By Judy Pham Warning Canadians of the high crime rate in Mexico, the Canadian government, in an update on its “travel advice and advisory” website, has noted the shooting on January 16 last in Playa del Carmen in which five people were killed. One of them was Kirk Wilson, 49, a Jamaica-born Canadian. According […]
Toronto Mayor John Tory has called for action to deal with disproportionately higher rates of incarceration, unemployment and child protection cases in the Black community. He issued the call at the weekend at the launch of ” community conversations,” an initiative aimed at fighting anti-black racism. The launch took place at Ujima House, Canada’s first […]
More than 1,600 concerned citizens in York Region have signed a petition demanding public school board trustee Nancy Elgie resign for calling a black parent ” a nigger.” The parent, Jamaica-born Christine Grant said that during a public meeting last November, Elgie used the racial slur which was reported to be heard by several […]
‘He was the best prime minister Grenada ever had’ Dear Editor, Sir Nicholas Brathwaite (Sir Nick) died in November 2016 in virtual obscurity, a man with a broken heart for Grenada which he loved and served so well as prime minister from 1990 to 1995. I have served as an economist and civil Servant every […]
Everyone makes mistakes and deserves a second chance. But not everyone gets it. Mike ( not his real name) from Trinidad is one of the fortunate ones who got that second chance. Let us look this week at the story of Mike who was convicted in a Canadian court of drug trafficking, an indictable offence […]
The state of race relations in the United States was one of the subjects which President Barack Obama discussed in his farewell address last week. The following is an excerpt from his address: Race remains a potent and often divisive force in our society. Now, I’ve lived long enough to know that race relations are […]
Dr. Leslie Pollard, President of Oakwood University in Alabama, addresses members of the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) and their guests at the BBPA’s 18th annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the late civil rights leader on Saturday. In his message at the McVey Centre in Toronto, Dr. Pollard said that there […]
Donald Trump will be sworn in as President of the United States this week amid concerns about several major US foreign policy issues. The question is: Will the world be a safer place with President Donald Trump in the White House? Sylvanus Thompson Ass. Director Toronto Public Health Through has actions, Mr. Trump has earned […]
Pride Toronto voted at its annual general meeting on Tuesday in favour of the full list of demands made by Black Lives Matter (BLM) Toronto last summer after a sit-in at its parade. One of the controversial demands was the banning of Toronto Police from marching and participating in the Pride parade and other Pride-related […]
Kirk Wilson, a Toronto nightclub bouncer and security guard, well known in the Caribbean community, was one of five people killed in a shooting incident on Monday morning at a music festival in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Friends identified Wilson as one of the victims in the shooting at the BPM – Bartenders, Promoters and […]
