Minister Marci Ien intends to be an agent for change
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Minister Marci Ien intends to be an agent for change

Marci Ien considers it a perfect fit: her appointment as minister for Women, Gender Equality and Youth and her commitment to the issues that motivated her to get involved...

When the Caribbees Were Kings of Montreal Soccer
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When the Caribbees Were Kings of Montreal Soccer

Nineteen-seventy-one was a special year for soccer players from the Caribbean and their supporters in Montreal. It was the year that Caribbees Football Club, a team made up mainly...

Frank Baylis is driven by his mother’s legacy
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Frank Baylis is driven by his mother’s legacy

As much as Frank Baylis wanted to walk away from active politics and return calmly to the business world navigating the medical products industry as head of the billion-dollar...

Widespread Celebrations herald the new Republic of Barbados
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Widespread Celebrations herald the new Republic of Barbados

The celebration of music, dance, pomp and pageantry started at dusk on November 29, and extended through to midnight when the country erupted in an outburst of joy to...

In Quebec police continues to brutalize Blacks with impunity
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In Quebec police continues to brutalize Blacks with impunity

Another incident of police brutalizing Black youth in Quebec and more evidence that governments, both municipal and provincial, have little or no interest in doing anything about it. This...

Strategist Kara Gomes Helps Build Businesses
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Strategist Kara Gomes Helps Build Businesses

If you haven’t yet met Kara Gomes, you will eventually, either in person or you’ll continue to read about her exploits as an entrepreneur or as a business strategist...

Meet Dr. Ruby Lake-Richards
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Meet Dr. Ruby Lake-Richards

Dr. Ruby Lake-Richards who came from the Caribbean and forged a well-respected career as a psychiatrist at the Douglas Mental Health University for nearly 40 years and a lecturer...

Distraught over her child’s murder
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Distraught over her child’s murder

A day after her son, 16-year-old Jannai Dopwell-Bailey was stabbed to death in his school yard on Monday, October 18, Charla Dopwell heard about the video posted online that...

Balarama Holness does not go unnoticed
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Balarama Holness does not go unnoticed

“In many ways I’m the (personification) of Montreal: I am French and I am English, the child of a Quebecoise mother and an immigrant father. And I’m well-educated. I...

Jermaine Wallace did it the old fashion way
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Jermaine Wallace did it the old fashion way

Basking in eight years of growing success as an entrepreneur, Jermaine Wallace wants to share his story with the community. Maybe, he says, it will instill confidence in other...