As the year comes to a close and the world prepares to enter a new chapter, this moment calls for more than seasonal reflection. It calls for truth, accountability, and moral clarity. To those who occupy positions of leadership and privilege: discrimination whether expressed openly or concealed behind silence has no place in a just [...]
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At The Root of Who I AM
on October 4th, 2023
The Afro News, Vancouver Canada The word ‘root’ has many different meanings; a common explanation is being the part of a plant or tree that is below the surface. In other words; the root of a healthy living plant or tree is never seen or exposed to the light, it is almost always buried in [...]
The Present Is A Gift
on December 23rd, 2022
The once sought-after economic globalization has struck a nerve that has caused many countries and organizations to suffer loss and destruction. The supply chain has been severely compromised which leaves us all feeling overwhelmed with what comes next? A vast majority of global citizens can claim that they had ‘gap years’ on their career journey [...]
BC Emerging Artists Invited to Apply to The BC Culture Days Ambassador Program
on March 24th, 2019
BC Culture Days has announced their province-wide invitation to BC emerging artists to apply to their annual ambassador program. In honour of Culture Days’ 10th Anniversary celebrations, ten artists from across BC will receive $1,000 each to act as a Culture Days spokesperson and to present an activity during the Culture Days weekend (September 27-29, [...]
Your Fundamental Right is to Vote
on October 17th, 2015
A sign of renewal in nature is in the air as the weather turns to Fall. This is also a time to stop and be thankful and say Happy Thanksgiving to your family, friends, colleagues, business associates and to our leaders of municipal, provincial and federal sectors who serve our democracy so fervently. Given that [...]
Diary of my Pilgrimage of Faith :Tecla Tawonezvi’s
on July 24th, 2015
2015 SAGE Award Recipient – Literature Category Tecla Tawonezvi’s evocative and colorful memoir – Diary of my Pilgrimage of Faith is a fascinating tale that covers her own sojourns over the last decade or more, from growing up in the war torn South Africa and Zimbabwe, to her emigration to the strikingly different environs of [...]
Save Colton Mc Morris Life
on June 4th, 2015
Colton McMorris is 22 years old, lives a healthy life; he’s in love with life really. He snowboards, he loves being at the lake in the summer and he loves the mountains too; adores Whistler – and he’s just been diagnosed with stage 3 brain cancer. Four weeks ago, after blacking out and collapsing in [...]
AFRICA’S EMERGENCE
on March 2nd, 2015
A few days ago, I posed some questions to the chief economist at one of Kenya’s largest banks. The questions were aimed at trying to determine what is behind Africa’s emergence and what follows are the some of the key drivers he highlighted as behind this exciting development for the Continent. Africa’s economic emergence can [...]
It Makes No Sense!
on March 18th, 2013
is a term used to describe what police say is a factor in the gun violence occurring in the city. They say the guns are hidden in various places such as under floor boards, in garages, air ducts, etc., and in many cases shared with gang members and the like.
In the Darkest Hours, the Sun Still Rises
In this historical month of February 2026, the world continues to move through a season of deep uncertainty. Anxiety lingers in the air. Fear of grand calamities social, political, environmental echoes across nations. For many, the future feels fragile, as though the ground beneath us is shifting faster than our ability to understand it. And [...]