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Canadian Astronaut, Scott Kelly, right, salutes as he is greeted by Dr. Jill Biden and a welcoming party at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on Thursday, March 3, 2016, upon his return from a 342-day mission on the ...

Photo above: Anthony Morgan, policy and research lawyer at the ACLC. Photo courtesy of Anthony Morgan. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — The African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC) is pleased with a report from the United Nations Committee ...

Photo above: Forensic scientist and author, Cheryl Corbin, left, seen with Itah Sadu, co-owner of local bookstore, A Different Booklist, where her book, “Architects of Destiny”, was launched. Photo by Neil Armstrong. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — ...

Photo above: the front entrance of the Scarborough Hospital’s Birchmount Campus. TORONTO, Ontario — A networking event that will benefit the Maternal Newborn and Child Care program at the Scarborough Hospital’s Birchmount Campus, is being held on Monday, March 7. ...

Photo above: Viola Desmond. Photo credit: public domain. TORONTO, Ontario March 1, 2016 — Ryerson University will honour the extraordinary achievements of Black women from the university’s campus, and in the community, at the 8th Annual Viola Desmond Day Awards ...

Photo above: The late P. Barrington. Photo courtesy of Gloria Surage. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Patrick Edward Barrington, popularly known as “P. Edward” or just “P,” was magic on stage or in front of the ...

Photo above: Ontario Minister of Finance, Charles Sousa, and Premier Kathleen Wynne, check out the 2016 Budget. By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario — Yesterday, Finance Minister, Charles Sousa, tabled the 2016 Ontario Budget: Jobs for Today and ...

Photo above: Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (forefront) makes announcement at the DMZ at Ryerson University. By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario — The Ontario government is partnering with IBM Canada and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) to help ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Marlon James, winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, says, like some other Caribbean writers, his writing responds to erasure. ...

By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor  TORONTO, Ontario – Black Lives Matter-Toronto activists crashed Mayor John Tory’s inaugural Black History Month (BHM) celebration for youth, at Toronto City Hall, yesterday, to, as the group said in a media release, “highlight ...