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TORONTO, Ontario Tuesday, February 28, 2017 — The City of Toronto, today, the final day of Black History Month, authorized the naming of a street in a new Scarborough sub-division in honour of a Black pioneer in Canada’s radio broadcasting ...

By Lynn Capuano Contributing Writer BORDEN, Ontario Tuesday, February 28, 2017 — Master Corporal Ezrick Bernard knew from the tender age of 11 that he wanted to become a soldier. When he immigrated eight years later with his parents and ...

Saturday, February 11, 2017 — Earlier this week, The Selection Committee of the African Canadian Achievement Awards of Excellence (ACAA) announced the recipients of the organisation’s prestigious awards for 2017. The 15 distinguished, accomplished individuals — from a wide variety ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario Tuesday, January 31, 2017 — Entrepreneur, former publisher and radio station owner and civil rights activist, B. Denham Jolly, holds nothing back in relating the story of his personal and professional life ...

TORONTO, Ontario, January 26, 2017 — Jeffrey L. Orridge, the 13th. Commissioner of the Canadian Football League (CFL), will be recognised and honoured by the African Canadian community, during Black History Month. The Commissioner will be presented with one the ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario January 26, 2017 — Several immigrant, advocacy and community organizations in Toronto welcomed the recent appointment of Somali Canadian Ahmed Hussen as Canada’s new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. He took ...

By Lincoln DePradine PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — The next time you are out grocery shopping, pay close attention to the woman next to you scrutinizing the prices of the items on the shelf; or ahead of you in ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist Clinging halfheartedly to the age old maxim that confession is good for the soul; let me forthwith confess that I am not big on giving gifts at Christmas, Kwanzaa or anything else. The holiday season ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario December 21, 2016 — The Toronto and York Region Labour Council thinks there is much that the 10-month old Anti-Racism Directorate can learn from the history of previous provincial entities established to ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario December 15, 2016 — With his passing at the age of 87, Larry McLarty, Toronto’s first African Canadian police officer, is being remembered for the course he charted for other black police ...