Day was a spectacular display of Jamaica Events

Day was a spectacular display of Jamaica

Contact Staff A torrential rain kept headliner Iba Mahr off the stage but it didn’t dampened spirits at Jamaica Day, which enjoyed one of largest crowds in recent years...

Vincy Unity Picnic 2019 Events

Vincy Unity Picnic 2019

Contact Staff Thousands of Vincentian nationals and friends converged on Saturday June 20, at Brown’s Bay Provincial Park for the annual Vincy Unity picnic. The event was a day...

Our Children Are Unable To Read Opinions

Our Children Are Unable To Read

It’s a fact: learning to read is not as easy as learning to talk At the risk of sounding like the portender of doom, or having any similar moniker...

Beneath this Rock… Nigger Rock,  slaves lie Community News

Beneath this Rock… Nigger Rock, slaves lie

Slave burial-ground remains unrecognized. BCQ pilgrimage on August 3. Contact Staff Almost every year the Black Coalition of Quebec leads a pilgrimage to the town of St. Armand, in...

Politics beckon this woman of words
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Politics beckon this woman of words

Ommu-Kulsoom J. Abdul-Rahman was valedictorian for McGill University’s Faculty of Arts Egbert Gaye It’s safe to say that Ommu-Kulsoom J. Abdul-Rahman’s lifelong passion for politics has been central to...

Excelling in the classroom and in the workplace
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Excelling in the classroom and in the workplace

Isaiah Joyner: cops Concordia University Institute for Co-operative Education’s Student of the Year Award Egbert Gaye For much of his time at high school and college, Isaiah Joyner’s mom,...

The new OLIVER JONES Reception Hall at  Union United Church
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The new OLIVER JONES Reception Hall at Union United Church

Contact Staff On Sunday July 7, dignitaries from across Montreal and beyond joined with the congregation of Union United Church to bestow a special recognition to iconic jazz pianist...

Carifiesta 2019:  On the way back
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Carifiesta 2019: On the way back

On Saturday, July 6, the streets of downtown Montreal turned into a spectacle of revelry and music as the annual Carifiesta wound its way from Fort to Bleury streets...

Blues Fest: July 20
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Blues Fest: July 20

Sylvie Desgroseillers and Freddy James star… Contact Staff When Sylvie Desgroseillers takes to the stage at the West Island Blues Festival on Saturday, July 20, spectators will be taken...

Students Blazing a Trail Community News

Students Blazing a Trail

On Sunday, June 9, Pioneer Women of Canada handed out scholarships to two deserving Montrealers at their annual Tea Party at the St. Laurent Recreation Centre. Zhane Mahbeer Jayme...