All posts on November 16th, 2015

Holiday Dining and Holiday Music The joy of sharing a Christmas meal with family and friends in the midst of holiday music is one of the best manifestations of an Evening of Blessings. On Saturday December 19, the community gets an opportunity to usher in the holidays in special way at St. Ignatius Loyola Church 4455 West Broadway, where many will gather for a special evening sharing. There will be an abundance of food. The music will be non-stop by some of the top performers in the community and there will be an overflow of joy. The most satisfying part …

Fashion For A Cause: Ripping The Runway 2015 Contact Staff This year the community outdid itself in making Fashion For A Cause a signature event in Montreal. Over 500 Montrealers shared in the glitz and the glamour of the evening on Saturday, October 10, at the elegantly outfitted Town of Mont Royal Hall. The splendor of the evening reflected in every step of every model that sashayed along the extended runway, ripping it with elegance and confidence as they displayed the styles of featured designers and fashion houses. Organizers Janice Small-Wright, Aileen McCalla and Dawn McNicols gushed with satisfaction over …

There is no secret to success. It comes from preparation, hard work, and learning from failures. Hard work pays off. The success of my annual event title Touch Of Red is evidence of just that. But every year I encounter something different during the promotion of my event that confuses me but this year top the charts.  Many of you have no clue as to what happens behind the scenes when  promoting a event for our community. Well let me make this incident transparent to you. It’s something I have encountered for the first time and it still leaves me …

“We have to change our minds about each other” Plainly put, we think badly about ourselves, therefore we are bad to each other. Now and then, more now than then, I’m asked regularly if I am a hater. So, before it is too late, permit me to date, restate and relate. Yes, you’ve got it right. I am a hater. I hate injustice. I hate hypocrisy. I also hate demagoguery, apathy and the stupidity that allows it to exist. Hater? Absolutely! I’m a big-time hater. I hate what I see happening to our community, and I hate watching the development …

Preparation, preparation, preparation… To become men and women of impact you must know the power of preparation and purpose. This is our last segment in this series on preparation, so I hope it will sink in, allowing you, the readers, to grasp all the aspects and values linked to preparation. There are two sides to preparation—positive and negative, spiritual and physical. No matter what your goal is, or your purpose in life, it will require personal preparation. Every vision and every dream calls for the act and the art of preparation. Even daily tasks call for preparation. Every building process …

Bible-way Pentecostal church Prayer Breakfast On November 21 Bible-way Pentecostal church  will be hosting a Prayer Breakfast The event is hosted by The Christian Ed department. Come hear guest speaker: Pastor Roslyn McKenzie-Ochieng  deliver a message on  the theme “Commitment”  Come enjoy some natural and spiritual food. It gets underway  at 10am. Watertown Bus Trip Join members and friends   on Saturday, December 5 for a shopping trip to  Watertown, New York. For $45 per person. Bus leaves church at 7 am and Van Horne shopping centre at 7:30am.  Info (514) 932-8225 SDA’s Red, Black and Green Affair The Westmount SDA …

From Port of Spain, T&T, to Liverpool, England to Vancouver, Canada where By John Leblanc Joseph S. Fortes was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on February 9, 1863. When Joe was 17, he left his country of birth for England. In the city of Liverpool where he resided for the next  five years, Joe learned to swim at the St. Georges baths. In time, he became known as an accomplished swimmer and diver and won a three- mile race across the Mersey River. He was also a part of an 11-person swim team that toured English and French seaside …

Three-tier Cake Stands For Rent Interested in renting some 3-tier cake stands and round and square table cloths? Contact 514-224-7755. Book Launch There will be a double book launch at paragraphe bookstore November 12 from 6 pm with H. Nigel Thomas and Naim Kattan. Join them at librairie paragraphe bookstore for the launch of “No Safeguards” by H. Nigel Thomas and “Farida” by Naim Kattan (translated by Norman Cornett and Antonio D’Alfonso). At 2220 McGill College Ave. (Metro McGill). Refreshments will be served. Antigua & Barbuda Independence The Antigua & Barbuda Association of Montreal Inc. invites the general public to …

Contact Staff On the evening of Saturday, November 7, representatives of various community groups gathered at the Le Manoir in NDG with officers and members of the Dominica Island Cultural Association of Montreal in a fund raising event in support of relief effort for the Caribbean nation after it was devastated by Tropical storm Erika in August. The event featured a sit-down dinner and performances by a line-up of local entertainers including Tyne, Pete Douglas and highlighted with an appearance by Toronto’s Madame Wob Dwiyet team with a presentation of Dominica’s traditional Créole dance. Thank You From The Association. The …

Haiti Haitians Challenge Election Results Two presidential candidates who object to their showings in the Oct. 25 Haitian elections have filed legal challenges. Fourth-place finisher Dr. Maryse Narcisse of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s Fanmi Lavalas party, and Vilaire Cluny Duroseau, who finished 42nd out of 54 candidates, are alleging they were cheated out of votes. The results showed that government-backed presidential candidate Jovenel Moise, who won the most votes, was likely to go up against opposition candidate Jude Célestin in the runoff. Opposition candidates and local watchdogs have alleged that there was “massive fraud” in the Oct. 25 vote and …