Thank you for your support and encouragement of the Jr. Black Achievement Awards. With the help of generous contributions from organizations such as yours, our first year has been a resounding success. I am very excited to share a recap of what we were able to accomplish due to your support. The Mission of the
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Letter to the Editor
Woke Ideology Doesn’t Belong in Schools
on October 11th, 2022
All students deserve a learning environment that is free of political indoctrination If you’ve been around for a while, you probably remember the phrase “politically correct.” Being called politically correct was not a compliment. Instead, it meant that you had an unhealthy obsession with not offending anyone, even if you had to say some rather
The Senses Surrounding Life
on December 27th, 2021
We can only be so grateful for every given moment we have enjoyed and continue to be blessed with a healthy life especially in this epidemic crisis world we all have endured over the last 2 years. If there’s one thing I take from this year’s overview and reflection on 2021 will be the life
Why is Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Firing Unionized Workers?
on June 11th, 2021
BC’s largest unions are calling on Hilton Metrotown to do the right thing and settle the labour dispute this month.
My First Mother’s Day
on May 13th, 2018
I found out I was pregnant while I was at my annual physical. My doctor wanted to run some tests and asked if I was pregnant. I gave the old response “maybe, who knows” with a laugh; after all my husband and I were trying for a baby but it had only been a month.
A Personal Note from Putumayo Founder/CEO Dan Storper
on November 6th, 2016
Dear Putumayo fan, I apologize for using this forum, but, after months of watching the hostile and negative Donald Trump campaign, I can no longer stand aside. I founded Putumayo to encourage a more positive and accepting view of other cultures. Yes, the world is filled with challenges, but isolating ourselves and denigrating many of
Letter to the Editor
on March 5th, 2013
I can’t understand the fuss being made over a plan to reach out to the province’s ethnic populations. There is nothing new in any of this: Political parties engage in all sorts of outreach activities all the time.
Letter to the Editor
on December 21st, 2012
As fellow child of Africa and a proud British Columbian, I am so grateful for the remarkable contributions that Honore Gbedze makes to the African community in British Columbia.
Income inequality must be addressed
on November 16th, 2012
Income inequality is a key issue for Canada. We cannot assume that prosperity will be fairly shared and we cannot take prosperity itself for granted. We have to avoid the mistakes of the extreme right and the extreme left and we have to come up with practical proposals that will make a difference to ordinary people and ensure that our prosperity is fairly, deeply and widely shared.
Patrice Lumumba’s Last Letter To His Wife Before He Dies
“I write these words to you without knowing if they will get to you, when they reach you, and if I will be alive when you read them. Throughout my struggle for the independence of my country, I have never doubted the final triumph of the sacred cause to which my companions and I have