Hera Mission hosts golf fund-raiser for rural Kenyan women
Saturday 25 September, 2015 by Peggy Taillon It was a beautiful cool overcast fall day when 90 golfers took to the Pine View Golf Club course for HERA...
Black History Ottawa: Be a part of February 2016 Black History Month
Are you a member or leader of a national, regional, local social, musical, ethnic or cultural organization? Are you an artist, painter, member of a theater company, advocacy group,...
Nominations for 2016 Black History Ottawa Community Builder awards
BLACK HISTORY OTTAWA COMMUNITY BUILDER AWARDS 2016 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Do you know a person, group or program working to build a better Ottawa through community engagement, volunteer work, philanthropy, community...
Nigerians in Ottawa celebrate 55th Independence anniversary
Thursday 1 October, 2015 Nigerians in Canada’s national capital, celebrated their country’s 55th Independence anniversary with a number of events. The week started with the raising of its national flag at...
Miguel de Armas lights up Shenkman Arts Centre
Saturday 26 September 2015 Miguel de Armas and his quartet were practically on fire as they lit up the Orleans Shenkman Arts Centre, when they led the standing-room only audience,...
Ililli Ahmed: Three Things You Won’t Learn about Black People from Mainstream Media
by Ililli Ahmed We are Human This may sound funny, and some people reading this might be thinking, “Well of course they’re human! We all are!” Here’s the thing:...
Gwen Madiba’s Safara Fashion show a big hit in Ottawa
Safara Fashion Show 2015 Source: Trendy Bloggers by Tara in Events October 6, 2015 Trendy Bloggers was invited to attend the Safara Fashion Show 2015 which was hosted at the Tabaret Pavilion Hall at Ottawa...
Kika Otiono: If I had the power to change the world
By Kika Otiono, Youth Editor If I had the power to change the world, peace would reign. Illness, crime, and poverty would cease to exist. Every human being would live...
Annette Ejiofor: Stopping The Cycle Of Violence Against Women
In September of this year, in a city just outside of Ottawa, the bodies of Carol Culleton, 66, Anastasia Kuzyk, 36, and Nathalie Warmerdam, 48, were found at separate locations...
November 2015: Letter from the Editor
Good morning folks It took ten years but the good people of Canada finally gave Stephen Harper and his Conservative cronies the boot at the October 19 federal elections. Repudiating...