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The Mayor of Vaughan, Ontario, Maurizio Bevilacqua has presented the Honorable Jean Augustine with the Key to the City, and named the Jean Augustine Complex and Jean Augustine District Park in her honour At a virtual event for the historic occasion, during which the Key to the City of Vaughan was presented to Hon. Jean Augustine, the Mayor said the following: “It is with a great deal of joy and admiration that we come together virtually to celebrate the legacy and life’s work of the Honorable Jean Augustine. Today, she was bestowed with the Key to the City of Vaughan and the Jean Augustine Park and Complex were named in her honor.

Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua presents Jean Augustine with the key to the City of Vaughan (CNW Group/City of Vaughan)

“In 1960, Jean Augustine came to Canada from her native Grenada, and in the years since, she has achieved no small feat by enshrining her name in Canadian history. Her story is one of courage, hope and perseverance, and I am blessed to bear witness to her outstanding achievements.

“I first met Jean in 1993, when she was nominated to represent the federal riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Not only did she go on to win that election, but she made history in doing so. On October 25, 1993, Jean Augustine became the first African-Canadian woman elected to the House of Commons. In fact, October 25 was specifically chosen as the date for this event because of its historical significance. This was indeed the first of many history-making and recordbreaking accomplishments for her.

“Jean went on to become the first African-Canadian woman appointed to the federal cabinet. During her time as MP, she introduced the motion that allowed for the placement of the Famous Five statue on Parliament cont’d on pg. 7

5K Walk & Fundraiser in support of Breast Cancer Awareness By: Emmanuel Ayiku, Pickering, ON On Saturday October 10th, 2020, The Ghanaian Association of Durham (GAD),organized a 5 Kilometer Sponsored Walkin support of Safe Haven Cancer Support Society, to raise funds for a cancer support centre in Ghana. The Walk started at 9:30 am at various locations around the GTA and beyond including the following; Pickering, Ingersoll, Mississauga, Ajax.Toronto, Brampton and Oshawa.

The Pickering event started at 10:00am with 10 people participating in the walk. The walk started from the side street of the Pickering City Townhall, through designated streets and roads in the city of Pickering for about 2 hours. The 5K walk ended back at the City hall Building. Participants

walked about 7kilometres instead of the 5kilometres.

At the end of the walk, the President of the Ghanaian Association of Durham, Mr. John Wesley, gave a brief speech. He first of all thanked the All Mighty God for giving them the strength to do the 5 K walk to the finish line. He then thanked all the participants for the effort and also thanked the Media for the coverage of the event. He commended Janet Brakohiapa for her vision and passion for organizing the walk in support of the opening of a cancer support Centre in Ghana. Finally he thanked all the donors and contributors across the Communities for their support and all the volunteers who worked behind the scenes to make the event happen.

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EDITORIAL Publisher / Editor Emmanuel Ayiku Contributing Editors Prof. Michael Baffoe Joe Kingsley Eyiah Director of Operations Comfort Ayiku Community Reporter Jonathan Annobil Winnipeg Bureau Prof. Michael Baffoe The Ghanaian News Publishes news and comments from the Community, serves Ghanaians across Canada with good source of information is committed to give good community Journalism The Ghanaian News is published in Canada by The Ghanaian News Corporation Editorial Office 1111 Albion Road, Suite 103 Etobicoke, Ont. M9V 1A9 Tel:(416) 916-3700 Advertising Fax (416) 916-6701 Website: www.ghanaiannews.ca E-mail: cayiku@gmail.com info@ghanaiannews.ca $1:00 per copy Subscription costs $66.00 for one year. including postage U.S. and foreign subscriptions costs US$120 per year.

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Ghana Government should review the safety and testing protocols for foreign travelers arriving in Ghana From September 1st, 2020 when the air borders of Ghana were opened, the Ghana government put together a number of measures aimed at controlling any potential “importation” of COVID-19 cases into the country. Among these measures were requirements on persons traveling into Ghana’s main airport in Accra to have a COVID-19 Test Result certificate indicating that they had tested negative for the virus only within the last 72 hours on their arrival to Ghana’s main airport in Accra.

Aside from showing proof of having tested negative only 72 hours earlier, such travelers are also required to undergo another COVID-19 test on arrival at the Accra airport and pay a whooping US$150 for the test. Many people, within and outside Ghana, have protested these measures on a number of fronts: first is the fact that since the COVID-19 virus is said to have a 14-day incubation period, it makes no sense, but just smacks of outright inconvenience and punishment to require persons who have tested negative in countries with very efficient and reliable medical systems to subject themselves again to another test in Ghana only 72 hours later.

The second issue raised by persons protesting Ghana’s measures was the astronomical testing price of US$150, the highest anywhere in the world. Be as it may, the Ghana government has decided, and ignored all pleas from concerned travelers to review these policies and protocols with regards to the COVID-19 tests in and out of Ghana. For many people, the issue is not with the price of testing. The greatest concern is on the 72-hour window of testing prior to arrival in Ghana.

For many places around the world, especially in North America, it is difficult to get same-day COVID-19 testing results. The earliest time people get test results has been 48 hours which means that before one can get on a plane from North America to make the two-day flight travel to Ghana, mostly through European airports on transit, 72 hours have already expired. Airlines, fearful of announced sanctions by the Ghana government of carrying into Ghana anybody with an expired COVID-19 test result, have been refusing to allow passengers in Canada and the US to board their starting flights.

Some have arrived in transit points in Europe and refused boarding on the onward flights to Ghana on grounds that the 72-hour window may have expired by the time they arrive at the Accra airport.

This is creating very serious anxiety and inconvenience from potential travelers from Canada and the United States hoping to travel to Ghana. This is a very serious concern. And it is not difficult for the government of Ghana to revise this portion of their COVID-19 travel protocols. It costs nothing to the government to extend the 72-hour test window to at least 96 hours (just four days…), but most conveniently for five days. Since the current scientific and health information on the corona virus is a 14day incubation period, extending the test period protocol for arrival in Ghana to a five-day window will breach no health protocols or pose no extra health risks to the nation. The travelers will be tested on arrival in Ghana anyway.

The Ghanaian News add our voice to the calls to extend this current 72-hour test window for travelers from North America and those areas that require a two-day travel to reach Ghana.

We are all stakeholders in this exercise, and the government needs to listen to the pleas of these group of travelers to ease the current anxieties and severe travel inconveniences.

Federal Liberals hold onto Toronto Centre, York Centre in byelections Marci Ien wins Toronto Centre, Ya’ara Saks wins York Centre By: Jonathan Annobil, Community Reporter

Marci Ien and Ya’ara Saks The Federal Liberals have held onto the Ontario ridings of Toronto Centre and York Centre in the byelections of Monday October 26, 2020.

In Toronto Centre, Liberal Party candidate Marci Ien, a journalist, won with 42 per cent of the vote, against 32.7 per cent for Annamie Paul, Green Party candidate and leader. The NDP candidate, Brian Chang, placed third with 17 per cent.

In York Centre, Liberal Party candidate Ya’ara Saks won with 45.7 cent of the vote, against 41.8 per cent for Conservative Party candidate Julius Tiangson after a very tight race. The NDP’s Andrea Vásquez Jiménez placed third with 5.8 per cent.

Maxime Bernier and his People’s Party garnered 3.6 per cent of the votes in York Centre, which is in Toronto’s north end.

Both ridings are considered Liberal strongholds, and The Liberals captured more than 50 per cent of the vote in both ridings in last Fall’s general election.

Ien said late Monday the first issues she will focus on after taking office will be housing and homelessness. She said people living outside need help because winter is coming. She also said she will take care of people in the riding as the second wave of COVID-19 continues to grip the city.

“The people of Toronto Centre have given me a mandate,” Ien told reporters.”I have to say to the young people, and I met a lot of them and a lot of them through these weeks who said: ‘We don’t see ourselves.’ I want to tell all of them to a person: I will not leave them behind. You are looking at the daughter of immigrants who landed in St. James Town in the late ‘60s hoping to give their kids a chance.

And here I stand. And if I can stand here, so can they.” St. James Town is a neighbourhood in downtown Toronto.

Ien said she has spoken to her family and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau but not yet to Paul.Ien was most recently a co-host of the daytime talk show The Social on CTV. She was also a co-host of the network’s former morning talk show Canada AM.als win 2 Toronto In a statement, the Green Party congratulated Paul for running an “extraordinary” campaign. Ya’araSaks is a co-owner of a yoga studio and director of a mental health charity.

Trudeau called the byelections for Toronto Centre and York Centre in September. Toronto Centre became vacant when former finance minister Bill Morneau resigned in August. York Centre became vacant when Liberal MP Michael Levitt resigned on Sept. 1 to become CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies.

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Obituary: Mr. Beethoven Asante From: Prof. Michael Baffoe, Winnipeg. MB

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Hill as well as the motion that led to the creation of Black History Month in Canada, which was officially recognized in December 1995 by the House of Commons.

“As one of the most culturally rich and diverse cities in Canada, Vaughan proudly celebrates the tradition of honouring Black History Month.

Every February, we join in marking this occasion to share meaningful lessons and stories with younger generations, as well as family, friends and neighbours. It is a celebration that unites communities, like Vaughan, and honours the men and women, like Jean Augustine, who have made a lasting contribution to our city and our nation.

The death is reported in Ottawa on Monday October 26, 2020 of Mr. Beethoven Asante, a Social Services Manager with the Inuulitsivik Health & Social Services Center, Hudson Bay Area in Northern Quebec. Mr. Asante arrived in Canada (Montreal, Quebec) from the United Kingdom in 1992. He proceeded to the McGill University School of Social Work from where he graduated with a B.S.W (1994) and an M.S.W (1996).

During his early days in Montreal, Beethoven was an active member of the Ghanaian Community there becoming an Executive member of the Ghanaian-Canadian Association of Quebec (GHANACAN).

He worked briefly with the Batshaw Youth and Family Services Centers after his graduation from McGill before moving to the Hudson Bay Coast in November 1997as a Social Worker for Youth Protection responsible for seven Inuit villages on the Hudson Bay Coast. He was appointed the Director of Youth Protection six months into his tour of duty there and served in that capacity till May 2000.

In May, 2000, he was the nominated as the Program Manager for ReIntegration Center for persons with Mental Health Problems, substance abuse and related issues. He set up and ran two of such centers. Mr. Asante was very passionate about these issues and was behind the creation of a supervised Apartments of persons with mental health problems He established two centers and a community resources center for such persons in the Hudson Bay area.

Beethoven’s philosophy with Innuit adults with mental health problems was based on respecting their autonomy within their Inuit culture. He resisted the pressure to integrate it within the mainstream practice and worked hard to maintain the neutrality of Inuit culture within the Social services delivery, especially in the area of mental health and substance abuse.

He started an extended sick leave from September 2018 to convalesce from a major surgery for cancer. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He is survived by his devoted Christine, and five children.

Funeral arrangements: Sunday November 1st, 2020: One week Observance at his Residence, 1431 SilleryPlace, Orleans, Ottawa Final Funeral Celebrations prior to Burial: Saturday November 7, 2020 @ Heritage Funeral Complex, 1250 Trim Road, Orleans, Ottawa Enquiries: Joe: 613-882-8925

“As former caucus colleagues and long-time seatmates in the House of Commons, Jean and I remain connected through our shared passion for public service. Jean and I quickly learned that we had much in common – we were both immigrants and deeply passionate about social justice, equality and human rights.

“In Parliament, we were allies and together, as Members of Parliament, we advanced an agenda that promoted social justice. I was honoured to serve alongside her to champion issues of national and international importance, and have long admired her passion, dedication and conviction towards advocating on behalf of important social issues related to fairness, equality and justice.

“Her work has earned many notable

recognitions, including honorary Doctor of Law degrees from six universities, the Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, and a Commander of the British Empire. In 2007, she was appointed as the first Fairness Commissioner for the Government of Ontario and served in that role until 2015. Hers is the namesake for the Jean Augustine Girls’ Leadership Academy, the Jean Augustine Secondary School and the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University.

“And today, she was bestowed with the Key to the City of Vaughan, a distinguished honour reserved for individuals who have made significant and enduring contributions to Canadian society and the world. As well, her name will proudly reside on the Jean Augustine Park and the Jean Augustine Complex, right here, in the city of Vaughan. It is no coincidence that within this complex is Westmount Collegiate Institute, which is a testament to Jean’s life-long passion for education.

“With values, principles and beliefs that reflect the highest standards of public service, Jean Augustine is certainly most deserving of this honour. I hope that through this recognition, more people and future generations will be inspired to follow in her footsteps.

“On behalf of the citizens of Vaughan, I want to express my most sincere gratitude and appreciation to Jean Augustine for her personal sacrifice and dedication to advancing

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Canada’s Economy Needs Tougher Shutdowns To Reopen: CIBC New cases have to be “extremely low” if people want to get back to eating in indoor restaurants, CIBC’s chief economist argues.

People leave after buying takeout at a food court in Yorkdale Shopping Center, Toronto, Ont., Oct. 10, 2020. CIBC says Canada’s lockdowns need to be more stringent if the pandemic-stricken parts of the economy are to reopen.

If Canadians want to get back to eating in indoor restaurants and drinking in bars ― as others in some places in the world can do today ― the country will need tougher lockdowns in the short term first.

That’s the prognosis from CIBC’s chief economist, Avery Shenfeld, in a

report issued Friday that explored what lessons the pandemic-stricken parts of Canada can learn from places such as Japan, South Korea and Newfoundland, where authorities have been able to reopen the economy to a large extent without a major new outbreak.

In Shenfeld’s analysis, the problem is pandemic-stricken areas are reopening bars, restaurants and similar establishments too soon, allowing caseloads to rise back up again.

such venues, not just ‘flatten’ it,” Shenfeld wrote. “If community caseloads are at extremely low levels, the odds that the person at the next table has Covid are also very low.”

Watch: WHO says lockdowns should be ‘last resort.’ Story continues below.

The CIBC chief economist’s comments come at a time when a debate has broken out over the extent to which lockdowns are needed “You need to smash the as a second wave of curve before reopening COVID-19 hits North America, Europe and

other regions of the world. better luck, Shenfeld argued.

Two World Health Organization officials “Japan had a breakout recently made public (originating in) bars. The comments that difference is they got the some interpreted case numbers to such a as discouraging low level … they could lockdowns, or at least keep track of all those particularly strict ones. people,” he told HuffPost But Shenfeld argues that Canada. once lockdowns have reduced the virus’s spread At the level of infections enough, it will be easier Ontario and Quebec to reopen the economy. are seeing ― hundreds That’s because contact of new cases daily ― tracing ― which can be contact tracing “starts to used to prevent further get pretty hopeless,” he outbreaks ― is much added. easier when the number suggested of cases you’re tracing is Shenfeld low. This is why countries the current approach in East Asia have had to lockdowns favoured by provinces, which is to implement limited restrictions for a set period of time, may not cut it.

“We shouldn’t set a deadline for reopening based on time, we should have a picture of the (level of) background cases in the community that we’ll need to reopen,” he said.

And that means governments will have to keep the emergency funding going ― not just to laid-off workers but to businesses that are facing a very hard winter ahead.

Beyond the rent subsidy for businesses that the federal government has launched, Shenfeld suggested targeted help for specific industries that are suffering, and pushed for more aggressive solutions.

“Perhaps take-out meals and alcohol to-go at bars should be sales tax free? We’ll need to think creatively if it takes longer than a month to unlock this lockdown.”

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FOCUS Let’s Cultivate the Habit of Reading

By Joe Kingsley Eyiah, OCT, Brookview Middle School, Toronto-Canada Homework Club for distribution to students in the Ghanaian community during this pandemic.

Theirs is a glaring example of promoting the good habit of reading among our young ones.

Catch them young with reading!

Did you know that READING can keep your mind active and engaged well into old age? Reading is considered one of the best habits that one can inculcate. It leads one to knowledge! And knowledge to Action!

The old Good Book says that ‘for lack of knowledge my people perish’. Yes, knowledge is power.

Though knowledge comes to us in many forms, it best comes in the pages of a book. However, we won’t know until we read what is written in the pages. Therefore reading

is the key to knowledge.

It is said that the one who reads is a leader!

I will like to use this opportunity to thank the Toronto Children’s Books Bank for donating reading books to GCAO

As a parent and a teacher by profession I can’t overemphasize the importance of reading to the teaching and learning process. Teachers always encourage their students to read. And students who read a lot excel in the academics. It is good to catch them young with reading! My experience as teacher both in

encourage all and sundry (especially educated Ghanaians) to cultivate the habit of reading.

Ghana and in Canada has shown me that most Ghanaian children either don’t like reading or are not encouraged to read. The root of this problem is that most Ghanaians (adults) have not cultivated the good habit of reading. Many Ghanaians read only when they are going to write tests which require reading or when they go to church; even at church many listen to the good readers!

Interestingly, books are now even made available online so readers can find some good ones to read without going to the library to borrow books to read.

I appeal to all Ghanaian parents to encourage their children to read for, ‘reading makes a person knowledgeable’.

Let’s make our children more knowledgeable by reading to them if possible and get them to read to us frequently. There are

My observations in the classroom since 1973 have revealed that the best readers were and still are students who saw/see their parents reading. I therefore

a lot of good books out there for reading.

Governments must also encourage the production of books by investing more in authors, publishers, libraries and all those who are associated with the book industry in their countries. As a graduate of the Book Industry Section of the College of Art at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, I call on the government of Ghana to create more favorable climate in Ghana for the book industry in the country to grow from strength to strength

Let’s work for a common cause - Police The Ghana Police Service has asked Journalists to partner the Police to promote peace before, during and after the 2020 general elections.

It said Journalists have a major influence on the populace and could contribute to uniting the Country as the December polls drew closer.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mrs

Habiba Yaa Akyere Tw u m a s i - S a r p o n g , Central Regional Police Commander, made the call at a workshop organised by the Central Region Police Administration to sensitize Journalists on crime reporting.

The Programme aimed to prepare the Media to join the police in preventing crime before, during and after the general elections.

“When there is tension, reportage can either escalate or calm situations. This shows how powerful you are and let’s form a team and work for a common good, be our voice and take us to corners we cannot go,” the Regional Commander charged the journalists.

Speaking on the Code of Ethics of Journalism, Mrs Alice Tettey, the Central

Regional Chairperson of the Ghana Journalists’ Association (GJA), charged journalists to be conversant with the code of ethics and work professionally to ensure national unity.

She said journalists must be objective and avoid unnecessary sensationalism in their role to inform and educate the public.

“We have an onerous task to be fair, honest, truthful and accurate and ensure limitation of harm as we deal with issues on children and the vulnerable,” she said.

“Crosscheck your facts, report on confirmed incidents, seek clarity if in doubt and deal diligently and professionally with your sources and all political candidates,” she said.

fair election and urged journalists to play their monitoring and watchdog roles effectively. “ You are highly expected to transform the society and the nation at large,” he said.

Mr Aliyu Mohammed, the Deputy Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), said the Media must work to ensure free and fair elections.

On the Safety of journalists at crime scenes, Chief Superintendent Richardson Kumeko, advised Journalists not to incite violence, but to watch their actions It said the media had at crime scenes, and put a role to raise the their safety first before standards of democracy any other. and promote a free and GNA

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ENTREPRENEUR WATCH - Aunty Lucy’s Burgers

By Edmund Agbeko, Toronto, ON ‘Toronto burger joint closes down suddenly after a rent dispute’ was what the headline read and that I must confess, caught my immediate attention to have a good read on the write up.

What fascinated me most were the names in the said piece because these names were of Ghanaian heritage.

The burger locale had been operating out of the Duggan’s Brewery space in Parkdale but the managers of the Aunty Lucy’s Franchise had to look out for a new home for their franchise, as it had be allegedly reported that, the property operators of the Duggan’s Brewery space, had asked for a preposterous rent increase, amounting to an absurd price hike on the property – something more than their original agreement. Determined as he is, Bafour Bosompra, commonly known as Chieff Bosompra and CEO of Undisposable; a marketing company - did find a new home for his burger joint Aunty Lucy’s – at which, he continues to share parts of his Ghanaian culture through their food, while also inspiring and urging his generation of Black youth around him to consider entrepreneurship.

Yours truly, Edmund Agbeko, sat down with the 30-year old Ghanaian-born Canadian entrepreneur for an exclusive interview to throw more light on his success with his burger franchise which has become one of the hottest food joint in the 6ix. Born in 1990 in Ghana, Chieff Bosompra, has been able to find new innovative ways of merging his passions to produce magical creations with his entrepreneurship acumens.

Birth of Aunty Lucy’s Burgers Although Chieff Bosompra admits he doesn’t make his own burgers, it’s revealed he has a great passion for them.

He draws his inspiration from the success story of La Carnita; a restaurant that was envisioned and established by an awardwinning digital and design agency professionals and that of the Ghost Kitchens models. Teaming together with restaurateur, consultant, and food stylist Adrian Forte, the Aunty Lucy’s franchise begun its operations and the rest they say is history.

Currently operating from the Annex Hotel at 296 Brunswick Avenue, Chieff Bosompra and his team of professional cooks are definitely doing something right and oh yeah; their trademark Smash burgers are the real big deals. He said: “I must say that, we are where we are now because of hard work and good planning. I remember

how I spent hours planning with Adrian Forte on how best to implement the ideas I had for the restaurant and especially, the exact menu that we had to choose plus, getting the right set of professional cooks to join our team. ” So, I asked Chieff Bosompra, why Aunty Lucy’s? He revealed: “Well, in the planning process, there were a couple of names that we had but it was Aunty Lucy’s that resonated more to me during the process. I know you will want to know who Aunty Lucy is. (with a big smile on his face)? Aunty Lucy is the name of my late grandmother who lived in Ghana and passed on during the very moment we were setting the restaurant up.

She was sick and I wasn’t able to go to Ghana to see her during those moments.

Unfortunately, she passed on and I picked her name for this establishment as my very little way of paying her homage. The thing about her was, she was the ultimate friend and always had the best advice to offer you. She also had a natural unique sense of style and very importantly, she cooked the best foods.”

Chieff Bosompra revealed he still has strong family ties to Ghana as part of his family is settled in the West African country. He said: “I was born in Accra in 1990 to Nana Kwadwo Bosompra and Elizabelle Bosompra and also, I’m the middle child as well. I have strong connections to Ghana because I have family there [plus my family here still goes back very often] and it is for these reasons we have the Kumasi and Accra burgers on our menu at Aunty Lucy’s.

The Wave of Success Chieff Bosompra’s Aunty Lucy’s Burgers was embroiled in a rent dispute that led to its closure from their former location at Duggan’s Brewery in Parkdale. But as determined to see his dream for Aunty Lucy’s Burgers come to life, his team was able to find a new home inside the Annex Hotel. Touching on the issue, he said: “Well, it was one of those moments but we are pleased to have the Annex as our new home, following the brouhaha at Parkdale but I must put on record that, my team still has a huge ton of love for Parkdale. We tried from our end, hard to meet them halfway but at the end, they were stuck on a number I couldn’t meet. From the fall out, it became necessitous for us to explore other locations. We had a good number of locations to choose from but we decided the Annex Hotel was the best fit, especially looking at the fact that, I had

done business with their establishment in the past before.”

“Now, we are in cruise control and the reception at the Annex Hotel has been remarkable despite the financial challenges engulfing most establishments with the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic.

For us, I will say the Covid pandemic has helped our business for sure because we rolled the dice in terms of opening the restaurant in these moments as I knew, could had gone either way.

But since, we had done a burger pop-up before, we had the popularity because Torontonians knew about our brand from our earlier pop-ups. And again, we have been very professional with our business model; from consulting with popular chefs for our menus and hand-picking seasoned celebrated chefs to join our team. It comes as no surprise that, we have had consumers from all walks of life enjoying our burgers.

At Aunty Lucy’s Burgers, patronage has been good with people like Grammy winner Daniel Caesar and a host of high profile personalities coming by to enjoy of food.”

The Man Chieff Bosompra

to defy social expectations were some of the challenges I had to deal with. However, the feeling on being on the cover of the Toronto Star business section was mind-blowing, because that was when my family and friends started seeing all the effort we put in come to realisation. Of course there are some challenges but the idea of being able to offer employment during a time when there aren’t many jobs, is one of the other reasons we continue to strive for gold at Aunty Lucy’s Burgers.”

Chieff Bosompra remembers his humble begins and uses his burger joint to promote the rich culture of Ghana to his numerous consumers. Not married with no kids, the avid sneaker fan most often than not, keep to himself and spends most of his time on researches within his field that will be of monumental value to his life and brand.

As the philanthropist person as he is, Chieff Bosompra continues to donates time

and money on skills or talents in a bid to help create a better world. He adds: “I generally want to support the Ghanaian youth in Toronto and show to them that, whatever life goals that they have, it is possible with the right mentality and attitude. With an amazing support from my family here, I have been able to connect with the Ghanaian Canadian Association of Ontario (GCOA) and recently donated some monies to their various youth organizations. ”

At 6’3 in height, the calmed and collected speaking Torontonian has always had the desire to become a successful entrepreneur; something he recalls started from his early childhood days. For him, seeing Black men attain successful feats in businesses are the best ways to define the possibilities of people from minority circles breaking through ceilings and invisible walls in society.

Black entrepreneurs are still facing unique challenges despite increase in business, according to new research conducted to recognize and celebrate the important contributions from Blackowned businesses.

While the increase in Black-owned business has been welcome, particularly in light of the devastating economic impact of COVID-19, the study also reinforced the inequities that Black entrepreneurs continue to face. He recalls: “My mother always told me as a Black man, you need to work twice as hard for the same thing your Caucasian counterparts get. In an ideal world, access to resources would be equal, and the output of the maker could be judged on comparable grounds.

Unfortunately, as many black business owners have found, this is not the case, and the effect of these materials weighs more heavily on them.”

He continues: “Just as for many entrepreneurs, access to capital and being able

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Implement Proper Structures to The 40th Anniversary Celebration project musicians Guru calls on of World Tourism Day: Tourism and rural development Industrial stakeholders Tourism, since its very dawn has seen multiple meanings and this is so in order to express its multifaceted essence.

By Joyceline Natally Cudjoe Multi-award winning Ghanaian rapper, Guru has called on industrial stakeholders to implement proper structures in projecting musicians to attract ambassadorial contracts and foreign awards.

According to him, the weak system in the current Ghana Industry has denied many artistes access to contracts and prestigious awards including Black Entertainment Television (BET) awards.

Speaking in an interview with Ghanaian News in Accra on Saturday, the Chief Executive Officer of NKZ Music, Guru lamented that the poor structures in place were affecting artistes and their success stories.

He said media had failed to project local music contents, stressing that many Disc Jockeys (DJs) were projecting foreign music in clubs and on air, thus making it arduous for Ghanaian musicians to excel.

Guru stated that some awards organisers were also celebrating failure instead of achievement and expressed an urgent need for proper monitoring system to ensure the best artistes win what is due them.

“We don’t celebrate success we celebrate negativity and characters that are uncalled for. It is sad that an artiste will gain six to 10 nominations and win only one or none. The industry is such that the organisers of the awards only give awards to their favourites.

Many talented musicians have been sidelined due to personal problems that organisers have with them and this is not right,” he lamented.

The “Boys Abre” hitmaker expressed regret that there was no proper laws and guidelines to monitor the social

Guru media accounts of celebrities.

That, he said had made Ghanaian artistes trend with negative news instead of positive stories that would project their brand and promote their music to the world.

Touching on why some legendary singers become poor after several years in the industry, Guru noted that Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) were failing to give royalties to the artistes.

From Hunziker and Kraft in 1941, defining tourism as the amount of phenomena and relationships arising from travel and residence of non-residents, to the degree that they do not lead to permanent residence and are not related to any earnings activity, to the later concept in 1976 by the Tourism Society of England that tourism is a temporary, short-term movement of people to destinations outside the places where they normally live and work, and their activities during their stay at these destinations; the repetitive trend of travel for pleasure or for business does not disappear in the plethora of definitions.

When you travel with “I don’t remember the last time I took family or alone from royalty. This the reason why some your home to another musicians die from hunger,” he added. place in or out of your country for fun, leisure Known in real life as Maradona Yeboah or business, knowing he has been in the industry for a decade that in no more than a and still serving fans with great music. year you will return home at most, that is Currently he released a single dubbed tourism right there and “NO Noise,” and promised fans to you become a tourist expect more from him as he is preparing there. This brings the key to release a new song in November. forms of tourism sharply to mind: domestic and He also advised them not to allow international tourism. themselves to be used by politicians as an instrument of war in the upcoming As their names so readily December 7 polls. suggest, domestic

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tourism occurs within the country of the visitor, while international tourism occurs across national boundaries, such as traveling for pleasure and business to another country.

There are many other ways or styles of tourism, of course, but the two main types, domestic and foreign, are at the very core of these different types or kinds.

What would you prefer?

Whatever sort it is, there is certainly a whole lot of enthusiasm associated with it.

Tourism remains a strong source of income for nations, but tourism has seen its own highs and lows in every form, as

Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture seas have low tides and high tides. As a result of the heavy economic downturn in the recession of the late 2000s between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and also as a result of the influenza H1N1 virus in 2009, tourism declined.

This was certainly a low tide season for tourism of some sort, but that was not the end of it as tourism recovered and shot up in a year or two from then, accounting for 30% of the world’s trade in service and invisible exports; and 6% of total goods and services in 2011.

Also, the global pandemic COVID-19 hit hard from the closing months of 2019 to this year, 2020, just as a low tide season in the tourism industry was experienced several years ago, and did not fail to trigger another low tide season in the tourism industry.

Following travel restrictions in an attempt to monitor the spread of COVID-19, with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) estimating that global international tourist arrivals will decrease by 58 to 78% this year, the tourism industry has suffered a huge effect causing significant financial losses in international tourist receipts as international travel arrivals fell by 65% in the first six months of this year.

Anticipated travel has fallen by 80-90% in many world cities, according to BBC News.

These figures reflect the measure of the effects the tourism industry has experienced in recent times as a result of u n f o r e s e e n

developments.

Admittedly, the industry is recovering, but the pandemic has profoundly affected the conduct of both domestic and international tourism, as protective measures are still being implemented to avoid further waves of the pandemic.

Every year since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day on September 27 as an international celebration.

World Tourism Day is intended to raise awareness of the role of tourism in the international community and to show how it impacts worldwide social, cultural, political and economic values.

This year is no exception, and for the first time in the history of World Tourism Day, a conglomerate of countries will be hosting this year’s official celebration in an attempt to demonstrate the current need for international unity and c o o p e r a t i o n .

The theme for this year’s observance is “Tourism and Rural Development” and the host countries are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and C h i l e .

To bring attention home to Ghana; to the West African country with a population of over 27 million, one could wonder, “What is the significance of tourism to Ghana?

It is worth raising this question because many people concentrate solely on the excitement associated with tourism and often do not see its effects on the development of this c o u n t r y .

Ghana has a variety of natural, historical , cultural and other manmade attractions and, to name a few of the impacts of tourism on Ghana, it is currently the fourth largest source of cont’d on pg. 43

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MICROWAVE LOVE

By Gifty Annobil, Toronto, ON

Modern technology has been developing at a sometimes alarming rate and at times has been outpacing our brains’ capacity to adapt to it in healthy ways. It also has affected our interpersonal relationships and emotional well-being.

Social media and apps can be marvelous tools for bringing people together; just think of the Arab Spring uprisings and the various uses of Zoom during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

However, these same tools, which were created innocently so that we could be world, have also led to the massive spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories, let alone the public shaming of often innocent victims.

The anonymity that the Internet provides, allows users to let their inner demons out and attack others without consequences. A brief glance at any page’s comments section will serve to show just how ugly and judgmental some people can be.

An entire generation has now been born and raised to adulthood without necessarily acquiring basic interpersonal and relationship skills. Those of us who are older may likewise be losing some of these skills which we developed before the advent of the Internet.

Has anybody with a smart phone not felt a slave to it at times?

Do you remember a time when you could just be alone and not be able to

be reached 24/7? Have you ever panicked when you’ve lost your phone?

Can you remember a time when you waited in line at the Post Office and didn’t while the time away scrolling through text messages or social media? What happens if the grid ever goes down?

This rapid shift in technology has even affected our romantic relationships. Love is now mediated through electronic devices. We are slowly giving up our agency and, perhaps, losing a little bit of what makes us human. Not very long ago, people would often meet their romantic partners through other people.

The person with whom you fell in love was often a friend of a friend, a coworker, or a classmate.

Oftentimes this person was someone who was recommended to you by friends or family.

While this is still sometimes the case, people seem to be increasingly using dating and other apps to look for love. (And this doesn’t even take into account

porn, which takes the human equation entirely out of the most intimate of human acts and creates unrealistic and sometimes dangerous expectations.

A case in point: an acquaintance of mine found himself unexpectedly divorced after 28 years of marriage. The times had changed. A friend told him that dating now, especially for people his age, was done online.

He reluctantly tried it.

“I hated it,” he told me, “It was like picking out a shirt on Amazon. And just as is the case with picking out a shirt on Amazon, the ‘product’ may arrive in the wrong size or color or not as advertised. People only put their idealized selves on social media. No one is going to upload a photo of him- or herself on their worst day, or admit that they are a slob, or racist, or whatever. It’s dehumanizing. I gave it up.” he added What does this “microwave love” mean for the future of romance?

Will we lose our skills to interact, charm, seduce, talk, and flirt with other people without swiping left or swiping right?

It’s hard to envision what new technology is just over the horizon or how it might affect our love-lives further.

Regardless, we may want to reconsider honing our basic, human, interpersonal skills so we don’t ever forget them.

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IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL ISSUES By: James A. Kwaateng, B.A. (Hons), LLB (Hons)

Assessment of Relatives being sponsored by Citizens or Permanent Residents of Canada Pursuant to section 11 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), a visa or document may be issued to an applicant if, following an examination, an immigration officer is satisfied that the foreign national is not inadmissible and meets the requirements of the Act. Section 4 of the Regulations also states that a foreign national shall not be considered a spouse, a commonlaw partner or a conjugal partner of a person if the relationship was entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring any status or privilege under the Act or is not genuine. The same principle applies to adoptions. The adoption must create a genuine parent-child relationship and the relationship must not have been created to facilitate immigration of the adopted relative.

law also requires that two people who contract marriage should not be related by blood or adoption.

attract special attention principally because such relationships are, generally, artificially created.

Regarding marriages, the Act puts the onus on applicants to prove that their marriage is legal where it took place. For immigration purposes, a marriage must be valid both under the laws of the jurisdiction where it took place and under Canadian federal law.

Generally, Canadian laws would require previously married applicants to be legally divorced before they may remarry and foreign national spouses Sponsorships involving must not be less than 18 relatives like spouses years before they can and adopted children be sponsored. Canadian

With respect to adoptions, one has to comply with the requirements of the province or territory in Canada to which the child would immigrate.

Other requirements include, but not limited to: home study, consent of biological parents, compliance with the Hague Convention on Adoption (if applicable), and compliance with the laws of the country where the adoption takes place.

It becomes necessary to consider the genuineness of relationships like marriages and adoption only after the issue of legal validity of the claimed relationships has been determined.

Immigration officers would normally spend a lot of time to assess and determine genuineness of the relationship after a clearance has been

given regarding legal validity. In the course of determining genuineness of marriages for instance, officers would use several tools and factors among which are: past immigration file records; the timing of the marriage; circumstances and duration of courtship; history of multiple marriages; significant degree of attachment; emotional and financial interdependency and general commitment to a shared life together.

Similarly, Immigration officers having been convinced of the legal validity of an adoption would, among other things, like to see that the authority of the natural parents is supplanted by that of the adoptive parents after adoption.

They would like to see that the adoptive parents treat the adopted child the same way they treat their natural children, if they have any. Officers would also be interested in knowing

the arrangements and actions taken by the adoptive parents as they relate to caring, providing and planning for the adopted child; the number of children in both the biological and adoptive family; the number of siblings of the same sex in the adopted child’s biological and adoptive families and the socio-economic situation of the biological parents.

Other forms of relationships, including parents, sons, daughters, grandparents, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, grandsons and granddaughters, are essentially biological.

Unlike relationships such as adoptions and marriages, one does not necessarily need to follow any specially laid down procedure in order to legitimize such relationships.

Presumably, such relationships are legally valid.

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however, would not take chances.

Notwithstanding the presumed legal validity of the aforementioned relationships, officers would not believe that all such relationships are genuine. They may, among other things, use past immigration records and do their own investigation to determine genuineness of such relationships.

And whenever necessary, the Immigration may resort to DNA testing to determine the claimed relationships biologically.

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Roll out policies to help developing countries to be independent Akufo-Addo to donors President Akufo-Addo has charged NGOs and International donors to roll out policies that will help developing countries to be independent rather than relying on aid and handouts.

Speaking at the 4th District meeting of the Rotary International in Accra, the President said developing countries will be better served if dynamic programmes are implemented to help the poor stating that it is not enough to get help to feed your family.

The President stated that programmes designed to help the poor and vulnerable must have clear-cut exit strategies, and is, therefore, urging the citizenry not to be unduly reliant on long-term aid projects.

Rotary Club International brings a global network of volunteers who have dedicated time President Akufo-Addo and talent to tackle the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. from over 200 countries.

NGO which has been at the forefront of Rotary has more than The club has carved a solving problems in the 1.2 million members niche for itself as an areas of health, water and sanitation, disease

prevention, maternal and child health and peace and conflict prevention among others.

Ghana has not registered any case of polio for the past nine years due to the activities of the club.

Rotarians in the country are also carrying out boreholes projects in rural and some parts of the cities where potable water is not accessible.

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo lauded Rotary for the continuous support in the areas of health,

education and sanitation.

Touching on the six areas of Focus of Rotary, President Akufo-Addo noted that members of the Rotary have always been well placed to influence events and policies in Ghana.

In the area of health, he stated the infection rates of poliomyelitis, one of the six childhood killer diseases, had been reduced from an annual worldwide infection rate of 350,000 cases in over 125 countries, to a mere 75 cases in only 3 countries.

This feat, he noted, has been achieved thanks to the efforts of Rotary.

“You have taken on the other great killer of our part of the world, malaria, and I wish to congratulate Rotary on your Roll Back Malaria project.

It does look as though we are finally making headway in the fight against malaria. This is also the result of collaboration between government and non-governmental organizations.

Touching on the Water and Sanitation area of focus, President AkufoAddo stated that “I am pleased to learn that you have started the second phase of a US$6 million Rotary International/USAID Water Collaboration. We could not ask for a better partner than Rotary as we seek to implement our government’s programme to provide potable water and good sanitation to all our people”.

On Basic Education and Literacy, another area of focus of Rotary, the President stressed that “education is the only way to give a good head start and provide equal opportunities for all our children.

This, government believes that a lot hangs on the success of our education programmes, and we welcome enthusiastically all the help that we can get from organizations such as Rotary in delivering quality education to our people.”

The first lady, Mrs Rebekah AkufoAddo was inducted as fellow of the Paul Harris club which is affiliated to Rotary Club international.

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By Rachael Dede Odjao Staunch Pan-Africanist professor, Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, has warned African politicians to be wary of borrowing from China to fund developments, calling it a “dangerous” bait.

The eloquent lawyer said the Chinese are a world economic power looking to colonise Africa in ways “much heavily indebted to more dangerous” than China. It owes the sino the continent’s previous power house $7.4billion. colonisers from Europe.

There are reports of a Chinese takeover of The Kenyan professor, the country’s electicity who was speaking supply company, Zesco, to Asaase FM in an as the country struggles interview monitored by to pay back the loans. theghanareport.com, expressed concern that Prof. P.L.O Lumumba African countries were described the Chinese falling into what he as shylocks” who would observed as a Chinese “demand their pound of debt-trap diplomacy. flesh” when the day of reckoning comes.

Prof. Lumumba faulted politicians who seek to He also said the Chinese win elections by making have adopted cultural populist promises which education as a strategy require huge budgets for gaining influence in their governments Africa. cannot fund without aid.

He pointed to the Confucius Institute as the tool through which China wants Africans to study its language and culture. This strategy has worked well for the British, French and the He mentioned Zambia USA, he said. and Sri Lanka as some of the ‘victims’ of this But the Confucius China strategy.

Institute is actually a Trojan horse. “While The defaulting Sri learning their culture Lankan government in looks very innocent, I December 2015 had am looking at the hidden to hand over a major motive,” prof. Lumumba economic and strategic said. asset, it port and 15,000 acres of land around it While criticising the for 99 years.

Chinese and Western powers for working Without asking questions against Africa, Prof. about sustainability, Lumumba said China doled out more ultimately, Africans than $8billion in loans to are to blame for the Sri Lanka. But the island state of poverty and country in south east underdevelopment.

Asia has been unable to pay up. The surrender of The anti-corruption the port alone wiped off campaigner and prolific $1bn of its debt to China. author urged African leaders to be generational Zambia is also one of the thinkers in the design of top five African countries “The political class will borrow from even the devil to feed populism,” he said and observed “Africa has a huge appetite for free things.”

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He is an admirer of assassinated African revolutionary leaders such as Patrice Lumumba of DR Congo and Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso.

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New African King Meat Shop Under New Management

Lowest Price Guaranteed Specializing in African, Caribbean and Asian Wholesale deal on Yam, Gari, Kokonte and more • • • • •

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Prestige African-Canadian Support Services receives grant from Canadian Red Cross to support the African Canadian Community to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in the Black Community

By Staff Reporter, Toronto, ON

Prestige African-Canadian Support Services (PACSS) is a not-for-profit community based organization registered with the government of Canada.

PACSS has been in existence since 2018 and is committed to being a positive generation of change by delivering quality programs, support and services through empowerment, advocacy, education and development in the AfricanCanadian Community irrespective of race, gender, age and religious background.

PACSS has received grant in the amount of $65,402.18 from the Canadian Red Cross Society to help reduce the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the black community by providing food security, PPE and workshops.

We are giving free groceries, PPE and organizing COVID-19 related virtual workshops to the vulnerable especially seniors and low income families.

Topics to be presented that will create community awareness, information and provide education related to COVID-19 include; • The importance of staying active • Mental health first aid on depression, anxiety and substance abuse • Maintaining good nutritional balance, among others.

Flyers and relevant information has been sent out to the community on how to participate.

For further information, kindly call 416-740-7397.

Anastasia Anim (Director) Sponsored by Canadian Red Cross

We have collaborated with several African grocery stores in the community to provide safe, healthy and quality food supplies to the members to aid in the “grocery on the go” project.

The upsurge in the COVID-19 has been very disturbing, especially for our seniors and the vulnerable in the community. In view of this, PACSS has scheduled weekly COVID-19 related workshops with professionals from Saturday, October 31st through to Saturday, November 28th, 2020 to improve capacity of the organization to deliver socially risk information and community engagement services to the marginalized and vulnerable groups impacted by COVID-19.

Volunteers

Some of the food items

Delivering to the seniors in the community

Volunteers

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OVERSEER BENJAMIN AMOS AMON ORDAINED AS PASTOR

By Jonathan Baah Annobil. Toronto, ON

Overseer Benjamin Amos Amon was ordained as a pastor of Church of Pentecost Canada Inc. (COP) on Sunday October 25, 2020 at 1724 Quebec Avenue, Saskatoon. The ordination service was officiated by Apostle Dr. James Mckeown Quainoo, Area Head of Western Canada COP. The occasion was graced

by Mrs. Emily Quainoo (First Lady of WCA), Elder Daniel OwusuAgyemang and family, Elder Dr. Paul Kuwornu, Dr. Amos Nkrumah and Deacon Patrick FrimpongManso (Delegates from Regina Assembly, COP).

Pastor Ben Amon is in charge of the Saskatoon District which comprises of Saskatoon and Regina Assemblies.

Pastor Ben Amon and Mrs. Rebecca Amon Aps. Dr. Quainoo praying over the Amon family

Pastor Amon & Aps Dr. James Quainoo Aps. Dr. Quainoo charging Pastor Amon and wife

Pastor Amon and family Aps. Dr. Quainoo & wife, pastor Amon & wife, elders of COP Saskatoon & Regina

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GCAO Homework Club Distributes School Backpacks and Reading Books to Students in Toronto

By Joe Kingsley Eyiah, Etobicoke-Toronto On Sunday, October 25, 2020 the headquarters of the Ghanaian Canadian Association of Ontario (GCAO) Headquarters at the premises of the Apostles Continuation Church at 10 Belfield Road in Toronto was overflowed with grateful parents and students from the Toronto Ghanaian community who assembled there to pick up school backpacks and reading books from the GCAO Homework Club.

The distribution of the backpacks and the reading books was made possible with donations from the Canadian Red Cross (COVID-19 relief fund) and the Toronto Children’s Book Bank to the GCAO during the year.

Mr. Eyiah who is the Principal of the GCAO Homework Club in an exclusive interview with Ghanalinx, praised the Canadian Red Cross and the Toronto Children’s Books Bank for their

An exclusive interview with Mr. Eyiah, the Principal of the GCAO Homework Club during the distribution. (Pictures by Ghanalinx)

generous assistances to the Ghanaian community in Toronto to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on students in the community. He said, ‘the gifts of backpacks and reading books will go a long way to help students in our community to meet some educational challenges facing us during this pandemic.’

The Principal was also grateful to the parents who brought their kids to the con t’d on pg. 33

Parents and students enjoying their backpacks and reading books from the GCAO Homework Club

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Frankly Speaking Senseless acts of violence towards Ghana’s forthcoming elections must be stopped

By Prof. Michael Baffoe, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Over the past few weeks, there have been various acts of senseless violence that have cropped up in Ghana which are all linked to the forthcoming Parliamentary and Presidential elections slated for December 7, 2020. The first heinous display of senseless violence occurred in the Central Region in a first-reported acts of armed robbery during which the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman, Hon. Ekow Quansah Hayford who was returning to his base after a campaign tour, was murdered.

Although this incident was first reported as highway armed robbery in which the “robbers” attacked a number of vehicles and robbed their occupants, it was only the politician, the Member of Parliament, who was singled out for execution. This raised questions in Ghana, and from the government and ruling NPP circles as a targeted murder for political

on them two signed cheques of five thousand Ghana Cedis each, issued by the NDC Parliamentary Candidate, Mr. Paul Nyarko Amoah.

purposes. Thanks to the swift action of the Ghana police, about five suspects have been arrested and are undergoing interrogations related to their roles in this heinous crime.

Just two weeks later, after the senseless murder of this Member of Parliament, a group of suspected contract killers were arrested at a hotel at Agona Swedru, in the same Central Region, on suspicion of having being hired by the Parliamentary elections candidate for the Agona West constituency to murder the sitting Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Cynthia Morrison, who also doubles as the Minister for Women, Gender and Social Protection.

The alleged contract assassins were reported to have had

This guy was picked up by the police and he admitted putting the suspects in the hotel and issuing them with the cheques. In his initial response to the news of his involvement in the planned crime, the NDC candidate admitted putting those suspects in the hotel but he had no plans to kill the sitting MP and Minister. He claimed, in his own recorded video posted online, that the MP was going to lose the elections anyway, so there was no need to kill her. He admitted in his statement to the Police for issuing those cheques, which raises serious questions about his smartness. Whoever issues cheques for a contract killing or for the contract execution of a crime?

As if these two incidents are not enough to jolt the conscience of the nation, on Sunday, October 25, 2020, some

GCAO Homework Club Distributes School Backpacks and Reading Books to Students in Toronto

supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National D e m o c r a t i c Congress (NDC) clashed during what they all termed was a “peaceful march”, resulting in the injury of many.Videos circulating on social media show the supporters in party colours throwing stones, bottles and other items at each other at a junction called One Way in the Odododiodio constituency.

Reacting to this development on Citi News, the NPP parliamentary candidate for the constituency, Nii Lante Bannerman, accused the incumbent of inciting the youth to cause chaos in the constituency.

connection with some gun supply for chaos in the December polls.

This is not the ruling party launching these accusations. It is a high-ranking member of the opposition NDC leveling these serious charges of preparations to commit electionsrelated violence against his fellow highranking NDC member.

These accusations, which fall directly in line with plans made by the NDC National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo which were captured on audio tape, must be taken very seriously.

A Liberian friend of mine has frequently cautioned me to advise my fellow Ghanaian citizens never to wish for violence or elections-related violence to spiral out into full-fledged civil Earlier in the week war. She frequently of October 26, 2020, admonishes me to the Greater Accra advise Ghanaians not Regional Police to take the peace and Command started stability they now have investigating Alhaji for granted. “Never Said Sinare, National wish for war to break V i c e - C h a i r m a n out in your country, of the National because you have no D e m o c r a t i c idea what war brings”, Congress over she says. accusations leveled against him by the NDC I do not understand constituency chairman why some Ghanaians of Ayawaso North in are bent on plunging the country into chaos

and are prepared to kill and maim their fellow citizens in their attempt and drive towards winning elections and attaining political power. What will it profit the proponents and instigators of these senseless acts of killing or planning to kill and/or maim their fellow citizens to attain elections victory? If the nation, the only one we can call our own, is plunged into violence, what will become of those who planned and executed these acts of violence?

The security forces and the current government should take these emerging acts of violence and acts and plans for political violence very seriously. The portends are not good for nation-building.

The relative stability Ghana now enjoys in a sea of trouble in West Africa should not, and never be taken for granted. The days and weeks leading up to the December elections should be made free of any acts of violence or threats, and fear of violence from any quarter and the perpetrators of such acts should be dealt with swiftly and decisively!

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cont’d from pg. 32 headquarters for the distribution. Some parents even made some books and other learning material donations from their churches available for distribution.

‘This is the time for all to show concern about our children education, both at home and at school,’ he pointed out.

In a special announcement, Mr. Eyiah launched two extension programs for the GCAO Homework Club which include Virtual Pre-School session on Wednesday at 7pm for kids between the ages of 3 and 6 years and a Virtual Transition Mentorship program

for all Grade 12 students also on Wednesdays. All are encouraged to register for such programs and also the GCAO Homework Club virtual Twi classes on Sundays at 3 pm.

He thanked Gabriel Odartei, Shani Ocquaye, Vivian & Sandra Ofori and Aunty Mavis as well as Aunty Lucy and Ophelia Barnes who are committed volunteers to the Homework Club for their hard work.

Present at the ceremony was the infatiguable treasurer of the GCAO, Uncle Larry Kutuadu.

To God always be the glory.

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Safe Haven Cancer Support Centre acquires new office in Accra By: Emmanuel Ayiku, (Zoom) Toronto, ON The Safe Haven Cancer Support Centre acquired a new physical space in Accra at 3867/22 off Naa Ata Close, Tesano South, Accra, Ghana. The Centre was officially launched in Accra on Saturday, October 24, 2020.

The event was live-streamed via ZOOMand Facebook live.

The event also marked the 3rd year of the organization’s annual Hats for Health fundraiser which is held to raise breast cancer awareness in Ghana.

The Safe Haven Cancer Support Centre and Safe Haven Cancer Support Society are organizations that were started after the co-founder Janet Brakohiapa went through the cancer treatments which saved her life.

After suffering from breast cancer in 2012 and undergoing extensive treatment in Canada, Janet Brakohiapa realized that having access to a Patient Support Centre was key to her recovery as it was a forum made up of people diagnosed with cancer and those who had survived it, coming together with a common purpose to create awareness and educate people about how early detection can save and lengthen the lives of people diagnosed with cancer. It also helps survivors share experiences, offers encouragement to patients and

Janet Brakohiapa, Co-Founder

instills in patients that life goes on after a cancer diagnosis. It also offers encouragement, information and emotional support to families and friends

electronic means.

Client meetings were conducted at their homes or places convenient to them.A release

by Safe Haven Cancer Support Centre stated that the centre is much needed as personal interaction helps in removing feelings of isolation and loneliness that come with the disease. The physical space will be a central meeting point to provide emotional support to cancer patients and their families. It will provide wellness programs, educational programs, presentations and seminars. It will provide caregiver support, grief support and programs for the families and friends of the individuals who have been affected by the disease.

The Centre will also provide limited resources for breast cancer patients in the form of mastectomy brassieres to clients who need them and Based on the experience cannot afford to buy them.

MsBrakohiapa had during and after her treatment, she According to Ms. Janet developed a passion to have Brakohiapa Co-Founder of a similar service and forum in the Centre “our organization Ghana as she realized that more does not receive any public often than not, going through funds and relies on donations cancer diagnosis and treatment from generous individuals in Ghana can be a lonely to operate. The support from and devastating experience individuals who see the with very little support. importance of our mandate This encouraged her to set up has been invaluable to date of the non-profit organization and has kept us providing Safe Haven Cancer Support services to some of the most Centre. vulnerable in our society”.

Up until now, the organizations “We cannot meet our goals have been providing services without the help of generous via telephone and other

Mrs. Eunice Nyarko, Director Safe Haven interacting with Her Ladyship Justice Gifty Dekyem

One of the presenters at the centre individuals and companies, which is why we are inviting you today for your Support.”

“This year our annual budget to run the Centre which includes rent, programs and salary of one part-time employee is an estimated GH¢50,000. We

hope that we can count on your generosity to enable us to meet this target this year.”To donate please contact Ms Brakohiapa at safehavencs01@gmail.com or access the organizations PayPal portal at www. safehavencss.org.

5K Walk & Fundraiser in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Pictures of the participants who took part in the 5K Walk at the various locations

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Back to Home-Urban planning needs to look back first: three cities in Ghana show why Months into the global COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers have begun discussing what the “new normal” might look like in metropolitan environments.

Some urban planners have framed COVID-19 as an opportunity to re-imagine and improve cities’ built landscapes.

We are historians of Ghana, each currently writing about a different major city.

These are Kumasi, Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi. In our research efforts - and in those of many other scholars - we’ve repeatedly seen how medical experts and modernist urban planners exploited outbreaks of disease.

Such calls follow a common prescriptive: that post-epidemic planning will reinvent cities into dreamscapes of public health, equality and technological progress.

Their efforts legitimised emerging systems of technical expertise and advanced white supremacy, global capitalism and imperial order. Those practices, which sidelined indigenous values and systems in favour of Western models, are reproduced through urban planning, public health, and development practice in cities across the continent.

Urbanism journalist Alissa Walker recently argued, though, that now is not the time for imagining an urbanist utopia. Instead, she writes, people must come to terms with the historical processes that have Doing so, argues Walker, requires an honest accounting of the role that fields like urban planning, public health and social work have played in producing urban inequality.

The connection between these fields has roots in 19th and 20th-century empire.

Throughout much of the African continent, colonial officials exploited outbreaks of disease to implement racial segregation and create economic systems that intentionally marginalised Africans.

There is persistent surprise at the low levels of COVID-19 infection on the continent. There are also inaccurate predictions about its potentially deadly consequences. This suggests that Western models continue to operate as African and global leaders grapple with COVID-19.

In the late 19th century, colonial governments often gave medical authorities wide latitude as the de facto architects of urban space. This was inspired by outdated scientific theories of contagion and disease. As the field of urban planning emerged in the 20th century, its practitioners built on these earlier models, reinforcing existing patterns of racial segregation and economic inequality.

State-sponsored destruction

Take the example of Accra, the Ghanaian capital city. It became the capital of the country then called Gold Coast in 1877. After 1877, British officials sought to decongest the city centre so that they could better control populations and create space for their own administrative and economic activities.

The 40th Anniversary Celebration of World Tourism Day: Tourism and rural development

Their efforts were most effective in the aftermath of epidemics and natural disasters. These were occasions when urgent public health needs emboldened official action and left local communities vulnerable. Following the city’s first plague outbreak in 1908, colonial officials evacuated the most congested districts and moved residents to “safe” peripheral areas. An earthquake in 1939 inspired additional relocations, allowing the government to seize land for its own purposes.

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Similar patterns unfolded in the second city of Kumasi, a regional trade hub. In 1924, residents experienced their first plague. Shortly thereafter, they experienced drastic spatial changes in the name of sanitation and urban order. Making a “safer” Kumasi began with the state-sponsored destruction of the city’s zongo or majority Muslim quarters. Sites were redeveloped for European residential, commercial or recreational needs. Former residents were shuttled into government-built houses not suited to healthy urban life.

foreign exchange earnings estimated at US$2.2 million in 2015. Again, tourism contributes about 4.8% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country and employs an estimated 393,000 individuals directly and indirectly from hotels, restaurants, travel trade, entertainment , leisure, managers of tourist sites, among others. However, what else could be done to encourage tourism in Ghana with all these i m p l i c a t i o n s ?

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Ghana governs tourism in Ghana and the government has made efforts to support the tourism industry in its mandate. Last year, 2019, the government of Ghana carried out a major campaign targeting AfricanAmericans and the diaspora to visit Africa, specifically Ghana to enjoy and invest in its exciting culture and tourist a t t r a c t i o n s .

The Year of Return” initiative focused on honoring emancipation from slavery and also acted as a marketing exercise to popularize Ghana as a tourist destination with a trans- Atlantic trade message. This year, 2020, under the Ghana Tourism Development Project (GTDP), the government of Ghana launched a USD 9 million tourism grant scheme aimed at rejuvenating the industry. Approximately 1,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in the tourism and hospitality sector are expected to benefit from the initiative, which is the first ever tourism business support programme in Ghana. These small and medium-sized businesses also provide the basis for the trip satisfaction assessment of an individual and while they are not large in nature as their names indicate, the services offered by these companies add up to the growth and attractiveness of the tourism industry.

These recent developments in Ghana’s tourism industry indicate a passion for positioning Ghana as a strong tourist destination in Africa and the world as a whole, as this is described by the Ghana Tourism Authority’s (GTA) goal of attracting 5 million tourists by 2027.

Admittedly, in all of these, the industry also needs certain elements. The lack of legal approval for development plans unnecessarily delays progress

because, among other factors, land acquisition problems hinder the execution of these plans. The shortage of skilled human resources to man tourist sites in Ghana is also a concern.

These, combined with the lack of attention given to the development of certain tourist sites, such as the monkey sanctuaries in the West and the Hippo sanctuary in the Upper West, to name a few, cripple Ghana’s holistic tourism development. However, in the face of difficulties, the resilience and zeal of the tourism industry for growth cannot be overlooked.

As part of its goal of promoting domestic tourism, the Ghana Tourism Authority launched a campaign under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture.

The goal of this campaign, entitled “See Ghana, Eat Ghana, Wear Ghana, Feel Ghana, was to ignite the Ghanaian people with a spirit of ‘Ghanaian-ness’ This campaign, which saw the combination of cultural tones, popular sight and traditional food from the ten regions of Ghana at the time to evoke a sense of nationalism as it also featured entrepreneurs whose goods and services support domestic tourism is all in the attempt of GTA to promote domestic tourism in Ghana.

As the saying goes, to whom much is given, much is expected,” GTA does not rest but continues to prepare for the holistic growth of tourism in Ghana and the achievement of its goals in the realization of the theme of this year’s World Tourism Day celebration. The Ghana Tourism Authority aims to lead the development and management of an internationally recognized hospitality institute that will serve the sub-region of West Africa, as it also promises to develop regional theaters to leverage culture and arts.

All of these, although there are more, are intended to make Ghana competitive and become Africa’s chosen destination for leisure and business tourism, creating an atmosphere to attract high levels of investment.

Having accomplished these, the GTA would then have made substantial strides in rural development, as many of the country’s tourist sites are located in rural areas.

In the port town of Sekondi-Takoradi, now a joint city, outbreaks of disease - real and imagined - were frequent flashpoints for the flexing of urban planning and public health muscle.

In 1940, Takoradi became home to a British Royal Air Force base and Allied aircraft assembly station. Experts designed a plan to demolish city structures and erect armed roadblocks to “protect” British and American soldiers from malaria.

As one city resident quipped nearly 30 years earlier, the real disease that prompted such “emergency” measures was that of racial prejudice.

Colonial planning model These examples emphasise two fundamental points. The first is that urban planning models and expertise were tethered to the interests of British Empire and oppression of colonised people.

In cities like Accra and Kumasi, which had been settled long before the arrival of the British, outbreaks of disease were opportunities to remake the towns and seize land from local residents. In the planned town of Takoradi, concerns about disease gave planners another chance to control urban residents. Their efforts produced two distinct zones for the colonised and the colonisers.

Second, colonial state planning and public health efforts often targeted, and at times destroyed, local forms of urban knowledge and city design. In many cases, local sanitation and hygiene practices were far more effective than those touted

by European experts.

The resilience of African urban spatial, social and economic cultures in the face of this social engineering warrants more attention. But it’s also important to acknowledge the spatial, cultural, and economic violence that people endured in the name of urban improvements.

Listening to the communities These kinds of reflections are important in Ghana right now, as the Accra Metropolitan Assembly continues to demolish homes in working-class communities in Accra.

The patterns of colonial spatial violence that played out in Ghanaian cities echo around the world. Contemporary debates about gentrification, inequality and social determinants of health in 21st-century cities point to the importance of revisiting the politics of colonial capitalism and public health.

Building new cities needs to start with new conversations that place cities like Accra, Kumasi and Sekondi-Takoradi at their centre. It must recognise the thinking that pervades professional fields charged with improving urban life. This process starts with seeing and listening to the communities that experts have long excluded from policy debates.

An earlier version of this article appeared in Nursing Clio.

Authors: Nate Plageman - Associate Professor, Wake Forest University | Jennifer Anne Hart - Associate Professor of African History, Wayne State University | Tony Yeboah - PhD student in History, Yale University Source: Britain News.Net

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Ghana Methodist Churches in Canada ( SOCIETIES UNDER THE GHANA METHODIST CONFERENCE) The Superintendents Minister-In-Charge invites

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by Rev. Isaac DeGraft Takyi

THE CHRISTIAN AND COVID-19: HOW TO REACH OUT TO ATTRACT THE GRACIOUS HAND OF GOD “Panic not, fear not, worry not, blame not, complain not, condemn not and criticize not, BUT Trust God, Have Faith, Be Hygienic, Stay home, socially distance, Mask Up, Pray always, love people, worship God, reach out and Serve society” Isaac DeGraft Takyi “Self-discipline is the ability to give yourself a command and keep it” unknown.

Key Scriptures: For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylonia, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was on him. 10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Ezra 7:9:10 9

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He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him. 10 For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel. Ezra 7:9-10 NIV. How does a person survive during crisis days?

Uncertain days like this covidic era? I believe the difference will be to have the precious hand of God on our lives. How do we ensure that? I want to submit through this article that we can follow the example of the priest called Ezra. He devoted himself to study the word of God, obey the word of God and teach the word of God to others.

Let us begin with some definitions of terms: * Study:The devotion of time and attention to

acquiring knowledge on an academic subject. A detailed investigation and analysis of a subject or situations. The ability to give serious thought or consideration to, or the careful investigation and examination of, something or somebody. ArchaicEnglish—The acquisition of a fortune * Obey: Comply with the command, request, or direction of, submit to the authority of, to behave in accordance with, a principle, a law particularly, God’s law—God’s Word. * Teach:To show or to explain to someone how to do something.

Encourage someone to accept something as a fact, a principle, or the truth of Scripture. To teachis to inculcate both the ceremonial and the moral precepts1 Let us jump in: The trip, by way of Carchemish, would have been some eight or nine hundred miles. It was a long, hot, dangerous trip (8:21–22), but it only took the group a little more than three and a half months to travel to Jerusalem, averaging about ten miles a day. Again, we have the author’s emphasis on God’s providence in working out all the details and in protecting Ezra and those with him. The next verse explains why God’s hand was upon Ezra.

STUDY: STUDY THE WORD OF THE LORD: 7:10 “Had devoted himself to” is literally “had set his heart on.”

Ezra had dedicated all of himself and all his life to this wonderful ministry. In “study, observance of the Law … and to teaching” we have the secret of Ezra’s impact. He loved God’s Word and God’s

people. He had “devoted himself” to the three things mentioned, but not as a hobby or pastime activity.

He had devoted himself to the “study” of God’s law, to its “observance,” and to “teaching” it.

Ezra was not just an editor; he devoted himself to “study” (from dāraš, “seek,” describing a careful search) God’s revelation, which had been handed down from his ancestors.

All the Bible emphasizes the “Word of God.” By His word He created everything, by His word He directs history, and through the inspired word of His prophets He has chosen to reveal himself. God has seen fit to give special place to His written Word.

This Word is shaper and powerful than any double edge sword.

OBSERVE: OBEY THE WORD OF THE LORD Ezra also dedicated himself to the “observance of the Law of the Lord.”

Ezra put emphasis on God’s commands, on the legal content; but the “law of the Lord” must include at least all of the Pentateuch (see Introduction). Study is of little value if one does not also obey God’s will, which is made known in his Commandments. The Old Testament does not look upon the law as a heavy weight or something negative but as a guide to a healthy society. It is

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truthfully the royal law of liberty, a divinely inspired ethical guide. Most of the legal material in the Pentateuch shows the application of these ethical principles to specific life situations. It is in the area of ethics where theology most affects everyday life.

To study or “seek” the law means to determine its implications for daily life.

As McConville has written, “The model teacher in Ezra is a doer. And the doer can be no mere demonstrator.

He must be what he would have his disciples be.”

T E A C H : TRANSFER THE WORD OF THE LORD God’s people always need “teaching.” A great percentage of the work of the church is discipling, nurturing, teaching. More than just the imparting of facts, this involves training in righteousness and motivating believers to love and obey God. It includes learning what a biblical view signifies for practical life today. As followers of Christ we show our love, devotion and commitment to God by the study, obeying and transferring the truth to other people.

Study observe (obey), then teach is the correct order. God’s revelation has for its purpose the ordering of His people’s lives. There are no easy solutions or quick recipes to solve life’s problems.

God needs men and women who will devote their lives to this ministry. These three aspects of ministry are interdependent. One called

by God to teach must also study and obey.

CONCLUSION It is noteworthy that Ezra’slittle summary of the expedition gives no hint of the initial disappointment and delay, the fasting and prayer, and the dangers of such a journey, which will emerge in the full account.

Here, however, we learn the length of time involved (four months, verse 9), and in verse 10 the secret of Ezra’s lasting influence. He is a model reformer in that what he taught he had first lived, and what he lived he had first made sure of in the Scriptures. With study, conduct and teaching put deliberately in this right order, each of these was able to function properly at its best: study was saved from unreality, conduct

from uncertainty, and teaching from insincerity and shallowness.2 In trying times be devoted to study, obey and teach God’s word daily.

Let us read the scriptures again in another version: 7-9

Many ordinary people as well as priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and Temple workers traveled with him. They left Babylon in the middle of March in the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes and arrived at Jerusalem in the month of August; for the Lord gave them a good trip. 10 This was because Ezra had determined to study and obey the laws of the Lord and to become a Bible teacher, teaching those laws to the people of Israel. Living Bible (Endnotes) 1 Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Ed.). (1909). Ezra (p.

102). London; New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.

2 Kidner, D. (1979).

Ezra and Nehemiah: An Introduction and Commentary (Vol. 12, pp. 70–71). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

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EVANGEL ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH 314 Rexdale Blvd. Etobicoke, Ont. M9W 1R6 Tel: 416-242-7950 Fax: 416-242-8573 Church Activities

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Rev. Milton Offei

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I AM ALPHA & OMEGA MINISTRY INT'L We invite you to worship with us Church Service: Sunday Worship: 10.00a.m. - 12.30 p.m.

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Email: transformcentreag@yahoo.ca Website: www. transformationcentreag.ca Be transformed by the renewing of your mind… “Rom.12:2a

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Pastor Dennis Awuku COME AND YOU WILL BE BLESSED Senior Pastor

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Good Shepherd Prayer Ministry Invites you all to come worship with us Venue: 95 Eddystone Ave unit 4 North York, ON Time of worship: Sunday:10am - 1pm Wednesday bible studies 7pm - 9pm Friday Prayer / Deliverance 7pm - 9pm

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Harvest Christian Church Invites you for a wonderful time with the Lord

Worship Hours Pastor Joseph Nash Sarfo Founder & Pastor-in-charge

The thief cometh not , but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.11.l am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. Amen.

John 10 :10-11

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The Apostolic Church Int'l.

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“PRAYER AND THE WORD” Acts 6:4 SUNDAY SERVICES: 10:00 am-1:30 pm Ghanaian Service Pastor-in-charge: Rev. Boniface Keelson

WEEKDAY SERVICES: Wednesday - Bible Studies 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Friday - Holy Ghost Service 7:00 pm -9:00 pm LOCATION:

Worship Service Bible Studies Service All Night Service Deliverance

Toronto

Montreal Assembly

10 Belfield Road Tel: 416-247-6629

378 Cremazie East Montreal, Quebec, H2P 1E5

Scarborough Assembly

(Hwy 27/Steeles) Toronto, Ontario, M9W 6Y6

63 Howden Rd., Unit 'F' Scarborough, ON, M1R 3C7

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Rhema Power of Grace Chapel Int'l

Tel 647-850- 0142 Fax 416-945- 9445

350 Deerhide Cres, North York, ON Rev. Bishop Joe Bonnah

Sunday Divine Worship Twi Service - 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Multicultural Service - 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Wednesday - Midweek Service Friday - All Night Service

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8p.m. - 10p.m.

10p.m. - 1a.m.

Contact Lines: 416-321-2796 (Pastor's Res) 416-747-9225 (Church) Cell: 647-921-2414

Contact: Res: 450-687-4916 Cell: 514-654-6178

Church, Scarborough

Place of Worship:

Founder &Pastor-in-charge

Tel: 514-271-9083 Pastor-In-Charge: John Arhin

Immanuel Assembly of God

Invites all Christians, Non-Christians and members of the community to join us worship the Great Jehovah

Days And Time of Worship

- Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday 9:00 p.m.

- Friday 9:30 p.m.

- Saturday 4:00 p.m.

Worship With Us At These Branches In Canada

42 Steinway Blvd. Unit 1&2

Tel: 416-740-1200 Fax: 416-740-6435 Email:

Website: www.apostlescontinuation.org

Rev. Douglas O. Ansah Pastor-in-charge

Sunday School: 9:30am -10:30am Church Service: 10:30am - 12 noon

LOCATION Don Montgomery Community Centre 2467 Eglinton Ave. E. Scarborough, Ont., (Kennedy/Eglinton Subway Station) For more info contact:

647-880-4216

Email: immanuelscarborough@gmail.com Website: immanuelaog.ca.

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Church of Christ Ghanaian Congregation Greater Toronto Area Matthew 16:18

Address: 1771 Albion Rd. (Forum Banquet Hall) Hwy 27/Albion

Every Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Contact Information Adu Kwasi 647-745-8074 Brother Acheampong 416-671-4268 Sam - Ghana House 647-867-2020 Brother Agyenim 647-656-9905 Brother Ato 416-728-8574 Brother Asamoah 647-867-0945

All Are Invited Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Montreal

Minister: Rev. Stephen Azundem Services: Tel (office): 450-314-0871 Sunday 10:00AM – 1:00PM Tel (Cell): 514 660 2422 Divine Worship Service Res: 514-542-4142 Wednesday 7:00PM – 9:00PM Teaching Service (Bible Study) Friday 7:00PM – 9:00PM – Prayer Service

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Glory Pentecostal Ministry of Toronto Pastor-in-charge: Rev. Rockson Owusu Atwima - 416-708-7742

Invites all Christians and Non-Christians to join us to worship the Almighty God WORSHIP SCHEDULE Sunday Regular Service 11:00 am to 1:30 pm Tuesday Prayer and Healing Service 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Friday Prayer Night 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm

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Praise Temple of Christ International Snr. Pastor: Apostle Osei-Bonsu 336 Gary Ray Drive @ Signet Worship Schedule Sunday Worship - 10 am - 12:30 pm Wednesday - Bible Study - 7 pm - 9 pm Friday - Prayer Meeting - 8 pm - 10 pm Second and last Friday of each month All Night Prayer Meeting 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.

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Pastor Appiah Jacob

For information call: 905-840-7387, 647-208-1093 416-209-9136, 647-710-2573

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Lifestyle This column is devoted to answering your questions on health and discusions of diseases which are common among the African Canadians.

Positive thinking: A skill for stress relief

By David Yaw Twum-Barima, MD , MSc, FRCPC I will like to share with our readers some important tips to improve their quality of life.

Stress is universal. Everybody has stress in their lives but how you handle it can make a big difference. For example is your glass half-empty or half-full? How you answer this age-old question may reflect your outlook on life and whether you’re optimistic or pessimistic.

Unfortunately a lot of Ghanaians are for one reason or other pessimists, we tend to worry too much about failures and not celebrate our successes. The best example is our attitudes towards funerals (which we celebrate to the extreme) and new births (which we take for granted and totally ignore).

How many times have you and your friends talked about how well your kids are doing in school either academically or on the athletic field? If you are like most Ghanaians then the answer is probably never or very rarely. Yet we all spend hours talking about Kwesi or Abena’s bad grades!

Stress management requires a positive perspective — knowing how to turn pessimism into optimism.

In fact, studies show that these personality traits —optimism and pessimism — can affect how well you live and even how long you live.

Need an attitude adjustment?

Find out how to reduce your stress by halting negative thoughts and practicing positive self-talk.

Be positive: Live longer, live healthier Self-talk is the endless stream of thoughts that run through your head every day. These automatic thoughts can be positive or negative. If the thoughts that run through your head are mostly negative, your outlook on life is likely pessimistic. If your thoughts are mostly positive, you’re likely an optimist.

Some of your self-talk comes from logic and reason. Other self-talk may arise from misconceptions that you create because of lack of information.

Researchers continue to explore the effects of optimism on health. The health benefits optimism may provide are: • Decreased stress • Greater resistance to catching the common cold • A sense of well-being and improved health • Reduced risk of coronary artery disease • Breathing easier if you have chronic obstructive lung disease, such as emphysema • Improved coping ability for women with high-risk pregnancies • Living longer • Better coping skills It’s unclear why optimists experience these health benefits. But one theory is that having a positive outlook enables you to cope better with stressful situations, which reduces the effects of stress on your body.

How to put a positive spin on negative thoughts Self-talk — the inner

monologue sometimes referred to as automatic thinking — can be positive or negative.

When the theme of your selftalk is mostly negative, your own misperceptions, lack of information and distorted ideas have overpowered your capacity for logic and reason. But if you weed out misconceptions and irrational thinking and challenge them with rational, positive thoughts, your self-talk will gradually become realistic and self-affirming.

Some common forms of irrational thinking are: • Filtering.

You magnify the negative aspects of a situation and filter out all of the positive ones. For example, you had a great day at work. You completed your tasks ahead of time and were complimented for doing a speedy and thorough job. But you forgot one minor step.

That evening, you focus only on your oversight and forget about the compliments you received.

• Personalizing. When something bad occurs, you automatically blame yourself. For example, you hear that an evening out with friends is canceled and you assume that the change in plans is because no one wanted to be around you. It turns out that they were planning a surprise party for your birthday!

• C a t a s t r o p h i z i n g .

You automatically anticipate the worst.

You refuse to go out with friends for fear that you’ll make a fool of yourself. Or one change in your daily routine leads you to think the day will be a disaster.

• Polarizing. You see things only as either good or bad, or black and white. There is no middle ground. You feel that you have to be perfect or you’re a total failure.

Here are few things you can do to turn negative thoughts into positive ones. The process is simple, but it takes time and practice.

Throughout the day, stop and evaluate what you’re thinking.

If you find that your thoughts are negative, try to find a way to put a positive spin on them.

Start by following one simple rule: Don’t say anything to yourself that you wouldn’t say to anyone else.

Examples of typical negative self-talk and how you might apply a positive twist include: Negative self-talk Positive spin I’ve never done it before.

It’s an opportunity to learn something new.

It’s too complicated.

Let’s look at it from a different angle.

I don’t have the resources.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

There’s not enough time.

Let’s re-evaluate some priorities.

There’s no way it will work.

I can try to make it work.

I don’t have the expertise.

I’ll find people who can help me.

It’s good enough.

There’s always room for improvement.

It’s too radical a change.

Let’s take a chance.

No one bothers to communicate with me.

I’ll see if I can open the channels of communication.

I’m not going to get any better at this.

I’ll give it one more try.

I’m never going to learn how to manage my stress.

I’m going to try to learn how to manage my stress.

Practice makes perfect If you tend to have a negative outlook, don’t expect to become an optimist overnight.

But eventually your self-talk will automatically contain less self-criticism and more selfacceptance.

Practicing positive self-talk will improve your outlook.

When your state of mind is generally optimistic, you’re able to handle everyday stress in a realistic and constructive way. That ability may contribute to the widely observed health benefits of being an optimist.

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Sarah Efumwaa Obeng

THE LIFE YOU ARE HOLDING IN YOUR HANDS IS YOURS! What is the next chapter of your life?

Pause for a minute and ask yourself this important question. It is your life and it is your answer, your choices, and your decisions. So, again I ask, what is the next chapter of your life?

In the next three years, if I happen to meet you, what would you be excited to be sharing with me because you are loving the life you’re living? These questions can be confidently answered if you’re actively designing your life!

No one is doomed to bad luck because of theirskin color, where they were born, who their parents are, circumstances under which they were born, or any such thing. We have to become of aware of this truth to set us free. The people we admire and look up to, or even possibly, envy – some of these people have had worse situations and circumstances than what you have had or what you may be going through right now. However, they overcame and are now living their dream lives!

The breath each one of us is taking is

not by ourselves. No one can breathe on their own. However, when the breath Giver gives us the privilege to breathe and live, we have the responsibility to take charge of our lives and co-create an abundant life with Him – a life that makes us live our fullest, truest selves; a life that serves and transforms humanity for the better. I have come to know that this begins with building a dream for one’s life! You must build a dream for your life! That is the beginning of it all. If you can’t dream it then you can’t have it. In other words, if you can dream it then you can have it – if you do the work that comes with it.

Build a dream, take steps toward your dream and keep going in the direction of your dream and see your life transform; see yourself in the group at the top where life is abundant and so much better. Many people have used the help of Life Coaches to be able to achieve this, and this is an idea I highly recommend.

So, begin it this way – ask yourself, WHAT WOULD I LOVE? If there

were no limitations, what would you love? Who would you like to be or become? What would you love to, create? What would you like to have?

What would you like to do? Put in as much detail as you possibly can and believe that this is possible – if you’re not able to believe in yourself that this is possible for you, then believe in the One who gives you breathe that this is possible for Him to make it possible for you.

When I initially heard this, I thought it was impractical, but the key is that there is the spiritual part to life that we don’t see and are not usually aware of. How the dreams will manifest or materialize for our physical experience is not up to us – it’s up to the Force who controls the universe, who knows it all and who orchestrates it all. He is able to bring it all together if we’ll dare to believe and take the action steps.

Once we’re able to dream it – as big as we can make it be, and move on to the next stage of taking the initial step or steps toward the dream we have built for our lives, and never stop but keep going in that direction, He orders our steps and coordinates things to work together to make the dream a reality.

All of a sudden, the right people are brought our way, the right doors start to open, the wrong ones begin to close and the unneeded people begin to fall away.

People have said it cannot be explained how it all pulls together and I can say the same thing too. I can say that when you are ready for your next chapter in life, the correct teachers and helpers begin to show up. The paradigm shift that you make for your next chapter in life causes the path to be made clear for you. It is just amazing you need to experience it to truly understand. I am however, not saying it’s going to be easy or thoroughly smooth sailing but the path will not dim when it starts to shine – the path will get brighter and

brighter like the noon day so long as you keep your alignment and keep going.

Many, if not most successful people will tell you that they had a vision for their lives – that whatever they are experiencing and enjoying now was once a dream. They will tell you that on the way to where they are, they fell down and almost gave up not just once, but several times. But that is what separates them from the rest of the people living on the same planet as them. That’s what separates them from the rest of the people breathing the same air as they are. That’s what separates them from the rest of the people who are also given the same amount of time in a day – 24 hours.

That’s what separates them from the rest of the people who have one night and one day at a time. That’s what separates them from the rest of the people who live one day at a time.

So, think about it;whether you make the best or the worst of it, you will be breathing and living for the next 365 days – so long as the breath Giver gives it to you. What will you do with that life?

Will you leave it to chance, or will you write your story with His help and not let anyone else hold the pen. Opinions are cheap and everyone has an opinion or two. Will you let others’ opinions run your life? Or will you start taking charge or your own opinions and truths about your life, shift your mindset and start living the better version of yourself – starting today! Keep in mind, your past, whether good or bad, doesn’t determine your future. Your current choices, decisions, perceptions, and actions, are what will propel you into the next chapters of your life. Get the pen and start writing your story.

Dream, or review your dream and start living a more optimal life because you deserve it, because you are worthy of it, and you will fulfill your dreams if you will dare to dream and pursue it.

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Around the World Sports Scene Arsenal superstar Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reveals his Ghanaian roots Arsenal superstar striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has finally revealed the long-hidden secret that he has strong family roots in Ghana - news that will surely delight many Ghanaians.

with Jonathan Baah Annobil

GHANA DROPS TWO PLACES IN LATEST FIFA RANKINGS

The Gabon international forward made the revelation during a press conference on Friday when asked about how his Ghanaian team-mate Thomas Partey was settling in at the North London club.

The 31-year-old did not state how he is related to the West African country but Ghana’s leading football news outfit Ghanasoccernet.com can exclusively reveal that his paternal grandmother is Ghanaian.

Aubameyang’s father, Pierre-François a former Gabon international midfielder - was born in the Gabonese city of Bitam to a Ghanaian mother and a Gabonese father.

This means the Arsenal striker’s grandmother comes from the West African country and revealed in true nature of Ghanaians that he is family with the new Arsenal midfielder Thomas P a r t e y .

“My family is from Gabon but I also have some roots in Ghana where Thomas is from so we are family too!’”

Aubameyang said in a press conference

Aubameyang made the revelation during a press conference

on Friday asked about

when Partey.

“It is good for some of our younger players as well to have a player like him, of his calibre at training. They will learn a lot from him.”

The revelation will definitely blow up Arsenal striker Aubameyang’s followership and fanbase in Ghana even though he is already highly popular in the West African country thanks to his talents.

Aubameyang’s father spent most of his career at French clubs Stade Lavallois and Le Havre.

At international level, he won 80 caps for the Gabon national team.

He went on to coach the national team of Gabon before focusing on developing the talents of his son after playing for many years in Gabon.

His son who currently plays with Partey will also spend some time with the Ghanaian midfielder to enhance his knowledge about Ghana and re-connect with his extended family in Ghana.

Partey joined the Gunners on transfer deadline day for a reported fee of €50 million.

The 27-year-old made a brief appearance on his debut over the weekend in the 1-0 loss against Manchester City.

The former Atlético Madrid ace was handed his first start at the club for the opening fixture of this season’s Europa League game against Rapid Vienna.

Partey played full throttle as the Londonbased side rallied to beat the Austrian giants 2-1 at their own backyard.

Ghana Soccernet

Blessing Shine Agbomadzi signs for Israeli club a formidable defender.

Black Princesses defender, Blessing Shine Agbomadzi has signed for Hapoel Beer Sheva in the Israeli Women’s League.

Agbomadzi, 19, signed a two-year contract after reaching an agreement with the club.

She has joined them from Ghana Women’s Premier League club,

Agbomadzi was part of the 31 players invited to Black Princesses camp ahead of the 2020 FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying matches.

Black Princesses defender Blessing Shine Agbomadzi

Sea Lions where she established herself as

The Ghana Football Association broke camp earlier this week after FIFA called off the games.

Ghana Soccernet

Ghana have fallen by two places on the latest FIFA Coca Cola world rankings released on Thursday, for the month of October.

This is on the back of the Black Stars’ recent 3-0 loss to Mali and a 5-1 thrashing of Asian champions Qatar in friendly matches earlier this month.

The two games were part of 120 international games played by

nations across the globe over the last month.

Ghana moved down to 48th position, a place below Hungary and a spot above Jamaica.

There was also a drop in the Black Stars’ total accumulated points by one from 1439 to 1438.

On the continental table, Ghana, now lies in sixth place, above Egypt (52 in the world), Cameroon (53), Mali (56) and Burkina Faso (58) in

Africa’s top 10.

Senegal (21st in the world) still lead the African table despite dropping down by one place on the world order.

Tunisia (26), African Champions Algeria, (who have moved up by five places to 30th in the world), Nigeria (fallen by three places to 32nd spot) and Morocco (up by four places to 39th) are Africa’s top five teams. Ghananfa.org

Former Ghana youth star Awule Quaye Jnr confesses to reducing his age by 5 years Former Ghana youth star Awule Quaye Jr. has admitted using a fake age during his playing career.

The former Ghana U-17 and U-20 midfielder confessed to reducing his age by five years.

According to transfermarkt.com, Awuley Quaye is now 40 years, but per his Former Ghana player, confession, his real Awule Quaye Jr age should be 45.

U17 World Cup in 1997 Awuley Quaye Jnr, who even though I entered is now a pastor, was a the tournament with age key member of the Black 16,” he said on Max FM. Starlets team that reached the finals of the FIFA He admitted that age U-17 World Cup in 1997. cheating in football is real, adding that “Five years of my age was the phenomenon has disadvantages taken off, I was around several and urged players to 21 when I was playing desist from the act.

“Sometimes we don’t say these things because it could have an effect on our careers. Age cheating isn’t good but conditions push players to do so. I was in Belgium at age 17 and the whites treated me like an 11-yearold,” the player said.

After U-17 World Cup, he graduated to U-20 and played a key role in Ghana’s title triumph at Africa Youth Championship in 1999.

Quaye Jr represented seven clubs in a career which lasted 13 years.

He played for the likes of Hearts of Oak, CS Sfaxien, Zamalek and Malaga.

Ghana Soccernet

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