WHAT’S THE PAY OFF? Opinions

WHAT’S THE PAY OFF?

We are pious and forgiving… I am of the opinion that Black folks are the most pious and forgiving people in the world. I say that because I used...

Remembering a good man and in a racist city Opinions

Remembering a good man and in a racist city

When a quarterback throws to a perfect wide receiver who is white, and the white receiver drops the ball, the white announcer will say, “The pass was badly thrown,”...

Community in need of mental and physical change
Community News

Community in need of mental and physical change

Flicking the switch on health and well-being Egbert Gaye “As a community we’re in a bad state, physically and spiritually,” says Bruce Small, a lifelong activist who is garnering...

Celebrating community on Sept 12
Community News

Celebrating community on Sept 12

Little Burgundy Festival: Born out of some dark days Contact Staff The community comes alive on Saturday, September 12 for the 30th edition of the Little Burgundy Festival at...

IMPACT: THE POWER OF SKILLS Church & Gospel

IMPACT: THE POWER OF SKILLS

“To have skills is not a function of the papers you carry but rather, it’s a function of the talents you employ and the strategies you engage in when...

Turning Good into Bad Opinions

Turning Good into Bad

Carifiesta as Evidence of our Weaknesses Professor put up his hand and said, “We were all humans. Race disconnected us, religion separated us, politics divided us and wealth classified...

VIGILANCE and the flag…
News

VIGILANCE and the flag…

Confederate Flag removed from America’s landscape It is always convenient for Canadians to gaze south of the 49th Parallel when stories of slavery and racism and their lingering effects...

The truth shall set us free Opinions

The truth shall set us free

TELLING IT LIKE IT IS The thing about political life is that among many other things politicians have to measure their words (the things that they say, publicly) for...

BLACKS have  always been on the outside Opinions

BLACKS have always been on the outside

A long history of not feeling WELCOME IN CANADA A recent visit to the Immigration Museum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, both shocked and validated what I already felt about...

Hate in the U.S and Racism in Montreal Opinions

Hate in the U.S and Racism in Montreal

The president of the USA Barack Obama said, “A person does not have to use the word nigger, not to be a racist, must whites just will not use...