Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop
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Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop

BTW brings a modern-day masterpiece to the Segal. Re-imagining MLK Jr.’s last night alive    Contact Staff The Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) takes it to another level with their...

Richardson and Thompson- Hall join Men’s Choir on stage
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Richardson and Thompson- Hall join Men’s Choir on stage

Union United Church 110th Anniversary. Men’s Gospel Choir 18th Anniversary Contact Staff It’s safe to say, in the 18 years that the Men Gospel Choir of Union United Church...

Lyttle comes with legends for the ball
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Lyttle comes with legends for the ball

SVG’s Lyttle, Barbados’ Shirley Stuart, and Guyanese Aubrey Mann on one stage. One of the biggest dance events in the community in years Contact Staff Since he burst on...

The sad state of Puerto Rico after Maria
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The sad state of Puerto Rico after Maria

Weeks after the hurricane no food, no water, no electricity, no medication, lots of BS from the president Egbert Gaye Two weeks after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, the...

One container off to Antigua-Barbuda. More help needed
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One container off to Antigua-Barbuda. More help needed

Still collecting donations to help hurricane-ravaged islands Contact staff Montrealers have responded like champions to the call to assist Barbuda, which was devastated by Hurricane Irma, a category 5...

Taking a knee while taking a stand
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Taking a knee while taking a stand

Colin Kapernick’s place alongside other brave men such as Jackie Robinson, John Carlos and Tommie Smith, and Muhammad Ali Egbert Gaye When in August 2016, Colin Kaepernick decided to...

Black candidates in the fray for Nov. 5 election
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Black candidates in the fray for Nov. 5 election

Contact Staff For decades, Blacks have been relatively absent from municipal politics in the city of Montreal. As such, Franz Benjamin representing Montreal North stands today as the only...

And when the protesting and talking is over, what? Opinions

And when the protesting and talking is over, what?

AFFLICTING THE COMFORTABLE, COMFORTING THE AFFLICTED   Many people think, are even convinced, that racism stops at the 49th parallel. That when it produces its passport and reasons for...

T&T in Mind. Miami jamming
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T&T in Mind. Miami jamming

As soon as fall season hits, I start searching  for cheap flights to Trinidad and  Tobago for the 2018 carnival. While I focus on  T&T, others are preparing for...