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“I am disgusted that yet again hateful and divisive flyers are being distributed in Brampton. There is no room in our province for intolerance, hatred or division on cultural or racial lines. In April all three parties in the legislature ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer The newly-elected Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Durham, Jamaica-born Granville Anderson, is being assisted by his colleagues, two Black MPPs of Caribbean descent, to raise money to help pay off some of his ...

By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Editorial Operations Manager TORONTO, Ontario — Last Wednesday, July 30, the seven-member Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) voted to reject Toronto Police Service (TPS) Chief Bill Blair’s request to extend his tenure a second time. ...

Last Wednesday, the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) announced that after considerable discussion related to the Toronto Police Service’s continuing need for organizational renewal it has decided not to renew the employment agreement of Chief William Blair. Chief Blair will ...

By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Festival Management Committee (FMC) organizers and mas’ lovers agree on one thing: This year’s Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival parade did not go as expected. The FMC “planned well’’, chief administrative officer, ...

By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Canada is providing $15 million in funding “to enhance public financial management in the Caribbean’’, federal finance minister Joe Oliver has announced. Jamaica is receiving  five million of the $15 million ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Flags at Ryerson University, where G. Raymond Chang was chancellor from 2006-2012 – the university’s third chancellor, and at the University of the West Indies, where he was a well-known benefactor, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica-born, Canadian business leader, Raymond Chang, died Sunday in Canada – his adopted homeland, after a long illness. On the news of his death, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller expressed sadness at Chang’s passing, saying both ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer BRANDON, Manitoba – Gervan Fearon, who assumes the role of president and vice-chancellor of Brandon University in Manitoba on August 1, says his appointment did not come as a surprise. Instead, the scholar and ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer Torontonians will have another opportunity to become involved in the City of Toronto’s plan to honour the legacy of Nelson Mandela with the dedication of a city street. Having sought input from the public ...