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By Steven Kaszab Guest Contributor We all have a different way of expressing ourselves, presenting ourselves to the world, freely and uniquely. At least I hope we do. Our world is becoming smaller each day, as our government, the media, ...

By Selwyn Richards Contributing Columnist Award-winning actor, Morgan Freeman, once said, “We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” I love this quote because there is so much truth behind it. We can’t catch our dreams ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist On November 1, the general public was, once again, treated to the well-known manner, in which the SPVM (City of Montreal Police Service)representatives interact with the mentally ill. The recent deployment, at close range, not ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Police encounters going bad keep occurring, and nationwide disincentives are incapable of halting them. Compounding the situation is the fact that bad cops make it harder on good cops. It has become apparent, that the ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist During any police encounter, subjects should simply comply rather than die: compliance is power. Sadly, we have arrived at a “here we go again” moment. While police brutality can happen to anyone at any time, ...

By Selwyn Richards Contributing Columnist Yes! Ontario has now reopened for full-capacity dining and events, with proof of double-vaccination. The last couple of years have been really challenging for our industries; not everyone has survived and with the high food ...

By Selwyn Richards Guest Contributor How do you feel about the vaccine passport? I, for one, welcome it! Our businesses can continue without any lockdowns, while we keep our clients and their guests and our employees safe. Another election came ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Social exclusion is the process, through which individuals or groups are excluded from facilities, benefits and the opportunities that the others enjoy. Montréal’s population is growing older and this is expected to accelerate over the ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist While we are all deliberating, integrating, contemplating, even procrastinating, following the government’s announcement of its intention to institute vaccination passports, here are a few areas that begs immediate, and thorough, consideration. Firstly, given the current ...

By Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann Guest Contributor Jewish survivors of the Holocaust have received reparations, but African descendants of victims of the slave trade have not — even though it’s a moral responsibility of the nations who benefited from slavery to ...