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By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist Recently a significant study from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, was published in the BMJ Open Journal. It is the first study in Canada to look at ethnic-specific trends of cardiovascular risk ...

TORONTO, Ontario – With summer temperatures mimicking the heat of excitement that was the Toronto 2015 Pan Am and ParaPan-Am Games, which ended last Saturday, residents and visitors to the mega-city that is Toronto, will not soon forget their experiences. ...

Photo above is of members of the Jamaica Olympic Ice Hockey Federation’s first try-outs. Photo credit: www.joiht.org. By Lekan Afolabi PRIDE Sports Columnist Canada is a country with a deep love for hockey. I remember how much hockey content used to ...

Submitted by Dr. George Traitses Back pain is pervasive among Canadian adults, but a new and disturbing trend is emerging. Young children report suffering from back pain much earlier than previous generations, and the use of overweight backpacks is a contributing ...

In the photo above, Sandi Folkes, Executive Director of the CariVaughan festival, poses with MP and Associate Minister of  National Defence, Julian Fantino. Photo courtesy of CariVaughan. Toronto’s north end will experience the splendor and vibrancy of the Caribbean with ...

Just close your eyes and picture yourself in Grandma’s kitchen. Can you smell those fresh baked cookies or those scrumptious pies? Just the thought of baking gives anyone that warm to the toes feeling. Baking doesn’t have to be a ...

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – A new Cuban vaccine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B is currently undergoing clinical trials in Cuba and eight Asian countries, with the cooperation of the French company Abivax. Researchers say the new product – HeberNasvac ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says it will reduce the number of work permits granted to foreigners as it sought to encourage that nationals be given priority for those jobs. “Contrary to our friends (opposition parliamentarians), we are ...

  Photo above is of Montserratian, Rose Willock. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) Monday night inducted the late Guyanese broadcaster, Terry Holder, and Montserratian, Rose Willock, into its Hall of Fame. Holder, who died in January last ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC — More than 100 candidates have been nominated to contest the September 7 general elections that opinion polls say is a straight fight between the ruling United National Congress (UNC) led People’s Partnership government and ...