The Peeks Toronto Caribbean Carnival Ball 2017 Review by Meegan Scott The night was set to Caribbean culture indeed! Pomp, Pageantry, Music, Dance, Caribbean humour and a brief flare of temper from a man burned by Mark Trinidad’s fun-filled Roast, sums up the Carnival Ball 2017 on Saturday. The Ball at the Liberty Grand, […]
Peeks Toronto Caribbean carnival will stage two major events before the grand parade on Saturday. This evening the 2017 King and Queen Showcase will be held at Allan Lamport Stadium,1155 King St West in Toronto and tomorrow evening the Pan Alive steelband competition will take place at the same venue. According to a release from […]
Paul Keens-Douglas in Concert with Dance Caribe Performing Company Review by Meegan Scott Celebration, entertainment, therapy, recall and homage in true Caribbean style. An apt description for the concert which brought the Caribbean, its culture and popular artistic performances to Riverdale Collegiate Institute in Toronto with grandeur and flair two Saturdays ago. I had the […]
Have you noticed that your Caribbean Camera newspaper has not featured its popular feature “Views on the News” for some time now? There is a reason for that and it has nothing to do with our newspaper’s policies. The fact is that it has become more and more difficult to find six persons who are […]
By Lincoln DePradine A Toronto-based social service agency, whose clients include thousands of people from the city’s Caribbean community, has received a cash donation for one of its education programs from Freedom Mobile, a subsidiary of the telecommunications company, Shaw. Freedom Mobile has donated $25,000 in support of digital technology at the computer lab at […]
Two teen-aged mas’ players from Whitby were adjudged king and queen respectively on Sunday at the first Junior King and Queen competition to be held in the 50-year history of the Toronto Caribbean carnival. Evan Murphy, 13, from the band, Venom Carnival, who portrayed ” Centipede Bite,” won the Junior King title. Winner of the […]
A group of more than 60 musicians and artists from Toronto’s Caribbean community will take part in this year’s Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XIII) to be held in Barbados August 18-27. The Canada-Caribbean Carifesta Contingent, as the group is called,” will present in music, theatre, dance, spoken word and storytelling,” said Rhoma Spencer, artistic […]
A study, released yesterday, is shedding light on the types of interactions members of the black community in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) have with police officers. More than 50 per cent of those surveyed said they have been stopped by police in public places and that number jumps to nearly 80 per cent among males between […]
By Ila Henry Photos By Gwyn Chapman Hundreds of people from the Caribbean community) got together at Masyrktown Park in Scarborough on Sunday for an annual event which attendees say has become a community institution. It was Dr. Sheridan Cyrus’ family picnic but this get-together was not just for the family of […]
By Victor Beausoleil On January 27, last, 22-year-old Jalani Hibbert was charged with one count of second-degree murder after the death of 41 year old Victor Ogundipe inside Toronto South Detention Centre. The weakening and dehumanizing conditions in this $1.3- billion facility, which we, as taxpayers, will be paying off for the next 30 years, […]
