By Lincoln DePradine When TAIBU Community Health Centre was established 10 years ago, Liben Gebremikael was appointed executive director of the organization. He’s proud of the achievements of TAIBU, a multidisciplinary, not-for-profit, community-led organization headquartered in the Malvern neighbourhood of Scarborough. “The mandate of the organization is to improve the health and wellbeing of the […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Managing diabetes By Liben Gebremikael There are several chronic conditions that disporprotionately affect the Black communities. Among them is diabetes. According to Canadian statistics, people of African descent are two to three times more likely to be affected by diabetes compared to the white population. In our current practice, we are […]
By Stephen Weir, photographs by Don Moreland For the youngsters who play mas’ with Fantazia Carnival, the natural elements aren’t hurricanes and volcanoes; they are gentle breezes, friendly sunsets and warm blue water. On the weekend the band held a launch party for the revellers who will be taking part in the July 21 Junior […]
By Heather Aspinall Summer is here and nail salons and spas are buzzing with people anxiously about the business of getting well groomed hands and feet. But along with the process of getting well-groomed or perhaps just a relaxing foot soak or rub, may come infection risks of which consumers need to be aware. In […]
By Stephen Weir Photographs by Don Moreland held in Scarborough. A trio of mas’ camps -Sunlime Mas’, Louis Saldenah’s Mas-K-Camp and Tribal Carnival – held free launches . On Saturday, Sunlime Mas’ held just what its name suggests. In brilliant sunshine, the band launch was taken outdoors onto a large wooden stage that had been […]
By Lincoln DePradine The tens of thousands of Canadian dollars provided annually by members of the Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education (PACE) for educational purposes in Jamaica are deeply appreciated by the government and people of that Caribbean nation, says Jamaica’s top diplomat in Toronto. “Without PACE, many, many, many students in […]
By Lincoln DePradine More than 200 people showed up at the Jamaican Canadian Centre last Friday evening to “meet, greet and support ” Black candidates in the June 7 provincial elections in Ontario. Twenty-one candidates were invited to the event but just over a dozen were present. A few of them, including two government […]
Adaoma Patterson, an adviser with the strategic planning team in the Human Services Department in the Region of Peel, has been re-elected President of the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) for a second term. Patterson has served as president of the JCA since 2016. Also re-elected last week for a second term to the JCA’s Board […]
By Stephen Weir /Photographs by Don Moreland The sexy fishnet stockings and tights and the angel wings from the adult carnival costumes launches in Toronto have been put away and now it’s the children’s turn to show their stuff on stage. This weekend there are three junior costumes launches – Tribal Carnival and Sunlime Mas’on […]
About 200 people -mainly in the 50-plus age range – took a musical trip down memory lane last Saturday night at the sixth annual presentation of Nostalgia at the Metropolitan Centre in Scarborough. Don Silver Fox Ali and his band serenaded the audience with calypso classics, Indian hits and other popular numbers of yesteryear at […]
