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By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer I’ve now removed myself officially from the Brazilian football bandwagon. Like most of the young fellas of my time, I grew up as a huge Brazilian fan. We even named ourselves after Brazilian players; ...

By L. Ardor Pride Guest Writer I am a 31 year old single mother. I was not welcomed into this exclusive club with sweets, a pamphlet of guidelines, and a ‘Big Sister’ mentor; rather I was dragged in amid tears, ...

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. ...

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 ...

By Andray Anthony Domise Guest Writer Recently, I had an unpleasant encounter with Mayor Rob Ford at Ribfest. I shook his hand and asked him if he was going to apologize for referring to African Canadians as “niggers,” and to community grant programs as “hug-a-thug” ...

By Dr. Peter Sealy Contributing Writer There are many African Canadians who on learning that a person has a mental illness will tell them to pray about it. Certainly individuals should pray about it but they should also seek professional ...

By Rupert Johnson Contributing Writer Saturday, June 28, 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of WW 1. This is indeed a monumental milestone since some of the conditions that plunged the world into a major catastrophe in 1914 seem to exist ...

As The Queen’s representative in Ontario, I am most pleased to send my best wishes for a happy Canada Day. It was New Year’s Day 2014, when what I thought would be my last message to you was printed in ...

By Julitta Onabanjo, Benoit Kalasa, and Mohamed Abdel-Ahad  JOHANNESBURG, Africa (IPS) – Just 17 years old, Clarisse is already a mother of two, who lives with her husband and his four other wives in rural southern Chad. Three years earlier, she had watched her ...

People want the same things from their governments  By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer The truism that people everywhere want the same things from their governments was all so evident last Thursday, June 12, as I witnessed three events – ...