QBBE and Red Rush form partnership for Summer Institute 2021
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QBBE and Red Rush form partnership for Summer Institute 2021

In the areas of education and sports, Alix Adrien and Denburk Reid make a formidable combination. Both has been involved with the game at the highest levels, Adrien as...

No news as yet on Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund
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No news as yet on Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund

When, last year, the Trudeau government announced a $221 million investment in its Black Entrepreneurship Program (BEP,) it represented a significant sift after successive Canada governments have been ignoring...

48 years in the insurance industry equipped  Johnson for his next move
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48 years in the insurance industry equipped Johnson for his next move

Errol Johnson always had a tendency to dream big but in the 48 years he spent in the insurance industry, he has been able to achieve success beyond his...

To St. Vincent with love from Montreal
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To St. Vincent with love from Montreal

On the early morning of April 8, the world look on in amazement as La Soufriere volcano finally unleashed its disruptive power on the island of St. Vincent and...

King Shadrock drops new Album: “Phoenix Rising”
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King Shadrock drops new Album: “Phoenix Rising”

With ten hard-hitting tracks, Montreal’s most prolific reggae performer King Shadrock is offering music lovers an album that traces his life journey of adversity and triumph. “Phoenix Rising” is...

THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS FOR Showtime
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THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS FOR Showtime

In Montreal, music lovers once knew him as Mickey, the likeable and hardworking front-man of the soca band T&T Express, but since 2014 he has become known around the...

Up at the Jamaica Association they’re standing up to COVID-19
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Up at the Jamaica Association they’re standing up to COVID-19

Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has cut a wide swath of destruction across our community, disproportionately infecting Blacks and other minorities in and around the Montreal, as...

Kamila joins The Athletic as staff editor
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Kamila joins The Athletic as staff editor

Following her passion for sports journalism and a childhood dream of writing for a leading sports publication, Kamila Hinkson has accepted a position at The Athletic, where she will...

Remembering Shanice Phinn: “Long Live Neecy”
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Remembering Shanice Phinn: “Long Live Neecy”

Relatives and friends of Shanice Phinn, a well-loved Montrealer, are mourning her death in Atlanta, Georgia. Circumstances surrounding her passing on March 7, are still uncertain and her relatives...

Montrealer Mike Payette gets top job at T.O’s Terragon theatre
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Montrealer Mike Payette gets top job at T.O’s Terragon theatre

When news broke that Mike Payette was named the new artistic director of Toronto’s iconic Terragon Theatre, on the surface, it seems as if it was a monumental loss...