Diop wins at Cannes film festival
Diop makes history as first black woman to win big at Cannes Deborah COLE, Fiachra GIBBONS May 25, 2019 1 / 3 French actress…
AkwaCross Fundraiser for underprivileged children
Saturday 10 August, 2019 Over one hundred family and friends of AkwaCross Association were at the St. Genevieve Church hall on Canterbury Avenue, to support the organisation’s fund-raiser for upgrading…
Funeral service for Okusanya
Elizabeth Okusanya May 22, 1965 – July 28, 2019 Saturday 3 August 2019 The chapel of the McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home on Hunt Club Road was packed with a standing-room only…
Nigerian community picnic
Saturday 4 August 2019 Vincent Massey Park was the scene of the 2019 picnic organised by the Association of Northern Nigerians in Canada. Led by its President, Oludare Abdullahi, the…
Nigerian embassy hosts reception
Friday 2 August 2019 Nigeria’s High Commissioner His Excellency Adeyinka Asekun and his wife Her Excellency Olawunmi Asekun hosted a delightful reception for the Nigerian community in the national capital…
SomaliFest celebrates culture
Saturday 27 July 2019 Over two hundred people were at the City Hall on Laurier Avenue for Ottawa’s annual celebration of Somali culture. The event included music and a cultural…
Racism in Hockey
Racism in Hockey: A Cause for Concern and Action by Bob Dawson, OTTAWA, Ontario – August 3, 2019 – Hockey by all accounts is perhaps the least diverse in terms of…
Citizenship ceremony welcomes new Canadians
Thursday 22 August, 2019 Fifty people from twelve different countries were conferred with Canadian citizenship at a special swearing-in ceremony in the Horticultural Building of Ottawa’s Landsdowne Park last Thursday….
Letter from the Editor: September, 2019
Good morning all Hope your summer has gone well and that you have taken time to relax with family and friends. For those of us born and raised in warmer…
Nobel-prize winner Toni Morrison
6 August 2019 Toni Morrison: Literature Nobel-prize winning author dies The Nobel Prize-winning US author Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. The Morrison family confirmed “with profound…