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Shizzle remembered as helpful and popular

News that a motorcyclist died in an accident on Courval Street, near Hickmore Street and Highway 13, in St Laurent early Sunday morning, May 29, took on a sense...

THE ANSWER IS: MASS  IN-CAR-CE-RA-TION…..
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THE ANSWER IS: MASS IN-CAR-CE-RA-TION…..

In the ever-popular T.V. quiz show Jeopardy the moderator gives the answers and the contestants ask the questions. e.g. Ans. It is the most popular language spoken in Canada....

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is right for the U.S. Supreme Court
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is right for the U.S. Supreme Court

On Monday, March 20, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson , a 51 year old Black woman stood in front of the judiciary committee of the United States Senate at her...

WAR: HUMAN AND NATURAL PHENOMENA AND MUSIC?
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WAR: HUMAN AND NATURAL PHENOMENA AND MUSIC?

In either circumstance there’s nothing to like. Each has the capacity to generate chaos: disrupting daily normal human life and activities by being chaotic and destructive, deadly and more....

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

At this time of year, I can hear certain people of every ethnocultural background, except the obvious one, stifling big yawns as they hear talk in the media of...

WILL WE EVER, EVER BE FREE and other questions
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WILL WE EVER, EVER BE FREE and other questions

The proponents of Black History Month, must have had good intentions when they made this proposal. It was a very good idea, subscribed to and supported by the white...

The Convoy and systemic racism
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The Convoy and systemic racism

Raj Basdeo Acts of institutional racism displayed by the powers that be inside the Canadian state surprise me at times, although they truly should not. These events happen frequently,...

The Black man’s burden
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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...

Time To Rethink Black History Month
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Time To Rethink Black History Month

February, the month dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of Blacks is upon us and this year more than ever, we should think about the purpose Black History Month serves....

Two months after her son Jannai was killed, Charla Dopwell is searching for peace of mind
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Two months after her son Jannai was killed, Charla Dopwell is searching for peace of mind

“I miss him… I miss him… I miss him,” laments Charla Dopwell as she contemplates Christmas and the holidays without her son Jannai. The 16-year-old was accosted by three...