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TORONTO, Ontario — Ambassador, humanitarian, missionary, evangelist, minister, international gospel singer, are some of the adjectives that describe Canadian philanthropist, Kay Morris. Through the Kay Morris Foundation, last month, she visited Nairobi and Massailand Kenya where she donated toiletries to ...

By Lincoln Depradine PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — A new publication, anthologizing the success of African-Canadian women, has been hailed by provincial and national leaders, including the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and the Prime Minister of Canada. “100 Accomplished ...

Today marks the 30th wedding anniversary of Pride News Magazine’s Publisher/Editor Michael Van Cooten and his wife, Donna. They met on September 18, 1981 and the rest was history. They married on June 21, 1986 surrounded by loved ones. Happy ...

June 21, will be a particular meaningful day, especially given the federal government’s recent promise to implement the Truth and Reconciliations Commission’s 94 recommendations, launching the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls public inquiry and commitment to renewing the ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer When the call went out for people in Orlando, Florida to donate blood to help the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting carried out by Omar Mateen at Pulse, a gay nightclub, many formed lines ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — An award-winning Caribbean filmmaker, who feels like she stumbled onto something that is becoming her life’s mission, will be in Toronto next week to showcase her short film and the resulting ...

By Jordan Maxwell PRIDE Contributing Writer An expecting mother is in an emergency situation, dealing with a breech birth that was coming too early in the back of a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado in Kite, Georgia. Enter Letisha Ghanbari, an emergency ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer Adaoma Patterson, the new president of the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA), is committed to leadership, advocacy, engaging members and the community, and has plans for a legacy project, among other things. She has given herself ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer Dr. Carl James has been appointed the new Jean Augustine Chair in Education for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2016. The announcement was made on May 16 to faculty members in an email from ...