St Lucia tourism team visit Toronto to bring great summer news for tourists

St Lucia tourism team visit Toronto to bring great summer news for tourists

By Stephen Weir After a two-year Covid shutdown, Canadians are being urged to discover and rediscover the small mountainous Caribbean island. A revitalized hospitality industry. New tourism programs. Direct flights from Toronto. Travel agencies are getting ready to once again book vacations back to the bilingual nation. Last week a St Lucia travel delegation flew […]

Toronto Carnival: a gold mine with great promise

Toronto Carnival: a gold mine with great promise In last weeks’ editorial, this newspaper sought to rise above the negative realities of how and why the carnival festival in Toronto does not realize its massive potential and does not share its already significant benefits equally. Faithful to our vocation as your community-building Caribbean Camera, we […]

Memories of big mas’ in T&T

Memories of big mas’ in T&T

Memories of big mas’ in T&T Big mas’ as columnist Michael Lashley fondly remembers it in Trinidad and Tobago, when the spectacle held a place of creative glory that he longs to see restored. “Memories may be beautiful, and yet What’s too painful to remember We simply choose to forget.” My memories of “big mas” […]

Councillor needles feds on carnival funding

Councillor needles feds on carnival funding

Mayor Rob Ford gets some special thanks from Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival. Feathered and sequined revelers joined politicians at the launch of Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival. By Gerald V. Paul Government money was flying about at the official launch Tuesday of Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival. But while Toronto Councillor Joe Mihevc told The Camera at the launch at […]