All posts on June, 2022

With Father’s Day fast approaching, it is important that fathers are once more made aware amidst the challenges and struggles, the importance of a father’s role and the joys of being a father. The importance of a father’s role in shaping his children’s self-esteem is often underestimated .The raising of children can be very demanding, especially when the father has them early in his life, has not even got his own life in order, and possess limited to no resources. Preaching about not having kids until you are financially stable, or married does not help those who are already in …

In loving memory of a wonderful mother Marie Louise Edwards (Holder) September 23rd 1918 – June 13th 2018 Upright and just in all her ways loyal and true through all her days Silently suffered, patently bore God took her hand to suffer no more. Lovingly remembered by her Children(In-laws), grandchildren, great grandchildren, relatives and friends   In loving memory of Reynold “Fisher” Brathwaite February 5, 1950 – June 28, 2021 If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane. We would walk right up to heaven and bring you back again. No farewell words were spoken, no time to …

It has taken some time for me to react to the reaction. That is the Liberal input into Bill 96, suggesting more French courses for English-speaking CEGEP students. Today as an English speaking immigrant, I felt it was my duty, if my children were going to grow up and live here, to make sure that they learn French. Both of them did. For us immigrants we want to show respect for the French language, and also we see the learning of a second to be an asset in our children’s educational pursuit. Learning French was never an act of resistance …

Professional basketball has hit Montreal with a bang with fans across the city welcoming their team the Montreal Alliance with fervor. And sold-out crowds at the Verdun Auditorium were well rewarded with victories in their first two home games. On Sunday, May 29, the Alliance staged a comeback against Scarborough’s Shooting Stars with a 80 to 70 win and on Tuesday 31,beating the Ottawa BlackJacks 86-80. Montrealer Moe Khan is the lead announcer and play-by-play man for the games that are being broadcasted on Montreal’s leading English language sports radio station TSN 690 AM. He sits in a privileged position …

What a day, Wednesday, May 18 turned out to be for the Johnson family. Especially for the parents, Dr. Dexter Johnson and Dr. Anita Brown-Johnson, who had to navigate between two states, hours apart, to witness graduation ceremonies of their two children, Nicholas and Anastasia, who have attained milestones in their education journeys so far. Two years ago, echoes of adulation and pride reverberated around the world when Nicholas carved his name in history becoming the first Black valedictorian at Princeton University, one of the most illustrious institutions of higher learning in the world. Messages of praise were heaped on …

News that a motorcyclist died in an accident on Courval Street, near Hickmore Street and Highway 13, in St Laurent early Sunday morning, May 29, took on a sense of urgency and dread across the community, when friends and relatives found out that the victim was indeed Shawn Castello, the man known as Shizzle and extremely popular among the younger set across the city,. For his mother, Keretha Victory, the news came as a crippling blow. It was around 4:20 AM when her door-bell rang. Immediately she thought it was Shawn, knowing that when he and his girlfriend had a …

A trip to India in 2009, is when Fimo Mitchell recalls was the first time he formally meditated. This sparked a paradigm shift in his mindset. During this time, he was working as a teacher in China, a position he had held since 2002. The trip to the ashram (a meditation centre with no distractions) offered him a chance to learn about meditation. The sense of tranquility and peace that washed over him after meditating made him reconsider his life and it was then he decided he wanted to incorporate meditation and mindfulness as part of his lifestyle. We meet, …

At a 46 percent approval rating in the political polls, the premier of Quebec, leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) party and Francois Legault, currently gestating thoughts of a future nation is focussed on his national objective, heartened by prospects of a massive electoral win over the opposition Liberal party in the upcoming October 3 provincial election. His eyes and mind are firmly fixed on more than an electoral win in the election, it’s the usual political prize, firstly, but foremost the birth of a new, independent nation called Quebec, once the predicted CAQ win in the early autumn …

Rising interest rates triggered by the out of control inflation that’s impacting negatively on the Canadian economy is having a ripple effect on many Black home-owners who now face the threat of losing their homes due to household debt levels that are steadily creeping upwards. Jacqueline McLaren is a licensed mortgage real estate broker with VANTAGE MORTGAGE REALTY GROUP. She believes that the trials and tribulation of this situation can be easily avoided with proper education and professional guidance. “The older generation don’t realize that they have access to something called the chip mortgage, where it’s a reverse mortgage where …

Hey Montreal! Summer is here. Tuesday, June 21st is the official day that summer begins this year but to most of us it’s when the temperature begins to get warmer. So let’s all get ready for some festivals and fetes and of course the big carnival. There will also be the heat so soon it will be time to crank up the a/c and ready the grill for barbecues as well as backyard parties. As we Trinis call it “liming” is back. Bring the music, drinks and let’s socialize with friends and family as summer creates an opportunity for us …