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...

Systemic racism: out of the mouths of babes
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Systemic racism: out of the mouths of babes

Recently I met with a former student of mine who is now an Elementary  school teacher.  She teaches a class of Grade 4 youngsters. She was anxious to share an...

Meet Chanel M. Sutherland:  winner of the 2021 CBC Nonfiction Prize
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Meet Chanel M. Sutherland:  winner of the 2021 CBC Nonfiction Prize

Rosie Awori (LJI) In the socially distant silence of the pandemic last year, the brutal murder of George Floyd sparked boycotts, protests, and rallies. Discussions around race relations were...

BALARAMA HOLNESS OFF AND RUNNING…
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BALARAMA HOLNESS OFF AND RUNNING…

Several years ago the name Barack Obama came to prominence, becoming a daily staple in the media. Dubbed a “community organizer” the name, unusual as far as names go,...

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...