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By Mark Brown PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario, August 17, 2017 — On May 17, 1882, Albert Jackson was appointed by the federal government to the position of letter carrier, making him Toronto’s, and possibly Canada’s, first Black postman. Jackson ...

MONTREAL, Canada, August 9, 2017 (CMC) – Haiti says it is prepared to accept its nationals if they are not accepted by Canada, as two ministers, including Foreign Affairs, Minister Antonio Rodrigue, arrived here for talks with Canadian officials, following ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica August 2, 2017 (PRIDE) — Lamenting that young Jamaicans have never experienced economic growth in their lifetime, Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (ECG), Michael Lee Chin, last week Tuesday, emphasised that the ECG is focused on building ...

By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor KINGSTON, Jamaica July 28, 2017 — It came as no surprise that a country so steeped in religion — a country that boasts the reputation as having the world’s highest number of churches, per ...

By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario June 27, 2017 — Luther Brown, principal of the Africentric Alternative School (AAS) in Toronto, has been in that role since February 1, and he describes it as being a good experience. “The ...

By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario June 24, 2017 — In aiming to expand the talent pool of black leaders in government at the municipal, provincial and federal levels, Operation Black Vote Canada (OBVC), a non-profit and non-partisan organization, ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario May 29, 2017 (PRIDE) — Ontario’s Education Minister, Mitzie Hunter, says the new OHIP+: Children and Youth Pharmacare Program, which starts in January 2018, is one of the most exciting aspects of ...

TORONTO, Ontario May 29, 2017 – Yesterday, the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at which a new Board of Directors and Committee Chairs were elected for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. “I am looking forward to ...

By John Tory Mayor of Toronto As good as we are striving for inclusion, which matches our status as the most diverse city in the world, there still exists anti-Black racism in Toronto. It is an ongoing reality in this ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario May 15, 2017 (PRIDE) — In its 61-year history, this is the first time that three out of the top four officers of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), which represents 3.3 million ...