Letter from the Editor: September 2017
Good morning all Hope you had a good restful summer. This month we bring you the first of a new and exciting series on fashion, written by Sara Khembo Alfazem,...
Adeola Olubamiji – Former street pepper seller earns Ph. D in Biomedical Engineering
Nigerian Becomes First Black Woman To Bag A Ph.D In Biomedical Engineering From A Canadian Varsity June 8, 2017 Nigeria’s Adeola Olubamiji becomes the First Black Woman to bag a...
Health seminar address serious health risks for persons of colour
Saturday 27 May, 2017 Overbrook Community Center by Toni Francis After months of collaboration and planning, navigating changes in dates and location, 10 Afro-Caribbean organizations/Associations hosted the 2017 Health &...
Imelda Basudde – St. Patrick’s High School, Ottawa
Imelda Basudde graduated from St Patrick’s High School in June. She will be enrolling at Carleton University, Ottawa, in September, in the Bachelor of Arts degree program, with a minor...
Community Kicks – a healthy blend of soccer and multicultural entertainment
Saturday 29 July Lansdown Park TD Place was the scene of the city’s first ever Community Kicks festival, an exciting blend of recreational soccer competition, coupled with entertainment from Ottawa’s...
Ewart Walters: Blacks at Canada’s 150th year
Blacks at Canada’s 150th Year By Ewart Walters The federation of former British colonies Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, came into being on July 1, 1867 with the semi-independent...
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. Guests were entertained with ethnic Somali...
Rev. Dr. Kay Morris
Rev. Dr. Kay Morris is a recent graduate with an Honorary Doctor of Divinity and Master of Divinity Degree from the Canadian Bible College and School of Bible Theology Seminary And...
Nigerian monarchs promote investments and trade relations with Canada
Thursday 13 July Gatineau’s palatial Museum of History was a fitting locale for a once-in-a-life-time event for the national capital’s Nigerian community when they welcomed six top members of the...
Sudanese community raises funds to fight starvation
Saturday 22 July About two hundred friends and families of the Sudanese and South Sudanese communities gathered on Saturday at the Jim Durell Community Centre on Walkley Road, to raise...