By Steven Kaszab Guest Contributor I treated lightly sacred things, and went my way in search of fun. Upon myself I kept no strings, and gave no heed to folly done. I gave myself up to the fight for worldly ...
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By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Fathers are the key to their children’s success in life and living. The language and personal engagement between father and child is important, as it assists in building vocabulary, confidence, self-acceptance, and encourages observation of ...
Read More »Toronto Police Strip Searches Are Ineffective, Unnecessary And Target Racialized Canadians
By Monika Lemke Guest Contributor With the Toronto Police Service’s release of race-based data on strip searches as part of its Race and Identity-based Data Collection Strategy, we can clearly see who it chooses to subject to strip searches. We now ...
Read More »Inflation Stifling You: Curbing Your Expectations Might Help
By Steven Kaszab Guest Contributor The recent news cycle has centered upon issues of inflation, the cost of living, transportation and housing costs. Are we living far beyond our financial capabilities? Are our expectations too demanding? The true inflation levels ...
Read More »America Must Face Reality: It’s Not Gun Vices, But A Spiritual Crisis
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Over the years, when referring to America, there are some questions that no longer form part of my repertoire of inquiries, such as: What is wrong with America? Although America has referred to itself as ...
Read More »Call Out Anti-Black Racism Every Day; Not Only As An Election Campaign Tactic
By Warren Clarke Guest Contributor When Ontario Education Minister Steven Lecce was blasted for having participated in an anti-Black slave auction as a university student, he became the second politician in recent history to be called out for a past act ...
Read More »Ontario Election 2022: Four Ways Doug Ford Has Changed The Province’s Politics
By Mark Winfield Guest Contributor The dismal environmental record of the Doug Ford government in Ontario is well-documented. Despite some recent moves on “greening” the steel sector and electric vehicle manufacturing initiatives, the province is on track to see major increases ...
Read More »The Decay Underneath The Recent Buffalo Mass Shooting
By Nadine Spencer Guest Contributor The horrific, racially-driven shooting in Buffalo has been dominating the news cycle over the past few days, and rightly so, as this was a shocking, heart-breaking, hate crime that demonstrates the fact that anti-Black racism ...
Read More »Is It Time To Fix An Old, Proven Habit — Probably For The Better?
By Basil Springer Contributing Columnist “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 Just over six months ago, while chatting casually with some of my Marketplace Excellence (MPE) colleagues, it ...
Read More »Waiting On COVID-19 Reply From T&T’s Ministry Of Health, Over A-Year-And-A-Half Now
By Dr. Kumar Mahabir Guest Contributor On March 12, 2020, the day after the World Health Organization had declared a global pandemic, Trinidad and Tobago recorded its first case of COVID-19. This news was announced by Minister of Health, Terrence ...
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