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By Neil ArmstrongPridenews Contributing Editor TORONTO, Ontario (Monday, July 17, 2023) — The passing of Beverley Salmon — the first Black woman elected to the municipal government of Toronto and the first Black female commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights ...

By Neil ArmstrongContributing Editor TORONTO, Ontario (Tuesday, April 18, 2023) — A new study that focused on the high incidence of prostate cancer among immigrants from Caribbean and West African countries in Ontario, is helping a Black men’s health advocacy ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Monday, April 17, 2023) — Nadine Spencer, past President and current Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA), was appointed, by the City of Toronto, to the Toronto Police Services Board, on ...

By Yvonne SamContributing Columnist For White people, there is a markedly gross difference in being anti-racist than it is for people of color. On the side of White people, being antiracist advances with the development of their racial identity and, ...

By Neil ArmstrongContributing Editor BRAMPTON, Ontario (Wednesday, March 8, 2023) — A Jamaican-Canadian professor wants Black Canadians, who have succeeded in life, to reimagine how they can help others, who are not their relatives and, in doing so, generate wealth ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (Monday, February 20, 2023) — Shalene Curtis-Micallef was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada, last week Monday. She had served as Associate Deputy Minister of the Department of Justice Canada, since September 1, ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (Friday, February 17, 2023) — Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, concluded his visit, yesterday, to Nassau, The Bahamas — where he attended, as a special guest — the three-day 44th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of ...

By Neil ArmstrongContributing Editor TORONTO, Ontario (Friday February 17, 2023) — Several construction trade unions and partnering organizations are collaborating with Afroglobal Television, to honour the No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during World War 1, as the highlight ...

By Neil ArmstrongContributing Editor TORONTO, Ontario (Friday, February 17, 2023) — An eminent group of Black scientists in Ontario has proposed that the provincial government adopt its vision of “an evidence-informed public system approach that supports the equitable health, wellbeing ...

By Yvonne SamContributing Columnist BackgroundThe Universal Negro Improvement Association, a Black nationalist organization, was founded in July 1914 by Marcus Garvey in Kingston, Jamaica. In 1916, Garvey moved to Harlem, in New York City, and two years later, established the ...