Michael Arthur: Resale Home Market Rapidly Growing In Ottawa’s West End
by Micheal Arthur The Ottawa real estate market continues its steady rapid growth in home sales for the month of October due to the following factors: Record Sales In Resale Residential…
JOCA hosts volunteer appreciation day
Saturday 11 November Volunteer-extraordinaire Joanne Robinson was at it again, doing what she does best, assisting and supporting a volunteer engagement event, this time on behalf of the Jamaican Ottawa…
“Four Brown Girls” event showcases black business women
Panelists share their views with the audience Photo credit: Sarah Onyango by Sarah Onyango My mind is still buzzing from that unforgettable #FourBrownGirls event I attended at Schenkman Arts Centre…
Uganda Fund-raiser for Boys and Girls Club
Saturday 4 November Jimmy Sebulime is a community leader who leads by example. Growing up in rural Uganda and raised by single mother under the most dire of family circumstances,…
Black veterans honoured on Remembrance Day in Ottawa
By Sarah Onyango Another historic Remembrance Day in the books for our Legacy Voices team! We had the privilege of having Nova Scotian WW1 veteran Jeremiah Jones‘s great-great-grandson, Gunner Adam…
Jamaica Fun Day at City Hall
Saturday 14 October 2017 A small crowd of about thirty people were at the Jean Piggott hall of the city of Ottawa to participate in a celebratory Jamaican Fun Day….
Quebec bans niqab for public services
‘I should see your face, and you should see mine,’ Quebec premier says of new religious neutrality law Bill 62 requires anyone giving and receiving public services to do so…
Singer Emmanuel Kembe lights up fundraiser for South Sudan
Singer Emmanuel Kembe on show Photo copyright Black Ottawa Scene UNHCR rep Jean-Nicolas Beuze (holding baby) with members of the Sudanese community …
Taste of Africa showcases African cuisines
Saturday 9 September Vincent Massey Park. Ayan Dua’leh is a young woman with a mission, to showcase Africa via the lens of the continent’s diverse ethnic foods. In fulfillment of…
Damages awarded in racial profiling case
September 11, 2017|Written By Gabrielle Giroda Anthony Morgan says a recent ruling concerning racial profiling by police is important for a new generation of lawyers and community workers interested in the…