Few in Toronto’s Caribbean community may be aware of the three African-American woman whose work on “Project Mercury” made it possible for the United States to catch up in the space race by launching the first American, Alan Shepard, into space and sending John Glenn into orbit around the earth. Now the inspiring story about […]
This week’s question: With the alarming rate of violent crime, including murder, in Trinidad and Tobago, do you believe it is safe to visit the country for the Christmas season? Damian Sogren Master of Ceremonies Home is home.Things have changed and crime has escalated but it’s bad all over the […]
Viola Desmond, often described as Canada’s Rosa Parks for her decision to sit in a whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theatre 70 years ago, will be the first woman other than the Queen to be celebrated on the face of a Canadian banknote. Canada’s Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Desmond will grace the […]
Dr. Eric Pierre, Honorary Consul General for Haiti in Toronto, (sixth from left) receives a ” big check” for $3,740 on behalf of Pierspective Entraide Huminataire, a Haitian-led charitable organization in Toronto, at the Jamaican Canadian Centre in Toronto. (From left) Alton Brooks – Director of Communications, Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA), JCA Board; Dr. Sylvanus […]
Two Saturdays ago, I left Washington D.C. to attend the Naparima College Christmas Dinner and Dance in Toronto. For the past few years, one classmate, Satnarine (Sat) Pundit, has been sharing information on our alumni dance and the exciting things our alma mater family was doing in Toronto. Sat and I reconnected in 1998 in […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has been awarded the World’s Leading Personality for Outstanding Services to Travel, at the 23rd Annual World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final held in the Maldives, Southern Asia on Friday. Jamaica and local tourism partners also copped several prestigious awards at the event. “I am very […]
Jamaica-born Lawrence Wilberforce McLarty, the first black uniformed officer in the Toronto Police service, died in Oshawa on Thursday after a lengthy illness He was 87. McLarty who joined the Toronto Police service in 1960, retired in 1992 as a staff sergeant in the Public Complaints’ Bureau. Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said McLarty has […]
When we watched television from outside someone’s window Addressing Barbadians at a gala in Toronto on Saturday to mark Barbados’ 50th anniversary of Independence, Haynesley L. Benn, Consul General of Barbados in Toronto, recalled the time when the Union Jack was lowered for the last time in his native country. It was a time when […]
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – International dancehall/reggae artiste, Beenie Man will be recognised for his contribution to the global music industry when he will be presented with the first Icon Music Award at the third staging of the Ocean Style Icon Award Dinner during the Ocean Style Fashion Showcase Weekend in Montego Bay on Friday. International […]
