Monthly Archives: May 2012
New Refugee Bill Will not Give Refugees a Fair Chance to Tell Their Stories
The government has placed a new bill, Bill C-31, before parliament that will fundamentally change Canada’s refugee system. One of the most important changes is to the refugee claim process itself. Refugee claims will be decided
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We are constantly under some form of assault
In this old world we are faced with many conundrums yet, in spite of that reality, or more likely because of it, we like our dichotomies.
We have a federal government that has made a point of its law-and-order stance;
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Toronto names parkette in honour of murdered police officer
On the day that Percy Cummins died nearly 31 years ago, close friend, Alonza Goodridge, recalled being constantly interrupted by a fly while renovating a bathroom in the city’s east end.
“For about an hour, I trie
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Kathy Nelson wants Blacks to take diabetes seriously
If ever there was a perfect candidate for diabetes, Kathy Nelson would be that person. Her father died in a diabetic coma at age 80 in 1992, six years after his right leg was amputated, while her mother developed Type 2 diabetes a
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Caribbean tourism severely impacted by British tax – minister
St. Kitts & Nevis’ Minister of Tourism & International Transport, Rickey Skerritt, is still seething over the controversial Air Passenger Duty (APD) tax imposed on travellers from Britain to the Caribbean.
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CIDA-funded project to help economic growth in Caribbean
Councillor Michael Thompson, who heads the city’s economic development committee, is the point man for the new Caribbean Local Economic Development (CARILED) program.
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM),
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Spelling Bee of Canada marks its 25th anniversary
When a father left after dropping off his child at a talent show Julie Spence organized in the mid-1980s while she was a youth worker at the Caribbean Exc
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WestJet now flying to Kingston, Jamaica
James Robillard, at left with crew of WestJet’s inaugural flight to Kingston, Jamaica, Beverly Walker, Captain Jean-Francois Tenn, Simone Opaleke, Melissa Faulkner and, in front, Kyle Kalloo.
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ReelWorld Film Festival Awards
Award winners Shernold Edwards and Share’s Publisher, Arnold A. Auguste with ReelWorld’s founder and Executive Director, Tonya Lee Williams.
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Lauded for health care work in Jamaica
Consul General George Ramocan, Andrea Wilkie, Alfreda Smith-Alexander, Cynthia Wilson and JCA president Audrey Campbell.
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