On Saturday, September 25, the City of Mississauga and the Nav Bhatia Superfan Foundation unveiled four new basketball courts located at Malton’s Paul Coffey Park. “The addition of these courts brings something extra special to the Malton community and to Mississauga as a whole. Basketball lovers from across the city will come here to play, […]
By Lincoln DePradine Cancellation of in-class learning, with schools forced into virtual teaching because of the Coronavirus pandemic, didn’t deter some students from diligently pursuing their academic dreams. Now, 13 of them – high school students in Peel Region – are about to be rewarded for their efforts by the Brampton-based United Achievers Club (UAC). […]
Join the virtual celebration of music and culture for the 19th annual TD IRIE Music Festival. Performing reggae, soca, afrobeat featuring artists who hail from across Southern Ontario and beyond, these artists have been waiting for the opportunity to reconnect with fans while enjoying it in the comfort of their homes and beyond. Despite the […]
Derek Kumar Budhoo was born July 11 1982 of Guyanese parents and died last Wednesday, July 21, at the age of 40. Derek was Charlie Budhoo’s only son, who declined his father’s offer to continue his college education and instead opted to intern at his father’s grocery store, the well-known Charlie’s West Indian Foods grocery […]
Ira Margaret-Rose Cole, nee DeFour, died at her home in Mississauga on Friday June 25 last after a long battle with cancer. She was 81. Her daughter, Giselle, told the Caribbean Camera that education was more than a career for her mother. “It was her calling,” she said. Ira taught at Notre Dame Catholic High […]
Kola Iluyomade, born June 11, 1965, was 56 when he died on Thursday, June 24. Of Nigerian ancestry, Iluyomade leaves behind a wife and two sons. Iluyomade, a parent, community leader and activist, was a founding member of Advocacy Peel, which describes itself as a grassroots multicultural organization led by parents that was founded in […]
A judge accused of lying about his activities with a Black activist group made mistakes but should face no sanction, the Ontario Judicial Council has concluded. In its decision last week, a council disciplinary panel found Ontario court Judge Donald McLeod had neither perjured himself nor provided misleading statements at an earlier disciplinary hearing. Aspects […]
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has ruled there will be no criminal charges against police in the death of Ejaz Choudry, a 62-year-old father of four who was shot and killed by an officer last summer after his family called a non-emergency line for help while he was in crisis. In its decision released on […]
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has awarded $35,000 in damages to a young Black child handcuffed by police at an elementary school in Ontario’s Peel region when she was six years old. The decision comes approximately one year after the tribunal ruled that Peel police used “racially discriminatory” force against the girl and that the […]
Peel Regional Police are cancelling their School Resource Officer program after conducting a public consultation. Students had raised concerns about their safety with uniformed police officers patrolling their schools. Peel police say they have cancelled its program that puts uniformed officers in schools after pausing it over the summer for review — amid concerns it […]
