Quincy Amorer on guiding BTW through COVID-19 to better times
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Quincy Amorer on guiding BTW through COVID-19 to better times

In the midst of his tenth season as artistic director and 50th Anniversary celebrations of Black Theatre Workshop (BTW), Quincy Amorer had to pivot as the raging coronavirus blunted...

Music to our ears: Call him Dr. Salah Wilson
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Music to our ears: Call him Dr. Salah Wilson

Steelpan ambassador earns Ph.D. at York University Egbert Gaye Salah Wilson was just over 60 years old in 2012, a father of six and a grand father many times...

“NEVER BEEN CUSSED LIKE THIS BEFORE” Opinions

“NEVER BEEN CUSSED LIKE THIS BEFORE”

This man wanted a fight, I did not want one… DR. ALWIN SPENCE. A few weeks ago I was driving on St. Charles Rd. in Vaudreuil. I was in...

Photographer Asia Mason’s Art captures Family and History
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Photographer Asia Mason’s Art captures Family and History

Young Montrealer among a select group featured in Dawson College’s exhibition Egbert Gaye As a second-generation Canadian and a Black woman, Asia Mason’s life story intertwines between the daily...

No carnival in T&T but a boost to soca parang this year Entertainment

No carnival in T&T but a boost to soca parang this year

It may seems like the Soca parang music has deteriorated but thisyear many artist plan on putting more effort in producing more Soca Parang music. As this horrific year...

A Sparkling 100 for Mrs. Sylia Goin Community NewsSpecial Features

A Sparkling 100 for Mrs. Sylia Goin

Egbert Gaye In the darkness that the COVID-19 pandemic has cast over Montreal, Mrs. Sylia Goin remains a special light shining for members of the Goin, Boldon and Corbie...

Remembering  Dennis ‘Sprangalang’ Hall
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Remembering Dennis ‘Sprangalang’ Hall

Tributes continue to flow as lovers of arts and culture react to the passing Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall an icon of comedy, calypso, theatre and films in his native Trinidad...

Former Montrealer Sekou Alleyne  takes the helm at T&T’s IPA Community News

Former Montrealer Sekou Alleyne takes the helm at T&T’s IPA

Contact Staff Former Montrealer Sekou Alleyne, has climbed closer to the top of the career ladder at Trinidad and Tobago’s flagship investment promotion agency (IPA), InvesTT. He was recently...

Barbados intends to give the Queen her Marching Orders Caribbean News

Barbados intends to give the Queen her Marching Orders

Prime Minister Mia Mottley targets November 21, for the island to become a RepublicEgbert Gaye Barbados has developed governance structures and institutions that mark us as what has been...

Remembering King Swallow:  Icon of Calypso Community News

Remembering King Swallow: Icon of Calypso

Contact Staff Sir Rupert Philo, the iconic calypsonian known as King Swallow became an ambassador for his country, Antigua and stalwart of the art form, who carried the banner...