By Mark Brown PRIDE Guest Columnist It was standing room only, after the Black Lives Matter Toronto (BLMTO) chapter filled every seat in Toronto’s Ryerson University Student Campus Center, earlier this month, on Friday, August 5. BLMTO hosted a Prayer ...
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Ministers Welcome Move By Virgin Group To Acquire BMR Jamaica
By Garwin Davis JIS Contributing Writer ST. ELIZABETH, Jamaica, August 14, 2016 (JIS) — Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, has welcomed the move by British billionaire and head of the Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson, to ...
Read More »Usain Bolt Wins 100M Sprint In Historic Fashion
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, August 15, (CMC) – Jamaica’s Usain Bolt became the first athlete to win a hat-trick of Olympic 100 metres titles, when he stormed to 9.81 seconds in the final at the Rio Olympics here, last night. ...
Read More »Nova Scotia Home For Colored Children Survivors Of Abuse Celebrate In Toronto
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Members of the ground-breaking Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children (NSHCC) Restorative Inquiry are in Toronto this week to meet with former residents, connect with advocates, parents and community members and ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Minister Of Foreign Affairs And Trade Will Give Keynote Address At JCA Gala
TORONTO, Ontario August 5, 2016 — Kamina Johnson-Smith, Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will deliver the keynote address at the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) 54th Anniversary and Jamaica’s Independence gala, tomorrow. “The Anniversary and Independence celebration is ...
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