Almost $3/4M in funding to TWKF to help kids stay on the straight and narrow
Community News

Almost $3/4M in funding to TWKF to help kids stay on the straight and narrow

Every year between 800 and 1000 youth from the area have their lives impacted in a positive way, by participating in the Trevor Williams Basketball Camp. It’s been like...

Saving FACE
Community News

Saving FACE

There are close to two million Blacks across Canada and for each and every one of their sake, the hope is that the Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund does not...

Retiring Judge Dortelus is still troubled by  lack of diversity
Community News

Retiring Judge Dortelus is still troubled by lack of diversity

Two decades after he was appointed to the Quebec Court, Judge Daniel Dortelus is set to resign on July 22. However, he is leaving with a heavy heart, knowing...

Florence Phillips-Westmoreland looks back at a different Montreal
Special Features

Florence Phillips-Westmoreland looks back at a different Montreal

It’s easy to describe Florence Phillips-Westmoreland as a people’s person, after all her readily discernable effervescence combined with her gift of gab make it pleasurable for anyone to engage...

The Black man’s burden
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The Black man’s burden

Historian Dorothy Williams once described Montreal’s Black community as “a vibrant, multicultural, multilingual consisting of Blacks from Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, Canada and Latin America.” She went on say...

Leon Llewellyn: A lifetime of art
Community News

Leon Llewellyn: A lifetime of art

“In every society, the artist has an important role. They use their work to give voice (expression) to ideas and to change as well as to make what is...

Racism endures in hockey because it’s systemic
Community News

Racism endures in hockey because it’s systemic

It was almost 64 years to the day that Willie O’Ree of Fredericton, New Brunswick took to the ice with the Boston Bruins as the first Black player in...

Know your tax situation and invest wisely
Community News

Know your tax situation and invest wisely

Rosie Awori (LJI) & Egbert Gaye “It does not matter what your income status is: whether you’re an employer, self-employed, working multiple jobs, student working full or part-time or...

Remembering Kent Merchant: The Love Man
Community News

Remembering Kent Merchant: The Love Man

Across North American city where there is a Caribbean community, particularly people from Trinidad and Tobago, the likelihood is that the name Loveman Kent will resonate with music lovers....

Troubled by community anti-vaxxers and  questionable government policies
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Troubled by community anti-vaxxers and questionable government policies

At this point it’s difficult to determine who is foolhardier when it comes to dealing with Covid-19, those in our community who refuse to be vaccinated or the Quebec...