One year into the COVID-19 pandemic: Up and down the numbers go around the world
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One year into the COVID-19 pandemic: Up and down the numbers go around the world

It’s a year since the world has been in the grips of COVID-19, the coronavirus that scientists believe to have originated from an outdoor market in Wuhan, China, declared...

The foundation of reggae: Bunny Wailer and Toots Hibbert
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The foundation of reggae: Bunny Wailer and Toots Hibbert

In the 60 years or so that it has been around, the story of Reggae music is as complex as it is exciting. Born somewhere in the belly of...

Caribbean Paradise:  Expectations and Joy linger 21 years later
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Caribbean Paradise: Expectations and Joy linger 21 years later

In the 21 years that Babita and Danraj Parsram have been welcoming customers to their little restaurant on Newman Street in LaSalle, their biggest motivation has been that all...

Deejays offering musical solace
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Deejays offering musical solace

I’ve always believed that music can heal the wounds that medicine cannot touch, especially during unprecedented times. The entire world is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and...

Rwanda’s President Receives COVID-19 Vaccine
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Rwanda’s President Receives COVID-19 Vaccine

  Rosie Awori (LJI) Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been vaccinated against Covid-19, making him the first head of state to receive the vaccine in East Africa, where immunisation...

At the Table On the Bench or in the Lab…We need a Seat
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At the Table On the Bench or in the Lab…We need a Seat

Hurray! It is finally happening. After one grueling year, more than 290,000 positive cases and over 10, 470 deaths, we have something in our arsenal to help us fight...

Nigerian DR. NGOZI  OKONJO-IWEALA heads the WTO
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Nigerian DR. NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA heads the WTO

Rosie Awori (LJI) When she steps into the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on March 1, 2021, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will do so as the first...

A wonderful 100th Birthday  Celebration for  Mrs. Carmen Trimm Tremblay
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A wonderful 100th Birthday Celebration for Mrs. Carmen Trimm Tremblay

The centennial celebration of Carmen Trimm Tremblay was dampened a bit by COVID-19 but it couldn’t prevent a small group of family and friends including her daughter Claudette, grandchildren...

BLACK HISTORY 2021: SO WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
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BLACK HISTORY 2021: SO WHAT DID YOU LEARN?

So another Black History Month has been observed. Now, I don’t know if the correct term to describe the 28 or 29 days of BHM is “recognize”, “observe”, or...

Systemic racism: Living happily in denial
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Systemic racism: Living happily in denial

Whenever the issue of racism raises its head in this province, see how they run. That’s when Quebec Premier Francois Legault and his cohort of provincial politicians scamper to...