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Photo above: Among African-Canadian supporters of mayoral candidate, John Tory (right) are Bernice Carnegie and Jojo Chintoh. Photo by Lincoln Depradine. By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – With only days remaining before polling, front-running mayoral candidate and ...

By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Since 2006, the City of Toronto has been in the middle of a virtual family dispute involving Caribbean nationals and the summer carnival that began in 1967 as CARIBANA. And some ...

Photo above is of John Tory, centre, seen at the recent funeral of the late G. Raymond Chang. Jamaican-Canadian billionaire, Michael Lee-Chin, is to the right of Tory. Photo by Bevan McLeod. By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario ...

Photo above is of author Binyavanga Wainaina. Photo by Jerry Riley. TORONTO, Ontario – The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is proud to announce Of Africa, a three-year multi-platform project exploring African experiences through exhibitions, lectures, performances and events. With contributions ...

By Beverly Browne Pride Columnist For the average person, access to information has exploded over the years. Yet, a lot of valuable facts remain unknown by the general public, because they’re not highly promoted. Sometimes that’s because those responsible for ...

Toronto, Ontario – The Toronto Police Services Board has launched a series of consultations to determine the qualities the public and Toronto Police Service personnel are looking for in a new Chief of Police. The public consultations will be in ...

Photo above is of Leader of Jamaica’s Opposition, Andrew Holness. TORONTO, Ontario – Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition in Jamaica and former Prime Minister, Mr. Andrew Holness, will headline the 11th series of the “Outlook for the Future” meetings, to be ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP), an organization that has worked for 25 years to curb the HIV epidemic in Toronto’s African, Caribbean and Black communities, is gearing up ...

Photo above is of D!ONNE Renée. By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – With less than a month to go before the Toronto municipal election, leading mayoral candidates, John Tory and Olivia Chow, are traversing the city to ...

By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Caribbean national residents in Canada are sending get-well wishes and organizing prayer services for one of calypso’s all-time greats, Black Stalin of Trinidad and Tobago. “It was really nice,” cultural historian Caldwell ...