Justice Donald McLeod who was cleared last December of misconduct charges after he was accused of advocating on behalf of the Federation of Black Canadians (FBC),spoke of his hearing before the Ontario Judicial Council in his keynote address on Sunday at the National Black Canadians summit in Ottawa. ” I was now not only fighting […]
The following is an excerpt from the keynote address by Justice Donald McLeod at the National Black Canadians summit held in Ottawa on the weekend: I stand here not as a judge but as a man, a black man. I was not born Justice McLeod. I was born black. Please do not define me by […]
OTTAWA – Canada’s Scotiabank has announced plans to shut or shrink 120 branches, largely in Mexico and the Caribbean, in a bid to save $120 million annually. The bank said it would close 35 of its 200 branches in the Caribbean and would sever 1, 500 full-time employees, including 500 from its international operations. “In […]
By Nora Loreto I suspect that the events of Oct. 22, 2014, will mark a turning point in Canadian civil liberties. With downtown Ottawa back from lockdown and thousands who work in the core reeling, we are far from the dust settling on what has just happened. I also suspect that despite this fact, there […]
By Jasminee Sahoye Ottawa police have yet to lay charges against two youths captured on surveillance footage defacing the sculpture of Canadian jazz icon Oscar Peterson in downtown Ottawa. The footage shows two youths putting gold paint into the eyes of the lifesize sculpture shortly after midnight early last week. The sculpture has since been […]
