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04/09/2024 in Kenya News: Kenya floods: All passengers survive after bus was swept away
04/01/2024 in Kenyadians: AFC Leopards Toronto Branch fan club celebrates Ingwe’s 60th anniversary
03/28/2024 in News: Bank of Canada warns country faces “low productivity emergency”
03/28/2024 in CyberKnow: Ontario school boards sue social media giants
03/28/2024 in News: Trudeau promises a new “Canadian Renters’ Bill of Rights”
03/23/2024 in News: Former prime minister Brian Mulroney commemorated at state funeral
03/13/2024 in News: B.C. health workers heading to Kenya for volunteer mission
03/13/2024 in Obituaries: Delphina Wambui Ngigi memorial service

Diaspora Life

Viola Desmond featured on Canada's $10 bill

New $10 bill featuring civil-rights pioneer Viola Desmond to enter regular circulation

11/19/2018

Wanda Robson still finds it hard to believe that her big sister is the new face of the $10 bill — and the first Canadian woman to be featured on a regularly circulating [...]

5 tips for a smooth school year

09/04/2018

Starting a new year of classes and homework can be stressful for parents and kids alike. Fortunately, you can follow these few simple tips to get your family on the right [...]

Canada honours civil rights activist Viola Desmond by putting her on new $10 bill

03/09/2018

Canada took its currency in a new direction in more ways than one with the redesigned $10 bill. The purple polymer note is the first to feature a woman of colour, and the [...]

Diaspora Kenyans to hold investment forum

11/22/2017

An umbrella body representing Kenyans living abroad will next month host a convention in Nairobi where investment opportunities will be showcased. The Kenya Diaspora Alliance [...]

Women’s History Month – Antislavery activist, teacher, lawyer, pioneer newspaperwoman

10/16/2017

Shadd Cary’s life (1823–1893) is awash with firsts: The eldest of 13 children, she went on to become the first female newspaperwoman in North America and the first female [...]

Women’s History Month – Canada’s first female First Nations’ surgeon

10/05/2017

Doctor Nadine Caron is notable for being the first female First Nations surgeon. Graduating from UBC’s medical school, she completed post-graduate fellowship training in [...]

UN council to discuss report calling on Canada to address anti-black racism

09/25/2017

The UN Human Rights Council is set to discuss a report on issues affecting African-Canadians that makes recommendations to the federal government, including that it apologize [...]

Canada’s Black battalion set sail for WWI and made history

03/25/2017

They faced racism and discrimination, and they had to fight a battle at home before they could represent Canada in the First World War. Now families of the [...]

Canadians appear to be more hateful online – CBC Marketplace report

01/20/2017

The internet can be a pretty intolerant place, and it may be getting worse. An analysis of Canada’s online behaviour commissioned [...]

Society must work together to end Race wars in America

07/08/2016

“We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish together as fools.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. He lived this reality and foresaw its perils in future if race [...]

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