Community stalwart NANCY MACKENZIE to receive BTW’S award
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Community stalwart NANCY MACKENZIE to receive BTW’S award

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...

The troubling relationship between Blacks and police Opinions

The troubling relationship between Blacks and police

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...

New OFC online Directory opens up endless possibilities
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New OFC online Directory opens up endless possibilities

Support community business. Help build wealth. Fight Racism Egbert Gaye Pharaoh Hamid-Freeman is too troubled by the increasing incidences of police abuse and other discriminatory acts that can be...

RACE AND PROFILING… Opinions

RACE AND PROFILING…

In one of his songs at the height of his career, “Inner City Blues (Make me wanna holler) throw up both my hands…” Marvin Gaye laments some social realities…...

Skeete wants to change the conversation in Quebec
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Skeete wants to change the conversation in Quebec

New Head of  The Secretariat for relations with English-speaking Quebecers is proud of his heritage    Egbert GAYE Heaped with the responsibility of maintaining the Secretariat for relations with...

Just ask the purveyors of racism… News

Just ask the purveyors of racism…

WHY THEY HATE? The late legendary comedian, social commentator/activist/humourist… Dick Gregory once said, “Racism is a form of societal insanity…” He should know. In his 85 years of life,...

Jewish murders in the synagogue:  How Should Blacks Respond? Opinions

Jewish murders in the synagogue: How Should Blacks Respond?

A Caucasian man, Robert Bowers, 46, walks into a Jewish synagogue in Philadelphia and kills 11 Jews, shoots four police officers, exits, gets arrested, gets into a police car...

Revisiting the Congress of Black Writers
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Revisiting the Congress of Black Writers

FIFTY YEARS LATER By Egbert Gaye More so than in any other Canadian province, politics is a constant in Quebec, day in day out. And Montreal as its economic...

WITH IMMIGRANTS – A WIN-WIN SITUATION Opinions

WITH IMMIGRANTS – A WIN-WIN SITUATION

Dr. Alwin Spence Some of the more interesting stories that one could listen to are those of immigrants. Many claim to have arrived here in Canada with absolutely nothing...

Post-Election—Too early to surmise  on Quebec’s likely demise? Opinions

Post-Election—Too early to surmise on Quebec’s likely demise?

Is change always a good thing? Only time would tell or answer the question well. October 1 came and went and saw Quebec voters vote for change. Whether or...