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Photo above: TCCC President, George Whyte, right, shakes hands with former West Indies Captain, Sir Richard Richardson, in Antigua in 2003. Photo courtesy of TCCC. By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario — The Toronto Community Cricket Club (TCCC) is kicking off its ...

Photo above is of Jamaica’s former PM, P.J. Patterson. Photo by Eddie Grant. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Jamaica’s former prime minister, P.J. Patterson, has issued a challenge to the Caribbean diaspora regarding the education of children in ...

TORONTO, Ontario – Former South African president Nelson Mandela was honoured, on Monday afternoon, at a street dedication ceremony in downtown Toronto. University Avenue, from Front Street West to College Street, was designated Nelson Mandela Boulevard during an afternoon ceremony ...

By Lincoln Depradine PRIDE Contributing Writer   TORONTO, Ontario — A coalition, which includes members of the African Canadian community, is fighting to keep thousands of Ontario’s most vulnerable residents from possibly losing their cooperative housing units. “The housing co-op ...

By Nicole Waldron PRIDE Guest Writer   TORONTO, Ontario — Rarely do we understand the daily lives of our peers or public figures—comedian Jay Martin is no different. I had a conversation with my friend, Jay, about his experience with ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer   TORONTO, Ontario — The second African Canadian Summit has launched a Black voters campaign using the slogan and hashtag, #BlackVotesMatterCdn, in the lead-up to the upcoming federal general election. Held under the theme, ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer   TORONTO, Ontario — Social media is abuzz with discussions about the demise of the popular community radio station, CHRY 105.5 FM, the rebranding of the station as Vibe 105 FM, and the letting ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda CMC — A Canadian bank which helped rescue Bermuda’s oldest and second largest bank five years ago is selling its ownership stake in the bank, officials have announced. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) pumped US$150 million ...

AJAX, Durham – This Saturday, May 9, the Association of Black Law Enforcers (A.B.L.E.) will honour eight students from the GTA with scholarship awards at the 23rd annual A.B.L.E. Scholarship Awards Ball. These students are being recognized for academic excellence ...

TORONTO, Ontario — Founder, Tonya Williams, and the shared Board of Directors of the ReelWorld Film Festival and ReelWorld Foundation (ReelWorld) announced, earlier this week, the appointment of Gave Lindo as Executive Director of both organizations as of May 1. ...