Are You Thriving Or Just Surviving? Opinions

Are You Thriving Or Just Surviving?

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. [Maya Angelou] To...

Church News Aug 18, 2016 Church & Gospel

Church News Aug 18, 2016

Workshop at J’ca Assoc. on “Your Vision, Your Future”   LIVE THE LIFE YOU LOVE Contact Staff On Saturday August 27, the Jamaica Association of Montreal, will host a...

The big names are here for reggae fest 2016
Community News

The big names are here for reggae fest 2016

Contact Staff This year, the best option for anyone considering the reggae fest might be to get a weekend pass. Such is the power of the line-up over the...

Trini Day: Flags for so
Events

Trini Day: Flags for so

As usual Trini Day in the Park was the flavor of the summer.  And party –hungry Montrealers couldn’t get enough of the calypso and soca music served  by an...

Former Montrealer Shirley Small launching her book at UNIA
Community News

Former Montrealer Shirley Small launching her book at UNIA

In keeping with the title of her second collection of poetry, ICONS, Shirley Small conjures memories of some of Africa’s children, the seeds and fruits dispersed across the Diaspora,...

Transport MInister made a stop-over at MR. PATTY’s BBQ
Special Features

Transport MInister made a stop-over at MR. PATTY’s BBQ

On Sunday July 17, Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau made a surprise visit to the home of David and Madge Bailey in Cote St. Luc. The occasion was a...

Canada’s Complicity in the Slave Trade:  A Call for a Cultural Monument Opinions

Canada’s Complicity in the Slave Trade: A Call for a Cultural Monument

Opinion Some form of government-initiated intervention will not only be appropriate but timely and rewarding  By Bongs Lainjo I like to perceive slavery as the “incarceration” of human beings...

All sweetness at coconut sweet bread evening
Community News

All sweetness at coconut sweet bread evening

Ms. Maxine Payne of Barbados earns bragging rights Contact Staff On Sunday, July 24, Ms. Maxine Payne of Barbados was crowned “The Best Coconut Sweet Bread Maker in Montreal’s...

CONNECTOR crowned CALYPSO MONARCH in TO
Entertainment

CONNECTOR crowned CALYPSO MONARCH in TO

by Neville “Nato” Brown After two hours of fierce competition by 14 calypsonians, former federal cabinet minister Jean Augustine crowned Joel “Connector” Davis the 2016 Canadian Calypso Monarch. Montrealer...

Church Events Aug 4, 2016
Church & Gospel

Church Events Aug 4, 2016

Inter-Faith Church Service On Saturday 20,  August 2016 an Interfaith service to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the independence of Guyana will be held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church....