CBAC: Advocacy  beyond  the pandemic
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CBAC: Advocacy beyond the pandemic

Nompumelelo Moyo (LJI) Like many other organisations, the Council of Black Aging Community (CBAC) faced setbacks during the pandemic. The restrictions and isolation brought on by COVID-19 limited interaction...

Aliah Guerra making moves
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Aliah Guerra making moves

If putting out a new single for the summer as well as performing at Canadian Music Week and putting together a new band wasn’t enough, Montreal singer songwriter and...

WIBCA receives $15,000 from the Blues Fest
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WIBCA receives $15,000 from the Blues Fest

After two spectacular comeback shows coming off the Covid-19 restrictions, organizers of the West Island Blues Festival say they are looking forward to building it into a blockbuster event...

Meet Ray Fankhauser: Montrealer carved a path of excellence in Canada’s diplomatic service by Felix Nadeau
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Meet Ray Fankhauser: Montrealer carved a path of excellence in Canada’s diplomatic service by Felix Nadeau

In a career that spanned 21 years, the Montrealer Ray Fankhauser, earned his share of life’s lessons while establishing himself as a respected Canadian diplomat and a trusted veteran...

Papa Don’t Take No Mess
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Papa Don’t Take No Mess

“You done messed up, you forgot something,” that’s what my father said to me in the Covid spring of 2020. He had just tuned in to my CBC Radio-One...

Much Ado About a Not-So-New Shortage
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Much Ado About a Not-So-New Shortage

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...

Your Coffee is Spying on You
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Your Coffee is Spying on You

In Canada Tim Hortons is ubiquitous. It is roughly three times more numerous than Mc Donald’s with a total of 4,300 branches. And Tim Hortons is watching. According to...

Imani to worship at Union United Church building
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Imani to worship at Union United Church building

On Sunday, July 31, members of Imani Family and Full Gospel Church under the spiritual leadership of Pastor Glen Gray will worship at 3007 Delisle Street, the Union United...

IT’S SUMMER… COVID-19 POSITIVE AND LIVING…?
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IT’S SUMMER… COVID-19 POSITIVE AND LIVING…?

Summertime An’ the livin’s easy…” Billy Stewart sang a few decades ago. I don’t know, or even remember, his cause of death, but Billy died long before the coming...

All Roads lead to Caribana
Entertainment

All Roads lead to Caribana

Montreal Carifiesta has come and gone. Congratulations to promoters and organizers. Now all roads lead to Toronto Caribana, which is expected to be the most attended North American Carnival...