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Photo above is of Jennifer Moore. By Carey L. Biron Washington  Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC (IPS) – The Canadian government is failing either to investigate or to hold the country’s massive extractives sector accountable for rights abuses committed in Latin American ...

Photo above is of Leon Presner, President of the Pickering Rotary Club, with Joanne Theriault, Director of Vocational Services. By Beverly Browne Pride Columnist PICKERING, Ontario – The legacy of Rotary Club International is rich. Down through the years, its ...

Photo above is of Yaw Akyeaw. By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Twenty-five years after the Into the Heart of Africa exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), the pain is still palpable in the memory of ...

Photo above: John Tory (centre) engulfed by enthusiastic African-Canadian supporters, including Gwyneth Chapman, in beige pantsuit, and to Tory’s right, (L-R) Mary Anne Chambers, Bernice Carnegie, Bev Salmon, Pauline Christian and Chris Chambers. By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, ...

Photo above is of Andrew Holness, left, posing with educator, Yvette Blackburn, and Earl Jarrett, after his speech at the event. Photo by Eddie Grant.  By Lincoln Depradine TORONTO, Ontario – Former prime minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, wants to transform ...

TORONTO, Ontario – Fitzroy Gordon, Founder and President of Toronto based radio station G98.7FM “The Way We Groove,” is pleased to announce that he has been granted approval from the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The Black and Caribbean Book Fair 2014 will focus on stories of migration as well as Black fatherhood when it happens at the William Doo Auditorium, University of Toronto on November ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Human Rights Watch, an international human rights organization, is calling on Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, parliamentarians, and other leaders to consistently condemn violence and discrimination. The organization wants Simpson ...

TORONTO, Ontario – It was a landslide win for Tiffany Ford in the Toronto Municipal polls Monday night. Ford was officially elected trustee of the York West school board, beating her closest competitor, Matias De Dovitiis, by more than 3,000 ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Toronto mayoral candidate, Olivia Chow, says what keeps her going is watching how young people are responding with excitement, enthusiasm and energy to her campaign for mayor, saying: “We can work ...