Ghana community hosts annual summer barbeque
Saturday 18 July Hundreds of Ottawa’s Ghanaian community were at Brewer Park with family and friends to enjoy their annual summer barbeque. There was lots of food, music and games...
Shadrach Anethua celebrates first birthday
Shadrach Anethua recently celebrated his first birthday with his family and a small group of friends. The event was held at the family home. Photo credit: Tobore Anethua [Show as...
Petrie Island lights up as Carivibe arrives in Orleans
Saturday 20 June Orlean’s Petrie Island was awash with sun drenched men and women, young and old, children and toddlers as the annual festival of Caribbean culture celebrated another year...
10th Annual Somali Youth Support Project Fundraiser Gala
Friday 5 June by Faduma Yusuf On June 5th 2015, members of the Somali community and various community partners gathered at the Ron Kolbus-Lakeside Centre in Ottawa’s west-end to celebrate...
Obituary: Doris May Campbell
Doris May Campbell (October 9, 1923 – June 6, 2015) Doris Campbell passed away peacefully on June 6, 2015 at the age of 91. Beloved wife of the late Albert...
Reception for new Kenyan High Commissioner to Canada
by Sarah Onyango On April 2, 2015, H.E. John L. Lanyasunya, the new High Commissioner for Kenya to Canada, was the guest of honour at a reception in his honour...
21st commemoration of the 1994 Rwandan genocide
by Sarah Onyango On April 7, 2015, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, the Humura Association and High Commission of Rwanda in Canada launched the against Rwandan Tutsis. Among the speakers...
Protesters rally against xenophobic attacks in South Africa
April 24, 2015 Under the auspices of the Nigerian Canadian Association of Ottawa (NCAO), a group of protesters held a peaceful rally against the recent attacks on foreigners in several...
19th Latin American Film Festival – April 27
by Sarah Onyango On April 27, 2015, the Canadian Film Institute and the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti hosted a screening of the film “Ayiti Toma, au pays des...
Author Olive Senior at Ottawa International Writers’ Festival
by Sarah Onyango On Saturday, April 25, 2015, Olive Senior, a Jamaican poet, novelist, short story and non-fiction writer currently living in Toronto, was one of the featured authors...