By Kuba Shand-Baptiste Like many people with Caribbean roots, Kuba Shand-Baptiste knew slavery might feature in her history. After finding a clue, she travelled to Aberdeen to find out more. The first thing that stands out as you travel through the Granite City, as Aberdeen is known, are the buildings. Grey and glistening in rare […]
By Lincoln DePradine At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals and groups in Toronto’s Black community sprang into action, after it was revealed that the virus was having a disproportionate impact, in terms of infection and death, on Canadians of African descent. The Black healthcare respondents, who participated in activities such as organizing […]
Poll finds most Black Canadians feel valued and respected in the same way as their non-Black colleagues, but that they have to work harder to earn it New research by KPMG in Canada finds that nearly seven out of 10 (68 per cent) Black Canadians say their employers have made progress on following through on […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon A 28-year-old male from Jamaica was recently granted refugee protection status in Canada as he established that there is a risk to his life on a Convention Refugee Ground. His claim was accepted by the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) of the Immigration Refugee Board (IRB) from the Bench. For the purposes of […]
Ahead of the Winter Olympics in 2022, the eight-time Olympic champion reflects on how the last Olympics in China completely changed his life. By Usain Bolt Coming from Jamaica, I have no experience in winter sports. I don’t like cold weather, I prefer the sun. Besides track, the only other sport I really played was […]
For the first time in its history, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has a female head. Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman was sworn into the post of Chief of Defence Staff on Thursday, 20 January. Wemyss-Gorman (49) has served the army for 29 years. “Over the past 29 years of service to the force, I have […]
Delcita, actress and guidance counsellor, is always counselling her fans while creating a comedic riot. She has written many successful plays and recently appeared alongside Oliver Samuels in the play Entanglement. She laughs and says how she is having Toronto withdrawal syndrome. Her appearance will let you sit on the Brink of Valentine’s. She […]
The Jamaican bobsleigh team is used to training without snow, but the coronavirus lockdown has seen its male athletes resort to pushing a car around the streets of an English city to stay in shape, with an eye on Olympic qualification. Some residents of Peterborough have offered their help to Shanwayne Stephens and Nimroy Turgott […]
Qаdіrа Jасkѕоn is a sосіаl worker аnd lаwуеr and is thе оnlу cаndіdаtе аррrоvеd to run for thе Ontario Lіbеrаl Pаrtу nomination іn Sсаrbоrоugh -Sоuthwеѕt. As the оwnеr оf Jаxоn Lаw Professional Corporation. “I am еxсіtеd tо lаunсh mу саndіdасу fоr thе Ontаrіо Liberal candidate in Scarborough – Southwest. As a ѕmаll-buѕіnеѕѕ оwnеr, mоthеr, wife, […]
History-making Republican Winsome Earle-Sears began her tenure presiding over the Virginia Senate last Monday as the state’s first woman to serve as lieutenant governor and the first Black woman to hold statewide office. “This indeed is an historic moment,” said Senator Mark Obenshain, who gave a speech welcoming the presiding officer who will be referred […]
