By Lincoln DePradine Vincentian nationals in Canada and the United States have begun what’s expected to be a series of public protests, saying their action is not political but aims to “raise awareness’’ on issues plaguing St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), such as the “perversion’’ of the country’s justice system and alleged abuse […]
Twice a year Lisa Cosmetics opens the doors to the public for a massive Warehouse sale that is one of the events that people looking to save money anticipate annually. If you are wishing to acquire Prestige brand names cosmetics and skincare products look no further Lisa has got everything you need from Alfred Sung, […]
Angela Bailey, the Canadian women’s record holder in the 100 metres sprint and an Olympic 4×100 relay silver medal winner, has died after battling cancer under complicated conditions. She was 59 years old. Bailey’s 1987 Canadian women’s 100-metre sprint record time of 10.98 seconds still stands today. She was also part of the women’s silver […]
When Bilal Habib looked around his cohort at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, he saw some disparities. The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer last year prompted him to take a closer look at the make-up of the students in his program — and what he found wasn’t promising. […]
Ira Margaret-Rose Cole, nee DeFour, died at her home in Mississauga on Friday June 25 last after a long battle with cancer. She was 81. Her daughter, Giselle, told the Caribbean Camera that education was more than a career for her mother. “It was her calling,” she said. Ira taught at Notre Dame Catholic High […]
Trustees of the Durham District School Board (DDSB) have selected names for two new DDSB schools in Ajax and Whitby scheduled to open in September 2021. School Naming Committees were formed for both new schools and comprised local Trustees, staff, students, a member of the Indigenous Advisory Circle, and community members. The committee consulted with […]
By Lincoln DePradine Michael Malcolm credits his success as an educator to his Caribbean-born parents, who halted attempts that were made to stream him into specialized behavioural classes. Other parents also should act similarly on behalf of their children, Malcolm told participants at a workshop of the Ontario Alliance of Black School Educators (ONABSE). “If […]
Public health, not policing By Jill Andrews We cannot police our way out of this pandemic. And while the government claims to have ‘dialed back’ the extraordinary powers they granted police across Ontario recently, the sad truth is they have not banned carding in its entirety. Police are still able to stop and essentially card […]
By Lincoln DePradine Ontario is now in the first week of a 28-day provincial lockdown in what is now being called the “third wave” of the Coronavirus pandemic. The lockdown was ordered amidst growing concern about ongoing hospitalization and deaths from COVID-19, as well as a spike in confirmed cases of patients with variants of […]
Alica Hall, curator and executive director of Nia Centre for the Arts at the Here Again, At The Crossroads art exhibition at Union Station in Toronto. The exhibition was launched on Tuesday. Hall stands next to a 15 foot installation created by Jordan Sook ,a Toronto-based mixed media artist, The installation entitled Thank You for […]
