“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world” – P. Pullman Natasha Charles, Canadian-born and Trinidad-raised winner of the 2015 Alice Kane Storytelling Award, wants the community’s help with her project Living Archive, a series of oral storytelling interviews or conversations in the Trinidad and Tobago community. “The […]
The community is invited to a benefit dinner to launch Scarborough Hospital Foundation’s Caribbean Philanthropic Council at JC’s Banquet Hall, 1686 Ellesmere Rd, Scarborough, on Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. The council’s mission is to provide preventative health care measures unique to the Caribbean community. The council will carry out this mission through fundraising events […]
NASSAU, Bahamas – World sprint champions Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce copped the major titles as Jamaica won five of the six categories in the second Annual Caribbean Sports Awards, organized by the Caribbean Sports Journalists’ Association (CASJA). Bolt was unanimously chosen as Sportsman of the Year, beating Paralympic athlete Akeem Stewart of Trinidad and […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Archbishop of Port of Spain Joseph Harris says Trinidad and Tobago has other things to worry about and “what we are doing to ourselves” instead of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Middle East. Asked what he thought about the attacks on Paris and other places around the world by […]
As the island of Dominica continues to rebuild following Tropical Storm Erika almost four months ago, Canadians are being invited to invest in reconstruction of the three hardest hit sectors, agriculture, infrastructure and housing. Erika dumped 15 inches of rain on the mountainous island. Floods swamped villages, destroyed homes and wiped out roads. Some communities […]
Caribbean Airlines was presented with a special award for outstanding service by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) during Caribbean Week Canada here. Tyrone Tang, CEO and CFO Caribbean Airlines, received the One Sea, One Voice Award on Tuesday which recognizes the airline’s ongoing contribution to providing decades of service and development in the region. “We […]
“Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I want to take ya, Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama, Key Largo, Montego, baby why don’t we go, Jamaica” Like The Beach Boys who in their song Kokomo want to take you to The Islands, Caribbean tourism officials are also trying to encourage travel agents and agencies in Canada to get […]
DUBAI, UAE – The consulate of St. Kitts and Nevis marked its reopening in the Middle East recently with a private invitation-only event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Chairing the ceremony, Elsa Wilkin-Armbrister, the recently appointed acting consul general, officially announced the reopening of the consulate to service the needs of St. Kitts and […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados is on track to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030, according to UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé. The Caribbean country has already reached the testing pillar of the 90–90–90 target, with 92% of people living with HIV being aware of their status. The Ministry of Health […]
Sid Frankel, associate professor of social work, University of Manitoba, and a former director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, asks Camera readers to “please join us this holiday season by donating today in support of Greater Futures Start Here. “By doing so you can provide the ultimate gift to a child, empower […]
