We vote on October 19
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We vote on October 19

Time for Blacks to come in from the political cold Egbert Gaye Like most minority groups, the Black community spent the last 11 weeks as innocent bystanders in a...

Jones gets it done and gets it right
Community News

Jones gets it done and gets it right

“Everybody dreads taxes” Egbert Gaye In the 11 years that Clarence Jones has been providing accounting services to   clients at different levels of the socio-economic  ladder, it’s easy to...

Jamaican author Marlon James cops Man Booker Prize 2015
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Jamaican author Marlon James cops Man Booker Prize 2015

Contact Staff Jamaican author Marlon James has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for “A Brief History of Seven Killings.” James is the first Jamaican to win the Booker...

Federal elections: don’t forget social housing! Opinions

Federal elections: don’t forget social housing!

For many decades now, the federal government has been paying annual subsidies for all social housing units built before 1994. These subsidies not only allow low-income tenants to pay...

Extreme Politics… Opinions

Extreme Politics…

As I approached the age of consent, to vote, in the 1960s a few interesting names were on the national political stage: Robert Stanfield, David Lewis, Tommy Douglas, John...

Adapt2Me to learn French and English
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Adapt2Me to learn French and English

App provides an easy way beef up language skills Contact Staff In Montreal’s English-speaking Caribbean community we face a range of  literacy challenges. Sadly many are lacking adequate literacy...

j’cans extend a hand to dominicans
Community News

j’cans extend a hand to dominicans

The Honorary Consul for Jamaica, Mr. George Grant, and the president of the Jamaica Association of Montreal, Mr. Noel Alexander, present a donation of 2,000 pens and carrying bags...

B’dos’ Hypa Sounds a mega star on the horizon
Entertainment

B’dos’ Hypa Sounds a mega star on the horizon

Finish the 2015 season in style. Touch of Red on Nov. 7 The Sugar Rush man “Hypa Sounds” from Barbados is coming to Montreal for the first time? First...

Facing the Problem Opinions

Facing the Problem

Sorry folks, but I cannot in fair conscience brush the issue of unsolved Black on Black  crime under the rug, hoping that it would go away; it just keeps...

It will change the way you see life Church & Gospel

It will change the way you see life

IMPACT: More about Preparation   Every human being should be aware of the power of preparation. Builders know that with every big contract, whether to build a tower or...