“Beyond the Carnival 5” is the latest exhibition of photographs of the Canadian Caribbean Photographic Arts Collective (CCPAC) and is now on at the Station Gallery in Whitby. The show of photographs by seven well known Toronto photographers opened early this month and runs until July 2nd. This show, the groups fifth, features the work […]
Margo Veronica Harris nee Yarde, 64, of Oshawa, peacefully passed away on June 10th, after a difficult battle with colon cancer. Margo was born on January 16th, 1958, to Randolph and Dorothy Yarde (both deceased) in Barbados. She was the sister of Sonia (also deceased). She was the Vice President of House of Culture, a […]
The Black Action Defense Committee: “This inquest is not about laying blame. It is about ensuring that no family again goes through what the Boekwa family has gone through.” The commencement of this coroner’s inquest marks just over seven years since Mr. Marc Ekamba was killed by Peel Regional Police. On March 20, 2015, police […]
Twenty-seven years ago, Catherine Mosca immigrated to Canada from Trinidad and Tobago. She was a single parent and, with her two young children, settled in Oshawa. And it’s in Oshawa where she plans to make her most significant contribution to her adopted country – representing the people of Oshawa as a member of the provincial […]
Last weekend the Durham Community Action Group, along with the Durham ACES Association, held another food distribution service for the Black community. This time they handed out food to deserving community members at Club Carib in Oshawa. They attracted about 125 families who got the opportunity to obtain high quality food such as three different […]
Russell Anselm Charter was born on April 21, 1934 on Hermitage Rd. Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad to mother Edna Charter and Father Arthur Leiba Jr. not Edgar Leiba Jr. He died on November 14, 2021, at Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, Ontario after a brief illness. He migrated to Oshawa in 1970 where he […]
Up to $4.9 billion in next four years The Ontario government will provide up to $270 million this year to long-term care homes across the province to increase staffing levels, leading to more direct care for residents. This includes $726,676 for long-term care homes in Ajax. This is part of the province’s commitment to ensure […]
By Lincoln DePradine It appears that a record number of Black Canadians are participating in Monday’s federal election, and one candidate, Michael Coteau, has suggested that the winners should consider working across party lines to deal with the challenges confronting people of African descent. “I hope that many of us would be able to […]
Ontario’s top court has upheld the conviction and sentence of Const. Michael Theriault, the off-duty Toronto police officer who assaulted Dafonte Miller in an attack that left the young Black man blind in one eye. Earlier this year, Const. Michael Theriault was found guilty of assault in connection with a December 2016 attack on Miller, […]
The Durham District School Board (DDSB) will hold its 2021-2022 budget deliberation meetings in the following upcoming public sessions. All meetings will be held virtually and will be live-streamed on DDSB’s YouTube Live channel. Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. – 2021-2022 Preliminary Budget Analysis, and Public Deputations to the Education Finance Committee. Wednesday […]
