Montreal Icon Releases a Masterpiece Album
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Montreal Icon Releases a Masterpiece Album

Ladies and Gentlemen… Jah Cutta Egbert Gaye Never one to hold back on his emotions, Montreal reggae icon, Jah Cutta is offering a piece of his musical soul to...

The task of leading WIBCA into the future
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The task of leading WIBCA into the future

Now in the hands of four women Egbert Gaye Kemba Mitchell is now in her second term as chairperson of the West Island Black Community Association (WIBCA) and is...

Skeete wants to change the conversation in Quebec
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Skeete wants to change the conversation in Quebec

New Head of  The Secretariat for relations with English-speaking Quebecers is proud of his heritage    Egbert GAYE Heaped with the responsibility of maintaining the Secretariat for relations with...

Meet Cornwall’s first female mayor. She’s Black
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Meet Cornwall’s first female mayor. She’s Black

Bernadette Clement is a former Montrealer with roots in Trinidad and Tobago Egbert GAYE Twenty-seven years ago, Bernadette Clement, a former Montrealer, finished her studies at the University of...

Revisiting the Congress of Black Writers
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Revisiting the Congress of Black Writers

FIFTY YEARS LATER By Egbert Gaye More so than in any other Canadian province, politics is a constant in Quebec, day in day out. And Montreal as its economic...

Nigel Thomas brings an enlightened perspective to the art of writing
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Nigel Thomas brings an enlightened perspective to the art of writing

Vincentian-born novelist releases another masterpiece “Fate’s Instrument” Egbert Gaye Montreal novelist H. Nigel Thomas gives what he considers to be a simple reason for writing: “I feel a compulsion...

Amazing Grace Ministry building a foundation of spirituality
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Amazing Grace Ministry building a foundation of spirituality

Marcia DeRoche ordained Deacon  Egbert Gaye Nestled in a nondescript building on De Coutrai Street in Cote des Neiges is the church that houses the Amazing Grace Ministry. The...

West Island Blues Fest donates $21,500 to area groups
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West Island Blues Fest donates $21,500 to area groups

Egbert Gaye The West Island Blues Festival was built on a foundation that keeps it connected with surrounding communities. That’s why over the past 15 years, in addition to...

Meet Sharlene Royer: Tough and Talented
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Meet Sharlene Royer: Tough and Talented

Egbert Gaye Although it doesn’t happen regularly, it’s not unusual that a typical day at work for Sharlene Royer might include a concussion or a broken bone or two....

Camille Cosby knew that they had it in for Bill
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Camille Cosby knew that they had it in for Bill

Comedian sentenced to three to 10 years in prison Egbert Gaye It’s hard to believe that Judge Steven O’Neill of the Montgomery County Courthouse in Pennsylvania could keep a...