David Granger GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Venezuela has objected to a Canadian mining company operating in Guyana, telling the company it is infringing on Caracas’ sovereignty. The move has not gone down well with Guyana’s President David Granger. Granger told Parliament that, in a move that shows no regard for diplomacy, Venezuela’s ambassador to Ottawa issued […]
CLIFFORD, Virginia – A study published in a toxicology journal found that a chemical widely used in personal care products such as sunscreen poses an ecological threat to corals and coral reefs and threatens their existence. It only takes one drop of that chemical, oxybenzone, to cause disaster. Oxybenzone is found in over 3,500 sunscreen […]
Baroness Floella Benjamin is this year’s special patron. SALEM, Montserrat – An unique annual literary festival will be held in Montserrat in November. The event is spearheaded by the Open Campus of the University of the West Indies under the leadership of Gracelyn Cassell, head of the Open Campus in Montserrat. Alliouagana Festival of […]
Austin Clarke Louise ‘Miss Lou’ Bennett-Coverley The works of two Caribbean-Canadian literary icons, Austin Clarke and the late Louise (Miss Lou) Bennett-Coverley, are being preserved at McMaster University. McMaster librarian Vivian Lewis calls the works “two jewels of our Caribbean collection.” At an event in Toronto recently to pay tribute to Clarke, a Commonwealth and […]
Basil Williams – nicknamed Shotgun. Basil Williams, the former Jamaica and West Indies opening batsman, died last Sunday. He was 65. Williams made his first-class debut for Jamaica in February 1970 and went on to play in 46 matches scoring 2,702 runs with five centuries. He made his Test debut for the West Indies against Australia in […]
By Michael Lashley As we confront the massive inequality in incomes and lifestyles and as our economy serves up horrible realities on the employment front, we have the additional good fortune of having a new prime minister, belonging to the younger generation, who is willing to listen and who, with our pro-active involvement as unrelenting […]
By Gerald V. Paul; As the Eyes Guy is re-reading Getting Back in the Game, a foreign policy playbook for Canada by the brilliant former Canadian ambassador to the UN Paul Heinbecker, I would like to welcome Eyesers to a new Canada: A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian. It’s a compelling vision for […]
By Gerald V. Paul; Farley flex reflected on his early days growing up in Malvern and his Mom working at the Scarborough Hospital as he was inducted into the 2015 Scarborough Walk of Fame for his contribution in the field of entertainment. It was a time for celebrating community, recognizing achievement and inspiring tomorrow’s leadership. […]
By Gerald V. Paul; Award-winning Trinidadian-born Canadian author Rabindranath Maharaj will be part of a discussion at Harbourfront on Sunday (Nov. 1) at 2 p.m. at the Brigantine Room during the Toronto Book Awards Celebration, International Festival of Authors. Also among the distinguished writers will be Barbadian-Canadian Austin Clarke, author of Membering. Maharaj, who reviewed […]
By Gerald V. Paul; “Local businesses need to cluster together, work together and mentor together to grow themselves from the roots up, and this organization has the ability to do it,” Ontario Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid told a gathering of 200 people recently at the Scarborough Business Association (SBA). Speaking at the Toronto Pan […]
