who lives in Hamilton. “There are so many […]
New CONCACAF-CONMEBOL agreement allows for better preparation for 2026 World Cup Canada is getting its wish to play more top-tier competition ahead of the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup. CONCACAF, the confederation covering North and Central America and the Caribbean, and South America’s CONMEBOL have signed an agreement to “strengthen and develop” soccer in both […]
MP Mark Holland visits Durham Community Action Group on Pantry Day House leader and the Member of Parliament for Ajax Mark Holland dropped in for a visit with Durham Community Action Group on Pantry Day. While the group were distributing food to members of the community, Holland was greeted by Gloria Small, members of the […]
Despite often being recognized as one of the most diverse nation in the world, with one in four people identifying as a member of a racialized group, Canada’s leadership tables continue to have a diversity deficit. Racialized individuals represent 28.4 per cent of the population in major Canadian cities but only hold 10.4 per cent […]
The unveiling of a bust of Lincoln M. Alexander, Canada’s first Black Member of Parliament and Ontario’s first Black Lieutenant Governor, will be launched at Queen’s Park on Friday January 20. The launching ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at Queen’s Park, Rooms 228 and 230, but because of space limitations, will be “a private […]
