TORONTO: At least four Jamaican-Canadians have thrown their hats into the ring for the October 24 municipal elections in Ontario and Toronto. They are Luther Brown, Kathy McDonald and David Green, who are up for seats as school board trustees in...
TORONTO: Dr Mavis Burke, founder of the Toronto-based Project for Advancement of Childhood Education (Canada) – P.A.C.E. Canada, has died. She was 93 years old. Responding to the call from then Prime Minister Edward Seaga to assist community-...
TORONTO: A slew of candidates of Jamaican heritage are seeking election in the upcoming polls for Ontario. They are: New Democratic Party MPP Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre); Charmaine Williams (Brampton Centre) and Mark Saunders (Don Valley...
TORONTO: The history of a major intersection in Toronto that has been the home to a progressive black community is captured in a new book showcasing persons whose work helped to define it. Welcome to Blackhurst: An Iconic Toronto Neighbourh ood,...
The city of London, Ontario, has a new black library, an addition to a community centre created by Sandie Thomas, a pastor of Jamaican parentage who also heads Spiritual Blessings Lighthouse Ministries. During the launch of the WEAN (We Are Here...
A Jamaican who is a senior police officer attached to the Toronto Police Service (TPS), Superintendent Stacy Clarke, is facing seven charges under the Police Services Act, including breach of confidence, discreditable conduct and insubordination....
TORONTO: Hugh L. Fraser, retired Jamaica-born Ontario judge, former Olympian, and a recognised international expert in sports law, has been appointed to the Order of Canada. Fraser was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1952 and grew up with his...
TORONTO: The late well-known feminist Dr Glenda Simms was celebrated for her advocacy for women at a Kwanzaa event in Toronto, just days before she passed away in Ottawa on the last day of 2021. At ‘Kujichagulia – Ring Your Bell For bell hooks –...
TORONTO: Jamaicans in Toronto have welcomed the dismissal of a complaint against a Jamaican judge in Brampton, Ontario, who was facing allegations of perjury. On June 2, the Ontario Judicial Council released the decision of a hearing panel which...
Alvin Knight buried his son in Toronto at the end of January and had planned on flying to Jamaica with his wife this week to organise the funeral of his 96-year-old mother, Margaret Rose, who died on January 25 in May Pen, Clarendon. She had been...
A Jamaica paediatrician has taken on a new role as equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) champion for the division of developmental paediatrics at the University of Toronto’s Department of Paediatrics. Dr Sharon Smile is a clinical study...
A Toronto-based black lobby has called on Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, to intervene in the pending sale of a local radio station which has served as an important voice for the African-Caribbean community. The radio station – G98.7 FM...
A major figure in Canada’s corporate world is challenging that sector in the country to confront racism. In light of the death of George Floyd while in the custody of police officers in Minneapolis in the United States, Jamaican Canadian Wes Hall,...
Newly elected president and first black leader of the Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT), a local body of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, Jennifer Brown, will be looking to make solid changes to how issues affecting black teachers...
ALTHOUGH DELAYED by over two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the University of the West Indies (UWI) Toronto Benefit Gala awards ceremony was held virtually via Zoom on June 13. Donette Chin-Loy Chang, co-patron of the gala, commended the...
TORONTO’S POLICE chief, Mark Saunders, surprised many with the announcement that he will retire from the service on July 31 – eight months before his contract is set to expire. Saunders, who was born in London, England, and is of Jamaican heritage...
AUDREY P. C. RAMSAY, a Jamaican-Canadian lawyer, has been appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario. She replaces Justice G. Czutrin of Toronto, who elected to become a supernumerary judge effective January 30, 2020. Justice...
Some Jamaican farm workers in Ontario are having second thoughts about signing a waiver releasing both Jamaican and Canadian governments of responsibility, should they fall ill amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and are suggesting that Jamaica renegotiate...
A group of 36 Black organisations from across the Greater Toronto area is requesting CDN$1.58 million from funders and partners, to support their work among the most vulnerable community members amid the coronavirus pandemic. The group, which...
Toronto: CARIBBEAN SENIORS in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada are heeding the daily warnings to stay home in an effort to avoid contracting the novel coronavirus which causes the deadly COVID-19 respiratory disease. With warnings that seniors...
Toronto, Canada: Jamaicans in Toronto have welcomed the Court of Appeal for Ontario’s decision last week to uphold the first-degree murder conviction of a Jamaican man in the death of his daughter, whose body was found in a burning suitcase....
A GROUP of community members has started an initiative that so far has helped over 600 seniors, shut-ins and international students weather the coronavirus pandemic. Led by broadcaster Elaine Thompson, with support from JN Bank, JN Money Transfer,...
