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…
Masello Kale memorial service at Ottawa Church of God
On Saturday, November 16, 2013, friends and family gathered at the Ottawa Church of God for a memorial in honour of the late Ileana Masello Princess Helena Kale (Nee Ramaila),…
NB2PW Dress for sucess
The Network for Black Business & Professional Women hosted its very first Dress for Success event on November 20, 2013. The small group of NB2PW members and supporters who attended…
City of Ottawa launches on-line immigration portal
Monday 18 November saw hundreds of settlement workers, councillors, new immigrants and people working for or advocating for increased access to jobs and social services for immigrants, gathered at City…