MANCHESTER, England -A convicted football hooligan has been jailed for 16 weeks after he admitted racially assaulting Manchester City and England footballer Raheem Sterling. Karl Anderson, 29, of Manchester who pleaded guilty to racially aggravated common assault in the Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court last week, was also ordered to pay one hundred pounds in […]
The Hilton Toronto on 145 Richmond Street West, opened its doors to Toronto youths last Saturday, for the inaugural Jobs of the Future Youth Summit. The event was put on by the government of Ontario, in conjunction with the Jr Economic Club. It was an all-day affair, commencing at 8:30 am and culminating at 4:00 […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The police have held a Trinidadian man after he reportedly faked his own kidnapping with the help of two other Trinidadians. The police report that Sawak Maraj, 33,who arrived here on Friday, claiming that he came for a job interview, was picked up at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport by two other […]
The Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario last week found that Dr.Wycliffe Baird, a Kittian-born general practitioner based in Mississauga, committed an act of professional misconduct “in that he engaged in sexual abuse of a patient.” The Committee also found that he engaged in conduct or an act or omission […]
Toronto Police are appealing to the public for assistance with their investigation into the murder last Friday of John Trevor Paul, 32, a St. Lucia-born man who was shot in the Sheridan Mall in Toronto. Paul who lived in Toronto, was the second victim of a fatal shooting in the mall within a month. Emergency […]
Trinidad-born Henry Mungalsingh successfully raised the Trinidad and Tobago flag on the summit of the highest mountain in Europe, Mount Elbrus, Russia on July 27 last. Mungalsingh, who resides in London, embarked on the climb of 18,500 feet and he surpassed the target of achieving a $1 donation for every foot climbed. His mission was […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH By Virginia Nsitem Have you experienced hip pain getting out of your car or up from a seat? Does lying on your side at night cause hip pain? Do you find yourself walking with a limp or having to take rest breaks when shopping or taking a long […]
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has charged Toronto Police Constable Michael Theriault with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and public mischief in connection with an attack on a 19-year old black man which left him blinded in the left eye and with a broken nose, jaw and wrist. Dafonte Miller of Whitby, the victim of […]
By Ila Henry Photos By Gwyn Chapman Hundreds of people from the Caribbean community) got together at Masyrktown Park in Scarborough on Sunday for an annual event which attendees say has become a community institution. It was Dr. Sheridan Cyrus’ family picnic but this get-together was not just for the family of […]
Two outstanding lawyers from the Caribbean community were among eleven honourees at the annual Law Society Awards ceremony held last week at Osgoode Hall in Toronto. Guyana-born Patrick Case received the Law Society medal and Jamaica-born Thora Espinet was presented with the Lincoln Alexander Award. Case who was called to the Bar in 1988, has […]
