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TORONTO, Ontario — On Thursday, March 17, Formula Honda, an award-winning automobile retailer in Scarborough, donated a cheque for $4,700.00 to The Scarborough Hospital (TSH) Foundation for its Maternal Newborn and Childcare Program at the hospital’s Birchmount Campus. The cheque ...

The following statement, issued by the African Canadian Legal Clinic, is the organisation’s response to the Ontario government’s recently announced “carding/street checks” regulations. On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, the Ontario government released its final Regulation on street-checks/carding. The African Canadian ...

Photo above: Kingsley Gilliam, a director of the Black Action Defense Committee (BADC). Photo credit: Jamaican Diaspora Canada Foundation. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC), African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC) and ...

Above photo is of Yasir Naqvi, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Courtesy of RadPBar, Wikimedia Commons. By Jordan Maxwell Pride Contributing Writer Ontario, Canada — The Province of Ontario has released new regulations prohibiting carding and for the first time ...

Photo above courtesy of Black Lives Matter Toronto. By Narissa Van Cooten Pride Guest Columnist Toronto, Ontario — Last night, Black Lives Matter Toronto demonstrators continued to protest outside of the Toronto Police headquarters demanding justice for Andrew Loku, a ...

Photo above: Grenada’s new Ambassador to Brussels, Belgium, C.J. Augustine-Kanu, and Consul General for Toronto,  Derrick James. Photo by Junior Baptiste. By Lincoln Depradine PRIDE Correspondent TORONTO, Ontario — The newly appointed Consul General for Grenada in Toronto, Derrick James, says, he’s ...

Photo above: Retired TPS Deputy Chief, Peter Sloly, receives his boutonniere. Photo by Kingsley Gilliam. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Retired Deputy Police Chief, Peter Sloly, was lionized by the African Caribbean Canadian community at a community ...

Photo above: retired Canadian senator, Vivienne Poy. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Vivienne Poy is ecstatic that she will be receiving an award named in honour of her friend, the late G. Raymond Chang, at the University ...

Photo above: Members of the immigration rights coalition, End Immigration Detention Network, during the organisation’s vigil, on March 15. All photos in story provided by End Immigration Detention Network.  By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — The Canada Border Services ...

WASHINGTON, DC — US President Barack Obama holds a baby, as he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada greet the audience, after reviewing the troops during the State Arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, on ...