Premier Kathleen Wynne pledged to meet with Black Lives Matter activists to address racism and police violence in Toronto, stating that “We are undertaking a review of the SIU, the Special Investigations Unit. We are reviewing all of the police oversight bodies.” Wynne called on the movement to help her as they are on the […]
“It’s our nature to care. We provide quality care at affordable rates to the Greater Toronto Area and surrounding regions,” Vivienne Dickson, co-owner and CEO of A Supreme Nursing and Home Care, told Eyes on a visit to their offices. Jamaican born Dickson and her Caribbean team with an executive member serving in Bosnia, as […]
Let’s be clear: Black Lives do Matter. Witness the contribution Black people the world over have made to the prosperity we all enjoy today. But we as people of colour have real reasons to grumble. We are facing challenges. We want to participate fully in the life of our country, Canada. Think about the economic […]
Canadian-born of Guyanese and Jamaican parents, Patricia J. Jaggernauth is among the 15 Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) 34th-annual Harry Jerome Awards recipients announced last Tuesday. The formal presentation is slated for April 23 at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building. Jaggernauth, the recipient of the media award, seen since June on CP24 as […]
Prominent Trinidad and Tobago-born businessman Tony Chankar of The Printing Press is proud to announce that his daughter Nishani is now a female head at Trinity College at U of T. “Today my daughter made us proud one more time,” he said. “After being awarded two scholarships at the University of Toronto in the past […]
After 14 months of covering the best and most unique ska and reggae – classics and lesser known soul songs – the Rhythm Express introduce their first original side built from the bottom up, Soul Nation. Funk and soul music originated in the clubs, the places where people hibernate away from the madding crowd and […]
A push for more transparency such as sharing race-based data is among potential changes highlighted for staff to consider by David Rivard, executive director of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, as Queen’s Park demands more efficiency and accountability in the sector. The province says it expects more consolidation, sharing of services and amalgamations in […]
As another performance of the prestigious Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre is set to be staged at the Sony Centre this weekend, a Canadian woman who attended the school has used that training to found Afro Flow Yoga (AFY). Leslie Salmon-Jones, daughter of Canada’s first Black chief of surgery, the late Dr. Douglas Salmon and […]
The Saint Lucia Diaspora celebrated their 37th anniversary of Independence last Saturday at the Brighton in Scarborough with a prayer by Joan Herby: “Heavenly Father we ask you For guidance and protection Upon our beloved land, Saint Lucia, Cradle it in your arms Like Mother nurturing her babe.” Those words and “Justice, truth and charity, […]
Guyana’s Minister of Education and co-chair of the National Commemorative Commission Nicolette Henry will join Consul General Sattie Sawh, chair of the 50th Independence Anniversary (Canada) Committee, at a pre-independence dance at the Armenian Community Centre on Saturday (Feb. 27) at 7:30 p.m. The celebration is a call for all Guyanese to work together to […]
