Ford’s Ontario Science Centre plans don’t add up

Ford’s Ontario Science Centre plans don’t add up

Listen to the editorial now Rather than fix the present Science Centre, the Ford government is planning to build a brand-new facility on the grounds of the old Ontario Place. But building a new facility will take time and a lot of taxpayer dough. In trying to rationalize moving the Ontario Science Centre to the […]

On China – NDP is further to the right than Emmanuel Macron

On China – NDP is further to the right than Emmanuel Macron

Listen to this article now By Yves Engler Emmanuel Macron’s relatively measured stance on Taiwan should embarrass Canada’s New Democratic Party. Sinophobia in Canadian media has pushed the party to forgo objections to the threat of war and back Washington’s rhetoric in US-China tensions. In a recent visit to Beijing, Emmanuel Macron said Europe should […]

Walshy Fire features in PBS documentary

Walshy Fire features in PBS documentary

This month PBS launched a 10-minute episode of American Masters: In the Making, a digital docu-series featuring Jamaican American Walshy Fire. The episode is aptly titled, “Walshy Fire: Pull Up.” Walshy Fire, who grew up in Miami and whose real name is Leighton Paul Walsh, is a Grammy-winning DJ, MC, record producer, and one-third of […]

T&T 50Plus & Seniors Association launches ‘Pulling Together’

T&T 50Plus & Seniors Association launches  ‘Pulling Together’

By Lincoln DePradine Members of the Trinidad & Tobago 50Plus and Seniors’ Association of Canada (Ontario Chapter) have been assured of continued assistance from the federal Liberal Party government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The assurance was given by Liberal MP Shaun Chen, parliamentary representative for Scarborough North, as he addressed a 50Plus and Seniors’ […]

Do I have an overactive bladder or something else?

Do I have an overactive bladder or something else?

If you find yourself having to pee often, planning trips around bathroom access or getting up in the middle of the night to empty your bladder, you may have an overactive bladder (OAB). But depending on your other symptoms, it might be more than OAB. There are a dizzying number of things that can cause you to […]

Trini-Canadian artist Michèle Pearson Clarke up for 2023 Sobey Art Award

Trini-Canadian artist Michèle Pearson Clarke up for 2023 Sobey Art Award

  By Stephen Weir The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and the Sobey Art Foundation announced last week the 25 artists longlisted for the 2023 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s preeminent contemporary art award. With prize money totaling $400,000, this is the richest award for contemporary visual arts in the country for artists of all ages, […]

Our threatened Democracy: We need to worry more about private companies than about China

Our threatened Democracy: We need to worry more about private companies than about China

In the past weeks there have been a great deal of posturing and panic over alleged Chinese meddling in our federal elections. The Canadian Parliament and our media have been stirring the pot of this rude infiltration and compromising of our democratic system.   The evidence provided so far about the dirty Chinese deeds is hardly […]

Toronto Community Benefits Network eyes new automotive jobs in St Thomas

Toronto Community Benefits Network eyes new automotive jobs in St Thomas

Listen to the article now. By Lincoln DePradine Several billion dollars will be spent in a public/private partnership, that will create thousands of jobs in construction, and also in establishing an electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in St Thomas, Ontario. Diversity advocates, including representatives of the Toronto Community Benefits Network (TCBN), are eyeing job opportunities […]

Desjardins Group becomes presenting sponsor of Building Diversity Awards

Desjardins Group becomes presenting sponsor of Building Diversity Awards

By Lincoln DePradine Many awards are distributed annually for such things as academic achievement, volunteerism and job success. An awards’ ceremony, launched three years ago by the Toronto Community Benefits Network (TCBN), “is about recognizing leadership in construction’’, Rosemarie Powell, the organization’s executive director told The Caribbean Camera. TCBN’s Building Diversity Awards (BDA) also “recognizes […]

Women’s World Cup trophy visits Haiti

Women’s World Cup trophy visits Haiti

The FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy got a whirlwind visit to Haiti, but instead of being feted with a parade like in other countries it was only displayed during a small ceremony because of the country’s unrelenting violence. Meant to inspire future female football talent, the trophy was surrounded by Haitian authorities, mostly men and […]