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SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick and ATHABASCA, Alberta – The challenges, faced by two waves of Black immigrants from the United States in the early 19th and 20th centuries, come to light in a pair of stamps, issued this month by Canada ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis (January 28, 2021) — The government of St. Kitts and Nevis is forging ahead with plans to find a viable solution to the street vending concern, that has developed in the Basseterre area in recent years. Yesterday, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, January 28, 2021) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says a Cabinet committee is being established to review the government’s implementation of recommendations, contained in the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force report. The task force was convened by ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist First we had the riot/protest/insurrection on January 6, but if it escaped attention or concern, three things happened, within a day of each other, that not only speak volumes, but also tell a great deal ...

St. Martin is known as the gourmet capital of the Caribbean, mastering courses from breakfast to dessert and everything in between. But the focus here, is on the best course of every meal: dessert. Calling all those with a sweet ...

By Kate Chappell Guest Contributor KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan 20 2021 (IPS) — For decades, every time it rains, heavily, in Jamaica, a daunting deluge of plastic bottles and bags, styrofoam and other garbage trundles its way down a network of ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Last year was one of the most challenging that the world has ever seen, so we all thought we had seen it all, experienced it all, and felt it all, when we were confronted with ...

By Sania Farooqui Guest Contributor NEW DELHI, India (January 27, 2021) IPS — As a Muslim woman, born and brought up in Denmark, Nadia Helmy Ahmed broke many stereotypes, when she started boxing at the age of 15. “Back then, ...

By Michael Hefferon Guest Contributor As COVID-19 vaccination for adults rolls out, it’s time to consider the wisdom (or otherwise) of vaccinating our children. Indications to vaccinate a child population could include: A pandemic causing severe and widespread illness/mortality in ...

By Heather Lawford; Heather L. Ramey; and Jessica Riddell Guest Contributors National youth poet laureate, Amanda Gorman’s, recitation of “The Hill We Climb,” at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration in the United States, captured the attention of a nation and people, globally. ...