Justin Laku
Justin Laku Justin Laku, Sr. is a South Sudanese-born Canadian, educated in Sudan, Egypt, Germany, and Canada. A graduate of the University of Ottawa, he helped create Sudan Health Care Project…
Remembrance Day honours fallen veterans
Despite the cold and sleet, thousands of Canadians gathered at the National War Memorial, on Elgin Street, to honour fallen heroes from major military campaigns, including the two World Wars,…
Mohamed Islam and Sandi Douf honoured by Crime Prevention Ottawa
Monday 4 November 2013, Crime Prevention Ottawa, held its annual Community Safety awards at City Hall to honour those individuals who have contributed immensely in making Ottawa a safer place…
Planet Africa Television honours Dr. A.G. Ahmed
One of Ottawa’s most eminent psychiatrists, Nigerian-born Dr Adekunle Ahmed, was honoured on 2 November with the prestigious Science and technology award at the Planet Africa Television award gala in…
Celebrating the life of Florence Robinson
The Ottawa Life Centre on Innes Road was a hive of activity on Friday 8 November, as hundreds of family and friends of the Robinson family came to celebrate the…
Obituary: Theresa Prescott Brown is laid to rest
On a bleak Wednesday morning on 6 November, 2013, scores of family and friends gathered at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Benjamin Avenue to honour Theresa Prescott Brown who…
St. Lucians Celebrate Jounen Kwéyòl
Saturday 26 October saw hundreds of St. Lucians with their friends at the Jim Durrell Community Centre to celebrate their annual Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day), a festival, celebrated across the island…
People making a difference
[highlight style=’misty-rose’] Suzette Weekes [/highlight] Suzette Weekes is the Managing Director of BrandingbyWeekes, a sole proprietorship that provides a range of marketing, social-media, and administrative products & services. With a strong…
South Africa’s Deputy President visits Ottawa
From November 25 to 27, 2013, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa H.E. Kgalema Motlanthe was on a three-day working visit to Canada as part of a broad…
Letter from the Editor
We head into the December edition with a sense of excitement and a bit of trepidation, as this is the third and last month of the pilot phase of Black…