By ARNOLD A. AUGUSTE, Publisher/Senior Editor The Caribana Arts Group (CAG) will hold its Annual General Meeting this weekend and is inviting everyone with an interest in this city’s carnival to attend. &n
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By ARNOLD A. AUGUSTE, Publisher/Senior Editor Will the real Rob Ford please stand up!   On Tuesday we saw the mayor as we have never seen him before, apologizing profusely (and really seeming to mean
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By ARNOLD A. AUGUSTE, Publisher/Senior Editor I expected Republicans in the U.S. to be upset over President Barack Obama’s victory last week Tuesday. In fact, I expected them to be very upset. After all, thei
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By ARNOLD A. AUGUSTE, Publisher/Senior Editor Over the last four years, we watched in sadness and dismay as Barack Obama, America’s first Black President, was pilloried, insulted, demeaned and his birthplace
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By ARNOLD A. AUGUSTE, Publisher/Senior Editor   The online version of the Toronto Star carried an article recently on the tardiness of the Festival Management Committee (FMC) in paying its entertainers.
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By ARNOLD A. AUGUSTE, Publisher/Senior Editor Word is that the carnival bandleaders have all received their final payments from the Festival Management Committee (FMC), the body set up by the City of Toronto â€
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By ARNOLD A. AUGUSTE, Publisher/Senior Editor I have always downplayed calls from people in our community who felt the carnival parade should be cancelled for one year. The reason behind such calls was to get t
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By ARNOLD A. AUGUSTE, Publisher/Senior Editor   U.S. Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, has been having a very bad week. At least, that is what those of us who want to see him lose the upcoming election to
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By ARNOLD A. AUGUSTE, Publisher/Senior Editor One of the biggest mistakes the Festival Management Committee (FMC) made when the City of Toronto’s liaison to Caribana, Joe Mihevc, cut the funding to the Caribbean Cultural Comm
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I believe that Councillor Joe Mihevc, the City of Toronto’s liaison to the carnival festival, wanted to take the carnival away from the Caribbean Cultural Committee (CCC), founders and owners of Caribana, for some time before he
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