Ghana community BBQ
Saturday 13 July 2019 The Ghana community Association held its annual summer picnic barbecue at Brewer Park last Saturday. Compared to previous years, it was a rather low key affair;...
Multiculturalism Day at Mooney’s Bay
Saturday 29 June 2019 Ottawa’s Multicultural Week events continued as the African Canadian Association of Ottawa (ACAO) and Somerset West community Health Centre (SWCHC) hosted their annual celebration of...
Multiculturalism Day at the Y
Newcomer Information Centre of the YM-YWCA hosts Multiculturalism Day Thursday 27 June 2019 The Newcomer Information Centre on Isabella Street was awash Thursday with vibrant colour as the centre hosted the...
MP Chavannes decries lack of senior Black public servants
24 June 2019 MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes says no black person has ever been appointed as federal deputy minister. OTTAWA — Independent MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes says qualified black Canadians are being...
Ottawa Police investigate anti-black graffiti
Spray-painted slurs in east and south ends are being treated as unrelated Matthew Kupfer · CBC News · May 28, 2019 Ottawa police are investigating three cases of...
Mayoral candidate in hate crime
Kevin Johnston ordered to pay $2.5M for ‘hateful, Islamophobic’ remarks against restaurant chain owner Kevin Johnston’s behaviour and comments to Mohamad Fakih called ‘horrific’ by judge Shanifa Nasser May 13, 2019 ...
OCSB adopts UN Year for African Descent
Photo: OCSB Trustees and Senior Administration with students Serena Iyoha and Jasmine Adibe (holding the plaque) and Moses Pratt, Global Community Alliance (front centre, right). Our Declaration for the...
Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce launched
New Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce hopes to give business owners a ‘unified voice’ ‘We’re 1.2 million black Canadians and we need to find a way to connect ourselves economically’...
Rwandan genocide remembered
Photo credit: Sarah Onyango Sunday 7 April, 2019 Memorial march marks 25 years since Rwandan genocide A memorial walk in Ottawa Sunday marked 25 years since the start of...
Cotillion showcases future leaders
Annual Afro-Caribbean Cotillion brings out the best of Black youth Saturday 6 April 2019 by Toni Francis Sometimes you are blessed enough to be part of something extraordinary. Sometimes...