Immigrant Women’s Business Expo showcases innovative entrepreneurs
Panel members Helen Ofosu, Hansdeep Ranger, Praveni Perera and Belinda Kamshuka Photo copyright Black Ottawa Scene Sunday 1 October …
Pat Harewood: Planet Zees : Parenting ABC’s Episode 2 : Some Dads Rock
Planet Zees : Parenting ABC’s Episode 2 : Some Dads Rock By Pat Harewood My Dad rocks. The other day, he told me he played cricket with his friends in the park,…
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…
Ayan Jama: December 1 is World AIDS Day
By Ayan Jama HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The HIV virus makes a person sick by weakening the immune system. If someone is living with HIV, it means they have…
Canadian Somali Mothers Association receives Crime Prevention Ottawa award
Monday, November 6, 2017 Ottawa-based Canadian Somali Mothers Association was the proud recipients of the 2017 Crime Prevention Ottawa Community Safety Volunteer Program award. This honour was conferred on the organisation…
Kika Otiono wins academic excellence award
Kika Otiono Carleton Academic award Nov 2017 Kika receives her award from Carleton University President, Alastair Summerlee Kika is congratulated by her father, Professor Nduka Otiono…
Ottawa Igbo community celebrates 2017 harvest Thanksgiving
Sunday 29 October The annual Thanksgiving and Bazaar was a memorable day in the calendar of the Igbo worshiping community at Our Lady of Mount Carmel church on St….
Habibat Aziz Garuba: THE CHECK-UP: Fast Facts about Hypertension
by Habibat Aziz Garuba, MD, FRCPC What is hypertension/high blood pressure? Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure above a certain threshold. Blood pressure (BP) is…
Shana Seifert: Create your own hair oil in 4 easy steps
by Shana Seifert I love making things with my hands. There is something so satisfying about having a creative idea and being able to manifest it with material and hand…