Neighborhood issues on Stephanie King’s mind
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Neighborhood issues on Stephanie King’s mind

Rosie Awori (LJI) Stephanie Henry King stands proudly on the foundation of her Little Burgundy upbringing. She credits the borough, which is considered one of Montreal’s first Black neighborhoods,...

Reggae superstar Jah Cure accused of stabbing promoter in the Netherlands
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Reggae superstar Jah Cure accused of stabbing promoter in the Netherlands

On Friday, October 2, Jamaican Reggae artists Jah Cure is currently behind bars in the Netherlands, after being charged with suspicion of attempted murder, attempted manslaughter, aggravated assault or...

Community well represented as Montreal prepares to vote on Nov. 7
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Community well represented as Montreal prepares to vote on Nov. 7

After enduring 36 days of the painfully boring campaign that led up to the September 20, federal elections, voters in Montreal are being primed to go back to the...

Noel ‘Prezzie’ Alexander was a community builder
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Noel ‘Prezzie’ Alexander was a community builder

The passing of Noel Alexander, former president of the Jamaica Association, on Friday, September 10, marked a significant moment of loss for our community, Montreal, the province and indeed...

Black Votes Matter
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Black Votes Matter

With Canada’s 2021 federal election just days away, it is important if not imperative that the Black community exercise their hard-earned and well-deserved democratic right and go out to...

Noel ‘Prezzie’ Alexander was a community builder
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Noel ‘Prezzie’ Alexander was a community builder

The passing of Noel Alexander, former president of the Jamaica Association, on Friday, September 10, marked a significant moment of loss for our community, Montreal, the province and indeed...

Questioning Multiculturalism
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Questioning Multiculturalism

Following the World War II, Canada was no longer made up of its two ethnocultural groups, French and English, but instead by polyethnicity, or many ethnic groups. From that...

Prince Welcomes U 2 America
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Prince Welcomes U 2 America

“Welcome to America, where you can fail at your job, get fired, rehired and get a seven hundred billion dollar tip” Those are the opening lyrics to the title...

Blacks: Taking full stock of the all-encompassing term BIPOC
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Blacks: Taking full stock of the all-encompassing term BIPOC

Instead of adopting any of the prefabricated labels that are currently used in the political arena, I have chosen to define myself as a rationalist. What is that you...

IN REPENTIGNY, SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE BETWEEN POLICE AND BLACKS
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IN REPENTIGNY, SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE BETWEEN POLICE AND BLACKS

Rosie Awori (LJI) For the past five years complaints about racial profiling by the Repentigny police force (Service de police de la Ville de Repentigny or SPVR.) have been increasing. Things...