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…
Uplands Chapel commemorates ill-fated WW11 mercy flight to Poland
On November 17, 2013, the Uplands Chapel in Ottawa once again hosted the annual commemoration of the ill-fated flight 9202 that crashed en route from England to Warsaw following the end…
HERA Mission fund-raiser for Kenya
On November, 14, 2013, the hardest-working African choir in Ottawa were once again in action at CTV Ottawa Studios as the featured entertainment for the The HERA Mission of Canada’s…
3’s Company hosts annual Trinidadian Soca/Parang Lime
On Sunday, November 24, at Ottawa City Hall, 3’s Company hosted Ottawa’s annual Soca/Parang Lime featuring Toronto number 1 Parang band “Los Pajaros”, as well as dancers from the Cultural…
Angolans celebrate National Day
On November 13, 2013, H. E. Ambassador Agostinho Tavares da Silva Neto and his wife, Prudência de Sousa Carneiro da Silva, hosted a reception at the Chateau Laurier on the occasion of…