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First Somali Cultural festival held at City Hall
Saturday 29 July Hundreds of people were at City Hall Saturday to witness the first ever Somali Cultural Festival in the national capital region. Gue...
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Multiculturalism Day brings large crowd to Strathcona Park
Saturday 24 June The cloudless warm summer day was the perfect setting for the 2017 Multiculturalism Day in Ottawa. Established three years ago, one o...
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Blissful wedding for Chimaobi and Jasmine
Saturday, May 6, 2017, was a day to remember for professional accountant Chimaobi Ezeh, as he was united in marriage with his sweetheart Jasmine Kotom...
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Isobel Granger honoured with Harry Jerome award for Public a...
Photo credit: Debbie Miller 22 April, 2017 Ottawa’s favourite police officer was the recipient of yet another award, this time the prestigious...
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Community leaders recognised at Black History Month gala
25 February The Sheraton Hotel in downtown Ottawa was aglitter as the national capital celebrated the conclusion of the 2017 Black History Month with ...
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Colonel By Secondary School’s “I will rise̶...
2 February The auditorium of Colonel By Secondary school was filled to capacity as the school hosted its popular annual Black History Month celebratio...
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Yasir Naqvi and Catherine McKenna host New Year Levee
14 January 2017 The Glebe Community Centre was practically bursting at the seams as Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi and MP Catherine McKenna hosted thei...
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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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Mike Adibe celebrates 80th birthday
November 27 Mr. Michael Adibe, one of the foundation members of the Igbo and Nigerian community here in Ottawa and Canada, turned 80 on November 27. T...
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Jamaican Association hosts annual National Heroes awards gal...
by MacAndrew Clarke On Saturday, October 15, at Tudor Hall, the Jamaican Ottawa Community Association (JOCA) hosted its annual National Heroes Awards...