At the beginning of this New Year, as we approach the 28th anniversary  of  your favourite community newspaper, I would like to say thanks to our faithful readers, advertisers and contributors and to let you know of our  exciting plans to make The Caribbean Camera more relevant to the needs of our  community.

First of all, let’s not forget the people who have made  important contributions to the paper and have since moved on – Gerald Paul, Raynier Maharaj, Kiff  Mohammed, Peter Tang, Brad Savage. Thank you all.

I would also like to acknowledge the contributions of longtime columnists Sukhram  Ramkissoon and Oscar Wailoo. Our thanks to you, as well.

And where would we be without our advertisers?

A special thanks to ACR Roti and Doubles whose advertisement has appeared in the same spot on Page 3  over the years that The Caribbean Camera has seen the light of print. Also high on our ” thank you” list of longtime advertisers are the Sharma brothers – Roop and  Chet –  who practice immigration and criminal law.Thanks  also to Mississauga Travel and Titan Tours.

The  end of the year also brought back some familiar faces such as  Western Union and  Moneygram. Thanks to you as well.

Recent changes in the packaging of our news and  features have drawn favourable responses from many of our  readers. They are part of a make-over of our paper  which continues in  2018 and includes the redesign of many of our advertisements by our  new Graphics Department.

Our  clients can take advantage of the services of our Graphics  Department for the design of  their flyers, brochures and  other advertising material  as well as annual reports. Just  give us a call and we will be happy to provide all the information which you need to avail yourself of our services.

Connecting businesses  with consumers is our business and we are pleased to announce the launching  at  the  end of this month of our community’s newest business directory- CaribConec.com

While The Caribbean Camera continues to serve our community in Ontario and on-line, we have expanded our reach nationally, adapting to the ever changing needs of today’s consumers and how they connect with businesses.

More information about  CaribConec.com will be provided in  upcoming issues of The Caribbean Camera.

We  are also pleased to offer to our Caribbean community free announcements of births. deaths and weddings in our  online edition of the paper. So please provide  the information and we  make sure that these events  do not  pass unnoticed.

A Happy New Year to all our readers, writers and advertisers!