BRAMPTON, Ontario September 19, 2018 — Allan Bucka Jones, a familiar face and voice in the Canadian Black community, is contesting to be the Regional Councillor for Wards 2 & 6, in the Brampton Municipal Elections, on October 22. Jamaica-born ...
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Idris Elba: Isn’t It Time For A Black James Bond?
By Edward Ademolu Contributing Writer A Black Bond? It’s an apparently unproblematic and straightforward question, right? Well, not quite. When suggested quite quizzically by a colleague, it sparked a series of reactionary positions in the staff room, especially from the ...
Read More »Midlife Sex Problems? New Research Says You’re Not Alone
By Christopher Quinn-Nilas Contributing Writer Around 30 percent of Canadians, between the ages of 40 and 59, report at least one problem in the bedroom. The most common sexual problem is low desire, according to a research study, we recently published in ...
Read More »That Racist Caricature Of Serena Williams Makes Me So Angry
By Jacqueline L. Scott Contributing Writer Serena Williams did something that even President Barack Obama could not do. She got angry and showed it. At the recent U.S. Open Tennis Championship, Williams disagreed with some of the calls made by the umpire. ...
Read More »Much Ado About Blackness
By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator In order for the youth, and obviously ignorant among us, to be aware of how Black people have been abused, marginalized and arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, ...
Read More »We’re Losing Our Children In Small Steps
A parent is a parent, from beginning to end, and was never intended to be the child’s friend Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator As I take in, daily, what is happening with the youth in our community, my heart ...
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