Award-winning Journalist Adrian Harewood sees  a path forward for community
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Award-winning Journalist Adrian Harewood sees a path forward for community

Egbert Gaye As an award-winning television anchor, Adrian Harewood a former Montrealer, now plying his trade in Ottawa is fulfilling one of two obligations he has set for himself...

Black police officers in Mtl. challenge union on systemic racism
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Black police officers in Mtl. challenge union on systemic racism

As T.O. city council votes for police reforms Rosie Awori (Local Journalism Initiative) Black officers in the Montreal police department (SPVM) are speaking out against the “culture of silence,”...

THE GEORGE FLOYD EFFECT… Opinions

THE GEORGE FLOYD EFFECT…

Novel THOMAS I have never heard so much talk and discussion about race and racism, descriptions like racialization, racialized peoples, minorities and whatever other terms white people have coined...

Racism Report exposes Montreal
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Racism Report exposes Montreal

38 recommendations calling on the city to do better by its minorities Egbert Gaye With deep-planted roots in Montreal, the Black community along with the Indigenous people of Canada...

Montrealers  march and kneel against racism
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Montrealers march and kneel against racism

Contact Staff   On Sunday, June 7, Montrealers again came out in a show of force against systemic racism and police brutality against Blacks. In the east, thousands congregated...

Montreal born Shailene Garnett big on CBC’s Diggstown
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Montreal born Shailene Garnett big on CBC’s Diggstown

Egbert Gaye Sure Shailene Garnett is now making her home in Los Angeles, California, and has been appearing in more and more movies on television and on the big...

Fred Christie stood up against Racism in Montreal and Lost Special Features

Fred Christie stood up against Racism in Montreal and Lost

Landmark Supreme Court of Canada ruling in 1939 Today, those of us who are Black know that the struggle for basic rights as citizens can be as frustrating as...

Remember the words of Dr. King Jr. and embrace your value Church & GospelOpinions

Remember the words of Dr. King Jr. and embrace your value

As we are in the second month of the year, the month that has been dedicated to Black history, we must talk about our story. As a Black race,...

Black History Month Celebration: Utility or Futility? Opinions

Black History Month Celebration: Utility or Futility?

The month of February comes right after January, bringing a rush of advertisements heralding Black History Month. All I can do is simply amalgamate nuances with gratitude that such...

Too many Blacks in Canadian prisons Opinions

Too many Blacks in Canadian prisons

About five years ago the federal government was alerted to an unsettling trend unfolding in the Canadian justice system: the growing number of Blacks in prisons. In 2016, Howard...