What happened on the Ninth Floor 47 years ago
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What happened on the Ninth Floor 47 years ago

An Epic Documentary on   The Sir George Williams Affair   Egbert Gaye These days, names such as Terrence Ballantyne, Rosie Douglas, Kennedy Fredericks, Valerie Belgrave, Lynn Murray, Hugo Ford,...

Bringing in the New Year Opinions

Bringing in the New Year

The Barbershop Reconvenes The barbershop was crowded. Everybody was looking fresh, upbeat, ready to start the New Year on the good foot, like James Brown. They were still talking...

Remembering Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
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Remembering Dr. Frances Cress Welsing

On January 2, the world lost a great mind with the passing of Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, who has been described as the Queen Mother of Blackness. She died...

Ninth Floor opens on January 15at Cinema du Parc
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Ninth Floor opens on January 15at Cinema du Parc

What happened on the 9th Floor of   Sir George Williams University 47 years ago will forever be etched in the annals of race relations in Montreal. Rife with issues...

No English speaking Blacks Among Charter of Rights awardees Opinions

No English speaking Blacks Among Charter of Rights awardees

In the struggle long before the charter of human rights institutionalized On December 10, the Quebec Human Rights Commission will parade 40 Quebecers who will receive the 40th Anniversary...

Roosting colonial chickens are pecking… Opinions

Roosting colonial chickens are pecking…

Like many people these days, my mother is living with Alzheimer’s. But while the memory is no longer what it once was, there are things that still come to...

The Tale of Two Communities Opinions

The Tale of Two Communities

I have tried my utmost to avoid addressing the same issue in consecutive columns–that’s my only defense against any tendency to be tedious and predictable. However, a reader recently...

Who gets what, where and when: Let the games begin Opinions

Who gets what, where and when: Let the games begin

Everybody giving each other high-fives and still saying: “It’s Miller Time. Change is gonna come.” Just Chillin’ said, “Justin Trudeau has a lot of style, he’s a white Barack...

Ninth Floor: A History Lesson
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Ninth Floor: A History Lesson

Documentary chronicles Sir George Williams’ computer affair Nancy MacKenzie The hallmark of a good film is the ability of the filmmaker to create suspense and keep the interest of...

TO WHOM DOES BLACK LIVES MATTER? Opinions

TO WHOM DOES BLACK LIVES MATTER?

It did not take me long to fully grasp the outrage following the death of a Black man or woman at the hands of a white man, especially a...