Cameroonian migrants stranded in Antigua

Cameroonian migrants stranded in Antigua

How did more than 600 Cameroonians come to find themselves stranded on a Caribbean island that many of them had never heard of? Daniel fights to hold back the tears as he recounts the day his two younger brothers were shot dead by militia during a trip to the market in his native Cameroon. They […]

Pickering Council rejects proposal for Afro-Caribbean long-term care facility

Pickering Council rejects proposal for Afro-Caribbean long-term care facility

The Pickering Council recently voted against supporting a developer’s request for a minister’s zoning order (MZO) for the construction of a 128-bed long-term care home in the northeast part of the city. The facility, proposed by Kathleen Williams of Atlantic Mas Foundation, was aimed at providing affordable housing, residences for older adults, and retail and […]

Opportunity to work in the Green Build Industry

Opportunity to work in the Green Build Industry

The Virtual Build Green Career Fair is an excellent opportunity for job seekers with introductory training on green building strategies to connect with companies offering entry-level positions. The fair is scheduled to take place on March 22, 2023, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The event will feature companies that specialize in green construction, energy […]

Ontario new skilled trades school program long overdue

Ontario new skilled trades school program long overdue

A young friend of our paper bought a fixer upper to house his family. With house prices starting at a million dollars, a fixer upper is about all a young family can afford if they are to have a place of their own.  This young man and his wife are good with their hands, and […]

International banking rules are destroying Caribbean banks  

International banking rules are destroying Caribbean banks   

By Carlton Joseph In 1996, Caribbean countries were among 180 countries that signed the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).  This body develops and promotes policies to protect the global financial system against money laundering, terrorist financing and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.  The recommendations plus additional special recommendations were revised in 2003, […]

If you’re 14 and up Ontario Parks may have a summer job for you

If you’re 14 and up Ontario Parks may have a summer job for you

By Lincoln DePradine The provincial government is embarking on an “aggressive’’ outreach to hire young people for jobs opening up soon with Ontario Parks. “I’m here to tell you that we’ve got an opportunity for youth across the Province of Ontario this summer,’’ MPP David Piccini, Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, told The Caribbean […]

Tech companies cuts adversely affect women, people of colour

Tech companies cuts adversely affect women, people of colour

Calgary Women in Technology Summit to tackle issue As technology companies make massive cuts (beginning in 2022 and into 2023), research shows women and people of colour are losing their jobs disproportionately. According to Layoffs.FYI and 365 Data Science, an estimated 56 per cent of those let go in the recent wave of tech sector […]

Appleton Rum builds monument to formerly enslaved workers

Appleton Rum builds monument to formerly enslaved workers

  In St. Elizabeth, Jamaica Jamaican rum producer and spirits distributor J. Wray & Nephew Limited (JWN), a member of the Campari Group, has unveiled a monument at the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience (JSAERE) in St. Elizabeth, paying tribute to the enslaved people who worked on the Appleton Estate Plantation during slavery. The […]

The journey from Jamaica to a family farm in New Brunswick via Toronto

The journey from Jamaica to a family farm in New Brunswick via Toronto

Karen Ferron came to Canada at the age of 10 from Jamaica. In 2002, she met her husband Al, who came from Jamaica in 1998. At the time she worked as a fundraiser while Al, a tradesman, worked for the TTC. It was Al’s love of fresh food and farming, which he learned from his […]

Jennifer Hirlehey appointed as chair and Mischka Crichton as CEO of Toronto Caribbean Carnival

Just as the Caribbean Camera was readying this week’s paper, the Toronto Caribbean Carnival (TCC) delivered a press release announcing several key management changes. The annual festival has been without a CEO and Chair since the early Fall with the departure of last year’s CEO and Chair Laverne Garcia. Ajax lawyer Jennifer Hirlehey has been […]