Join Martin Albino and Golden Stars for a Holiday musical treat
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Join Martin Albino and Golden Stars for a Holiday musical treat

As the city prepares to explore new ways to celebrate in this post pandemic period, Martin Albino and the Golden Stars Steel Orchestra have a holiday treat is in...

Gemma Raeburn-Baynes launches Gem’s Tea
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Gemma Raeburn-Baynes launches Gem’s Tea

After more than six decades of coordinating a variety of community events and initiatives, Gemma Raeburn-Baynes has launched what she describes as her legacy project, Gem*s Tea, a brand...

Compensation Owed: The Cost  of Reparations Worldwide
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Compensation Owed: The Cost of Reparations Worldwide

The age of empires is over, much of the English, French, Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese territories have been lost due to wars or declarations of independence. What made colonialism...

Systemic racism: out of the mouths of babes
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Systemic racism: out of the mouths of babes

Recently I met with a former student of mine who is now an Elementary  school teacher.  She teaches a class of Grade 4 youngsters. She was anxious to share an...

Leylah Fernandez Oozes confidence  as she climbs to the top
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Leylah Fernandez Oozes confidence as she climbs to the top

“From a very young age, I knew I was able to beat anyone, anyone who is in front of me. Even playing different sports, I was always that competitive,...

BTW says thank you to Quincy Armorer
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BTW says thank you to Quincy Armorer

The statement from Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) announcing the departure of its artistic director, Quincy Armorer was spot-on when it states that the Montreal theatre veteran was “leaving behind...

30 Years of “The Low End Theory”
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30 Years of “The Low End Theory”

On September 24th, 1991, Queens New York based hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest would drop their sophomore effort “The Low End Theory.” Formerly a quartet, ATCQ would be...

Community well represented as Montreal prepares to vote on Nov. 7
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Community well represented as Montreal prepares to vote on Nov. 7

After enduring 36 days of the painfully boring campaign that led up to the September 20, federal elections, voters in Montreal are being primed to go back to the...

Noel ‘Prezzie’ Alexander was a community builder
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Noel ‘Prezzie’ Alexander was a community builder

The passing of Noel Alexander, former president of the Jamaica Association, on Friday, September 10, marked a significant moment of loss for our community, Montreal, the province and indeed...

Trudeau and the  Liberals back in charge Contact Staff
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Trudeau and the Liberals back in charge Contact Staff

Justin Trudeau might have fell short of the majority he was going in the September 20, elections, but he claims to be buoyed by the results that sent him...