Let’s be clear: Black Lives do Matter. Witness the contribution Black people the world over have made to the prosperity we all enjoy today. But we as people of colour have real reasons to grumble. We are facing challenges. We want to participate fully in the life of our country, Canada. Think about the economic […]
Canadian-born of Guyanese and Jamaican parents, Patricia J. Jaggernauth is among the 15 Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) 34th-annual Harry Jerome Awards recipients announced last Tuesday. The formal presentation is slated for April 23 at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building. Jaggernauth, the recipient of the media award, seen since June on CP24 as […]
Prominent Trinidad and Tobago-born businessman Tony Chankar of The Printing Press is proud to announce that his daughter Nishani is now a female head at Trinity College at U of T. “Today my daughter made us proud one more time,” he said. “After being awarded two scholarships at the University of Toronto in the past […]
Last Tuesday The Camera hooked up with Sstyles, fresh outta sweet T and T and the Canadian-born artist of the west end was down with it! “Music lives in my veins,” is tattooed on his arm. Nuff said? He believes in go big or go home so he was off the roots enjoying the precious […]
When the community pays tribute to former Toronto deputy police chief Peter Sloly today (March 17) at the Jamaican Canadian Association, uppermost on many minds will be whether Sloly will take the $225,000 job as Winnipeg’s chief. If he does take the job, he will replace the retiring Devon Clunis who served for about three […]
As Canada was celebrating International Women’s Day, Canadians were asked to nominate a woman to appear in the 2018 bank note issue. And already there is interest in the Caribbean Diaspora to have one of their own in this historic and iconic move. “A Canadian woman will be featured on the very first of the […]
After 14 months of covering the best and most unique ska and reggae – classics and lesser known soul songs – the Rhythm Express introduce their first original side built from the bottom up, Soul Nation. Funk and soul music originated in the clubs, the places where people hibernate away from the madding crowd and […]
A push for more transparency such as sharing race-based data is among potential changes highlighted for staff to consider by David Rivard, executive director of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, as Queen’s Park demands more efficiency and accountability in the sector. The province says it expects more consolidation, sharing of services and amalgamations in […]
Immigration Minister John McCallum is planning to introduce changes in the “next couple of months” that will grant permanent resident status to sponsored spouses of Canadians, immediately upon arriving here. “Excellent news,” said Jamaican-born community leader Maxine Pearson. “There’s a lot of vulnerability, particularly with women who came here, sponsored,” said MP Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal-Scarborough-Rouge […]
As another performance of the prestigious Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre is set to be staged at the Sony Centre this weekend, a Canadian woman who attended the school has used that training to found Afro Flow Yoga (AFY). Leslie Salmon-Jones, daughter of Canada’s first Black chief of surgery, the late Dr. Douglas Salmon and […]
