A Brampton, Ontario resident, Vishnu Narine, was killed in his native Trinidad and Tobago last week Friday, during his vacation with his wife in the twin-island republic. The body of the 56-year-old Narine was found on a gravel road, with what appeared to be gunshot wounds. The police in Trinidad and Tobago believe he was […]
Kenneth Jeffers, the lone Black member of the Toronto Police Service Board and longtime community proactivist, says the recently established Expose Toronto Committee (ETC) will create change in a society plagued by anti-Black racism. ” We have to have an organization that really creates change,” Jeffers said on Grapevine, the call-in radio program on Toronto […]
GATINEAU, Quebec–Motivational speaker as well as physical and mental trainer, Orlando Bowen, was recently added to the board of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF). He is among three new part-time members that were announced by Canada’s Minister of Heritage, Mélanie Joly. The other new additions are Ann-Marie Pham and Balpreet Singh Boparai. Jamaican-born Bowen, […]
TORONTO, Canada – The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC)has launched a public interest inquiry into racial profiling and racial discrimination by the Toronto Police Service (TPS). The inquiry started last week Thursday. Using its legislated inquiry powers, under Section 31 of Ontario’s Human Rights Code, the OHRC has called for the TPS, the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) and […]
The Caribbean community in Toronto is relieved that trustees at the Toronto District School Board, (TDSB) last Wednesday, pulled the plug on the decade-old School Resource Officer (SRO) program. Members of the Caribbean community have been consistently calling for the removal of the program, which placed armed police officers in 45 schools across the city. […]
We have heard people talk about how kind, helpful and well-mannered Canadians are. We have laughed at the jabs taken at their military, claiming they are too nice to partake in wars or conflict. It is all in wholesome fun, but for the most part, I would say it is true. I recently moved here […]
Former First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, Tuesday afternoon, was given a standing ovation at Ryerson University’s Mattamy Athletic Center, where about 3,000 individuals had gathered to listen her discus gender equality, politics and economics. Obama shared the stage with Rhiannon Traill, president and CEO of the Economic Club of Canada. […]
Former president of the of the Ontario Black History Society, Rosemary Sadlier, has joined the campaign to get the Federal Government to declare August 1 as Emancipation Day across the country. The petition, which is expected to be completed on February 15 to be presented to the House of Commons in Ottawa, will use in […]
By Lincoln DePradine Members of the Caribbean diaspora are being lauded for the response they have given to assist in the region’s recovery from the effects of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Hugh Riley, secretary general of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), made the commendation, while visiting with other members of the organization and participating in […]
By Stephen Weir The deadline for the Jamaican Birthright Program, which will give four Jamaicans descendants the opportunity to spend time on the island next summer, has been extended until December 6. The Jamaican Birthright Program is an initiative of Grace Kennedy Company Limited and seeks to reconnect second and third generation Jamaicans – attending universities […]
