Several Black youth, mental health researchers, frontline workers and MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes will share their stories about mental health, recovery and support at the Black Health Alliance’s Mental Health and Youth forum on Saturday. Venue for the forum is the North York Civic Centre Council Chamber (5100 Yonge Street). The event runs from 9 a.m. […]
By Gerald V. Paul The names of police officers who are investigated by the SIU should be made public, even when the SIU decides not to charge them, the Independent Police Oversight Review was told at a public meeting last Thursday evening, at Metro Hall in Toronto. The recommendation was made to Justice Michael Tulloch […]
By Gerald V. Paul Antigua and Barbuda’s Information Minister Melford Nicholas, speaking on the theme ” building an economic powerhouse together,” called on fellow nationals in Toronto to pursue excellence for its own sake and make it their daily commitment. In the keynote address at a gala on Saturday night to celebrate Antigua and Barbuda’s […]
By Gerald V. Paul What started out in restaurants and homes in Toronto’s Caribbean community on Tuesday evening as a celebration in anticipation of Hilary Clinton’s victory in the US presidential election, soon turned out into a big disappointment as the results of the polls on television started to show that Donald Trump was “on […]
By David Jessop Recently, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Netflix, Visa and many more premium providers of global web services, temporarily went offline. This was because they had indirectly suffered the effects of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Dyn, a largely unknown intermediary that enables web users to access the addresses of major […]
Several Black youth, mental health researchers, frontline workers and MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes will share their stories about mental health, recovery and support at the Black Health Alliance’s Mental Health and Youth forum on Saturday. Venue for the forum is the North York Civic Centre Council Chamber (5100 Yonge Street). The event runs from 9 a.m. […]
By W. Andy Knight Someone on Social media posted that 9/11 was the worst day in America, and that the 2nd worst day was 11/9. On November 9, many of us woke up as though we had a hangover and as though we were kicked in the gut the night before. What we witnessed on […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -A Nigerian mortician, accused of overstaying his time in Trinidad and Tobago, will not be deported from this country but instead allowed voluntary departure. Anthony Agu, a 34-year-old certified embalmer with JE Guide Funeral Home in the southern city of San Fernando, has been given two weeks in which to leave […]
This weeks question: Who do you think will win the US presidential elections next week? Charles King – Technician In the beginning I thought that Hillary would win but with this new thing coming out, I think he has a chance. But if still hard to say if he going […]
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is boosting the base number of immigrants allowed into Canada next year to 300,000, to help drive economic growth as the country grapples with an aging demographic. Speaking to reporters after tabling his annual report in Parliament on Monday, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum said the new target […]
