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By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Sheldon Levy, president and vice-chancellor of Ryerson University, is committed to building the university – its physical presence and its reputation. Nowhere is that more evident than in the recently opened ...

NC – Warmer weather lets us cast off the heavy layers of winter and slip on a little dress and sexy sandals for easy summer style. This season’s trends are a mixture of bold patterns and flattering silhouettes for every ...

One of Africa’s musical giants and Zimbabwe’s most successful and national treasure, Oliver Mtukudzi, and his band, the Black Spirits, will be in Toronto on Saturday, April 18 for a much-anticipated performance. The concert, which is being staged by Toronto’s ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer VAUGHAN, Ontario – The Vaughan African Canadian Association (VACA) has teamed up with the Township of Oro-Medonte to restore the historical Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church, a church that was built by freed slaves in ...

TORONTO, Ontario – Two veteran political leaders of Guyana’s main opposition coalition party, APNU-AFC, Brigadier David Arthur Granger and Moses Veerasammy Nagamootoo, will bring their election message — “It is time for change; it’s time for unity” to Toronto. They ...

TORONTO, Ontario – The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) and its Caribbean Diabetes Chapter will be presenting the sixth annual Black Diabetes Expo on Saturday, April 25. Attendees will learn about the link between blood pressure and diabetes and how they ...

PANAMA CITY, Panama, CMC – US President, Barack Obama, and his Cuban counterpart, Raúl Castro, met here on Saturday in an historic face-to-face discussion between the leaders of both countries in a half-century. For about an hour, Obama and Castro ...

PANAMA CITY, Panama, CMC – After nearly four months of intense work and several bilateral consultations, 90 percent of the mandates put forward at the Summit of the Americas have been reached. President of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez, told ...

WASHINGTON, DC CMC – United States President Barack Obama, on Tuesday, decided to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. In a message to Congress, the White House said, that the long-awaited decision effectively removes ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A section of the highway that runs along Jamaica’s south coast will be named after former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson at a ceremony scheduled to be held on Friday. Dubbed Highway 2000, the roadway was one ...