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Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario — Amidst the kaleidoscopic pageantry; reverberating, pulsating soca and reggae rhythms; and gyrating waistlines of the recent Toronto Caribbean Carnival season, 160 patrons attended a comparatively subdued, but no less enjoyable and, from ...

By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario August 24, 2018 (PRIDE) — When news broke that Dr. Bromley L. Armstrong had died, floodgates couldn’t constrain the tsunami of tributes and praise that poured in, for one of Canada’s most ...

By Jacqueline L. Scott  University of Toronto Why did the Black boy drown? Because he couldn’t swim. And he couldn’t swim because learning to swim is one of those intersections where race, space and class collide. Black people in the United ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia August 22, 2018 — Renowned advocate for social justice and Black community stalwart, Dr. Jean Augustine, received the 2018 Nelson Mandela Humanitarian Award, last Friday, at Unifor’s Canada Council in Halifax. Named in honour of Nelson Mandela, ...

OTTAWA, Ontario August 17, 2018 (CMC) – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), has instituted new measures for processing permanent resident applications for Caribbean and other immigrants. “We know that applying to immigrate to Canada is a life-changing event, and ...

TORONTO, Ontario August 1, 2018 – The 17th annual Grace International Jerk Food and Music Festival returns to Centennial Park in Etobicoke, from August 9-12, featuring authentic Caribbean cuisine, live entertainment and fun activities for the entire family. With a ...

By Meegan Scott Guest Writer TORONTO, Ontario August 1, 2018 — “Let’s pull this together. Let’s start with Canada and create a strategy that can be replicated across the board.” So said Jamaica’s Minister of State in the Ministry of ...

Corrie Scott Guest Writer No one white really wants to talk about being white.Lately, the “colour-blind” approach to race has been a hot topic in Canada. Soon after his plays SLĀV and Kanata were cancelled because of racial insensitivity, Québec ...

By Robert Onianwah Political and Social Commentator As most of us know, to be the only or one of a few blacks working in any profession in Canada is to adopt one or all of these three personality types, depending ...

TORONTO, Ontario July 25, 2018 — Jamaican Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, revealed that the police will be taking a dichotomous approach to the security of Jamaicans, and Jamaica, by treating crime and violence as separate problems. Reiterating the ...