By Ingrid Walter Pride Contributing Writer She walks on to the stage at The Royal Conservatory of Music’s prestigious Koerner Hall with her signature bare feet. The audience, packed with fans and the uninitiated, applaud. Those who know her music ...
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Feed SubscriptionLandmark Settlement Of $29Million Reached In Sexual Abuse Allegations At Nova Scotia Home For Colored Children
By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Editorial Operations Manager NOVA SCOTIA – There is arguably no greater atrocity than stripping a child of their innocence. Through mental, physical and sexual abuse, wards of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children were ...
Read More »The Petty Personality: PsychTests’ Study Reveals Why Certain People Tend To Pick Fights
Research by PsychTests.com uncovers the personality traits that can make people more confrontational and argumentative. MONTREAL, Quebec – Why are some people so easily ticked off? It’s almost like they have an amazing superpower that allows them to see insults ...
Read More »Usain Bolt Part Of Large Jamaican Contingent For Commonwealth Games
By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer Athletes from Caribbean and African countries will be put to the test when they compete against other Commonwealth nations, including Canada, in Scotland later this month. The Commonwealth Games are one of two major ...
Read More »Do People Cheat More During The Summer?
Cheryl Hughes, when speaking on the subject of cheating, once wisely said, “When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves-they threaten their own self-esteem and their relationship with others by undermining the trust they have in their ability to ...
Read More »Spruce Up Your Deck
NC – Summer is here and you are looking at your deck or patio and wondering how much longer it’s going to last. Is it starting to splinter? Are the stones rough and painful to walk on? How are you ...
Read More »Medical Marijuana – Long History, Scientific Future
NC – Medical marijuana, or pharmaceutical-grade cannabis, has been an exceptionally popular topic in recent months. For the 30,000 Canadians who currently use it to treat their chronic or terminal illness they know how beneficial it can be for pain ...
Read More »Cuba And U.S. Relations: Something Is Moving
By Ignacio Ramonet Cuba Correspondent In this column, Ignacio Ramonet, director of Le Monde Diplomatique in Spanish, analyses U.S.-Cuba relations. PARIS, France (IPS) – In ‘Hard Choices’, her new book about her experiences as Secretary of State during U.S. President Barack ...
Read More »No Faith In Kenney’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program
By Justin Trudeau and John McCallum Those who come to this country and work hard should have a fair and reasonable chance at becoming Canadian citizens. Equally, Canada should not exploit vulnerable people from abroad who arrive on our shores. ...
Read More »Safeguarding Yourself In Your Workplace
By Lee-Anne Lyon-Bartley Pride Guest Writer Every year tens of thousands of workers are injured or develop an occupational related illness at work every day in Canada. Even worse there are still a number of fatalities that occur within the ...
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