Every now and again, I feel like celebrating the success of my friends. Joan Pierre is more than my friend. She is a close friend with whom I have collaborated on many, many projects over the years. She is well known for her professional reputation as a first class event manager. Today, I choose […]
It is ironic that our biggest tragedies can lead to our greatest triumphs. This is undoubtedly the case in Fort McMurray. As the forest fire of gigantic proportions devoured parts of the town, the horrible consequences of that tragedy also aroused in the various segments of our society the enormous, heart-warming spirit of caring and […]
Jamaica-born Dr. Maurice Bygrave, a founder of CARIBANA, will present a film version of his play When Will I be Loved which focuses on the fundamental principles of the Masonic Order. This insight into what some in the Caribbean community consider a closed door society will be presented at Toronto Onyx Lions Club Den, 875 […]
“For those who you who think police carding is over, I was just arbitrarily stopped and questioned by @ Hamilton Police as a city councillor in my own city,” Matthew Green tweeted. Green said that last Friday as he was waiting for a bus he was approached by two police officers in a car and […]
In glorious sunshine at St. John’s Rehab Hospital in Rae Whistance Memory Gardens yesterday, a grateful and recovering Elissa Antonio cheerfully delivered an update on her recovery from injuries sustained in a 40-foot fall in Trinidad and Tobago. “I feel great. I’m able to lift both feet. And I feel very accomplished,” Antonio told members […]
Former deputy police chief Peter Sloly – three months after his retirement – has moved to Deloitte Canada as an executive director. Sloly, who often sat during Toronto Police Board meetings just listening, will be advising clients at Deloitte on cybersecurity. In addition, Sloly will focus on crisis response and digital media and work on […]
This weeks question How do you explain to your child that Grandpa is now Grandma? Signed Miss Papa’s a Mama. Man oh man this one is tough, or is it woman oh woman? Person oh person??? What is politically correct these days (I don’t want any group coming after me). To answer this […]
Elissa Antonio’s medical recovery fund has grown to $62, 668 and, more good news, she’s managed to stand beside her hospital bed. The ongoing fundraising is important as it goes towards her medication and other expenses and to help her daughters Brianna and Moneque as she recovers. Recovery will take eight to 10 months. What […]
Trouble has erupted among those tasked with conducting the official inquiry into the fatal riots at Guyana’s Camp Street Prison in Georgetown. In a dispute that spilled over into Facebook, Toronto lawyer Selwyn Pieters – who is representing the police and prison services at the Commission of Inquiry into the Disturbances and Subsequent Deaths at […]
