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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, May 17, 2018 (CMC) – The leader of the main opposition, New Democratic Party (NDP), Godwin Friday, says that his Canadian citizenship does not disqualify him from being a Member of Parliament in St. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 26, 2018 (CMC) – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has condemned the “deadly vehicle rampage” in Canada that resulted in the death of 10 people, earlier this week. On Monday afternoon, 10 people were killed and 14 ...

TORONTO, Ontario April 24, 2018 — Co-founder and Executive Director of the CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals, Dr. Kofi Hope, will be stepping down this summer, after more than six years leading the organisation. The Centre is, reputedly, one ...

April 20, 2018 Re MLA Elizabeth McCrossin: On behalf of the Jamaican Cultural Association of Nova Scotia (JCANS) I take this opportunity to rebut and reject the negative comments of MLA Elizabeth McCrossin against Jamaica and Jamaicans in particular. The ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 20, 2018 (CMC) – The Caribbean subsidiary of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) — First Caribbean International Bank Limited (FCIB) — says it will no longer pursue an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of its shares on ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator Once upon a very long time, Blacks respected each other. They were our grandparents, great grandparents or even further back than that. And today, although there are some of us who respect ourselves ...

TORONTO, Ontario April 9, 2018 – Nova Scotian entrepreneur and Canadian civil rights icon, the late Viola Desmond, will be celebrated by Ryerson University, on Wednesday, April 11, for her contribution to Canada’s human rights movement. The university’s Office of ...

ST. ANN, Jamaica March 31, 2018 — Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, Laurie Peters, praised the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) for its stewardship and leadership in strengthening security across the Caribbean. This, she noted, is based on the “good return ...

TORONTO, Ontario March 28, 2018 (PRIDE) — The cousin of former MP and Ontario Fairness Commissioner, Jean Augustine, Cletus “Mitchie” Francis Mitchell, 85, passed away, peacefully, mid-afternoon, last Saturday, March 24, at home in North York, surrounded by his family ...

By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor  TORONTO, Ontario March 23, 2018 — This year’s recipients of the prestigious Harry Jerome Awards (HJA) were announced yesterday. Organised, every spring, by the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA), the venerable organisation that ...