Kenrick Vincent Joseph Bruzual, a celebrated contributor to the Caribbean community in Canada, passed away on March 25th at the Scarborough Grace Hospital at the age of 82. He was recognized for his contributions to the Toronto Caribbean Carnival with the Pioneer Award and was a long-time occasional contributor to the Caribbean Camera newspaper. Bruzual […]
Kenrick Vincent Joseph Bruzual died last Saturday, 25th March, at the Scarborough Grace Hospital for a well-played 82. In 2018, Ken Bruzual received the Toronto Caribbean Carnival’s Pioneer Award. Lennox Borel, retired University of Toronto professor and long time colleague of Ken, said of him: “The development and evolution of the Caribbean Carnival Arts in […]
Gérard Latortue, a former interim prime minister of Haiti who helped rebuild and unite the country after a violent coup in the mid-2000s, has died. He was 88. Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Latortue’s death Monday, saying it was a tremendous loss for the nation. He described Latortue as “a reformer, a convinced patriot, an […]
Prominent St. Lucian journalist, Guy Ellis, was pronounced dead at hospital on Sunday night after collapsing at his home from an apparent heart attack, his relatives have confirmed. He was 78 years old. His widow, Tina said he had complained of feeling unwell and was taken to the Owen King EU Hospital where he was […]
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has paid tribute to the late West Indies batsman Irvine Shillingford who passed away Thursday in his homeland Dominica. President Ricky Skerritt hailed Shillingford as one who “pioneered the way for others to follow”, while praising his commitment to the development of the regional game. “On behalf of CWI I offer […]
Leaving Behind a Legacy of Musical Insight Professor Emeritus at The University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Trinidad campus, Gordon Rohlehr, who spent much of his life writing and educating people about calypso music, died on January 29 at the age of 80. Considered an expert on the history, development and social relevance of the […]
“As a Black person, I’ve had an interest in equity and social justice all my life” Dr. Donald Meeks, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, died at the West Park Long-Term Care Centre in Toronto on January 17 last. He was 92. He was the first Black professor to […]
Last Tuesday, January 17, Jo Mersa Marley was interred at Nine Miles, St Ann, like his legendary grandfather, Bob Marley. Jo Mersa (born Joseph Marley) passed away suddenly in Miami, at the tender age of 31, on December 27th. The Reggae singer is survived by more than 50 family members, including his wife, Qiara, and […]
The Trinidad and Tobago Consulate in Toronto held a rare repast early last Saturday evening. The community event was in honour of the Horace Thorne, the president of the Trinidad and Tobago Association in the province. Consul General Tracey Ramsubagh-Mannette arranged the reception. She told the attendees that Thorne’s volunteer dedication to the T&T community […]
He was a proud Trinidadian Canadian who never said no when asked to help the community. Last week Horace Reginald Thorne passed away at the age of 85. A photographer, a community organizer, a tireless long-time Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Caribana) volunteer and a loving family man, he will be remembered and honoured at the Trinidad […]
