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“Four Brown Girls” event showcases black busines...
Panelists share their views with the audience Photo credit: Sarah Onyango by Sarah Onyango My mind is still buzzing from that unforgettabl...
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Uganda Fund-raiser for Boys and Girls Club
Saturday 4 November Jimmy Sebulime is a community leader who leads by example. Growing up in rural Uganda and raised by single mother under the most ...
Black veterans honoured on Remembrance Day in Ottawa
By Sarah Onyango Another historic Remembrance Day in the books for our Legacy Voices team! We had the privilege of having Nova Scotian WW1 veteran Jer...
Jamaica Fun Day at City Hall
Saturday 14 October 2017 A small crowd of about thirty people were at the Jean Piggott hall of the city of Ottawa to participate in a celebratory Jama...
Quebec bans niqab for public services
‘I should see your face, and you should see mine,’ Quebec premier says of new religious neutrality law Bill 62 requires anyone giving and ...
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Singer Emmanuel Kembe lights up fundraiser for South Sudan
Singer Emmanuel Kembe on show Photo copyright Black Ottawa Scene UNHCR rep Jean-Nicolas Beuze (holding baby) with members of the Sudanese comm...
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Taste of Africa showcases African cuisines
Saturday 9 September Vincent Massey Park. Ayan Dua’leh is a young woman with a mission, to showcase Africa via the lens of the continent’s...
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Damages awarded in racial profiling case
September 11, 2017|Written By Gabrielle Giroda Anthony Morgan says a recent ruling concerning racial profiling by police is important for a new genera...
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Visual artist Kosisochukwu holds photo exhibition
Self-portrait: Kosi Photo copyright Black Ottawa Scene Thursday 14 September Tucked away in a leafy neighbourhood in the Glebe is Studio Sixty-Six...
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Ottawa YM -YWCA Job fair attracts hundreds
Wednesday 13 September Hundreds of job seekers were at the Merivale Mall on Wednesday to explore employment opportunities at a job fair ...