Powerful cast expected to take BTW’s Pipeline to the next level
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Powerful cast expected to take BTW’s Pipeline to the next level

As artistic associate at Black Theatre Workshop, Lydie Dubuission is extremely excited about the upcoming production Pipeline for multiple reasons. “I’m most excited about the cast, which is a...

Tishina’s eyes on the Miss Universe Prize
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Tishina’s eyes on the Miss Universe Prize

Rosie Awori (LJI) “Finally, the universe is giving value to black skin,” this was part of an Instagram post from Leila Lopes a former Miss Angola who bagged the...

LABORIOUS ETHNOCULTURAL EXERCISE
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LABORIOUS ETHNOCULTURAL EXERCISE

It doesn’t matter how much time and effort are invested in the unquenching desire to accomplish the ‘national’ linguistic objective, “la langue française au Québec et proclame le français...

Obituaries April 8, 2022
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Obituaries April 8, 2022

Hugh McDonald (Boo) Lashley Sunrise: March 7, 1948 – Sunset: March 26, 2022 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of: Hugh McDonald (Boo) Lashley of...

Retiring Judge Dortelus is still troubled by  lack of diversity
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Retiring Judge Dortelus is still troubled by lack of diversity

Two decades after he was appointed to the Quebec Court, Judge Daniel Dortelus is set to resign on July 22. However, he is leaving with a heavy heart, knowing...

It’s Looking good for spring and summer events
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It’s Looking good for spring and summer events

The watered down Trinidad & Tobago Carnival 2022 has come and gone. Now the question is: Is there gonna be a Toronto Caribana or Montreal Carifiesta this year? Fortunately,...

Bass is Base
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Bass is Base

“They keep pulling me back in, Duke”, laughed Rhonda Smith, one of the greatest bass players on the planet. The Halifax, Nova Scotia born and Montreal raised musician was...

$3 Million to the Fabienne Colas Foundation to assist Blacks in film and television
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$3 Million to the Fabienne Colas Foundation to assist Blacks in film and television

Rosie Awori (LJI) Black History Month 2022 marks another massive achievement for the Fabienne Colas Foundation (FCF) with the announcement of $3 million in funding from the federal government to...

The Black man’s burden
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The Black man’s burden

Historian Dorothy Williams once described Montreal’s Black community as “a vibrant, multicultural, multilingual consisting of Blacks from Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, Canada and Latin America.” She went on say...

Quebec eases restrictions and attempts to vaccinate more
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Quebec eases restrictions and attempts to vaccinate more

Rosie Awori (LJI) A little more than a month after putting in place a number of far-reaching restrictions to protect against the voracious Omicron variant, the Quebec government is...