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Rosemary Sadlier – Black history should be more than a...
Rosemary Sadlier Photo/COURTESY Etobicoke Guardian Former Ontario Black History Society president of the Rosemary Sadlier feels it is important to d...
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Kwanzaa celebrates African culture and values
City hall By Ken Campbell The City of Ottawa’s official 2016 Kwanzaa Celebration took place on Sunday, December 18th at 2 p.m. The event was onc...
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Margaret Best receives life-time award in honour of Martin L...
JANUARY 16, 2017 Ottawa City Hall on Laurier Avenue was jam-packed with people who had come to celebrate the 2017 Martin Luther King Jnr Day. T...
Shanifa Nasser: The quiet pain of prejudice that black women...
‘We are often not the ones who are chosen and we know why.’ Shanifa Nasser · CBC NewsNovember 5, 2016 Sheena Blake can still remember the ...
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Youth Services Bureau “Sleepout” fund-raiser a g...
YSB’s Lorna Harvey (centre) was a key player in this community fund-raiser (Photo credit: Facebook) Record number of participants brave the cold...
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Model Deddeh Howard sends diversity message by recreating fa...
Model Deddeh Howard has found a powerful way of highlighting the lack of diversity in her industry. She’s recreated famous models’ photo s...
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AfroGlobal TV 2016 Excellence Awards Gala a Tremendous Succe...
Hon. Celina Chavannes, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime minister and hubby Vidal; Samuel Oboh, wife Aisha and guests; Raoul Juneja, MC Michee Me a...
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City of Toronto and OCASI launch educational campaign addres...
#BlackinTO: Toronto’s anti-Black racism campaign launches today (CNW Group/Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants – ...
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Freed journalist Mohamed Fahmy speaks of detention in Egypt
Mohamed Fahmy Photo credit: Sarah Onyango Egyptian journalist Fahmy speaks in Ottawa Mohamed Fahmy wants his Egyptian citizenship restored. “I want by...
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Ottawa model Herieth Paul chosen for Victoria’s Secret...
PAULA MCCOOEY, OTTAWA CITIZEN Ottawa model Herieth Paul will be part of the Victoria’s Secret Paris show in December. – SHAREADJUSTCOMMENT...