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Photo above: Lodrick Joseph and Alfred Mungra, striking workers represented by the United Steelworkers (USW) at Crown Metal Packaging Canada, outside one of the sheds workers built to protect them from the harsh temperatures of two winters since the strike started ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government has imposed a ban on the importation of poultry products from North America, following reports of an outbreak of Bird Flu. The Ministry of Agriculture said the ban applies to poultry products from ...

Photo above is of Hon. Dr. Jean Augustine, left, seen at the 30th anniversary gala of the African Canadian Achievement Awards (ACAA), last month, with (L-R): Pauline Christian, President of the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA); and Patricia Jaggernauth, Weather Specialist at ...

TORONTO, Ontario – The CFL has named Jeffrey Orridge as its new commissioner. The league introduced Orridge, who had been the executive director of CBC Sports, at a news conference in Toronto on Tuesday. Orridge succeeds Mark Cohon, who served ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — When Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré – the first black person to be appointed to the Bench in Quebec – was approaching retirement from the Court of Quebec in April 2012 after serving since ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Lillie Johnson, founder of the Sickle Cell Association of Ontario (SCAO), was regally feted on Sunday, one day before her 93rd birthday, when she launched her memoir, My Dream, part of ...

TORONTO, Ontario – As The University of the West Indies prepares to host its sixth annual Toronto Benefit Gala, on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto, it will recognize the generous contributions of its Lead Sponsor, Scotiabank. This ...

Photo above is of Kevin Ormsby. Photo credit: Christopher Cushman. By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Kevin Ormsby, artistic director and choreographer of KasheDance, is among 18 inaugural Fellows selected by the Toronto Arts Council to participate ...

Photo above: d’bi.young anitafrika, left, and Teriano Lesancha, right, are recipients of the Arts and Young Woman of Distinction categories respectively of the 2015 YWCA Toronto Women of Distinction Awards. The announcement was made on March 5 at an alumnae ...

Photo above: Seen at the Toronto launch (from left to right): Hon. Lorne Theophilus, Minister of Tourism, Heritage and the Creative Industries; Ms. Arletta Walcott, Information Officer, Consulate General of Saint Lucia in Toronto; Ms. Lana-Andez Lubon, Sales and Administrative ...