St. Lucians celebrate Jounen Kwéyòl 2016
Jounen Kwéyòl 2016 By: Toni Francis, President, Saint Lucia Ottawa Association Jounen Kwéyòl celebrates the French/African dialect widely spoken in the West Indian island of Saint Lucia. This event has…
Remembrance Day: Legacy Voices’ Black Canadian Veterans’ Stories at War Museum
11 November 2016 100th anniversary of Canada’s first black militia unit marked at war museum No. 2 Construction Battalion was founded in 1916 This image from the fall of 1916…
St. Vincent & the Grenadines celebrates 37th Independence Anniversary
Saturday, November 5, 2016 Villa Marconi Banquet Hall on Baseline Road was alive and buzzing as the St. Vincent & the Grenadines Ottawa Association hosted its 37th Anniversary of Independence gala,…
Ottawa artist Hamid Ayoub hosts solo exhibit at Shenkman Arts Centre
October 20 to November 22, 2016 Shenkman Arts Centre located at Orlean’s Centrum Boulevard was a hive of activity as artist Hamid Ayoub, hosted a month-long special solo exhibition of his…
Annual Small Business Women’s Expo attracts enthusiastic audience
by MacAndrew Clarke On Saturday, October 1st, 2016, the Network of Black Business & Professional Women (NB2PW) and the Canadian Immigrant Women held their 3rd Annual Small Business Women’s Expo at the Westin Hotel in…
Report: Police diversity fails to keep pace with Canadian populations
CBC INVESTIGATES Halifax is the only major force that accurately reflects its community, Hamilton is close By Jacques Marcoux, Katie Nicholson, Vera-Lynn Kubinec, Holly Moore, CBC News Posted: Jul 14, 2016 Despite having…
An Evening of Music and Reading, a fundraiser for Jamaican Self-Help
21 October 2016 An Evening of Music and Reading, a fundraiser for Jamaican Self-Help by Stacey-Ann Morris On Friday, October 21, 2016, under the patronage of her Excellency of the…
Isobel Granger leads Ottawa Police Task Force on Race Relations
The Ottawa Police Service – Outreach Liaison Team The Outreach Liaison Team (OLT) is a 5 member OPS team led by S/Sgt Isobel Anderson. It is an extension of the…
International Humanitarian Fashion Week rocks Parliament Hill
by Sarah Onyango Spectacular haute couture by designers spanning the globe, exhilarating dance and musical performances, an outstanding MC….the inaugural International Humanitarian Fashion Week on Parliament hill (Sept. 10) was…
Christ Chapel Bible Church celebrates 20th anniversary
Lilly Obinna, right, with fellow guests at the gala Saturday, September 17, 2016 Members, friends and families were on hand at a gala to celebrate the 20th anniversary of…