Viceroy: Listen up
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Viceroy: Listen up

Emerging Montreal hip-hop artist has something to say When hip hop artist Drake connected with industry heavyweight Lil Wayne, Drake’s career took off and helped put Toronto’s hip hop...

Obama’s big on Caricom and Cuba
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Obama’s big on Caricom and Cuba

US president at the Summit of the Americas in Panama U.S. President Barack Obama made history Tuesday, April 14, when he recommended Cuba finally be removed from the U.S....

Our stories: Random
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Our stories: Random

Youth caught in battles that weren’t theirs to fight We’ve all heard the stories of young people killed in the most tragic of ways: caught in battles that weren’t...

Making art mean something
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Making art mean something

Tanisha Afiya Mapp created this year’s BHM winning poster This year’s theme for Black History Month – Stand For Something – is one that resonates for artist Tanisha Afiya...

Opening eyes on Selma
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Opening eyes on Selma

Timing is everything film director Ava DuVernay Ava DuVernay’s omission from the list of Academy Award nominees has, in part, led to a tidal wave of anger. But who...

Dany Laferriere in the spotlight at Vision 2015
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Dany Laferriere in the spotlight at Vision 2015

This year’s recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award, Haitian-Canadian novelist Dany Laferriere will be celebrated at Black Theatre Workshop’s annual Vision Celebration Gala Fundraiser. The...

Jireh for the Holidays
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Jireh for the Holidays

Carol Bernard: sharing the message of the gospel with everyone, believers or not. It’s been 18 years since Carol Bernard left a well-paying job to combine her three greatest...

Ebola continues to run rampant
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Ebola continues to run rampant

Nearly 18,000 people have been diagnosed with Ebola and almost 6,000 have died from it since the outbreak began earlier this year Despite not meeting a highly touted target...

Shame: The NCC is down and out for good
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Shame: The NCC is down and out for good

A last-ditch attempt to save the building that housed the Negro Community Centre has failed. The fight for the historic building made its way into the justice system this...

Otis takes success as far as he can
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Otis takes success as far as he can

  The evening is as good a time as any to reach Otis Grant, the retired professional boxer who now runs a gym in Dorval as well a foundation...