By Lincoln DePradine The organization that has been overseeing Toronto’s Caribbean carnival for more than a dozen years, has made” a slight change” to its name, although retaining the acronym “FMC’’. The Festival Management Committee is now officially the Festival Management Corporation, ” after years of operating under a temporary title,’’ Chief Executive Officer Richard […]
By Stephen Weir The Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA) in Brampton and the Ontario Black History Society will launch this weekend North is Freedom, an evocative new photo exhibition celebrating the descendants of former American slaves who fled to Canada in the years before the American Civil War. In portraits of 24 descendants […]
Canada is officially a multicultural country. But every now and then something jumps out at us to rattle our faith in Canadian multiculturalism. What some Canadian politicians say in public discourse may be quite different to what they may say behind closed doors with people of their own racial groups or even on social media. […]
Peeks Toronto Caribbean Carnival has announced the launching of a “charitable partnership” between the Carnival and the Hospital for Sick Children to advance the study, diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cancer and serious blood disorders in several Caribbean countries.. In a news release, the Carnival said that it has chosen the “SickKids-Caribbean Initiative” as the […]
By Lincoln DePradine More than 200 people showed up at the Jamaican Canadian Centre last Friday evening to “meet, greet and support ” Black candidates in the June 7 provincial elections in Ontario. Twenty-one candidates were invited to the event but just over a dozen were present. A few of them, including two government […]
Immigration Matter Sukhram Ramkissoon Deportees granted permission to return to Canada I have often discussed in my column the three types of Removal Orders issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) or the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). This week I will address the “Deportation Order,” and how it relates to a specific […]
Many people still believe that sickle cell disease is just a “Black people’s problem.” But according to Dr. Jacob Pendegrast, a leading haematololgist at the Toronto General hospital who has been studying the disease, it also affects people of other ethnic groups. He told nurses at a recent symposium that they will be encountering patients […]
A comment last Friday by Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford that the province should be ” taking care of our own first, ” before bringing more immigrants to sparsely populated northern Ontario, has sparked sharp criticisms, leaving the Ford campaign team scrambling to undertake damage control. At a provincial leaders debate in Parry Sound, […]
By Sylvanus Thompson Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus. The disease is primarily spread when an uninfected person ingests food or water that is contaminated with the faeces of an infected person. It is therefore closely associated with unsafe water or food, inadequate sanitation and poor personal hygiene. Hepatitis […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH By Julie Christiansen I have heard fear described as “false expectations appearing real.” In other words, fear is the culmination of those things you anticipate could happen, but never do. Just as faith is described as a belief or a certainty that something positive or good will happen, fear is the belief […]
