In the hustle and bustle of Xmas , the rush to the Nativity and the birth of Jesus Christ it is quite easy to overlook one salient point from the Christmas story. Luke 2: 7 states thus, “And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn”. This much-repeated quoted piece of Scripture does not say that “there is no room in the inn”. Instead, it emphasized, “there was no room for them” in the inn. It is very easy …

Sorry but straight out the gate I am getting right to the point and dispensing with formalities. As we prepare to make changes in the home for the festive season, in like manner we must make changes in our personal lives, if progress is to be attained. Carefully check your current circle of friends, however small the circle may be, and you will see that some are in the game but not worthy of the name. They are in your life with the same characteristics as that of a knife. Now ask the question, what does he/she bring, if anything. …

If the province of Quebec was a high school student, it would qualify for special-ed placement along with remedial assistance from carefully selected pedagogues. According to French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,” which sums up Quebec and its myopic instability on the enigmatic issue of racial profiling. In 2003, the Quebec Human Rights Commission began receiving complaints about racial profiling and was among the first institutions to reflect upon and raise awareness about it as a form of discrimination. In 2004, the SPVM developed a policy “Relations avec les citoyens” (citizen relations policy) …

Allow me to hand this to you straight even at the risk of making some readers irate, or summon extreme vitriol online and otherwise. Where it pertains to racial inequity, I think the truth must be told if Blacks are to be set free and remain free especially. Currently, the biggest problem in our Black community is how black labor and black money create wealth and power only for all other races– Asians, East Indians, Middle Eastern except for us. Every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every week, every month and every year the Black community is making …

It has been said that heroes are ordinary people who are revealed in the midst of extraordinary circumstances. If such a statement holds true, then the actions of Black Sylvia of Lunenburg will do. Lunenburg is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, founded in 1753, and was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia. Sylvia was one of the African slaves who worked around the home and cared for the six children of Colonel John Creighton one of the founding fathers of Lunenburg. He led the settlement through the turbulent …

Hopefully, there are still some folks around who recall the children’s book “Where’s Waldo.” It was one of my favourite books during the start of my teaching career. It was a North American take on a British book called, “ Where’s Wally.” The book by illustrator Martin Handford was released in 1987 and became an instant success. Here is what made the book so fascinating to me: The illustrator did an exceptionally good job introducing readers to Waldo– the main character and a distinctively dressed man. On each of the two-page illustrated scenes of different locations, Waldo is located somewhere …

Harriet Tubman was a key figure of the Underground Railroad, a large movement in North America consisting of several individuals who worked together to aid slaves in their escape from their captors. Born into slavery, Tubman and her two brothers escaped from slavery after the death of their owner in 1849. After one of her brothers had second thoughts about their escape and returned, Tubman joined them. She, however, escaped again, this time using the secret network of the Underground Railroad. Tubman traveled by the light of the North Star, using nighttime cover to avoid those who hunted her. A …

The conversation or conundrum is no longer what they (white supremacy) are doing to Black folks. What is of greater importance is what our Black leaders are not doing. Black leaders have refused to organize to defend our community. For many reasons (too many to discuss) we have misdiagnosed the state of Blackness. Today we enjoy physical freedom, yet we display the behavior of enslaved and captive people. Are we not free to compete and fight our oppressors? I attribute this inactivity and lethargy to extremely poor Black leadership. Who else can we blame but Black leaders? We cannot blame …

Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, and demonstrable rock of stability across much of a tumultuous century, Queen Elizabeth died Sept. 8, 2022, after seventy years on the throne. Prince Charles 71-years-old has spent his entire life in preparation to wear the crown. He has been the longest waiting heir apparent and will be the oldest British monarch to ever take the throne. For over 70 years the Queen offered Britain a unifying common point of reference, and by far the most important and daunting challenge facing her son and consequent heir to the throne, King Charles 111 will be to wield this …

As the nursing shortage continue to overwhelm hospitals across the province, Quebec has joined the other provinces in bewailing the state of the health system, brought about by the ever- increasing shortage. A multiplicity of reasons have been proffered as being contributory to the current state of affairs, however absent from among them is the real reason. Do not for one moment believe that things got this bad by accident. The crisis being faced today has been years in the making: Years of underinvestment. Years of inadequate planning. Years of creeping privatization. Years of weakened or fragmented regulation. In Canada …