Several persons will vying for leadership positions in the Caribana Arts Group (CAG) when the organization holds its annual general meeting on Saturday, starting at noon. But the meeting to be held in the basement of the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel on College Street in Toronto, is not expected to attract large numbers of […]
An urgent appeal has been launched in Toronto’s Caribbean community for a liver donor for 63-year old Rasheeda De Franca , now a patient at the Toronto General hospital. Trinidad-born De Franca who has been living in Scarborough for 40 years, was first diagnosed with a liver problem about five years ago. But according to her […]
The Scarborough Cricket Association (SCA) is on “the upward trend” with a record number of teams getting ready for the 2019 season, says Shiv Persaud, president of the Association. Speaking at the Association’s recent annual general meeting at the Agincourt community centre, Persaud said that “over the past season, we have had a record number […]
Two Black Canadian singers were honoured at the 61st annual Grammy Awards that took place at Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Sunday. Toronto-born rap star Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham), a multi-Grammy award winner, picked up the Rap Song of the Year award for God’s Plan. And R&B singer Daniel Caesar won his first Grammy […]
Trinidad-born Martha De Gannes has been appointed regional senior Justice of the Peace for the Central East region in Ontario, effective March 1. (Central East region includes Barrie. Durham Region, Lindsay, Newmarket and Peterborough,) She will replace Senior Justice of the Peace Brian Norton. De Gannes was appointed Justice of the Peace in Newmarket in […]
By Stephen Weir Bob Marley Day was observed in Toronto yesterday with an hour-long ceremony at City Hall and the lighting up of the Jamaican colours of red, green and gold at the CN-Tower and Nathan Phillips Square. The ceremony at City Hall started with Jamaica-born Deputy Mayor Michael Thompson reading out the city’s official […]
Organizers of the 4th annual Scarborough Community Multicultural Festival have announced that the festival is moving to a new location this year. Originally scheduled to take place at Confederation Park, it will now be held at the Masaryktown Park on the Scarborough Golf Club Road. The “free festival” is billed as “three-days of excitement and […]
By Stephen Weir Actors, stick fighters, stilt walkers and calypso stars will “dingolay” in Centennial Park in Scarborough at the Ol’ Time Carnival, Bacchanal in d’ Plantation Yard! on Sunday afternoon. The show tells the story about how the Trinidad carnival started. “ Ol’ Time Carnival came about after I met a young woman who […]
A Toronto park was recently renamed in honour of a three-year old boy who died after wandering away from his grandmother’s home on Neptune Drive in North York in the early hours of a bitterly cold winter morning. Rajah Park in North York where the boy to used to play, has been renamed Elijah Marsh […]
By Lincoln DePradine The cost of financing their tertiary education has been made easier for two Black youth, Jaleel Alfred and Deandra Christopher, who have received scholarships from Tropicana Community Services (TCS). The Robert K. Brown Scholarship to Alfred and the Dr Gervan Fearon Scholarship to Christopher were presented on Wednesday at the annual general […]
