The Black History Month coin issued last year was also a Delfish design By Stephen Weir Kwami Delfish is the man of the hour. So much in demand that the Caribbean Camera pulled a sneaker on the main media players in the country lining up to interview him – we called his father, community volunteer […]
By Stephen Weir Now Magazine is now back in business and is now in new hands. The venerable entertainment magazine was purchased early this month by Gonez Media, a Toronto company owned and operated by former CP 24 personality Brandon Gonez. Now Magazine, started in 1981, used to self-describe as Toronto’s weekly news and entertainment […]
Students from two middle schools in Toronto’s Jane and Finch neighbourhood learned over two days this week what opportunities await them in high school and after graduation. The Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement, an initiative of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), arranged for students from Brookview Middle School and Oakdale Park Middle […]
Minister Ahmed Hussen makes the announcement and also declares Black History Month theme: “Ours to Tell.” Today, people in towns and communities across Canada will take a moment to recognize the life and legacy of the Honourable Lincoln Alexander. A trailblazer in his own right, the Honourable Lincoln MacCauley Alexander was born in Toronto. Years […]
Awards ceremony to take place on June 21, 2023 Black Professionals in Tech Network (BPTN) has announced the opening of nominations for its inaugural tech industry awards ceremony, Obsidi By BPTN Awards, presented by BMO. The awards ceremony, set to take place on June 21, 2023, aims to celebrate the contributions of leading Black professionals […]
Carnival is looking too much like Trinidad-style costumes The St Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) has mandated that all troupes taking part in the Grand Carnival Parades must have a section of 15 persons or more, depicting St Maarten’s culture, at the front of their troupes. Alternatively, should troupes not be able to field […]
By Lincoln DePradine Just in time as an ideal Christmas present is the recently published fiction, “The Boy and the Honeybees’’, which is authored by Toronto-based Jamaican-Canadian journalist Desmond Loren Brown. “It’s a children’s book that every member of the family should read and will enjoy reading,” said Brown. The book, according to Brown, is […]
The office of the attorney general of Canada has concluded that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) overstepped its authority when it imposed requirements on CBC/Radio-Canada in response to the repeated use of the N-word on-air. The attorney general’s motion, which ran to more than 100 pages, recommended the Federal Court of Appeal set aside the […]
The City of Ottawa says it’s covered the Notre Dame D’Afrique statue in what appears to be tarp until it’s able to start restoring the statue’s face and hands, which were painted white by someone in an act of vandalism. The Notre Dame D’Afrique (Our Lady of Africa) statue stands in front of the Richelieu-Vanier Centre in Richelieu-Vanier Park along Pères-Blancs […]
