Order of Canada for Senator Oliver
Jan 11 Order of Canada for retired Senator Donald Oliver January 11, 2020 Given six months to live after a rare debilitating heart disease diagnosis in 2015, retired Senator Donald Oliver…
Nigerian doctors separate conjoined twins
Dooshima Abu A team of doctors in Nigeria have successfully separated one-year-old conjoined twins. Lead surgeon Emmanuel Ameh told the BBC the operation to separate Goodness and Mercy Martins at…
In memory of Yolanda Wallace
Saturday 18 January 2020 Over 200 people packed the Kelly funeral home on Woodroffe Avenue at a service to pay tribute to Yolanda Wallace, who died 5 January from a…
Rev Ekong: We are God’s chosen people
by Rev Bassey Ekong Delivered from Darkness Satan became the God of this world when he successfully tempted Adam and Eve to reject God’s ways. Yet Christ delivered us from…
Martin Luther King Day celebration in Ottawa
Monday 20 January 2020 Over 200 people were in attendance at Ottawa’s City Hall to join in the celebration of the 2020 Martin Luther King Jnr day, hosted by the…
Christopher Ayalogu
Saturday 21 December 2019 The Nigerian community in Ottawa gathered last weekend to mourn the loss of one of their long time residents of the city, late Christopher Chukwundum Ayalogu…
Miss Jamaica crowned Miss World
15 December 2019 Toni-Ann Singh has won the 69th Miss World beauty pageant. It’s the first time in history that black women hold the titles for Miss USA, Miss Teen…
South African wins Miss Universe title
“I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful. “I…
Gwen Madiba honoured with Order of Ottawa
November 22 at 1:26 PM · Today, I stand humbled on Algonquin Anishinabek unceded territory as I receive the Order of Ottawa from the City of Ottawa, his Worship, Mayor Jim…
Dr. Ofosu: Workaholic or just working too hard?
by Dr. Helen Ofosu Some of my clients have wondered if they have turned into workaholics. Below are some of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and my answers on this…