Another noose found on Toronto LRT construction site Metrolinx, the province’s regional transit agency, reports that another noose was found at an LRT construction site last week. This time it was at the Leaside station. It was the second noose found at one of the project’s site since last summer. The first was found near […]
Editorial An ‘action plan’ to address gun violence Louis March, the founder of the Zero Gun Violence Movement (ZGVM) of Toronto, must be tired hearing himself say the same thing over and over, year after year. But March is a man with a message – an important message that bears repeating. And he is determined […]
By Lincoln DePradine Women, in increasing numbers in Canada and elsewhere, are entering the workforce in the skilled trade and construction industry. There was a time when construction was widely regarded as a “man’s job’’. However, this attitude did not prevent some women from shattering the stereotype and blazing a trail by venturing into the […]
Black Excellence in Construction IVAN DAWNS – First Black Business Representative in Canada for the International Union Of Painters & Allied Trades (IUPAT) Ivan has been a member for over 20 years as a Drywall Finisher/Plasterer. He is currently the Political Director, a member of the Local Apprentice Committee at the Interior Finishing Systems Training Centre (IFSTC) […]
Eight Canadian hip hop artists, including Maestro Fresh Wes and Jelleestone, have lent their voices to a new charity single that speaks out against Toronto gun violence. “Wish I Could” debuted on streaming services today with verses from other Canadian artists, including R&B singer Jrdn and local rappers JD Era, Bizz Loc, Turk and Roney. […]
By Stephen Weir Radio Station CKFG-FM (G-98.7) which was placed in receivership in June last year, is still up for sale. Deadline for interested parties to submit written letters of intent with respect to the purchase of the station was Friday, August 7, last. But A. Farber & Partners Inc., the court-appointed receiver of the […]
Six persons – five men and one woman- were shot outside Spence’s Bakery on Eglinton Avenue West in Toronto hours before dawn yesterday morning. The shooting in the neighbourhood known as “Little Jamaica” is believed to be “gang-related” but police say some of the people who were shot were innocent bystanders. According to the police, […]
By Lincoln DePradine A Toronto lawyer says almost four weeks after writing Steven Davidson, secretary to the cabinet of Premier Doug Ford, about Black employees’ experience of a “corrosive’’ and “toxic workplace’’ in the Ontario Public Service (OPS), he is yet to receive a response from Davidson. “Do I expect him to write me? It […]
It is not easy for young people to navigate the Canadian justice System (CJS) – especially when they aren’t white! Just someone’s opinion? Or a matter of fact? Well, it’s a fact, according to both civic and community groups. Recently, Toronto, Mayor John Tory, several community leaders, the police and spokespersons for the provincial […]
The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC), in a report released on Monday, has found that Black people are disproportionately” arrested, charged, over-charged, struck, shot or killed by Toronto police.” The findings are part of the Commission’s second interim report into anti-Black racial profiling and discrimination by the Toronto Police Service. Titled “A Disparate Impact,” the […]
