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By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer A Canadian rapper, executive producer and poet is using the hard lessons learnt in life to create his music and poetry. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, David Record, 28, moved to Toronto with his family ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer The United Achievers’ Club of Brampton has presented fourteen outstanding students with scholarships to help them in their pursuit of tertiary education. For the past twenty-nine years, the organization has been presenting scholarships to ...

By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Contributing Editor If we do not teach excellence to our children, then we are doomed to live in a society fettered by things we consider common. The idea of excellence is not a foreign concept ...

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – BlackBerry in hand, Anya Schnoor showed up for another day of meetings on Friday, August 16 in a red polo and black slacks. At 9am, with a small knock at the door, her assistant Shelly ushered ...

OTTAWA, Canada CMC – The Government of Canada has announced the opening of a new visa application centre (VAC) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, making the process of applying for a visa to enter Canada “easier and more convenient.” The ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer Diana Burke, a Jamaican Canadian and information security technology expert, has ramped up her campaign to become the candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal riding of Toronto-Centre. On September 15, ...

By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Contributing Editor Spirituality is often an integral part of the Afro-Caribbean experience. Whatever the required level of involvement, there is an avenue of expression available to all who seek their own truth. Among those serving ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Toronto police are asking residents in the Grandravine Drive/Driftwood Avenue area to contact them regarding the recent shooting death of two Black youths. On August 23 at about1:30 p.m., the police ...

By Dwain Rattray Pride Contributing Editor TORONTO, Ontario – As the third largest financial institution in Jamaica, and with 139 years of solid record, the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) stands as a bastion of responsibility for corporate philanthropy not ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Three prominent organizations in the Black and Caribbean communities in Toronto have added their voices to the outcry against the recent spate of shootings in the city and they want to ...