Sacha Obas Close to one hundred people gathered at the Centre Culturel Georges Vanier earlier this month to eat vegan strawberry pie and learn ancient African farming techniques. When...

It’s BLACK HISTORY MONTH, so among the conversations about ‘history and blackness’ is that perennial one about building an economically vibrant Black community. Some conversations are uplifting, others are...

  Egbert Gaye These days, names such as Terrence Ballantyne, Rosie Douglas, Kennedy Fredericks, Valerie Belgrave, Lynn Murray, Hugo Ford, Rodney John, Bukka Rennie, or even Perry Anderson for...

All year-round and not just in this second month of the year, we should not forget to give thanks unto the Lord. February is Black History Month. This is...

A dramatic creation and interpretation of the Sir George Williams Affair By Nancy Oliver-MacKenzie Blackout is an appropriate title for this new interpretation of the Sir George Williams Affair....

Laughter Is Remedy/Anodyne for the pain in society’s heart and soul [So] watching CTV news the evening of Wednesday 16th, I was taken aback by a story about a...

Local author Akilah Newton joins forces with Vancouver’s Tami Gabay for insightful book Black History Month is just around the corner and with it comes  a slew of events...

“Heaven is the word for Canada”, said M.L.K in a 1967 lecture. As we celebrate his birthday, does such a statement still hold true? An assassin’s bullet on April...

Novel Thomas In Montreal’s Black community the name Nancy Mackenzie has been spoken of for generations. Those who have met and come to know her speak positively and proudly...

An entire community under constant suspicion in the eyes of officers whose perceptions are colored mostly by racism and ignorance…. Accusations of abuse and lingering distrust continue to define...