By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Sculptor Frantz Brent-Harris’ interest in dolls was sparked when his mother fell ill and lost weight to the point of being only 90 pounds. The family feared that she would die, ...
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By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer Two Black Canadians who created some “firsts” in their careers are among 25 extraordinary Ontarians appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest official honour. George E. Carter, one of Canada’s first Black ...
Read More »Jamaicans Weigh In On Mayor Ford’s Use Of Jamaican Swear Words
By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – A YouTube video of Toronto’s mayor, Rob Ford, using Jamaican expletives in a conversation in a restaurant on January 20 has Jamaican Canadians weighing in with mixed reactions. The video, which ...
Read More »Philanthropist, Delores Lawrence, Honoured By Anglican Church
TORONTO, Ontario – On the first day of 2014, Jamaica-born philanthropist, entrepreneur and business executive, Delores Lawrence, noted for her hard-nosed, forthright and honest management style, was honoured by the Anglican Church in Toronto. Lawrence — the founder, president and ...
Read More »Foundation Plans To Help School In St. Vincent And The Grenadines
By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The Caribbean Scholarship Foundation (CSF) plans to assist students here, but this year will also support a school in St Vincent and the Grenadines that was hit by a flash flood ...
Read More »Ontario Reinstates Access To Health Care For Refugee Claimants
By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer Ontario is joining other provinces by reinstating access to essential and urgent health care for refugee claimants through the new Ontario Temporary Health Program, and will send the federal government the bill to pay ...
Read More »Police Chastised By Family Of Canadian Woman Killed In Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica Police Force is being criticized by the family of a Canadian woman who was found dead in the northern parish of St. Ann on December 30. Following the discovery of her body on December ...
Read More »University Of Toronto Establishes Scholarships To Honour Mandela
By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer The University of Toronto has announced the establishment of the Nelson Mandela Scholarship, which will be awarded to fourth-year students on the basis of academic excellence, leadership and community involvement. The university has endowed ...
Read More »A Different Look At Canada Vis-à-vis South Africa
By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer Former governor general, Adrienne Clarkson, was on a CBC Radio program last week speaking from South Africa about the absence of former prime minister, Brian Mulroney, from the list of world leaders who spoke ...
Read More »Toronto And The Cultural Boycott Of South Africa
By Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali Pride Guest Writer The elimination of apartheid was on the agenda of the United Nations from its inception. On June 22, 1946 the Indian government requested that the discriminatory treatment of Indians in the ...
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