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By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) is inviting members of the public who wish to make a deputation on its draft policy on street checks or “carding” and community contacts to ...

TORONTO, Ontario – The African Caribbean Kidney Association (ACKA), a chapter of the Kidney Foundation of Canada, in partnership with the Nigerian Canadian Association, Toronto Chapter, is hosting an educational seminar and health screening clinic, this Saturday. This free screening ...

TORONTO, Ontario – Popular Toronto radio personality, newspaper columnist and health promoter, Allan Jones, who played an important role in heightening the profile of radio station, G98.7FM, in the GTA’s Black and Caribbean community, has severed ties with the fledgling ...

WASHINGTON, DC CMC – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says that two Canadian citizens, and an American, have been charged with using offshore accounts in the Caribbean to launder US$200,000. The DOJ said that, Canadians, Eric St-Cyr and Patrick ...

By Paul Weinberg Canada Correspondent TORONTO, Ontario (IPS) – Job cuts totalling 1,000 at Environment Canada’s climate change division this month means there will be even fewer government scientists onboard to monitor the impact of the extraction, development and transportation ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer ONTARIO, Canada – The recent introduction of new legislation by the government of Ontario will, if passed, strengthen its role in immigrant selection to help meet the province’s future labour market needs and support ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer The reception area of the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts was recently transformed into a locale of epicurean pleasure when chef, Selwyn Richards, launched his cookbook, The Art of Cooking — Soul of ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer Brampton, Ontario — Jamaica National Building Society’s Toronto Representative Office and JN Money Services recently collaborated with the Brampton A’s basketball league to host a themed night, Caribbean Night, where the winners of their ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The TO2015 Youth Advisory Council is planning a 3-day weekend youth summit for March 2015, just before the Pan Am Games opens in Toronto in July. The council is made up ...

OTTAWA, Canada CMC – As concerns heighten over the recall of former St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Deputy New York Consul General, Edson Augustus, the Canadian government has announced that it is cracking down on citizenship fraud. Canada’s Citizenship and ...