The St Mary Ward Catholic School presented a cheque for $5000 to Consul General Dr Eric Pierre of Haiti for that country's relief fund.

Gerald Oliver, 76, left, is presented with a gift of two tenor pans by Fr. Edwin Gonsalves at St Barnabas Church for his dedication at playing pan at the church for 38 years.

Austin Clarke, Toronto Mayor David Miller, poet Dionne Brand and UWI's Nigel Lewis at the UWI Benefit gala in Toronto

Masquaraders from Louis Saldenah's Caribana mas band entertain some youngsters at the Vancouver Olympics

A man checks out the Black History Month exhibit mounted by the government of Canada at Toronto's Union Station. The exhibit shows the history of Blacks in Canada

St Lucia Consul General Stephen Julian and members of the staff at the St Lucia consulate relax at City Hall in Toronto after raising the St Lucia flag to mark the country's 31st anniversary of independence.

Author Rabindranath Maharaj has just released his newest novel, The Amazing Absorbing Boy.