Up at the Jamaica Association they’re standing up to COVID-19
Community News

Up at the Jamaica Association they’re standing up to COVID-19

Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has cut a wide swath of destruction across our community, disproportionately infecting Blacks and other minorities in and around the Montreal, as...

Meet Denniston Mullings. We know him as Sampaloo
Entertainment

Meet Denniston Mullings. We know him as Sampaloo

As my regular readers know, my 2021 theme is Gratitude & Appreciation. Also, I promised to highlight more local content as 2020 was surely a struggle and eye opener...

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

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...

LITTLE BULLIES GROW UP TO BE BIG BULLIES
Opinions

LITTLE BULLIES GROW UP TO BE BIG BULLIES

Dr. Alwin Spence The trick is you must nip it in the bud. At about age 10, and in the same class with a burly 12-year-old bully, it was...

West Can’s Afro-Caribe Project Was A Cultural and Historical Treat
Community NewsEvents

West Can’s Afro-Caribe Project Was A Cultural and Historical Treat

Between October 2019 to August 2020 the West Can’s Afro-Caribbean Folklore in Quebec project, targeted school-aged children, adults and seniors in the Anglophone Black community with roots in the...

Happy New Year. Celebrating Mikey Dangerous
Entertainment

Happy New Year. Celebrating Mikey Dangerous

“We never know the worth of water until the well runs dry”‘, for me that sums up 2020 in a nutshell. Let me first and foremost wish all the...

Robust Real Estate Market in Jamaica
Special Features

Robust Real Estate Market in Jamaica

Curtis Martin, Managing Director of JN Bank says despite the chaos and disruptions that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought globally, real estate investments have remained stable for many Jamaicans...

Denham Jolly appointed a Member of the Order of Canada Community News

Denham Jolly appointed a Member of the Order of Canada

A Toronto street was named after him last year Contact Staff Denham Jolly continues to lead an exemplary life as an entrepreneur, human rights activist, author and philanthropist. In...

In the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown we celebrate EntertainmentNews

In the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown we celebrate

Montreal heads into 18-day lockdown; non-essential businesses to close from Dec. 25 to Jan. 11. No holiday gathering in the red zones as the Covid-19 cases continue to increase....