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By Neil Armstrong Guest Contributor TORONTO, Ontario (Monday, May 9, 2022) — Like they did on the golden anniversary of Jamaica’s independence in 2012, Jamaicans in Canada will be celebrating the country’s diamond milestone with events, scheduled across Canada, throughout ...

GUELPH, Ontario (Friday, May 6, 2022) — Dr. Mary Anne Veronica Chambers, a former Ontario cabinet minister, long-time champion of the University of Guelph (U of G) and lifelong education and community advocate, has been named as the University’s next ...

By Neil Armstrong Guest Contributor A new documentary film, Steadfast — The Messenger and the Message, about the life of Grenada-born Jean Augustine, the first African Canadian woman to be elected to Canada’s House of Commons, premiered at a red ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday, May 4, 2022) — Celebrated actor, Amaka Umeh, who is playing Hamlet at the Stratford Festival this season; and Board member, David Simmonds, each received prestigious Harry Jerome Awards at the Black Business and Professional Association’s (BBPA) ...

BRAMPTON, Ontario (Friday, March 18, 2022) — Delores Armstrong (nee Scarlett), 79 — born on September 15, 1942, in Lower Buxton, St. Ann, Jamaica — died, surrounded by family, earlier this month on March 4, in Brampton, Ontario. The first ...

By Jack L. Rozdilsky Guest Contributor Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act in an effort to quell the protests by truckers and other groups opposed to measures aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. The federal ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Tuesday, February 1, 2022) — The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) — Canada’s largest Black-focused AIDS service organization — will honour three community trailblazers with a Lifetime Advocacy Award for their sterling contribution on Saturday. At ...

By Neil Armstrong Guest Contributor TORONTO, Ontario (Monday, January 31, 2022) — Aina-Nia Ayo’de Grant’s presence exudes freedom and authenticity. The founder of Sacred Women International (SWI) — an organization that inspires individuals to realize their highest vision, live with purpose, ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Thursday, December 9, 2021) — The Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity, with the support of Toronto’s Black community health leaders, is critical of the hasty travel restrictions imposed primarily, on African countries, due to the appearance ...

By Michael L. Van Cooten Editor/Publisher TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday, December 8, 2021) — Through its wholly-owned housing authority — the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) — the City of Toronto has signaled its intention to dismantle discrimination and bias, experienced ...