Photo above is of Minister Arnaldo Brown, left, and Jerrold Johnson. Photo by Eddie Grant. By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writing TORONTO, Ontario – Arnaldo Brown, Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, is urging the Jamaican diaspora ...
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Feed SubscriptionPride News Magazine Publisher Endorses Peter Sloly For Toronto Police Chief Position
By Michael Van Cooten Pride Publisher/Editor In my dual capacity as the Publisher/Editor of Pride News Magazine and Founder, Chair and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the African Canadian Achievement Awards of Excellence (ACAA), I hereby endorse Toronto Deputy Police ...
Read More »Jagdeo Tells Guyanese Expatriates In Toronto Nagamootoo Is A “Megalomaniac”
Photo above is of Irfaan Ali, left, and Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo posing in front of the Guyana flag, after their media conference in Toronto, last Friday. Photo by Michael Van Cooten. By Michael Van Cooten Pride Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario – ...
Read More »Sheldon Levy Is Driven To Build Ryerson University
By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Sheldon Levy, president and vice-chancellor of Ryerson University, is committed to building the university – its physical presence and its reputation. Nowhere is that more evident than in the recently opened ...
Read More »Plans To Save Church Of Early Black Settlers Get Funding
By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer VAUGHAN, Ontario – The Vaughan African Canadian Association (VACA) has teamed up with the Township of Oro-Medonte to restore the historical Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church, a church that was built by freed slaves in ...
Read More »Guyana’s Opposition Coalition Party Brings Its Election Message To Toronto
TORONTO, Ontario – Two veteran political leaders of Guyana’s main opposition coalition party, APNU-AFC, Brigadier David Arthur Granger and Moses Veerasammy Nagamootoo, will bring their election message — “It is time for change; it’s time for unity” to Toronto. They ...
Read More »Canadian Diabetes Association Presents Sixth Annual Black Diabetes Expo
TORONTO, Ontario – The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) and its Caribbean Diabetes Chapter will be presenting the sixth annual Black Diabetes Expo on Saturday, April 25. Attendees will learn about the link between blood pressure and diabetes and how they ...
Read More »Community Organizations Get Set To IGNITE Ontarians For Games
Photo above: Minister Michael Coteau, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport and Minister Responsible for the 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games, with Wendy Jones of Pan Fantasy Steelband from the Friends of Fort York, at the IGNITE Ontario Recipients Reception. Photo ...
Read More »TPSB Faces Torrent Of Attacks On Proposed Police Procedures; Delays Implementation
Photo above is of former TPS board member, Roy Williams, and immediate past president of the JCA, Audrey Campbell, greeting each other outside of the public meeting. Photo credit: Lincoln Depradine. By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – ...
Read More »Black Canadian Athletes Gear Up For Pan Am Games
By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – With less than 100 days to go before the start of the Pan Am Games and a week or so before ticket sales resume, Canadian athletes are revving up their training ...
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