Bernadette Clement appointed to the Senate
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Bernadette Clement appointed to the Senate

Almost three years ago after taking the reigns as the first Black mayor of Cornwall, Ontario, Bernadette Clements a former Montrealer told the CONTACT that she grew up immersed...

Mighty Sparrow Speaks And It’s Music to Our Ears
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Mighty Sparrow Speaks And It’s Music to Our Ears

The Spice Island Cultural Festival in Montreal is back on July 10, with another virtual edition that is sure to delight your ears and taste buds alike. On that...

Trinidad-born retired BC Supreme Court Judge handcuffed by Vancouver police
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Trinidad-born retired BC Supreme Court Judge handcuffed by Vancouver police

For 20 years Selwyn Romilly was exemplary as judge in the Supreme Court of British Columbia before he retired in 2015. Before that he served as a judge in...

SVG’s La Soufriere Update
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SVG’s La Soufriere Update

Since April 22, when there was a significant eruption at La Soufriere in St. Vincent, the volcano which for weeks had been spewing tonnes of smoke and ash on...

THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS FOR Showtime
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THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS FOR Showtime

In Montreal, music lovers once knew him as Mickey, the likeable and hardworking front-man of the soca band T&T Express, but since 2014 he has become known around the...

Take a walk down nostalgia lane with Martin Albino
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Take a walk down nostalgia lane with Martin Albino

As he settles in comfortably into the golden period of his life, Montreal’s music man Martin Albino felt compelled to take music-lovers on a nostalgic trip exploring some of...

Dr. Keith Rowley tests positive for COVID-19
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Dr. Keith Rowley tests positive for COVID-19

On Tuesday April 6, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley tested positive for Covid-19 a few hours before he was scheduled to take the Astra Zeneca vaccine...

West Can releases Canboulay- theFilm
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West Can releases Canboulay- theFilm

Long ignited by a passion for resistance, struggle and cultural freedom, the word “canboulay” continues to burn in the belly of a large segment of Trinidadians today. “I think...

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic: Up and down the numbers go around the world
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One year into the COVID-19 pandemic: Up and down the numbers go around the world

It’s a year since the world has been in the grips of COVID-19, the coronavirus that scientists believe to have originated from an outdoor market in Wuhan, China, declared...

Farmer Nappy’s Backyard Jam dominated  T&T’s  Virtual Carnival 2021
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Farmer Nappy’s Backyard Jam dominated T&T’s Virtual Carnival 2021

In keeping with my theme of 2021 being the year of “Gratitude & Appreciation” the pandemic forced live events and entertainment to go virtual, which may have change access...