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By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer The Ontario Human Rights Commission’s (OHRC) new policy on removing the “Canadian experience” barrier has won the support of the Ontario’s Fairness Commissioner and the executive director of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving ...

TORONTO, Ontario – Justin Trudeau, the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, visited Mitzie Hunter’s filled to-capacity campaign office last Friday night. Trudeau asked the enthusiastic crowd of local supporters to work hard to make sure Hunter is elected ...

By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Contributing Editor RICHMOND HILL, Ontario – “Our young people are not just 20 percent of our population; they are 100 percent of our future.” Spoken by Senator Don Meredith at the reopening of the GTA ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – Calvin George Headley, a 58-year-old Nova Scotia basketball referee, died last week at the Halifax Infirmary, after a fatal accident, according to his close friends. Headley, who was born on May 22, 1955 and was affectionately ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer With the slogan, “Let’s get moving,” Mitzie Hunter, the Ontario Liberal Party candidate for the Scarborough-Guildwood, kicked off her campaign on July 6 with the opening of her office in the Eglinton Avenue East ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer Jamaica-born Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario, Margarett Best, who has represented Scarborough-Guildwood since 2007, tendered her resignation on June 27. Her resignation means Premier Kathleen Wynne must now call five by-elections this year. ...

TORONTO, Ontario – More than 1500 newcomers and internationally trained professionals flocked to the 3rd Annual Scotiabank Career, Education and Settlement Fair which took place at Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Tuesday, June 25 2013. The event, which was presented ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Out Music Award winner and R&B/reggae star, Diana King, will celebrate Pride Week at Blockorama, the longest running stage at the Toronto Pride Festival this weekend. She is the first Jamaican ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Uganda’s most visible LGBT advocate, Frank Mugisha, 32, would like to see LGBT groups here supporting the organization he heads, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). He also wants immigration officials to help ...