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By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – When WorldPride 2014 Toronto happens later this month – an event, organizers say, will be the largest international LGBT festival to date and the first in North America – there will ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – The Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) is calling on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) trade negotiators “to stand firm” and leverage the good relationship Canada has had with the Caribbean to secure a fairer free trade ...

By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Contributing Editor  AJAX, Ontario – On Monday, history was made, when Mayor Steve Parish proclaimed Ajax’s first Caribbean Week. The evening was spearheaded by the Durham Caribbean Festival and arranged by the Caribbean Event Organization ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Three African Canadian scholars recently presented papers focused on the agency of Black women in Canada’s history at the Sixteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women or “Big Berks” held ...

By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, who has been involved in his country’s politics for 30 consecutive years as a parliamentarian, has hinted that soon he will call an end to ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Herman Stewart, the 2014 recipient of the Bromley L. Armstrong award, is inspired by the man in whose name he was honoured, and with whom he sat at a table last ...

TORONTO, Canada CMC – The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is boosting its shareholder dividend, while reporting a lower second-quarter net income of CAN$306 million (One Canada dollar = US$0.92 cents), saying the results were impacted by its Caribbean ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer  TORONTO, Ontario – The Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival will have several new features this year, including a return to the Toronto Island. “The big news is that as the city changes, so too must ...

By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Contributing Editor “Dear land of Guyana, of rivers and plains Made rich by the sunshine, and lush by the rains, Set gem-like and fair, between mountains and seas, Your children salute you, dear land of ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer Thirteen candidates of Black and/or Caribbean descent are running in Ontario’s 41st provincial general election on June 12. The province’s three major political parties were asked to provide the names of candidates fitting the ...