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By Stephen Weir Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — The annual Scotiabank Photography Award offers the largest cash prize in Canada for photographers — and this year, Deanna Bowen took top honours. As winner of the Award, Bowen receives a $50,000 ...

By Stephen Weir Guest Contributor TORONTO, Ontario (PrideNews) — Meet Lateisha Williams and Celena Seusahai, two well-known Toronto mas’ models and long-time Carnival organizers, who were named the Face of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival Festival for 2021 and 2022, respectively, ...

By Roger Gibbs Guest Contributor The community that has given us the Toronto Caribbean Carnival (TCC) for over five decades, has nothing to show for its efforts. The Caribana/TCC arts community is in disarray. Despite the billions of dollars, which ...

TORONTO, Canada (Friday, May 7, 2021) — Jamaica-born, Canada-based singer, Ammoye, just copped her fifth Juno nomination with “Give it All”, and recently released its video. “Give it All” is among five songs, nominated for the 2021 Juno Award — ...

By Francesca Negro Guest Contributor A year has passed since an Angolan dance troupe called Fenómenos do Semba released a video of themselves dancing in a courtyard in Luanda to the South African hit song Jerusalema by Master KG. With over ...

By Dr. Kumar Mahabir Contributing Columnist This year’s annual Bocas Lit’ Fest (Bocas Literary Festival) ended, last weekend, in Trinidad and Tobago’s capital, Port-of-Spain. For the second year, it ran entirely virtual and online, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Friday, April 23, 2021) — More than three decades following the release of the groundbreaking album, Jamaican Funk – Canadian Style, Michie Mee, crowned Canada’s Queen of Hip-Hop, decades ago, returns with a full-length release that reinforces her ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, April 15, 2021) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, announced that his administration plans to invest in the entertainment industry. Addressing Parliament, on Tuesday, the Prime Minister also encouraged major stakeholders in the industry to join the government, ...

By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday, April 7, 2021) — Legendary Jamaican-Canadian drag queen, Michelle Ross — who passed away, late last month, and believed to be in her sixties — is being remembered as a Canadian drag ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, March 16, 2021) — Minister of Entertainment, Olivia Grange, has hailed the posthumous victory of Reggae legend, Toots Hibbert, in the Grammy Awards for 2020, which were announced, on Sunday. Toots and the Maytals won the Grammy ...