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By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer The death of South Africa’s greatest known freedom fighter, statesman, anti-apartheid icon, former president of the African National Congress, first black and first democratically elected president, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, has cast a wide shadow ...

Caribbean-Canadian Group Tours His Homeland By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Contributing Editor  When mankind thinks of greatness, we often envision long gone men and women who have shaped our collective communities, both local and global. When we speak of icons, ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: “With the death of Nelson Mandela, the world has lost one of its great moral leaders and statesmen. Mr. Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years by the former Government of South Africa, for his part in ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer While the Afrikan Canadian Prisoner Advocacy Coalition (ACPAC) commends the Office of Correctional Investigator (OCI) for taking the initiative to identify and comment on the rapidly escalating concerns related to the status of African ...

TORONTO, Ontario – Bill 125, An Act to Proclaim Lincoln Alexander Day in Ontario, was passed into law by the Ontario Legislature, last week Thursday, November 28. The Private Member’s Bill – introduced by Wellington-Halton Hills MPP, Ted Arnott, and ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts CMC – The St. Kitts-Nevis government has dismissed opposition claims of a diplomatic row with Canada over the sale of its passports to foreign investors. “The Government states unreservedly and unequivocally that there has been no diplomatic ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The Black Action Defense Committee (BADC) wants racial profiling and carding to stop and to achieve this it has filed $65 million and $125 million class action lawsuits against Toronto Police Chief ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer Canada’s high commissioner to Jamaica, Robert Ready, says the contribution that Jamaicans have made to Canada is extraordinary. Referencing the book, Jamaicans in Canada: When Ackee Meets Codfish, Ready said he was glad to ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Toronto city councillor, Michael Thompson, has added his voice to the chorus of councilors calling on Mayor Rob Ford to step aside or step down to deal with his personal issues ...

By Paul Weinberg Canada Correspondent TORONTO, Ontario (IPS) – Gossip and rumour, based on secret intelligence sources, may be all that is needed to deport a foreign national from Canada on national security grounds, legal experts say. Secret evidence has ...