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CJMAS Announces Fundraising Walk in Conjunction with Vancouver Sun Run Event Surrey
on March 30th, 2024
CJMAS Announces Fundraising Walk in Conjunction with Vancouver Sun Run Event Surrey, BC March 10, 2024 – Canadian Jamaican Medical Assistance Society (CJMAS), a prominent charity dedicated to promoting health and education initiatives in Jamaica, is excited to announce its virtual participation in the upcoming Vancouver Sun Run via its annual special fundraising walk on
The Perfect Gift for Anyone at Any Age
on November 14th, 2023
Media Release This holiday season, when finding the perfect gift is a challenge, consider a truly meaningful solution. Not sure what to give to a teenager, someone with limited space, or the hard-to-please person in your life? What about those who prefer experiences over “stuff”, or those celebrating a different winter holiday? Project Amhara Foundation
Fixing Canada’s Family Doctor Crisis
on November 8th, 2023
Canada is facing a severe family doctor shortage. Here is how we can fix it In our neighbourhood, there are many “everyone deserves a family doctor” signs. The sentiment isn’t surprising, but it’s based on the fantasy that putting up a sign will somehow create more doctors. The reality is that Canada faces
Safe Supply Programs Creating a Surge in New Opioid Users
on October 23rd, 2023
Federal government faces pressure to rethink its safe supply opioid policies How many doctors does it take to change a government policy killing young Canadians? Seventeen? Maybe. That’s the number of medical addictions specialists who drafted an enlightening open letter to the federal government to tell them that the current safe/safer supply programs for opioid
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
VIFF Highlighted Films Goodbye Julia
on September 28th, 2023
Goodbye Julia | Dir. Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan Wed. Oct 4, 9:00 pm, International Village 9 | Fri. Oct 6, 3:15 pm, SFU-GCA Media Partner & Sponsor The Afro News In the lead-up to the secession of South Sudan, Mona (Eiman Yousif), a well-to-do retired singer from the North, becomes complicit in
VIFF 2023 Highlighted Films
on September 26th, 2023
Union Street | Dir. Jamila Pomeroy | Canada Mon. Oct 2, 8:45 pm, SFU-GCA | Sat. Oct 7, 3:30 pm, Rio Media Partner: The Afro News Interspersing interviews with archival footage, Union Street documents the history of Vancouver’s Hogan’s Alley, the formerly Black neighbourhood which was destroyed by the construction of the
Vancouver International Film Festival Announces 2023 Lineup
on September 22nd, 2023
Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) presents its 42nd edition this month, the first fully in-cinema festival since 2019. This year’s lineup features roughly 140 feature films and 100 shorts, presented on 10 screens in seven Vancouver venues. Vancouverites will be able to explore film culture through an expanded program of live events, performances, and exhibitions.
Book Synopsis of the Early Seafaring Years of Joe Marston, Sr.
Living in Interesting Times: The Early Seafaring Years of Lt. Cdr. J.C. Marston, RCN, CD, DSC (Retired) 1930-1945 My father first went to sea in the early 1930’s as a 15-year old bridge messenger aboard the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company’s ocean liner Empress of Canada. until the end of WW2 in 1945. He spent almost 2 years