OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Navy’s deputy commander has responded to a series of online posts criticizing the military’s plan to drop the term “seaman” by warning that there is no place in the force for sailors who subscribe to “hateful, misogynistic and racist” beliefs. Rear-Admiral Chris Sutherland issued the admonition in a Facebook post […]
Director Jian Hennings found his actors on Facebook and then took them on a Trinidad road trip. Hennings, director and writer of Grace &Saleem, concedes that it is hard to make a “road movie” in Trinidad. “It is a small island, you can drive around our little world in 3 or 4 hours.” Everyone has […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil -Two military police officers here are to face criminal charges after pictures were broadcast on TV on the weekend showing one of them stepping on the neck of a black woman. The victim, a middle-aged owner of a small bar, was then dragged in handcuffs across the pavement. The recording was made […]
Intercity Broadcasting Network, a Toronto-based company that operates Radio Station G98.7-FM which was placed in” investigative receivership ” on June last year, has been ordered by an Ontario Court to be sold. The station which has a large Caribbean listenership, is reported to be deeply in debt Farber & Partners Inc has been authorized to […]
HAMILTON, Bermuda – Bermuda is to get its first Black and first female Governor later this year, it was officially announced on Friday. Government House said Rena Lalgie, who is married with two children, will succeed John Rankin in December. Lalgie, who is currently the director of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation in the […]
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and best-selling author of Just […]
By Lincoln DePradine Toronto Mayor John Tory has pledged to continue playing ” a leadership role ” in combating racism and discrimination in the city. The mayor was speaking at a virtual town hall last week with Scarborough Councillor and Deputy Mayor, Michael Thompson. During the discussions, participants raised questions about the deaths of George […]
Fred VanVleet says people in the United States are reaching a boiling point after hundreds of years of racism. The Toronto Raptors guard was asked on Monday what he thought of the protests in major cities across the United States following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Hew was killed after a police officer […]
Letter from the Publisher Happy birthday to us Dear Readers, We are proud to announce that The Caribbean Camera is now 30 years old. Unfortunately, at this time , we are experiencing problems which we have never had before in the entire history of the newspaper. As many of our faithful readers are aware, back […]
By Stephen Weir Ooh la la costumes. Thundering pans. Sweet calypso. And while they are at it, throw in a few big name soca performers. Toronto Caribbean Carnival 2020 is getting ready to digitally jump up and thumb noses at the Coronavirus come July. While the annual summer festival in downtown Toronto has been cancelled […]
