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Celebrate D-Day with Us at Indigo –Granville

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Join us in a moving tribute to Canadian courage and sacrifice on Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 1 PM to 3 PM at Indigo – Granville, Vancouver. We are honoured to welcome the family of the late Lt. Cdr. Joseph Marston, a proud Vancouver resident, Royal Canadian Navy officer, and true national hero. His remarkable story—surviving a German torpedo

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The Word That Matters Most:  “TRUST “

April 1st, 2025 By Honore K. Gbedze

There is a word that is fundamental and appears in situations of importance to us – human resources, personal development as individuals and for communities as well as organizations and nations.  Why is this so crucial? Because when trust is broken, everything is crushed and crumbled. Success at any level comes down to this keyword…
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Can We Do Anything to Improve the Lives of Care Home Residents?  

March 20th, 2025 By The Afro News

We need to start addressing the needs of Canada’s growing senior population  Canada’s rapidly changing demographics are daunting. The number of people over 65 increased from 3,888,550 in 2001 to 7,021,430 in 2021, an increase of 81 percent. Over the same 20-year period, the Canadian population increased by 23 percent – from 30,007,090 to 36,991,980…
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Interview with Novelist Dinaw Mengestu

March 3rd, 2025 By Honore K. Gbedze

Dinaw Mengestu, The African Millennium Award winning author of two novels, The beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and How to Read the Air. A Graduate from Georgetown University and Columbia University’s MFA Program in Fiction and the recipient of a 5 under 35 Award from the National Book Foundation and a 20 Under 40 Award…
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Canada’s Crises Call for Leadership Rooted in Proven Principles 

January 28th, 2025 By The Afro News

Economist Thomas Sowell offers Canada a roadmap to overcome its current economic and political crises  In 2024, the economic and political deterioration of our beleaguered country accelerated. There’s no better reference in searching for solutions than the great American economist Thomas Sowell.  Sowell was born into a family of North Carolina sharecroppers in 1930. He…
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Natures Wisdom Meets Indulgence For A Happy Healthier You

January 25th, 2025 By The Afro News

Wisely Wellness is launching a luxury wellness chocolate bar that will tantalize your senses and remedy your daily performance quotient. In a TAN Media interview with the Mastermind Creators of this wellness chocolate bar they had this to say about their Wisely Chocolate product line: 1- What is the inspiration and motivation behind the wisely wellness brand?  The inspiration behind…
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2025 Will be Another Tough Year for Canada’s Economy  

January 10th, 2025 By The Afro News

Canada’s economic challenges in 2025 include rising debt, slow investment, falling consumption and trade tensions  The start of a new year always invites us to dust off the old crystal ball and try to peer into it to see what the year has in store. Predicting how an economy will perform, however, is always tricky…
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A Father’s Significance on D-Day  

June 7th, 2024 By Honore K. Gbedze

The birth of light that shines through you as the Sun rises with ultimate life responsibility the root of a family tree in the cosmos of a humanbeing.  Being a man comes with enormous responsibility. To be a father is a divine blessing, a loving father is a gift no matter how the challenges are…
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Finally, Zimbabwe Walking the Talk on Disability

April 4th, 2024 By Patrick Musira

CIVIL Society organisations in the disability sector in Zimbabwe are engaging in nationwide consultations on a disability Bill that has been on the cards for more than three decades. Now that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accented to the proposals that is ready to go into Parliament, stakeholders have welcomed the move, given the country’s penchant…
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The 2024 Elevate Vancouver Autoshow

March 24th, 2024 By The Afro News

While the display showcase lineup was quite limited and only a handful of the known car makers and models were represented there were some wow moments to behold. 

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Even with Minimum Wage Hikes, Workers are Falling Behind

October 21st, 2024 By The Afro News

The minimum wage increase in Canada is being outpaced by rising rental costs  On Oct. 1, the minimum wage increased in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island. All other provinces except Alberta brought in increases earlier this year. That means most minimum-wage workers are doing better, right?  Right?   Not necessarily.   Minimum-wage workers…
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Peace and Goodness Thanksgiving  

October 12th, 2024 By Honore K. Gbedze

We live in the moment of much frustration, injustice, political polarization anger, confusion, and ongoing grave trouble with the church, a global epidemic crisis over a decade now that took many innocent lives everyday. There are those that suffer with other sicknesses in their family, loneliness, hopelessness, Job uncertainty, unemployment, financial difficulty; for many citizens…
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Must See African Interest Films at VIFF 

September 11th, 2024 By The Afro News

Full swing for the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, taking place from September 26 – October 6 Must See African Interest Films. Media Partner ,The Afro News Is proud to Sponsor. Black Tea   Director: Abderrahmane Sissako  After saying no on her wedding day, Aya leaves the Ivory Coast for a new life in the buzzing “Chocolate…
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