Joel DeBellefeuille is on a mission. The Longueuil resident who won a landmark racial profiling case against that city’s police department has launched a Canada-wide initiative to dismantle systemic...

Rosie Awori (LJI) At 15 years old Aaliya Arthur has an astuteness and depth that goes beyond her years. She was recently crowned in a virtual ceremony earlier in...

Eight young Montrealers are spending part of their summer immersed in the history of Quebec’s Black community as well as the area where it was first rooted, Little Burgundy....

The prime ministers of several Caribbean islands will share messages of empowerment on Sunday August 1, when the Caribbean Coalition Network of Montreal hosts it first major event, a...

Rosie Awori (LJI) Fuelled by conspiracy theories and individual hesitancies it’s no surprise that the numbers say that minority communities have been the least willing to rush to take...

Covid-19 aside, Errol Johnson is excited about this year’s staging of the West Island Blues Festival. “We’re taking the show on the road and providing a treat to music...

On August 21, young Montrealers and their families get to enjoy another taste of the summertime bliss of carnival at the Virtual Junior CARIFIESTA Showcase. The event hosted by...

Committed to helping classical musicians from cultural communities across Canada find a place on performance stages, Montrealers Brandyn Lewis and Allison Migeon founded the Ensemble Obiora. Their mission, he...

From that old blue hardcover Canadian History book I remember, it took what became known as the country of Canada approximately 154 years or so to appoint an offspring...

I confess that I might have been covering a bit more Soca oriented events and personalities over the past few weeks. It’s only because in the summer, Soca music...