Unless the Festival Management Committee (FMC) can run Carnival better, it’s time the community reclaimed the event, a veteran bandleader says. Michael Williams, leader of De Regulars Arts and Cultural Group for the past 35 years said FMC must stop trying to control the Toronto Mas Band Association (TMBA). “What is the mandate of the […]
As always the opinions in this article are mine and mine alone. Who am I? Just your average So n So. This week I decided to do it a little differently with a top 15. I will do this from time to time because there are many questions being asked and some can be […]
Ontario minister Mitzie Hunter and MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes will headline the second annual Canada International Black Women Event (CIBWE) June 10 and 11 at Novotel Hotel, Mississauga. Rose Cathy Handy said the conference will be opened by Hunter, associate minister of finance responsible for pension reform and MPP for Scarborough-Guildwood. “Her opening remarks will lead […]
One year ago at the announcement that Mark Saunders would be Toronto’s first Black police chief, Anthony Morgan, then with the African Canadian Legal Clinic, gently advised Saunders not to accept “collateral damage” in serving and protecting the community. The charismatic new chief – an excellent listener – said he would take it under advisement […]
A spokesman for the Black Action Defense Committee (BADC) said, “In reviewing the testimony from the Jermaine Carby inquest a number of troubling revelations have come up.” BADC Director Kingsley P. Gilliam said the committee is demanding that the Attorney General of Ontario bring charges against Const. Justin Chittenden, one of the officers involved. Gilliam […]
Toronto including the Caribbean Diaspora are praying for the survival of a baby boy taken at just 20 weeks by C-section as his mother lay dying of a gunshot would inflicted by a gunman branded by a Toronto Police superintendent as disgraceful and a coward. The baby is in stable condition, hospital officials say, but […]
Every now and again, I feel like celebrating the success of my friends. Joan Pierre is more than my friend. She is a close friend with whom I have collaborated on many, many projects over the years. She is well known for her professional reputation as a first class event manager. Today, I choose […]
It is ironic that our biggest tragedies can lead to our greatest triumphs. This is undoubtedly the case in Fort McMurray. As the forest fire of gigantic proportions devoured parts of the town, the horrible consequences of that tragedy also aroused in the various segments of our society the enormous, heart-warming spirit of caring and […]
Jamaica-born Dr. Maurice Bygrave, a founder of CARIBANA, will present a film version of his play When Will I be Loved which focuses on the fundamental principles of the Masonic Order. This insight into what some in the Caribbean community consider a closed door society will be presented at Toronto Onyx Lions Club Den, 875 […]
In glorious sunshine at St. John’s Rehab Hospital in Rae Whistance Memory Gardens yesterday, a grateful and recovering Elissa Antonio cheerfully delivered an update on her recovery from injuries sustained in a 40-foot fall in Trinidad and Tobago. “I feel great. I’m able to lift both feet. And I feel very accomplished,” Antonio told members […]
