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TORONTO, Ontario – Fitzroy Gordon, Founder and President of Toronto based radio station G98.7FM “The Way We Groove,” is pleased to announce that he has been granted approval from the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The Black and Caribbean Book Fair 2014 will focus on stories of migration as well as Black fatherhood when it happens at the William Doo Auditorium, University of Toronto on November ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Human Rights Watch, an international human rights organization, is calling on Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, parliamentarians, and other leaders to consistently condemn violence and discrimination. The organization wants Simpson ...

TORONTO, Ontario – It was a landslide win for Tiffany Ford in the Toronto Municipal polls Monday night. Ford was officially elected trustee of the York West school board, beating her closest competitor, Matias De Dovitiis, by more than 3,000 ...

Photo above is of Ashmeed Khan, with wife, Shelly, during his acceptance speech.   By Michael Van Cooten Pride Publisher/Editor AJAX, Ontario – The Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade (APBOT) honoured veteran business executive, Ashmeed Khan, with its 2014 Business Person of ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Toronto mayoral candidate, Olivia Chow, says what keeps her going is watching how young people are responding with excitement, enthusiasm and energy to her campaign for mayor, saying: “We can work ...

By Allan Bucka Jones Pride Health Columnist  This week has started with good news on the Ebola front; Nigeria and Senegal are now deemed Ebola free. Also, Canada began shipping 800 vials of a made in Canada experimental Ebola vaccine ...

By Sharmon Carrington Pride Columnist Our children are bombarded by various influences that can distract them and pull them in various directions. Movies, TV, video games, stresses and conflicts at school can all contribute to a youth’s retreat, often opting ...

Photo above: Among African-Canadian supporters of mayoral candidate, John Tory (right) are Bernice Carnegie and Jojo Chintoh. Photo by Lincoln Depradine. By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – With only days remaining before polling, front-running mayoral candidate and ...

NC – Are you looking to refresh a room, or give life to tired space? Take a look at a few creative quick tips from Vern Yip, the acclaimed interior designer, long-time HGTV star, and an ambassador for the Portuguese ...