As the summer  approaches, most partygoers and promoters in our community are gearing up for the Montreal carnival season. Carifiesta, the Montreal Black and Caribbean parade will be celebrating...

JAMAICA AND TRINIDAD DAYS IN THE PARC JEAN DRAPEAU For all intents and purposes it’s summer in Montreal, and when it’s summer in this city, then it’s festival season...

Contentious elections bring change After 23 years of rule by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) the people of Guyana have voted for a change in government. In elections held...

Album presentation on May 30 Kaisha Lee tells a compelling story about the road that brought her to the completion of her recently released full-length album, I Heart Reggae....

For one reason or the other, almost everyone I meet thinks my love for music is only Soca. Truth is nothing can be further from the truth. When I...

West Island Blues Festival on June 20 Contact Staff The musicians are primed, all the major sponsors and partners are lined up and the spectators are waiting and expectant;...

Who has the power? Rufus the barber was cutting a customer’s hair; his street name is Lassie. He stopped and saw someone walking across the street coming towards the...

Montreal Caribbean Fashion Week: May 7-9 Contact Staff There was a time in this city when the Montreal Ebony Models provoked images of giltz, glamour and style. Back in...

Arnaldo Brown, Jamaica’s minister of State, Foreign Affairs and Trade deliver a stimulating appeal to Montrealers Egbert Gaye On the evening of Thursday, April 16, Jamaicans and friends of...

Flight Soca Sessions Vol 2 is free and available This the time of the year when I can use my two favorite four-letter words in one sentence, Free and...