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...

911: PERIL, NORM, OR GAMBLE?
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911: PERIL, NORM, OR GAMBLE?

In its heyday, the still popular Rap group, Public Enemy, released several popular hits, most notably among them one titled 911 Is a Joke. As nice and apropos as...

Contact Caribbean News
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Contact Caribbean News

Caribbean Wobbles under COVID-19 T&T sees Delta and gets 1 million doses of Pfizer As they have been for the past year and a half, Caribbean countries continue to...

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
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BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

If there is such a thing as white superiority or white supremacy it is at the top of the pole with nowhere to go or grow. It has been...

Racial profiling petition calls for 500 signatures
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Racial profiling petition calls for 500 signatures

Joel DeBellefeuille is on a mission. The Longueuil resident who won a landmark racial profiling case against that city’s police department has launched a Canada-wide initiative to dismantle systemic...

A Call for the Black Community to Change its Tactics
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A Call for the Black Community to Change its Tactics

Recently there was yet another negative incident involving the Police and a member of the Black community. On June 10, police officers were called to the scene of a...