By Kenton X. Chance CMC Caribbean Reporter ROSEAU, Dominica, October 6, 2017 (CMC) – A decade ago, when Clyde Edwards got an opportunity to relocate his general grocery business to Riverbank, he did not hesitate. The location was considered a ...
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Hundreds Of Dominicans Queue To Buy Food; Leave The Island
By Kenton X. Chance CMC Caribbean Reporter ROSEAU, Dominica, October 6, 2017 (CMC) – Almost three weeks after Hurricane Maria decimated their island, Dominicans were, yesterday, queuing for hours for an opportunity to buy food or board a vessel leaving ...
Read More »Guyana Government’s “Consultative Meeting” With Guyanese-Canadians On It’s Diaspora Engagement Strategy Elicited More Questions Than Answers
By Sharmon Carrington PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario October 6, 2017 — The Guyana Consulate General in Toronto recently solicited the participation of Guyanese nationals, at a “consultative meeting” — held on September 27 — on Guyana’s Draft Diaspora Engagement ...
Read More »A Simple Thanksgiving Proposal
By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist Thanksgiving is not about what is on the table, but about the people sitting around it. It is interesting, and at the selfsame time, paradoxical, that we annually carry out this ritual of giving thanks ...
Read More »African Canadian Human Rights Activists Welcome UN Report On People Of African Descent In Canada
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario October 5, 2017 — Several African Canadian human rights and workers’ rights activists in the country have welcomed the recommendations of the recently released UN Report on People of African Descent in ...
Read More »WSIB Practice That Limited Compensation For Injured Jamaican Migrant Worker Breaches The Law
TORONTO, Ontario October 6, 2017 — In a historic decision, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal ruled that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) policy breached the rights of Michael Campbell, an injured migrant worker from Jamaica. Since ...
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