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(NC) Canada’s rich ethnic diversity brings so many unique benefits to those of us living here. Our fashion, food, sport and lifestyle industries are influenced and shaped by many exotic and distinct cultures. As foodies, we are introduced to, and ...

By Jordan Maxwell PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — A 14-week program, designed to provide video game and web design skills to Black youth in Rexdale, is reaching a new plateau as the group has recently raised more than $7,000 ...

By Moyiga Nduru JUBA, South Sudan, Mar 30 2016 (IPS) – A single phone call from an irate security official is enough to shutdown a newspaper in Sudan. Security agents sometimes employ unorthodox methods: they storm the premises of a ...

Photo above: Irene Tuwei holding a certificate of recognition for being a top saver, she is a role of model of what simple and well-thought out economic interventions can do. Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPS By Miriam Gathigah GAZA, Mozambique, Apr 1 ...

Photo above: Syrian refugee children learn to survive at a camp in north Lebanon. Credit: Zak Brophy/IPS. By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, Mar 31 2016 (IPS) – “We cannot respond to refugee crises by closing doors and building fences,” said ...

Photo above: A worker on the Marta farm, which was founded by one of the first proponents of agroecology in Cuba, harvests organic lettuce in the municipality of Caimito, in the western Cuban province of Artemisa. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS. ...

By Elizabeth Fraser Elizabeth Fraser is a Policy Analyst at the Oakland Institute. OAKLAND, Mar 29 2016 (IPS) – I was taught that responsibility means admitting your mistakes and being accountable when you make a mistake. I still believe this ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Apr. 1, (CMC) – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Preservation Fund has been launched here, with Canadain singer-songwriter, Bryan Adams, who has been living in Mustique since 2002, serving on its Board of ...

Photo courtesy of Britney Davis/Twitter. By Narissa Van Cooten PRIDE Guest Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Have you seen Toronto’s new anthem video, “From The 6ix”? CBC Toronto, which conducted a contest to discover an anthem song that exemplifies Toronto, released ...

Photo above: Linda Taglialatela, the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, who former Antigua PM, Lester Bird, described as an “old lady”. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Apr 1, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has apologised over statements ...