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Miss Jamaica crowned Miss World

15 December 2019 Toni-Ann Singh has won the 69th Miss World beauty pageant. It’s the first time in history that black women hold the titles for ...

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South African wins Miss Universe title

“I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful. “I ...

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Gwen Madiba honoured with Order of Ottawa

November 22 at 1:26 PM ·  Today, I stand humbled on Algonquin Anishinabek unceded territory as I receive the Order of Ottawa from the City o...

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Dying woman saves grand-daughter

Ottawa grandmother pulls over before tragically collapsing, potentially saving toddler’s life Mavis Aird is being praised for potentially saving her g...

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Alexis wins 2nd Writers’ fiction prize

6 November 2019 Author Andre Alexis arrives at the Giller Prize Awards ceremony in Toronto on Monday, November 20, 2017. Toronto author Andre Alexis h...

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First black female bishop

Rose Hudson-Wilkin: First black female bishop consecrated Tuesday 19 November 2019 The first black woman to become a Church of England bishop has been...

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Cameroon teen wins peace prize

Fifteen-year-old Cameroonian Divina Maloum has won a children’s international peace prize for her work with young people who have suffered extre...

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Williams wins Giller book Prize

Ian Williams is the Winner of the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize November 18, 2019 Photo by Kennedy Pollard November 18, 2019 (Toronto, Ontario) – ...

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Michelle Obama wows Ottawa

JOANNE LAUCIUS  October 11, 2019 Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama famously said at the 2016 Democratic convention: “When they go low, we go ...

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Ethiopian Prime Minister wins Nobel Prize

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who made peace last year with bitter foe Eritrea. He was awarded th...

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