TORONTO, Ontario March 6, 2017 — Last year, on December 7, a court in Toronto convicted one of the shooters from the 2012 Danzig tragedy. He was 17 at the time he pulled the trigger, and the incident sparked a ...
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Chauntae De Gannes: A Daughter Of The Vote
By Sharmon Carrington PRIDE Contributing Writer AJAX, Ontario March 3, 2017 — Hard working, ambitious and an exemplary leader, Chauntae De Gannes, a first year Political Science and Sociology student of Queens University, has been selected by The Adjudication Committee ...
Read More »Exhibition At City Hall Showcases Artifacts From Toronto’s Early Black Community
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario Friday, March 3, 2017 — An exhibition, featuring artifacts found during an archaeological dig of the new Toronto courthouse site in 2015, and which unearths the history of the Black community in ...
Read More »Diplomatic Passport For Calypso Rose
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 3, 2017 (CMC) – Veteran calypsonian Calypso Rose is being honoured for her contribution to the twin island republic and her recent international achievement. During yesterday’s post-Cabinet media briefing Minister of Community Development, ...
Read More »Tax Evasion Lessons From Panama
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram IPS Guest Writer KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia March 3, 2017 (IPS) — Unlike Wikileaks and other exposes, the Panama revelations were carefully managed, if not edited, quite selective, and hence targeted, at least initially. Most observers attribute ...
Read More »Grammy Award-Winning Morgan Heritage Announces New Album
QUEENS, New York March 3, 2017 — Following the success of the acclaimed Grammy Award-winning Strictly Roots, the globally renowned reggae group, Morgan Heritage, announced the name of their new album, yesterday, through a mini-documentary-style video on the Huffington Post. ...
Read More »Beware Of The New US Protectionist Plan: The Border Adjustment Tax – Part 1
By Martin Khor IPS Guest Writer PENANG, Malaysia March 4, 2017 (IPS) — A new and deadly form of protectionism is being considered by Congress leaders and the President of the United States that could have devastating effect on the ...
Read More »Caribbean Leaders Want Swifter Action On Climate Funding
By Desmond Brown IPS Caribbean Correspondent ROSEAU, Dominica, March 2, 2017 (IPS) — When Tropical Storm Erika hit the tiny Caribbean island of Dominica on Aug. 27, 2015, it killed more than two dozen people, left nearly 600 homeless and ...
Read More »African Canadian Achievement Awards Of Excellence Gala Celebrated “Contemporary Black History-Makers”
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario Wednesday, March 1, 2017 — The 33rd annual African Canadian Achievement Awards (ACAA) of excellence was the centre of pride, acknowledgement of success, and inspiring thank you speeches, complemented by some brilliant ...
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