By Lincoln DePradine Pan Fantasy Steelband musicians are certain they’ll be participating in the “Pan Alive’’ panorama competition of 2019; a competition they’ve won in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. What they are unsure about is what selection they’ll be performing at the Ontario Steelpan Association (OSA) competition on August 2 at […]
By Stephen Weir As the school year winds down and the warm weather finally moves in, Last weekend it proved to be a great time to be a kid in Scarborough. There were three, count ‘em three, kiddies costume band launches in the city this past Saturday and Sunday and there are more launches to […]
By Stephen Weir & Craigg Slowly Pictures by Anthony Berot No Bunji Jumping this year, but Machel Mantano sure performed and danced up a storm. The Trinidad superstar was the crowning touch on Saturday’s massive costume launch for the newly reconstituted Atlantic Mas band. The afternoon costume show and musical performance was held at Rebel […]
The African Canadian Heritage Association, fondly known as ACHA, celebrated its milestone 50th year anniversary of teaching African and Caribbean history to children in our community on Saturday the 18 and Sunday May 19, 2019, to a packed house at the beautiful Centennial College Event Centre in Scarborough. Saturday featured A Nia Circle and Family […]
By Lincoln DePradine Tyme Boucaud-Coley is a young Trinidadian-Canadian, who is aspiring to have a professional career in fashion design. She has started on the path; at present, she’s involved in fashion design as a hobby. Boucaud-Coley has been accepted as a student at the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in Manhattan, New York. […]
By Lincoln DePradine The late entrepreneur and broadcast executive, Fitzroy Gordon, was a “credit to his race’’, according to Pastor Errol Lawrence. “Fitzroy Gordon was a credit to the human race; a great man, not just in Canadian history, but also in world history,’’ Lawrence said at Gordon’s funeral last Friday at Global Kingdom Ministries […]
By Stephen Weir David Chariandy’s novel, Brother, is now one of the the most successful Canadian fiction titles in terms of prize purses. The Trinidadian Canadian writer is one of the eight winners of the 2019 Windham Campbell Prize of $165,000 US ($220,000). He was awarded the prize for his 2017 book about two young Trinidadian […]
By Lincoln DePradine Sonia Marville-Carter arrived in Toronto late last year, just as winter was setting in, to be Barbados’ top diplomat in Toronto. She says she has been enjoying the working relationship with her colleagues in the Caribbean consular corps, as well as her interaction with members of the city’s Barbadian and Caribbean […]
Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, will be the guest speaker at the “Bring On The Spring Event” on Saturday at the Peter and Paul Banquet Hall in Scarborough. The ” dinner event ” is organized by the Barbados Canada Foundation to raise funds for the purchase of medical […]
Two Black Nova Scotians who reported being racially profiled on Parliament Hill during a visit earlier this month say the apology they received from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a private meeting last Thursday was genuine. “I totally respect his apology and also we shared some thoughts on ways to involve the youth, the upcoming generation,” Trayvone […]
