By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer The James R. Johnston Chair, Canada’s national research chair in Black Canadian Studies, housed at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, will host the 2nd Biennial Black Canadian Studies Association Conference on Community, Empowerment ...
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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The Canadian government says it will impose visa restrictions on nationals from St. Kitts-Nevis. In a statement, Ottawa said that the visa restriction would go into effect from November 22 and that citizens from the ...
Read More »Humanitarians Celebrated For Supporting Haiti
Photo above (left to right): Antoine Derose, Sankofa Juba, Maggie Barnfield, Rosemary Sadlier and John Barnfield. By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Three people were recently honoured for their humanitarian work to help improve the lives of ...
Read More »Jamaica’s New High Commissioner Makes First Official Visit To Toronto
Photo above is of Mrs. Janice Miller, Jamaica’s High Commissioner to Canada, in dialogue with National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting. By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Jamaica’s newly appointed high commissioner to Canada, Janice Miller, plans ...
Read More »Royal Bank Of Canada Pulls Out Of Caribbean Wealth Market
TORONTO, Ontario, CMC – The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has decided to exit its wealth management business in the Caribbean, resulting in hundreds of layoffs, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has reported. It said that the Caribbean move, which ...
Read More »Canadian Nationals On Drug Charges In St. Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – A court here has sentenced a Canadian man to a one year jail term after he pleaded guilty to charges of possession of a controlled drug and possession with intention to export. The court, in ...
Read More »Black History-makers’ Legacy Engraved On Benches
Photo above: Sitting on the newly-unveiled benches in Ontario Square, Harboufront Centre are, left-right: Vernon Eccles (representing Ayanna Black), Margaret Gittens (representing Charles & Hetty Roach), Earl La Pierre Jr. of Afropan Steelband, Pamela Appelt, Sandra Whiting, Austin Clarke, George Randolph, ...
Read More »Guyana-born CLC President Wants Feds To Expand CPP
Photo above: Guyana-born Canadian Labour Congress President, Hassan Yussuf, at meeting. Photo courtesy of CLC. By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The Canadian Labour Congress is calling on the federal government to double Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) ...
Read More »Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Jian Ghomeshi Spark Speaking Out
Photo above is of Jian Ghomeshi hosting a live taping of his then CBC radio show, Q, in Vancouver, on March 26, 2009. Photo credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Penmachine — own work. By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer ONTARIO, Canada ...
Read More »Gwyneth Chapman: Future Political Star?
Photo above: Community political organizer, Gwyneth Chapman, second from left, shares a joyous moment with, (L-R): Sygnus Matthew, Joe Halstead, Toronto Mayor-elect, John Tory, and Alonzo Starling. Photo credit: Nigerian Canadian News. By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario ...
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