Wishing for Goodwill to our Community
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Wishing for Goodwill to our Community

DEAR SANTA I don’t want much this year—just a little bit of the community cohesiveness that is evident in the accomplishments of Black Nova Scotians. My travels to Nova...

Systemic racism and police: Something has to be done
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Systemic racism and police: Something has to be done

Race-based data collection will expose evidence of systemic racism among those who have never had to account for their actions. There’re strains in relationships between police and Black communities...

It’s Still About Consulting For Meaningful Results Opinions

It’s Still About Consulting For Meaningful Results

SIGNATURES TO ENGENDER CHANGE? Call it a pre-Christmas gift from the proverbial Black community; I’m talking about twenty thousand or so signatures on a petition (in the works since...

Do Black-Canadian Medical Doctors Matter? You Bet They Do Opinions

Do Black-Canadian Medical Doctors Matter? You Bet They Do

The definition of colour has always been somewhat enigmatic, and in my opinion, nothing could be more misleading than the term, applicable to any person who is not “white.”...

Time for Trudeau to do something  about our poverty issue Opinions

Time for Trudeau to do something about our poverty issue

Daylight come… Coming out of a nasty election campaign and a little bit of a dressing down that left him with a minority government and a deeply divided country,...

Is the Montreal Police  ready to work towards removing the Schism of Racism? Opinions

Is the Montreal Police ready to work towards removing the Schism of Racism?

Reports show ‘systemic biases’ when it comes to race within Montreal police There is a familiar French expression, “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” which, when translated...

Report shows Blacks, Arab and Indigenous people targeted by Police Community News

Report shows Blacks, Arab and Indigenous people targeted by Police

Authorities still in denial about racial profiling Egbert Gaye For the past nine months a litany of reports from different sources painted the ugly reality of the relationship between...

BCQ Standing Tall on its Silver Anniversary
Community News

BCQ Standing Tall on its Silver Anniversary

Union United Church and Montreal Community Contact among 50th Anniversary honorees Contact Staff On the evening of Saturday, October 5, a wide cross-section of Montrealers crammed The Living Room...

Plans  to lead Canada into the future
Community News

Plans to lead Canada into the future

For The people by the NDP Contact Staff The New Democratic Party, which occupied 39 seats in Parliament before dissolution, got off to a slow start after the election...

Must be ELECTION TIME News

Must be ELECTION TIME

The political stallions are off and running… With Canadians inoculated, the national election campaign is on. And leaders of the respective federal political parties are crisscrossing the country, trying...