Seven Black Canadians to be invested in the Order of Canada
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Seven Black Canadians to be invested in the Order of Canada

Rosie Awori (LJI) Montrealer Bruny Surin the four-time Olympian and Hall of Famer who helped Canada win gold in the 4x100m relay at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games...

Capitalize ‘Black’ all the time and other issues
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Capitalize ‘Black’ all the time and other issues

So, here I am back at my desk in 2022. The year has ended and most writers have been reviewing events that happened during the course of the year...

Lacking diversity: The blight of Canadian journalism
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Lacking diversity: The blight of Canadian journalism

By Karim Fall (LJI) The job of the journalist is to report on the world around us, delivering news and stories that as compelling as they are informative. Ironically...

MENTALIZING…
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MENTALIZING…

The more l observe and listen to the premier, the more his subtle, sometimes patronizing disdain for English — the language and people — seeps into my mind, becoming...

CELLPHONE JUSTICE
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CELLPHONE JUSTICE

Dear Mr. Cell Phone, I have always treated you well, I take you wherever I go. I pay every month for your upkeep, but when I needed you most...

The Tale of a Nation, Two Teens and Two Elected Officials
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The Tale of a Nation, Two Teens and Two Elected Officials

Recent events have left me sort of reeling. Story after story, socially and politically, local and national, has challenged almost all of what I have left in me. I...

We must stop viewing police from a top-down law-enforcement perspective  but instead as part of a solution to social problems.
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We must stop viewing police from a top-down law-enforcement perspective but instead as part of a solution to social problems.

On November 1, when I heard the news on the radio that a male had been pepper sprayed at close range by the Montreal police ( SPVM), that he...

Balarama Holness does not go unnoticed
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Balarama Holness does not go unnoticed

“In many ways I’m the (personification) of Montreal: I am French and I am English, the child of a Quebecoise mother and an immigrant father. And I’m well-educated. I...

Dominique Ollivier tapped to become next chair of the executive committee
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Dominique Ollivier tapped to become next chair of the executive committee

Rosie Awori (LJI) At six years old Dominique Ollivier told her family that she was one day going to be the next mayor of Montreal. The dream moved a...

Keeton Clarke has big plans for the Sud-West and the city
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Keeton Clarke has big plans for the Sud-West and the city

Community builder, Keeton Clarke has his eyes set on the Mayoral seat of the Sud-West borough on a Mouvement Montreal ticket. And he is looking forward to leading the...