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By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario September 15, 2016 (PRIDE) — Three African Canadian artists were so inspired by a trip to their ancestral homeland in Africa, last year, that they have planned an event to raise funds ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario September 7, 2016 — As students across the province started the new school year yesterday, Ontario’s Minister of Education, Mitzie Hunter, encouraged parents to expect the best of their children and to ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer PEEL REGION, Ontario August 31, 2016 — Black community leaders and Peel Regional Police are working in partnership to improve the relationship between the police and the community. A press release from Peel Police ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario August 17, 2016 (PRIDE) — 100 Strong Foundation has reached a significant goal — one hundred black men committing to financially support the lives of young black boys – and as a ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Members of the ground-breaking Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children (NSHCC) Restorative Inquiry are in Toronto this week to meet with former residents, connect with advocates, parents and community members and ...

TORONTO, Ontario August 5, 2016 — Kamina Johnson-Smith, Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will deliver the keynote address at the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) 54th Anniversary and Jamaica’s Independence gala, tomorrow. “The Anniversary and Independence celebration is ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario July 25, 2016 (PRIDE) — The Substance Abuse Program for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth (SAPACCY) is important to Black youth and the Black community, especially in light of the growing mental ...

Black youths missing in the progressive framework of today’s society What impact will this have on the future? By Victor Carrington PRIDE Guest Columnist There is an old African proverb that says “It takes a village to raise a child”. ...

By Mark Brown PRIDE Guest Columnist TORONTO, Ontario July 18, 2016 (PRIDE) — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne was greeted with a full house at the first of the province’s public, community meetings on anti-racism. The event took place, last Thursday, ...

TORONTO, Ontario, July 12, (PRIDE) — The province and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) reached a tentative four-year agreement, yesterday, that would, if ratified, strengthen the quality, access and timeliness of health care in Ontario, while providing a predictable physician ...