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...
Book launch: Powered by love: A Grandmothers’ Movement to End AIDS in Africa
Monday 23 October About 40 people were on hand at the Desmarias Building at the University of Ottawa to witness the launch of the ground-breaking book: Powered by Love:...
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 ...
Remembering Rachel Exeter
EXETER, Rachel Agnes Peacefully, with family by her side at the Queensway Carleton Hospital on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Beloved daughter of the late Jonathan Adolphus and Agnes Honora Exeter....
Pat Harewood: Parenting ABC’s: Episode 1 – The Beautiful Human Family
Planet Zees: Parenting ABC’s: Episode 1 – The Beautiful Human Family By Pat Harewood A six-year old stopped me in the park this summer. I was helping my son,...
MacAndrew Clarke: Quebec law on face coverings – An unjust law
“AN UNJUST LAW IS NO LAW AT ALL” by MacAndrew Clarke On Wednesday, October 18, the Quebec government passed the “Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality and, in...
Meiz Majdoub: Why you need critical illness insurance
by Meiz Majdoub Some 25 years ago, a new type of insurance was born in Canada, called Critical Illness Insurance (C.I). Life is full of unexpected events. While some create wonderful lasting...
Bashiru & Abiola Agoro receive Orléans Leaders Sesquicentennial Award
by Sarah Onyango Congratulations to Mr & Mrs. Bashiru Agoro for receiving the Orléans Leaders Sesquicentennial Award. Their work is a labour of love, done out of a deep love...
International Pastors’ and Leaders’ forum hosted by River Jordan Ministries
Saturday 28 October About forty ministers and lay religious leaders from various Christian denominations were at the River Jordan Ministries on Bentley Road for a breakfast Information session...