Pride News Canada's Leader In African Canadian & Caribbean News, Views & Lifestyle

By Annan Boodram Contributing Columnist Elderly individuals are often more vulnerable to various forms of abuse, because they tend to have assets that they have accumulated, through their lives, and because they may also experience mental or physical limitations. In ...

By Kara Fletcher Guest Contributor Many of us are several weeks into stay-at-home directives from our governments and health officials. For many, social distancing means sharing a confined space with romantic partners while navigating new stressful issues including sudden unemployment, working ...

By Chef Selwyn Richards Culinary Specialist Although pumpkin muffins are traditionally a fall favorite, there is no reason you can’t enjoy these delicious, lightly-spiced muffins all year round. This version is topped with coarse sugar for a decorative touch, but ...

By Chef Selwyn Richards Culinary Specialist According to studies, most North Americans don’t get enough fiber in their diets. The daily recommended intake is 20-30 grams each day, but if you’re like many others, you may only get about half ...

By Beverly Bain, OmiSoore Dryden and Rinaldo Walcott Guest Contributors The claim that COVID-19 and its associated medical and social responses do not discriminate belies the history of how pandemics work and who is most impacted by them. States of emergency show ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 24, 2020 (CMC) – The United States has committed US$475,000 towards the fight against COVID-19, here. The US Embassy, yesterday, informed, via its website, that the funds would be released, through the Regional Caribbean Office of the ...

By Wendy Grolnick Guest Contributor Parents have always helped with homework and made sure their children fulfill responsibilities like chores, but the extended and often unstructured time families are spending together during the current crisis creates new challenges. After a disaster ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 24, 2020 (CMC) – Barbados recorded its sixth death to COVID-19, on the same day that it confirmed its first new case in six days. The Ministry of Health and Wellness reported, Wednesday, that the deceased is ...

The Editor: As usual, I watched the Trinidad and Tobago’s government’s live media update on COVID-19 (17/4/2020). It is becoming clearer, every day, that this 10 a.m. daily broadcast is partly a political campaign. The almost two-hour repetition is turning ...

WASHINGSTON, District of Columbia April 21, 2020 (CMC) – The United States government will be repatriating 129 Haitian nationals, on Thursday, even as the French-speaking Caribbean nation recorded 10 new cases of COVID-19, in 24 hours. In a statement on ...