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By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist Thanksgiving is not about what is on the table, but about the people sitting around it. It is interesting, and at the selfsame time, paradoxical, that we annually carry out this ritual of giving thanks ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist Already the Quebec Commission On Racism and Discrimination is showing its true colours. It is blatantly apparent that it does not want to be transparent, regarding how it conducts its inquiry. The Commission has proffered ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist Oh, America how deluded can you get. Donald John Trump is not the nation’s foremost problem, not even when Irma has wreaked her havoc and left. If only it were as easy as replacing one man, ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist The time has come to stop normalizing White supremacy and seeking to give it a more digestible name. In the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, Act 11, Scene11, Juliet utters this phrase in reference to ...

Lace By Lorna King PRIDE Poet Laureate I know this; with more than my hands; my mother’s mother willed it on to me and I thought it was a heritage of dust. she explained how sunbeams undulate, and how moonshine ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist “During the course of history, when moral lines become crossed and crass attitudes come to the fore, it behooves those of us who are honest and strong, to stand up, take note and re-evaluate anew.” ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist In the Black community there appears to be a recent upsurge in people getting tattoos. Some folks find them unattractive, while others view them as works of art or self-expression. Recently when asked if I ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist Finally Quebec is moving in step with its neighbour, Ontario, following the aftermath of a 2,662-signature petition, tabled by Québec Solidaire MNA, Amir Khadir, which called for “the creation of a consultation commission on systemic ...

Dr. Leon A. Barrett PRIDE Education Columnist On December 21, 2016, Pride News Magazine published my recommendations as my response to Peel board’s community forums to get feedback on We Rise Together, the Peel board’s action plan to support black ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist It is not only the police who can lay claim to having a monopoly on the Code of Silence. No way! When it comes to certain topics in the Black community then there is a ...