A Career in telecommunications beckons
Community News

A Career in telecommunications beckons

Geoffrey Alleyne, has been in telecommunications for the last 51 years. A career he has found a great amount of satisfaction in. And as a telecommunications teacher at Pearson...

Father Jim served Montreal well
Community News

Father Jim served Montreal well

Thirty-eight years ago when Archdeacon James W. Bennett introduced himself to Montrealers on the pulpit of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Cote des Neiges, the Black and Caribbean community...

Obituaries June 3, 2020
Obituaries

Obituaries June 3, 2020

Ms. Winnifred Loretta Riley Born October 15 1946- Died on May 12, 2022 Ms Riley was a petite, 4 ft 5inch woman who stood tall in her Black community...

Montrealers celebrate the Blue and Gold at BIM Spring
Community NewsEvents

Montrealers celebrate the Blue and Gold at BIM Spring

On the evening of Saturday, April 30, the Blue and Gold bordering Neptune’s broken Trident flew in its glory at Centre Communautaire Sarto Desnoyers in Dorval as hundreds of...

Obituaries April 8, 2022
Obituaries

Obituaries April 8, 2022

Hugh McDonald (Boo) Lashley Sunrise: March 7, 1948 – Sunset: March 26, 2022 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of: Hugh McDonald (Boo) Lashley of...

Retiring Judge Dortelus is still troubled by  lack of diversity
Community News

Retiring Judge Dortelus is still troubled by lack of diversity

Two decades after he was appointed to the Quebec Court, Judge Daniel Dortelus is set to resign on July 22. However, he is leaving with a heavy heart, knowing...

They bring nurturing and strong hands to community work
Community News

They bring nurturing and strong hands to community work

Rosie Awori (LJI) Across the community, women leaders come from an array of disciplines from academia to health to administration and are finding themselves at the helm of community...

New executive at Barbados House Mtl.
Community News

New executive at Barbados House Mtl.

Rosie Awori (LJI) Two well-known community members Cynthia Waithe and Kris Bennett have taken the helm at one city’s longest serving island associations, Barbados House Montreal at its recently...

Florence Phillips-Westmoreland looks back at a different Montreal
Special Features

Florence Phillips-Westmoreland looks back at a different Montreal

It’s easy to describe Florence Phillips-Westmoreland as a people’s person, after all her readily discernable effervescence combined with her gift of gab make it pleasurable for anyone to engage...

The Black man’s burden
Opinions

The Black man’s burden

Historian Dorothy Williams once described Montreal’s Black community as “a vibrant, multicultural, multilingual consisting of Blacks from Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, Canada and Latin America.” She went on say...