Football Coach I’Jaaz Hendrickson-Payne drips inspiration
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Football Coach I’Jaaz Hendrickson-Payne drips inspiration

“I want Montreal Sud-Ouest Aces Football program to be an option for children in all of the south-west…. not only in Little Burgundy, but also for those growing up...

Dr. Augustine served as The Messenger and The Message
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Dr. Augustine served as The Messenger and The Message

As the first Black woman to be elected to the Canadian parliament in 1993, the Honourable Dr. Jean Augustine has had a lot of conversations about multiculturalism and diversity...

Author with a plan for Black and Caribbean prosperity
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Author with a plan for Black and Caribbean prosperity

Former Montrealer Perry C. Douglas digs deep into his reservoir of experience and acquired expertise in wealth management and investment banking as well as a consultant on energy, healthcare...

Laureates and events highlight BHM 2023
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Laureates and events highlight BHM 2023

Michael Farkas president of the Black History Month Roundtable, which organizes and coordinates activities to mark the celebrations points to the laureates of this year’s BHM calendar as a...

Gracia Kasoki Katahwa looks back at a fulfilling year
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Gracia Kasoki Katahwa looks back at a fulfilling year

A year after what was an unlikely breakthrough in last fall’s municipal elections, it’s safe to say that Gracia Kasoki Katahwa has settled into her tasks as Mayor of...

They are a credit  to our community
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They are a credit to our community

Nompumelelo Moyo (LJI) and Egbert Gaye Audley Coley, Kirk Gayle and Brian Smith have become well known in our community just by their but they have also made their...

City purchases former NCC property
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City purchases former NCC property

Emotions are stirring among groups and individuals in the Little Burgundy area and across the city following a recent announcement that the City of Montreal has purchased the property...

Pharaoh Hamid-Freeman: Re-imagining community building
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Pharaoh Hamid-Freeman: Re-imagining community building

It has been 12 years since Pharaoh Hamid-Freeman launched OneFullCircle (OFC) as what he describes as a membership driven “social enterprise’ that brings together of Black-owned businesses, organizations, entrepreneurs...

Quebec’s Callous Disregard on Subsidized Daycare for Asylum Seekers
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Quebec’s Callous Disregard on Subsidized Daycare for Asylum Seekers

Terry Archibald has been operating her public daycare in the Cote des Neiges area for the past 23 years, a labor of love that brings her in contact with...

Jamrock Restaurant opens in Chateauguay
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Jamrock Restaurant opens in Chateauguay

After many years of friendship, Orville Scully , Peyton West and Rome Augustin have argued over lots of games of dominoes and discussed many issues. The one thing the...