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Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce launched
New Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce hopes to give business owners a ‘unified voice’ ‘We’re 1.2 million black Canadians and ...
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Rwandan genocide remembered
Photo credit: Sarah Onyango Sunday 7 April, 2019 Memorial march marks 25 years since Rwandan genocide A memorial walk in Ottawa Sunday marked 2...
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Cotillion showcases future leaders
Annual Afro-Caribbean Cotillion brings out the best of Black youth Saturday 6 April 2019 by Toni Francis Sometimes you are blessed enough to be...
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Clarke is NDP candidate for Missisauga
Former Ontario Black History Society President Named NDP Mississauga-Malton Candidate For Upcoming Federal Election April 8, 2019 ...
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Memorial for air crash victims
Sunday 24 March 2019 Over 100 mourners from Ottawa’s diverse communities were at the Sir John MacDonald Building on Wellington Street for...
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Black Vote Canada meets with Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau (fourth from left) and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen (right) met with Board Members of the Operatio...
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Martin Luther King celebration at Parkdale Church
Parkdale United Church hosts annual Martin Luther King Jnr celebration Sunday 20 January 2019 Some 300 people were at the Parkdale United Churc...
Hate crimes on increase – Statistics Canada
Police-reported hate crime on the rise, Statistics Canada says Signage marks the Statistics Canada offices in Ottawa on July 21, 2010. (The Canadian P...
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Diversity mural unveiled in Ottawa
More than 60 people worked on 9-storey butterfly mural called ‘Transformation’ Hindia Mohammoud, left, is the ...
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YM-YWCA hosts citizenship ceremony
Wednesday 10 October 2018 The Taggart Family YM-YWCA on Argyle Avenue was the scene of a special citizenship ceremony organised by Immigration ...