(NC) Eating well is essential for a healthy pregnancy for both you and your child. However, defining what is healthy and knowing what nutrients and how much of each to work into your diet can be difficult. Here are expert ...
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(NC) As part of National Immunization Awareness Week which runs April 25th to the 29th, Ontario’s public health doctor is reminding parents to keep their children’s vaccinations current. “Delaying or refusing certain vaccines increases the risk of disease,” says Dr. ...
Read More »Landscaping Tips For Your Home
(NC) We all know that it takes more than April showers to bring May flowers into your yard. Building and maintaining a beautiful outdoor landscape is the result of long hours, hard work and a green thumb. Before you begin ...
Read More »Human Rights Activist, Dudley Laws, Remembered At Harry Jerome Awards “Evening Of Excellence’’
By Lincoln Depradine PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Dudley Laws, the late Jamaican-Canadian who often was vilified in life for his community activism, was praised, last Saturday evening, for the “progress’’ that came about because of his work. A ...
Read More »Harriet Tubman — Our “Black Moses”: Antislavery Activist To Replace Slave Owner On US Twenty Dollar Bill
By Rupert Johnson PRIDE Columnist It is indeed ironic that Harriet Tubman, an ex-black slave and an ardent anti-slavery activist, is slated to replace Andrew Jackson on the American $20.00 bill. It is to be noted that Andrew Jackson was ...
Read More »South-South Cooperation Needed To Tackle Climate Change
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23 2016 (IPS) – As countries came together at the United Nations this week to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement, partnerships were forged between countries of the global South to support the implementation of ...
Read More »Developing Countries Take Lead At Climate Change Agreement Signing
By Lyndal Rowlands UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 2016 (IPS) – An unprecedented 175 countries are expected to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement here Friday, with 15 developing countries taking the lead by also ratifying the treaty. The Marshall Islands, ...
Read More »Pauline Christian Reaches Settlement With Pride News Magazine and Its Publisher, Michael Van Cooten
TORONTO, Ontario — Today, after intense but cordial discussions and negotiations, Pride News Magazine and its Publisher and Editor, Michael Van Cooten, and Pauline Christian and her son, D’Juvayne Christian, reached a settlement that quashed an impending defamation lawsuit. On ...
Read More »Small Island States Urge Rapid Implementation Of Climate Agreement
By Ahmed Sareer UNITED NATIONS, Apr 21, 2016 (IPS) – The Paris Climate Change Treaty represents an historic step forward in the international effort to address the crisis. The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) played a key role in ...
Read More »Former Leader Of British House of Lords To Be Guest Of Honor At Guyana Golden Jubilee
NEW YORK, New York Apr. 21, (CMC) – Former leader of the British House of Lords, Baroness Valerie Amos, will be a guest of honour at Guyana’s 50th Independence Celebration in New York. The Guyana Jubilee New York City Committee, ...
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