Abdirahman death: Montsion not guilty
Ottawa policeman found not guilty in death of black man during arrest 20 October, 2020 An Ottawa policeman has been cleared of charges relating to the 2016 death of a…
Browne: Trump-style racism in Russell
By Robin Browne September 30, 2020 In 2018, in a ranking of 415 cities, towns and villages, MoneySense Magazine named Russell Township, 40 minutes southeast of Ottawa, as one of the…
Walters: US election – Two days to go
Two days more. Two days By Ewart Walters Two days more. Two days, and if things go the way they seem to be going, the world will begin to emerge…
Paul elected leader of Green Party
Annamie Paul is the first Black permanent leader of a major federal political party John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Oct 03, 2020 Green Party members have picked Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul…
Kusi-Appiah: Workers get short end of stick
“The worker gets the short end of the neoliberalist stick.” By Andy Kusi-Appiah QE Scholar, 2019/2020 It all began with an idea: We now live in an uberized world where…
Nivyabandi appointed AI Secretary General
Human rights defender and poet Ketty Nivyabandi appointed Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 Lana Verran, Chair of the Board of Directors of Amnesty International Canada (English…
Browne: Sloly passes leadership test
by Robin Browne In his message, Testing Leadership: An Inconvenient Truth, posted on the Ottawa Police Association website, OPA president Matt Skof says Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly has failed on…
Impact Black Global launched in Ottawa
by Sarah Onyango 7 September 2020 Impact Black Global, a Black youth-based organization, was launched in Ottawa on a cloudy Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, in a fenced-in section of Mooney’s…
Rev Ekong: Your Steps directed by the Lord
by Rev Bassey Ekong September 21 A Blueprint of Your Vision “And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;” (2 Peter 1:5 KJV). A…
Gwen Madiba wins Community Builder award
I am honoured and deeply touched to be included in the list of 2020 Community Builders of the United Way East Ontario at City Hall. The ceremony occurred yesterday online….