Trinidad community hosts annual Parang Soca Lime event
By Sarah Onyango On Sunday, November 15, 2015, at the Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre, 3’s Company and the Trinidad & Tobago Association of Ottawa presented Ottawa’s annual Parang/Soca Lime, featuring Los...
Haiti Embassy hosts Art Exhibit at City Hall
by Sarah Onyango On Wednesday, November, 18, 2015 at Ottawa City Hall the Embassy of Haiti in Canada presented “Haiti Art Exhibition 2015” In Memory of Vertières – November 18th...
“Da Kink In My Hair” TV show comes to Ottawa
by Marsha Ayeni When I heard, that Trey Anthony’s play ‘Da Kink In My Hair’ was coming to Ottawa, I couldn’t believe it! Seriously…here…Ottawa??? My mind was completely blown with...
Jamaican Heroes honoured at Awards gala
It was a packed house as the the Jamaican Ottawa Community Association (JOCA) hosted its annual national heroes awards gala at the Centurion conference Centre on Colonnade Road, on Saturday...
Order of Ottawa award for Ewart Walters
Mayor Jim Watson, Ewart Walters and Councillor Keith Egli Photo courtesy: Ottawa Citizen by Sarah Onyango On November 10, 2015, Mayor Jim Watson inducted 15 residents into the Order of...
Black History Ottawa: Be a part of February 2016 Black History Month
Are you a member or leader of a national, regional, local social, musical, ethnic or cultural organization? Are you an artist, painter, member of a theater company, advocacy group,...
Nominations for 2016 Black History Ottawa Community Builder awards
BLACK HISTORY OTTAWA COMMUNITY BUILDER AWARDS 2016 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Do you know a person, group or program working to build a better Ottawa through community engagement, volunteer work, philanthropy, community...
Merle and Ewart Walters celebrate golden anniversary
Saturday 22 August Fifty years ago, on August 21, 1965, Merle and Ewart Walters, said their “I do’s” at the Coke Methodist Church on East Parade (Church Street), Kingston, Jamaica....
Network of Black Business and Professional Women hosts panel on women in politics
by Sarah Onyango Sunday 27 September, 2015 Last Sunday, the Network of Black Business & Professional Women held an event entitled: “Tea & Talk: Black Women in the Political...
New Life Project launched to aid disadvantaged women in developing countries
26 July 2015 by Sarah Onyango On July 26, 2015, friends and family joined Brenda Williams for the official Canadian launch of NewLife Project Inc. , a non-profit organization she...
