All posts on March 20th, 2023

Lisa J. Weiss Welcome back. In this article we are going to explore the four breaths. As mentioned in the last newsletter, there are four breaths associated with the elements: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. Each carries, and engages the information (feelings/emotions) differently in the body. Let’s begin with the Earth Breath – this is the grounding breath. The breath that invites you to set the foundations of your beliefs, values and attitudes. The ones you carry now and the ones you have yet to discover. Most people engage the Earth Breath as a way to calm down, especially when …

From time immemorial the construct of race has always been used to gain and retain power, and to create dynamics that separate and silence. The Oxford English Dictionary’s first recorded utterance of the word racism was by a man named Richard Henry Pratt in 1902. Pratt was railing against the evils of racial segregation. Although Pratt might have been the first person to condemn racism and its deleterious effects by name, he is much better-remembered for a very different coinage: Kill the Indian…save the man. According to Pratt: “A great general has said that the only good Indian is a …

Dr. Alwin Spence “Hi guys, d-i-n-n-e-r is r-e-a-d-y, wash your hands and come to the t-a-b-l-e.” “O.K! Stop the playing ! Go wash your hands ! And come to the table, Now ! “ Some years ago, my father visited my home in Montreal. He came with one of his grandsons who was about ten years old, a little older than his cousin, my son. The two boys were playing. It was dinner time and I called them to the table. One call to dinner or lunch to a child who is involved in an enjoyable game may not be …

Remembering Frantz Vancol: Entrepreneur Extraordinaire Frantz Vancol made his mark on Montreal as one of the most dynamic entrepreneurs and community advocates coming out of the Black and Caribbean community in this city. He died in his sleep on March 6, at the age of 77. Among his many business ventures was Les Jeunes Romantiques chain of hairdressing salons, the Quisqueya line of tropical flavored soft-drinks and Tropico Incorporated, a wholesale distributor of tropical consumer products (food and cosmetics), which was the exclusive distributor of specialized lines of hair and beauty products such as TCB, DRULA and AK-100. In addition …

It’s a thrift-shopper’s paradise at St Thomas’ Anglican Church, 4810 Rosedale Avenue (corner Somerled) in NDG where there is an ample supply of clothing and accessories to both men and women, assorted household goods, jewellery, books and other items at extremely reasonable prices. Everything in the store, tagged as the Clothesline is nearly new and in perfect condition.Organizers behind the clothes say while they’re grateful for the support from their regular clientele, they want all Montrealers to know that might be something interesting waiting for them at the Clothesline, which is open every Thursdays and on the first Saturday of …