The Caribana Arts Group (CAG) is studying a proposal put forward by the Festival Management Committee (FMC) to promote the Toronto Carnival ” by its brand name, ‘Caribana,’” the Caribbean Camera has learned. The CAG has not disclosed the details of the proposal but the Caribbean Camera has obtained a copy of the ” points […]
So Eyes passed by the Africentric Alternative school in West Toronto recently and was greeted by excited students on their way home after their first day of classes in the new school term. Ah! memories of “small” days in Guyana growing up stupid under the Guyana flag but excited by things cultural -songs, poetry, dance […]
By Alicia Sealey Films to watch at TIFF 2016 By Alicia Sealey As the Toronto International Film Festival ( TIFF) 2016 winds down on Sunday, I recommend that you see the following films. Check www.tiff.net for more details and trailers where available. Queen of Katwe is based on the true story of chess prodigy Phiona […]
Members of the Caribana Arts Group (CAG) met last Saturday at Metro Hall in Toronto to discuss a proposal put forward by the Festival Management Committee (FMC) which has been running the Toronto Carnival for the last ten years. The Caribbean Camera has learned that the FMC is proposing that both organizations – the CAG […]
Anatomy of Violence, written and directed by Deepa Mehta, pivots around a young woman, accompanied by her fiancé, who both boarded a bus in Delhi on December 16,, 2012. History has recorded that she was gang-raped within inches of her life. Her fiancé and travelling companion was also very badly beaten. Both were eventually […]
By Michael Lashley When the CaribbeanTales International Film Festival 2016 was launched last week, the full-length film featured on the opening night -“Diary of a Badman” – was a lot more than an action-packed thriller in which a badass policewoman goes undercover to nab a notorious drug dealer. The power of this film lies in […]
Letter to the Editor ‘Rouge area constituents were taken for a ride’ Dear Editor: I have been following the Scarborough-Rouge River byelection, as I lived in the area for ten years and still have ties there. I am wondering if I am the only person who sees a problem with the chain of events leading […]
Pan Fantasy of Toronto placed fourth at the Panorama in New York on the weekend. The five-time winner of the Toronto Pan Alive competition is now celebrating 30 years of pan music.
Four boxes of sports supplies are on their way to Tranquillity Government Secondary School in Port-of-Spain – thanks to the school’s Alumni Association in Toronto. The donated supplies which include uniforms are for the school’s boys and girls football, netball and basketball teams. Ronald Roberts, secretary of the Tranquillity Alumni Association, told the Caribbean Camera […]
The provincial Toronto riding of Scarborough- Rouge River which was represented by two Caribbean-born Liberals over the last 16 years, is now a Tory seat. In the byelection in the riding last Thursday to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Trinidad-born MPP Bas Balkissoon who held the seat since 2005, Raymond Cho, the […]
