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Simone Miller Empowering our young black women “Don’t get discouraged because of one bad day!” Simone Miller The Woman Empowered Feature has become one of our most recognized columns in the paper and for good reason. We have discovered a way to empower young Caribbean women globally, by presenting strong images of leaders who have gone against those who question a woman’s ability. If you take a look at the roster of women we have interviewed, they have ranged in careers from: the Corporate Boardroom Boss, the Political Sphere Powerhouse, to the Queen Bee Hustlers out there doing it big.

With some research, we discovered that we had been focusing on one cohort, yet, there was another cohort that needed us more than ever; our young black women. This week, we have decided to take it there; Toronto Caribbean Newspaper would like to introduce to you to the sensational Simone Miller.

Even at the age of 13, Simone Miller already seems like an old soul. This actress, and singer born in Toronto, Canada started acting when she was

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only nine years old. Like many stars from our past and present, Simone knew from a very young age that she was destined to be an actress. Her love for the arts was unmistakable, because whenever she had the opportunity to act or sing, she would wholeheartedly with a passion of a person beyond her age.

Simone’s mom saw the passion that her daughter had and decided to act on it. She found Simone an agency to represent her, and Simone started her professional training. She recalls the first day that she walked into the agency, “It was so surreal! I was looking at all these actors and actresses on the wall; some of which I knew. I was really nervous, and excited all at the same time.” Before she was entered into the acting world, the agency made sure that they prepared her by putting her through acting workshops, and getting her set up with the scripts for her auditions. Simone’s mom actively took care of Simone’s personal preparation; she knows this industry is a tough one, so she does her best to keep Simone’s life as controlled and normal as possible. She has established boundaries and rules and has kept Simone surrounded by positive influences.

“Maybe I missed a part, let’s watch it again!”

Simone has a light and fun-loving attitude, and she does not have an inflated sense of self, even though at 13 years old, she has already created a pretty good body of work. Not everything has been a barrel of laughs, and during our interview, Simone recalls her very first role, which was a Christmas commercial for Rogers, where Simone was playing the cousin of the main actor. She remembers her excitement when she got the part, “I jumped and screamed when I found out that I had been chosen,” Simone jokingly says. “I met the director and the actors, and they were all very nice to me; maybe because it was my first time on set.” She learned quickly about long hours and waiting around for your turn. When it was her turn, she made sure she did her very best, which is why when the commercial did come out, and she realized she had been cut, she was really upset and embarrassed. She had told all of her friends that she was going to be in a commercial. She was able to laugh it off by stepping away

from the situation, which is a very mature way of handling it.

She went on to star in shows like: The Big Fun Crafty Show (Universal Kids), and Snapshots (CBC), a show were amateur photographers compete to see who could take the best picture. She has also appeared in commercials and major campaigns including: Loblaws, The Shopping Channel, Plan Canada, and The Wall Street Journal.

Her most recent credits include Detention Venture, a kid’s show streaming exclusively on CBC Gem. Simone plays Raign Westbrook, one of the school’s top students, who happens to learn about unknown treasures, and lost inventions hidden beneath her school. The entrance is somewhere in the old- library that now serves as her school’s detention room. So, what do Raign, and her friends Joy, and Hulk do? Get in trouble of course so that they can serve detention and find the hidden treasure. To make things interesting, the small team has to deal with Brett, the school bully who has found his own nesting spot in detention. The show began in early May and is a great adventure show for the family to watch.

Simone is also set to star in the biopic, The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel. This story traces the humble beginning of The Clark Sisters, and how they tackle and overcome ensuing family issues and other challenges to become the highest selling female gospel group in history. Simone is playing Young Dorinda in the film, and will be working alongside names like: Christina Bell as Twinkie, Kierra Sheard as Karen, Sheléa Frazier as Dorinda, Raven Goodwin as Denise and Angela Birchett as Jacky. To add more awesomeness to this film, Queen Latifah, Missy Elliot, and Mary J. Blige have signed on to be executive producers.

Outside of her life-changing work, Simone still gets a chance to be a kid. She is an active teenager and enjoys: kickboxing, jumping on her trampoline, and volleyball. To remain grounded, she participates in community painting projects, which allows her to volunteer her time painting churches, homes, and community centers.

Simone is an extraordinary talent, who is destined to go very far. Let us continue to empower our young black women to aim for the moon, and shoot for the stars.

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“It was definitely our year!”

Playing Mas with the turtles in Grand Cayman STEPHEN WEIR stephen@carib101.com

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On Grand Cayman Island, the sea turtle’s best friend is once again Tribal Carnival!

The Toronto based Mas band was in the Cayman’s on May 4th to supply costumes, and to take part in the 36th Annual Turtle Friendly Batabano Carnival Parade. “We won band of the year for the second year

in a row, “said Tribal Carnival’s Celena Seusahai. “Cayman was phenomenal!! It was definitely our year!”

The Cayman Company newspaper estimated that Tribal Carnival, “Doubled in size for 2019, with more than 500 masqueraders in their band on Saturday.” The group included: Caymanians, cruise ship tourists and die-hard men and women who had jetted in from Canada to play Mas.” My dad (Dexter Seusahai) has been involved in growing Batabano for over 15 years,” continued Selena Seusahai.” This is Tribal’s fifth year as a band in Cayman, and my third year coming down here. We had 500 masqueraders on the road, and I brought down 113 people from Toronto to play Mas for our new Travel with Tribal initiative. We see

a few familiar faces from time-to-time visiting Toronto from Cayman to play Mas. This year our entire Cayman committee will be coming up to experience Tribal in Toronto.”

Unlike the other Caribbean and North American Carnivals, which base their celebration on Emancipation, Lent or other Christian calendar events, Batabano is all about the turtle! Established in 1983 by the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman, Cayman Carnival Batabano is the National Carnival of the Cayman Islands. It is a salute to Cayman’s turtling heritage; “Batabano” is the native name for tracks left in the sand when sea turtles go ashore to nest! Batabano is symbolically held the first weekend in May as part of the celebration and awareness of the start of Turtle Nesting Season

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Many of the costumes worn by the estimated 4,000 revellers were made

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Next year, Batabano is merging with a second Cayman parade and Festival CayMAS. Last week the government decreed that the two events must be held on the same day! There is room for improvement when it comes to carnivals, but Batabano has proven that there is only one way when it comes to success, and that is up!

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Taking on a God-Sized Task; The 100 Tuxedo’s Drive SIMONE SMITH simone@carib101.com

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“One of my goals is to empower youth with tools to navigate their reality!”

Kerry-Lee Crawford Prom, for those who have forgotten, is a HUGE deal, and guess what? It is that time of year again. The only one other event that trumps prom when it comes to money expenditure is a wedding. Parents and students will go all out because there is no bigger event for a graduating student; it has almost become a right of passage in the North American culture, and yet, many students are unable to go to their prom because their families just cannot afford it.

Fun Fact: A promposal is considered an invitation to prospective prom dates I thought it would be interesting to look at some of the numbers that are associated with prom, and I was amazed. According to Visa.ca, in 2014, Canadian households were spending on average a whopping $804.00 on the prom. In 2015, the numbers dropped to $508.00, with daughters spending about $424.00, and sons spending about $278.00.

It was also found that moms spend more ($588.00), in comparison to fathers who spent about $431.00 (www.visa.ca). Regardless of how you look at it, this is a lot of money that has to be spent, and it is no wonder that many students have to forgo the experience and only hear about it the next day during locker talk.

Kerry-Lee Crawford, renowned on-air host at G987, know for his infamous late-night show, “Steps After Dark,” remembers his prom, and knows how important it can be for students. When he became aware that there were youth in our community who were unable to go to prom, he took action and began the Kerry Tuxedo Drive. His goal is to rally with community partners and provide 100 gently used, or new suits or tuxedos for boys graduating from; grade 6 to 8, grade 8 to 9, and high school into university.

The suits or tuxedos would be accompanied by shoes to complete the outfit.

“I have no idea, where to start!”

When Kerry took on this initiative, he didn’t realize how much there would be to do.

During our interview, he called what he was doing a God-sized task, which meant that there was no way he could do it alone. The first year of the initiative produced 6 to 7 suits, and this was not enough for the need.

He realized that he would need quadruple the amount and put thought to purpose.

He decided that he would up the number to 100 tuxedos and suits so that he would be able to help out on a larger scale.

Members of the community have stepped up including Moore’s, who have donated a bulk of the suits and tuxedos already, as well as the Peel Police, and community leader Warren Salmon. Kerry has also been working very closely with Free For All Foundation; a multi-service organization that for 16 years has provided culturally appropriate programming that supports marginalized individuals, groups and communities across the GTA. When I arrived at their office at 289 Rutherford Rd, Unit 10, shoes and suits of all sizes surrounded Kerry, and he looked tired but determined. He explained the need for our young men to feel supported by their community. It was important that these young men who otherwise would not be able to experience prom be given a fair opportunity to experience this right of passage and look good doing it. His volunteer stylist Gena Gayle, who had become connected to the project through a joint friend Chantelle Dubois, soon joined us. Gena’s role as the stylist is to assist with the sizing and organizing of the suits. With her background in marketing, this was a breeze for her. With a smile that could brighten up any office, she quickly went to work organizing the 47 suits that had already been received.

I asked Kerry how the community could get involved; it is simple, you can: donate a gently used or new suit/tuxedo, donate $50.00 towards a suit/tuxedo, or simply share this out on social media. Who knows who could see the post and be motivated to take action. People can make donations up to June 15th, and they can be dropped off at 289 Rutherford Rd, Unit 10. For those who are interested in providing a free suit/tuxedo for a deserving young man, you are required to send in a one-paragraph description as to why you think this individual is a worthy recipient. For those who would like to give a monetary donation, a tax-deductible receipt will be provided. Email transfer can be sent to info@ffaf.ca; password Tuxedo.

Kerry-Lee, we are proud of you for taking on this God-sized task and doing it with a smile.

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Providing access to the arts for children; The Reading Partnership presents 360 Stories MICHAEL THOMAS michael@carib101.com

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Can you imagine getting a chance to come up with your own ideas, write a chapter about it, whether it be fiction, reality or something else and in the end have it published with stories from your peers as part of a book that goes on sale?

The reading partnership presents 360 Stories, and this is what this project is all about. 360 Stories is a five-week literacy and illustration design pilot program that engages sixteen grade 4 and 5 students in bringing a book to life. The skill-building program launched in April 2019 and runs at Cedar Ridge Creative Centre every Tuesday morning in the month of April. The students are brought in by bus, provided with a healthy lunch and receive instruction by a professional author and illustrator.

360 Stories is presented in collaboration with The Reading Partnership, an East, Scarborough children’s literacy organization, Story Planet, a Toronto-based children’s story making organization, the Toronto District School Board, and Arts Services, City of Toron-

to. Toronto Caribbean Newspaper spoke with several people from The Reading Partnership including Julie Frost, a Senior Arts Consultant at the City of Toronto Arts Services. Frost told Toronto Caribbean Newspaper, “The 360 project is a literacy-based community art education project that is all about providing access to the arts for children in the Kingston Galloway Orton Park community; the city of Toronto provided the space so that these young authors can work on their craft.”

Frost, who worked in collaboration with all the different partners and was a part of the 360 projects from beginning to end explained, “I wanted the participants to feel a great sense of pride in their work while gaining skills and experiencing a new cultural environment.” When asked how she feels about these children who were so excited to be a part of this project Frost said, “For me it made me feel that the next generation of artists and literary leaders are right in our neighborhood; there is so much talent, want and eagerness to participate in their community, and for me that is extremely exciting because the excitement which these students express is contagious.”

Camesha Cox, The Reading Partnership’s Executive Director shares that same excitement too. She told Toronto Caribbean Newspaper “It is exciting for a number of reasons; this project is so much more than just children creating books, it is also them being in a new environment that exists in their community that they don’t always have access to.

Cedar Ridge Creative Center is a city-funded

space where you don’t often see the marginalize pockets of our community. It is giving these children a chance to be creative; it’s giving them that break from class. We ask for the children who we know are creative and want to share their stories but are having a hard time doing so at school for a number of reasons. We want these students in this environment where they can be their most creative self to create and share a story with no limitations.”

The book called “Secret Powers, Everyday Lives” has a chapter from each child and will be on sale as of Saturday, May 25th, at Cedar Ridge Creative Center. Cox thanked all of the partners involved and said it is crucial to have collaborated on this project, especially in this era of funding cuts. She also would like the public and all interested to know that The Reading Partnership is a project of Tides Canada, and donations are always welcomed.

Liz Haines, Creative Director at Story Planet had high praises for the program also. Haines told Toronto Caribbean Newspaper, “I feel it is important to spend time and to let individual kids have a chance to be heard. Life goes by quickly, school is bustling, and children can get lost in all of that.” She said she would like to see what is being done in Scarborough take off and happen Toronto-wide, “There are kids in every corner of the city that need and would flourish with the same kind of experience; the more we can hear from young people and see the world through their eyes, the better our world would be.”

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Canadian Rap Competition: A way out for youth at risk SALINA McCALLUM salina@carib101.com

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Do hip-hop and rap go hand in hand with violence in the city of Toronto? Tone Kelly, a Toronto-born recording artist and co-producer of “So You Think You Can Rap Canada” says competitions like this can defeat that stigma.

So You Think You Can Rap Canada kicked off in 2012 and is an annual competition that looks for the next Canadian artist to rise to the top of the genre.

“The hip-hop scene right now, it’s a lot deeper. There is a lot of violence right now in the city, and I feel like that’s why there is no support in it,” said Kelly.

Some youth use the arts as a way to escape the harsh realities of where they are from and express what they are going through. While they are trying to exclude themselves from the gangs, some people do not see it that way.

Kelly says that some artists leave Toronto to make music in the states because of the support they are not receiving in their own city. He hopes that this competition will show artists that there is a network of people willing to support them.

The Canadian Rap Competition is accepting submissions from now until June 6th before midnight.

Kelly says they receive submissions from all over Canada, but he feels that the submissions from the artists in Toronto need more confidence.

“A lot them don’t believe in them-

selves, I feel. A lot of them don’t have the support,” says Kelly.

“It is the reason why the Canadian Rap Competition emerged,” says Kelly.

The winner of the competition will receive $5,000 which can support and help the artist book more studio time and make music videos.

To enter, artists must submit 2-3 songs, a photo and short video stating why they should be considered and a $25 submission fee.

The competition will be held at the music venue Smiling Buddha in Toronto over four dates. The first round is on June 29th, and each round the judges will eliminate four rappers. The last round where the winner of the $5,000 prize will be announced is on August 31st.

Kelly emphasizes the three ingredients he thinks an artist needs to win this competition.

“Confidence, originality and stage presence,” says Kelly.

This year’s judges are Vibe 105 onair personality, Carries Mullings, CHUO 89.1 on-air personality, DJ Dynamic, CIUT 89.5 on-air personality Newbreedmc, music producer, Steve Hollywood, and Music Executive and Casting Director Steve Mann. There will also be a surprise guest joining on the last day of events.

The competition gives aspiring and on the rise rap artists a platform to perform & mingle with music industry professionals.

For a lot of these artists, music can change their lives because of the impact music has on people worldwide.

Kelly speaks on why he thinks music can touch so many people.

“Music is a feeling. It’s an emotion, and it’s how people express themselves.

There is no point to do music if people aren’t going to feel it,” said the recording artist.

Talented artists from Toronto and

the GTA such as Tory Lanez and Haviah Mighty have participated in So You Think You Can Rap Canada.

Haviah Mighty, a talented artist from Brampton, was a part of a spin-off of the So You Think You Can Rap Canada competition called I Know I Can Rap.

“I didn’t know what it was, but I heard about it on Facebook, and I know I can rap, so I did it. I think it’s important for musicians to actively make networking moves and continually put themselves in rooms where new people will see them,” said the rapper.

Haviah won the competition and was awarded $200 and a slot to perform on the Yonge and Dundas stage in Downtown, Toronto. Three years later, and Haviah has traveled nationally and internationally performing her music for people.

“I’ve made big strides since the competition, though unrelated. My work ethic skyrocketed, my live show improved, and three years later, I have a very strong album that is doing very well,” said Haviah.

“I encourage all musicians to seek opportunities, research them, and determine if they are helpful for you.”

The rap competition hopes that it can open doors like traveling and selling out shows worldwide for youth across Canada.

Kelly says that he is proud of Haviah’s success and happy that he can help open doors for other new artists. As an artist himself, he is most grateful that he can also learn from new artists.

In the next five years, Kelly hopes that they can take the competition internationally.

“It’s just a matter of time before the right people see it and we can get it televised on a bigger scale,” said Kelly.

Artists who thinks they have what it takes must submit their work to sytycrc.auditions@gmail.com

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“Station 1: Food to Eat after Wisdom Teeth Removal,” I read out loud as I quickly scanned the menu for the night. Well, this should be interesting I thought, and proceeded to the first station….

Welcome back Toronto! If you are just joining us, we are on the first night of my latest trip to Jamaica, and what I am now calling: Fitness, Food, and Flora; Health and Wellness in Jamaica Tour, 2019. Toronto Caribbean Newspaper was invited to cover the Mobay City Run, and with that came an opportunity to discover even more in Jamaica, and what it can offer visitors and tourists.

The group was supposed to meet in the evening in the lobby and we were told that we would be eating at the airport. At first, I thought, “Hmmmm,” but I trusted our guide Lyndon; our last trip he had shown us such a great time, so I was anxious to see what was in store for us. When we arrived, we were dropped off at what looked like an airplane hanger. We climbed the stairs and entered one of the largest kitchens I had ever seen. There were stainless steel tables, with delicate floral centerpieces, reggae playing in the background; on the left, there were bottles of wine lined up, with other choices of spirits.

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“Please help yourself to a drink, and start making your way through the food stations,” I was told. Some of my group had already made their way to Station One: Food to Eat After Wisdom Teeth Removal, where they were serving smoked pumpkin soup, with a side of Dutch pot bread. It was so good, that I nearly destroyed my appetite because I kept going back for more.

Station Two: A Life that is Long and Looks Good in a Thong (Snicker) was a deconstructed salad bar served in mason jars.

This was really cool because you could do it yourself. They offered: mixed lettuce, feta cheese, chopped walnuts, diced tomato, diced cucumbers, diced pineapple, kernel corn, ranch dressing, and a special touch, banana vinaigrette dressing. Again, I overindulged and regretted it because there were five other stations to visit.

Station Three: To Look the Best, Eat the Best, was a cool concept. This station had savory doughnuts (basically exotic bagels), and a cornucopia of condiments that

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After this station, I was pretty much full, but I visited the other stations to see what they had. Station Four: Run for Your Lives, had penne pasta served with alfredo cream sauce, tomato sauce, or vegetable julienne. Station Five: Men and Fish are Alike… They Both Get in Trouble When they Open their Mouth, had poached snapper in a coconut curry sauce and was served with sundried mash potatoes. Station Six: Lift Slowly not with a Jerk, which had jerk chicken breast sponsored

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It was an impressive setup, and at the end, we were introduced to the Executive Chef, Daniel Schweizer, who had taken a break to meet us and see how we were doing. It is incredible how skilled the team was in catering to such a diverse crowd, with diverse palettes. If you are interested in hosting any events in Jamaica, check GCG Events out at www.gcg-events.com. Now that I was full, I was ready for bed, and for what the Saturday morning was going to offer.

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Law Society of Ontario’s “Start Here” Campaign assists Ontarians with the tools needed to maneuver the Justice System BRITTNEY CHANNER brittney@carib101.com

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For many people living in Toronto, finding adequate help when it comes to legal information and resources can be quite difficult. Correctly maneuvering through an already challenging justice system leaves many people puzzled in regards to what steps to take once an unfortunate event arises. However, the Law Society of Ontario has recently created a public awareness campaign called “Start Here” that will assist those in attaining the proper legal information they need.

The Law Society of Ontario governs Ontario’s lawyers and paralegals in the public at large by ensuring that citizens of Ontario are assisted by lawyers and paralegals who meet high standards of knowledge, proficiency and professional conduct. In addition, it is here where you can find viable information about obtaining a lawyer or paralegal for hire or information concerning legal processes.

Nevertheless, the “Start Here” awareness campaign is getting ready to wrap up the first phase theme of the campaign which is entitled “Our Society is Your Society”. The basis of this current phase is to inform Ontarians that they can “Start Here”, with the Law Society of Ontario, when in need of access to legal information or resources. By visiting their website www.LSO.ca, citizens will be able to learn more about the tools that are available for them.

The initial purpose of the campaign surrounds the interests of the public and its concerns. Through continued efforts made by the Law Society of Ontario, to connect and reach out directly to the public, citizens will be able to foster a better understanding of the role they play and what people can do should a legal issue arise.

In Ontario alone, many people do not know where to turn when situations pertaining to divorce, child custody,

creating a will or initiating a small claims court matter commences. Emotions tend to arise in situations such as these which can, therefore, make an already complex process even more stressful. However, through the Law Society’s “Start Here” campaign, individuals will be able to learn more about their options and make informed decisions as they see fit.

The campaign additionally focuses on key resources and tools such as The Law Society’s Lawyer and Paralegal Directory; which assists people in accessing licensed and legal professionals based on their geographic area, area of practice, or language spoken. The Law Society Referral Service, which provides a free 30-minute consultation with a lawyer or paralegal to help people determine their legal rights and options. Also, the campaign provides helpful information regarding a wide range of topics such as divorce or child custody and offers step by step information about legal problems offered by Steps to Justice.

The Law Society has additional tools and resources for individuals who are already a part of the legal profession which can assist them in their own legal practice and will be run through a separate internally run campaign called “Your Source.”

Nevertheless, the “Start Here” campaign has already commenced as of May 6th and will continue to run province-wide until June 30th, 2019. Promotions for the campaign can be accessed on multiple platforms such as radio, in print, television and on various social/ digital channels province wide. Communities throughout urban and rural centers will specifically be targeted within this campaign nonetheless, these services will be made available to all Ontario citizens.

Navigating through the legal justice system can produce a wide range of emotions and be a daunting process overall. When sudden events arise, most people do not have the information or resources needed to effectively make decisions regarding their options. However, the Law Society of Ontario and their “Start Here” campaign offers insightful information and procedures for Ontarians to utilize and essentially make the pathway through the justice system slightly easier.

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You Mad, or You Crazy? World Schizophrenia Day Celebrated simone@carib101.com

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“Well, they’ll say words like they’re mad.

Or they’re crazy or you know things like that.” (Black/African/ Afro-Caribbean Family Member, Schizophrenia Society of Ontario)

When you hear the word Schizophrenia, what is your first thought? It is probably very similar to the thought presented in the above quote. There have been studies that have suggested that members of the African and Caribbean community are less likely to find a pathway of care for their mental illnesses and are more likely to have police or criminal justice involved in an involuntary admission to a mental health institution. This is truly unfortunate, especially when discovering that over 360,000 Canadians and more than 1,000,000 Canadians experience some type of psychosis. These numbers can be broken down to 1 in 100 people suffer from schizophrenia, and 3 in 100 Canadians suffer from a psychosis. Many African and Caribbean members of the community, who suffer, do so in silence because of the stigma associated with being diagnosed with a psychosis, lack of knowledge, and mistrust of the medical model. This silence has serious implications; many people do not seek help, nor do they look into recovery plans.

There are some major misconceptions about Schizophrenia, and the symptoms can be confusing, so let us clear these up first. Individuals living with schizophrenia will have what is considered, ‘breaks from reality’ which include: an inability to concentrate, paranoia, needs to withdraw, delusions and hallucinations. The start of the psychosis is between the ages of 16 – 25 years old and affects men and women equally. What needs to be made clear is that Schizophrenia is a treatable mental illness. If it is caught early, and an individual commits himself or herself to treatment, they can live full, healthy and meaningful lives. When a person is challenged with accessing the care needed, or experience stigma, their risk for poor mental health increases. It is for these reasons that the need to improve mental health services and outcomes for Canada’s diverse population has been identified as a national priority.

World Schizophrenia Day “Being included is one of the biggest gifts you can offer someone!” Ania Jones (Schizophrenia Society of Ontario)

and all over the world, numerous campaigns and awareness programs are held during this time of year and are done to help Schizophrenic patients and to increase sensitivity towards the topic.

A local group has taken up the charge in Ontario; started in a church basement in Oakville 40 years ago, Schizophrenia Society of Ontario has become one of Canada’s largest mental health charities, helping tens of thousands of Canadians affected by Schizophrenia and Psychosis each year. This is a family run charity that started off as a support group. The family was personally connected to Schizophrenia, as they had a son who was actively coping with it at the time. They noted that there was not enough support and took action. They started a support group (originally called The Friends of Schizophrenics) and began to provide community support to other families living with the illness. In the last 40 years, the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario has grown its programming and services to meet the needs of people and families affected by Schizophrenia and Psychosis. They are up to 20 staff, and over 100 volunteers which allows them to service over 10,000 people across Ontario

each year.

With programs like, “Ask the Expert” a counselling helpline, that is offered via phone, or online Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, advocacy that supports families: navigate the health care system, allows families to access quality standard of care, and offers psycho-educational course offerings, there is more being offered to families and individuals who have to live with what can be a debilitating disorder.

On May 24th, they would like for you to share the word and help them shine a light on Schizophrenia and Psychosis. They will be featuring interviews and talks with the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario guest speakers including: staff, leaders, entrepreneurs and medical professionals who have had the opportunity to work intimately with members of the community who live with Schizophrenia. For more information, you can visit their website at https://www. schizophrenia.on.ca/, or you can visit them on: Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

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A Timely Announcement; Financial aid to assist in supporting our young black leaders MICHAEL THOMAS michael@carib101.com

TC REPORTER

Gary Anandasangaree, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, and Member of Parliament (Scarborough–Rouge Park) made an unexpected, yet wellreceived announcement on April 26th, 2019, at TAIBU Community Health Centre 27 in Scarborough, Ontario. It was made on behalf of the Honorable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, and it was regarding the investment of $178,800 into the TAIBU Community Health Centre’s Leaders in Training Campaign. This funding will be used to provide leadership training in the Durham and Peel regions for the youth of African and Caribbean descent.

Workshops will touch on: mental health, emotional intelligence, skills training,

leadership development, and pay equity.

The initiative will culminate with employment opportunities, and a networking event organized by the leaders in training.

The TAIBU Community Health Centre is a regional non-profit organization whose mission is to contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the health and well-being of the black Canadian community across the Greater Toronto Area, as well as Francophone and Indigenous communities in Scarborough, with a particular focus on marginalized seniors and youth. Toronto Caribbean Newspaper spoke with Anandasangaree who told TCN he wants to live in a country where everyone has an equal opportunity to reach his or her full potential. “The black community has been unable to do so because of systemic barriers and discrimination that exist in many aspects of our society, and that is why as part of our budget in 2018 we highlighted the need to address issues related to anti-black racism. Funding will be allocated accordingly in order to support programs and organizations that do work to advance these issues,” Anandasangaree explained.

As for what the government plans to do about systemic racism; the MP told Toronto Caribbean Newspaper, “There are no quick fixes; what took 150 years to materialize is not going to be wiped out in a year, or ten years. It is going to take time and effort, and I think these are initial steps towards that. Sometimes people may be unaware of the harm that they cause; sometimes the system needs to be rebuilt or challenged and these changes must come from strong communities that can advocate and fight back against systemic outcomes.”

When asked what it takes to be a part of this project, Anandasangaree said, “This is not for just any organization, its for organizations like TAIBU who have a long history of: addressing systemic issues and addressing issues within the black community. The only requirement is that they must be black-led and blackfocused.” To the like-minded business communities who support these very worthy causes, Anandasangaree had some words of advice “Just continue to do what you are doing.”

Toronto Caribbean Newspaper asked Anandasangaree if this funding project was a one-time thing? He replied,

“This is a three-year funding program that we are hoping to expand on going forward; we look forward to working with communities across this country to address the root causes of racism.”

The 2018 budget announced $19 million to address the challenges faced by black Canadians. This included $9 million to enhance community support for youth at risk and $10 million for the Public Health Agency of Canada to develop research in support of more culturally focused mental health programs in the black Canadian community.

One would agree that numbers highlight the fact that the black Canadian population is the third largest visible minority group in Canada totaling nearly 1.2 million people in 2016. Black Canadian youth ages 15–24 experience disproportionately high dropout rates and have a lower than average labor force participation rate at 52.3%, while 25.6% experience low-income status. Not only is an announcement like this timely, but it is also very necessary for the Afro-Caribbean community during a time when the only word we seem to be hearing from the government lately is “CUT!”

TCCF Presents Donation at the 40th Anniversary of the Herbie Fund SIMONE SMITH simone@carib101.com

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Continued From Page 1 -- Forty years ago, Herbie Quinones was born with a condition in which his windpipe compressed between a major artery and his esophagus cutting off airflow to his lungs when he swallowed food. Imagine being a mother, and knowing that every time you fed your child, there might be a chance that you would kill them. If it weren’t for the wonderful, open hearts of Gina and Paul Godfrey, along with the medical staff at the Hospital for Sick

Children, Herbie would have likely died.

Within days, the joint community raised over $16,000 so that Herbie and his mom could come to Toronto for a rare operation to fix a life-threatening birth defect.

The U.S. health insurance company agreed to pay the family’s hospital cost in 1979, so the money that was raised by the city was put into a permanent fund, rightfully named after Herbie, to help other ailing children.

In 2014, the Herbie Fund awarded TCCF with the Spirit Award; the award recognized the outstanding performance and commitment that the TCCF had made to help critically ill children.

What is amazing is that TCCF donates and contributes to many charitable donations, and they do so with a relatively small donor base.

“Tonight is not just about the past, it is about the next 40 years, and ensuring tomorrow’s children have ac-

cess to this life-changing program.” (Ted Garrard, Chief Executive Officer, Sick Kids Foundation)

From start to finish, it was clear that this was not just any concert. The night put on display the greatness of Canadian Stardom and featured: the tantalizing tap sensation, Travis Nights; first ever Juno award-winning Inuk singer and songwriter Susan Aglukark; vocal sensation and multi-instrumentalist Jordan John, and a brilliant talent, Sean Jones who stepped in at the last minute due to an unexpectedly ill Alen Frew. Toronto Caribbean Newspaper had been invited to accompany TCCF at Beyond Boundless, and we were able to take in all of the great work that is being done here in Toronto.

I was able to steal a few minutes from Elder Jay Brijpaul during the intermission to quickly talk about his thoughts for TCCF going forward. He shared with

ICHF BabyHeart Trip to Guyana TCCF works with three international partners to treat poor and critically ill Caribbean children at four treatment centres. At Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, it works with the Herbie Fund to treat children su ering from most major ailments. In Austin Texas, it works with SpineHope to treat children su ering from spinal problems such as scoliosis.

In Guyana and the Dominican Republic, it works with ICHF/BabyHeart Foundation to treat children su ering from congenital heart disease. The modus operandi at the two Caribbean centres is that TCCF assists with sending medical mission teams consisting of cardiac surgeons, anaesthetists and paediatric intensive care unit nurses to deliver treatment and also train local sta in post-operative care.

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me the journey that the organization has been on, and the importance of the Caribbean community throughout the diaspora helping those who may not be able to afford the healthcare that we have here in Canada. It is through combined efforts that many children in the Caribbean have hope in living long and substantial lives.

We can all do more, and if you are not involved in any charitable activities, this is one to consider. You can visit TCCF at https://www.tccfangels.com, or lend your services at their national office located at 33 Moorehead Crescent, Brampton, Ontario. If you have any personal questions, they can be reached at 905-840-5369.

We are very proud of the work that is being done over at TCCF, and we hope that our community continues to find ways to open their hearts to those who are less fortunate.

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Crisis at Siparia West school TRINIDAD -- A Siparia sec­ondary school is in cri­sis af­ter a se­ries of vi­o­lent episodes among stu­dents, teach­ers in fear for their lives and par­ents re­mov­ing their chil­dren — and even an al­le­ga­tion of a teacher im­preg­nat­ing a stu­dent.

The sit­u­a­tion has now led to an emer­ gency meet­ing among stake­hold­ers to try to bring some or­der to the trou­bled high school.

In an ex­clu­sive in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia, the moth­er of the preg­nant stu­dent said her daugh­ter was raped and was be­ing coun­selled by the teacher who is be­ing ac­cused of fa­ther­ing the child.

The moth­er said she has no prob­lem do­ ing a pa­ter­ni­ty test once the child is born next week.

She said her daugh­ter was raped when she was 14 and the teacher was the one who con­ soled her when she be­gan harm­ing her­self with a blade.

The moth­er said her daugh­ter be­came sex­u­al­ly in­volved with an­oth­er stu­dent and got preg­ nant on Au­gust 28.

Say­ing she was ap­palled that the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion had not in­ves­ti­gat­ed ram­pant sex­u­al ren­dezvous at the school’s com­pound and ac­cused of­fi­cials of cov­er­ing up sex acts and vi­o­lence in the class­room.

Be­fore her daugh­ter be­came preg­nant, she claimed a male stu­dent threw her daugh­ter down a flight of stairs af­ter she ac­ci­den­tal­ly dropped some food on his shirt. The moth­er said, “Noth­ing came out of it.�

The dis­traught par­ent said she has kept her preg­nant daugh­ter away from school over the past six months be­cause of the ru­mours about her and the male teacher.

“My daugh­ter is go­ing through a night­ mare. I am hop­ing that the girl will be able to write her Caribbean Sec­ondary Ed­u­ca­tion Cer­tifi­cate (CSEC) ex­am­i­na­tion in June af­ter she has the ba­ by,� she added.

The Min­istry source con­firmed that in­ves­ ti­ga­tions were on­go­ing in­to sex­u­al abuse and vi­o­ lence among stu­dents.

The lat­est vi­o­lent in­ci­dent oc­curred around noon last Fri­day and end­ed with one stu­dent be­ing knocked al­most un­con­scious.

There are 80 teach­ers at the school and over 500 pupils, ac­cord­ing to school of­fi­cials. A decade ago, there were 1,500 pupils en­rolled but be­cause of fre­quent fights, many par­ents opt­ed to trans­fer their chil­dren.

In a video shared with Guardian Me­dia, stu­dents were seen throw­ing dust­bins and chairs at each oth­er. In the video, two Form One girls scuf­ fled with each oth­er and one was seen slam­ming the oth­er’s head against a wall.

Teach­ers are now so fear­ful of stay­ing in the class­room un­less there is po­lice on the com­ pound.

When Guardian Me­dia vis­it­ed the school yes­ter­day, an emer­gency meet­ing was in ses­sion with safe­ty of­fi­cers, teach­ers, se­nior ad­min­is­tra­tors and of­fi­cials of the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion.

Through the school fence, stu­dents were seen swing­ing from the stair­case. At Block E, the main teach­ing block, stu­dents could be heard shout­ ing ob­scen­i­ties. This was fol­lowed by the sound of screams and what ap­peared to be the smash­ing of fur­ni­ture. A par­ent who led her son hur­ried­ly out of the com­pound said she was fed up of the in­dis­ci­ pline.

“Right now my son’s back is still blueblack from the licks he got. They did not even in­form me that my son was beat­en. The vi­o­lence is spread­ ing to every­one,� she said. She showed a video of her child who was be­ing beat­en by stu­dents with a piece of wood in an open field.

While she spoke, her son de­mand­ed that she stop the in­ter­view.

Keisha Tay­lor whose son was stabbed with a dag­ger stashed in the ceil­ing of the class­room last March said the sit­u­a­tion so bad that many stu­ dents were us­ing their “free time� to have sex.

“There is no su­per­vi­sion in the school.

The teach­ers can­not han­dle the sit­u­a­tion at all. My son was chopped and for three weeks he was out of school. The at­tack­er is still in school,� Tay­lor said.

A source said stu­dents throw knives and cut­lass­es over the school’s fence and then col­lect it to at­tack and threat­en each oth­er.

“They hide the weapons in the bush­es.

Mar­i­jua­na is sold on the com­pound reg­u­lar­ly. The teach­ers are pow­er­less,� he added.

Guardian Me­dia was al­so told that teach­ ers sign the at­ten­dance reg­is­ter and of­ten then

leave ear­ly every Fri­day. Min­is­ter: School has been on my radar

Con­tact­ed for com­ment, Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion Dr Lovell Fran­cis said the school has been on his radar for a while.

“We will con­fer with the School Su­per­vi­ sors and seek to make an in­ter­ven­tion in this school these are is­sues of lead­er­ship and man­age­ment at the school lev­el. Each school has a man­age­ment struc­ture that deals with is­sues of dis­ci­pline and hav­ing a school en­vi­ron­ment con­ducive to teach­ ing in learn­ing. Where laps­es oc­cur or short­com­ings are iden­ti­fied we work with our Cur­ricu­lum Of­fi­cers and School Su­per­vi­sors to put mea­sures in place to strength­en the ex­ist­ing struc­tures. This school has been on my radar for a lit­tle while so it will be an area of spe­cif­ic fo­cus,� Fran­cis said.

Pres­i­dent of the T&T Uni­fied Teach­ers As­so­ci­a­tion Lyns­ley Doo­d­hai could not be reached for com­ment and did not re­spond to What­sApp mes­ sages.

Last week, Teach­ing Ser­vice Com­mis­ sion chair­man Dr Fazal Ali said out of 33 com­plaints of sex­u­al ha­rass­ment for­ward­ed against teach­ers, no one has been found guilty.

He said the TSC can­not com­pel a stu­dent who makes sex­u­al ha­rass­ment charges against a teacher to be crossed-ex­am­in­ed by a tri­bunal as many par­ents do not al­low their chil­dren to re­live the trau­mat­ic ex­pe­ri­ence.

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Gregory elected archbishop of the West Indies JAMAICA -- Lord Bishop of Jamaica and the Cay­ man Islands Howard Gregory was yesterday after­ noon elected the 13th archbishop, primate and met­ ropolitan (Anglican) of the Church in the Province of the West Indies (CPWI).

He succeeds John Holder, who retired as archbishop in February 2018.

Gregory was elected by clergy and laity attending the 40th Synod of the CPWI at Cascadia Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was one of two nominees put forward by the House of Bishops fol­ lowing its deliberations yesterday morning. The other candidate was Phillip Wright, bishop of Belize.

Following separate deliberations by the House of Clergy and the House of Laity, the entire

body reconvened as an elective assembly and Greg­ ory was elected on a simple majority.

The Province of the West Indies was es­ tablished in 1883 and Archbishop-elect Gregory is the third bishop of Jamaica to be elected. The first was Enos Nuttall, bishop of Jamaica 1880-1916 — who was elected primate on May 26, 1893 and be­ came the first archbishop when the title was changed in 1897.

William Hardie, bishop of Jamaica 19311949, was elected archbishop in 1945 and served until his resignation in 1949.

While Bishop Gregory is the first Jamai­ can-born diocesan bishop to be elected to this posi­ tion, he is not the first Jamaican archbishop. Orland

Lindsay, who worked in the Diocese of Jamaica be­ fore being elected bishop of Antigua in 1970, was elected archbishop in 1986 in succession to Arch­ bishop Cuthbert Woodroffe of the Windward Islands, who was the first West Indian Archbishop. Archbish­ op Lindsay held the position until his retirement in 1998.

Archbishop Nuttall, while serving as bish­ op of Jamaica, played a leading role in drawing up the Constitution for a Provincial Synod which had its first meeting in Jamaica in October 1883 with the opening service being held at St Andrew Par­ ish Church. At the time, the synod only involved the bishops of the province. It was not until the 1950s that the canons of the synod were amended to pro­

vide for the involvement of lay members in the delib­ erations and the first such synod was held in Trinidad in 1959.

The CPWI comprises eight dioceses, namely Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica & the Cayman Islands, Northeastern Caribbean and Aru­ ba, The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands.

Gregory succeeded Alfred Reid as Lord Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in 2012.

He is presently supported by Robert Thompson, suf­ fragan bishop of Kingston, and Leon Golding, suf­ fragan bishop of Montego Bay. - Jamaica Observer

Moraikobai residents receive HEYS grants GUYANA -- Twelve persons from Moraikobai, Maha­ ica-Berbice are now beneficiaries of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) project- the Min­ istry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs flagship youth programme.

A total sum of $600,000 was set aside for various projects in the village this quarter and the participants last Friday received a $50,000 grant each to boost their respective establishments, the ministry stated.

During a moving testimony to the changes realised in her life through the programme, Marina Hope said “because of the HEYS programme, today I am now a seamstress; own my own sewing ma­ chine, and a grocery shop. I never had this opportu­ nity before and I am really thankful for it.�

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He added, “we want to thank those who would have made use of this opportunity to develop yourself and build and become independent so we want to encourage you to continue on that path.�

Persaud further explained that the APNU+AFC government has invested some $9.5M in the village of Moraikobai in an effort to not only empower them individually, but also to boost eco­ nomic activities there.

David James, who is the Legal Adviser to Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock, said he was pleased to see the vision of President David Granger for Hinterland Develop­ ment realised.

“Today looking at what you have done, HEYS is a programme that has borne fruit and has fulfilled the promise that it was meant to be, the promise that it would improve your life, it would im­ prove the life of your community, which means that you will have a better life.�

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Clinton, who spoke on behalf of her cous­ in Vanessa Clinton who is differently -abled, said that the latter runs a successful poultry business. “It is helping her a lot because she has a family of two. It’s helping her to send her daughter to school and in the home and even help her husband so the business she is in is great and is helping her,� she said.

Neil Persaud, who is the Programme Monitor for Coastal Villages, spoke of the benefits the programme has brought to persons. “We have seen the fruits of this programme today, the evidence is there. The programme is a catalyst or an agent that causes development in a faster way and this is what HEYS is all about. It is for your development. I

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Twenty youths from the village participat­ ed in the one-year programme (2017-2018), and to date, all of the participants have thriving businesses.

A remaining eight participants will soon receive their grants. The village of Moraikobai is located some ninety eight miles up the Mahaicony River and is home to more than 600 residents, who mainly de­ pend on logging, fishing and hunting for their daily existence.

They can now boast of having estab­ lished village shops, fuel depots, a salon, garment construction shops, snackettes, poultry farms, cas­ sareep shops and ground provision farms..

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He’d been let down one too many times before but knew this time things would be different with his new business partner.

They had met at the University of Windsor and participated in the same student group, Caribbean and African Organization of Students (CAOS). However, it wasn’t until after they both graduated and went on with their lives that they reconnected over this business venture.

Isaac Davis, the CEO of IISH clothing, had thought of this idea a few years ago and shared his excitement with friends.

“I had a group of friends come over and I was watching a music video.

I think it was a Dipset music video, and I saw how the people in the video branded themselves. I called up my friend and told him about it,” said Isaac.

His friend told him to think of a logo, and he’d help him with the graphic design. That was when IISH which stands for Intelligent Individual Surpassing the Hype was born.

“I was around the house thinking, I want something cool because I’m the iish.

Wait, iish…Intelligent Individual Surpassing the Hype,” said Issac.

He feels that an intelligent individual knows to surpass the hype, not follow into the same thing that everybody else is doing. Not only did he want to create a clothing company, but a community of like-minded people.

At the time, Isaac and his previous business partner were still students at the University of Windsor. But it takes money to make money.

“We didn’t even have money. We used grocery money to print 500 shirts.

Then we printed 1,000 shirts since it was around St. Patrick’s Day. Whoever bought a green shirt, we also gave them a black and gold shirt as a thank you for supporting the business,” said Isaac.

The feeling was incredible explained Isaac.

He wanted to go further and see what else they could accomplish.

“We have something here,” said Issac to his previous business partner. “Let’s push this.”

Choosing who you go into business with can be very risky. A lot of people say, “I don’t do business with friends”, because of the risk of losing the friendship or that friend sabotaging the business, whether intentionally or not.

“I kept hassling him for new logos and giving him new ideas, but nothing was moving. I kept waiting, and waiting until I gave up,” said the CEO of IISH clothing.

Isaac stopped running his business for three years.

In that time, he saw other clothing lines come into the market that were making a profit and giving back to the community just as he wanted to do himself. He knew he had to try again, but this time with the right business partner.

Shante, who graduated with a degree in psychology, was up for the challenge of starting IISH clothing again because she puts her entire energy and effort into anything she puts her mind to.

“I knew Isaac was a hard worker because he was a DJ throughout university. Whatever he puts his mind to, he’s going full force with it. He started the business before too, so I know he’s really for pushing this through,” said Shante.

For Isaac, he knew that Shante wanted to be a part of something. During her time in university, she was a part of many clubs on campus and held the position of the student union’s Afrofest Coordinator, who is responsible for planning events during Black History Month.

What held Shante back at first was not having an education in business.

“I did not know one thing about business, so I had to research, and Isaac did as well. My only hesitation was thinking; Am I cut out for this? Am I able to do this?” said the COO of IISH Clothing.

“Shante has always been so engaged, and that’s one quality that drew me to her,” said Isaac. “The way I put 100% into something, Shante would put 105%, and that motivates me to work harder.”

In the beginning, Isaac and Shante were taking orders for their merchandise using their social media platforms and delivering it themselves. Now they have a professional website, where people can put in their orders.

IISH clothing currently sells tshirts, long-sleeve tees, sweaters and tracksuits. Their style is extremely comfortable and simple but stands out. On their t-shirts, which come in white, black, navy and sport grey, the logo “IISH” is printed in gold right in the centre, while another t-shirt says “On My IISH” in black. Their website states, “This OG Tee has the IISH logo on a comfortable and classic-styled t-shirt, but with a twist.

Choose your favorite color and get on your IISH.” It is 100% ring-spun cotton and preshrunk.

The IISH long sleeve tee and sweater also come in the same colors. The IISH Quickstrikes tracksuit, which is navy blue with mustard yellow stripes on the side of the pants and sweater is their more popular item which sold out on their website in less than a week.

After everything that Isaac had experienced at the beginning of building his business, he still has issues trusting people.

He is a very giving person, so it is tough when his generosity is not reciprocated.

“While my business is going on and a friend approaches me that needs something, I’ll refer them to a guy I know that will hook them up with a deal. But once I’ve shared my resources, they ignore my business,” said Isaac.

Shante took it upon herself to also learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to keep creating new designs for the brand. Their next step is to come up with more colors for their tracksuits and find people that they can work with as their company grows bigger.

“I want to tap into new talent.

There are so many people that are coming up, and they don’t get the spotlight that they deserve. I have a couple of people that I’m looking at on Instagram and I’m writing their names down and what we might need them for in the future,” said Isaac.

Isaac and Shante know that their journey is just beginning, and they’re prepared to make a breakthrough.

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Celebrating Indigenous peoples and cultures June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day and a time for all Canadians to honour and celebrate the diverse cultures and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada.

The celebrations taking place across the country are varied. Some communities choose to mark the holiday with barbecues and dancing, others host large events with musical performances and activities for children.

Additionally, some bands choose to hold powwows to commemorate the event, complete with traditional dancing, drumming and food.

National Indigenous Peoples Day events are open to all Canadians who are interested in learning about and celebrating the unique cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Regardless of your ethnicity, on June 21 you’re invited to recognize the important role of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

So how will you celebrate this year?

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Indigenous peoples in Canada: terms to know The Indigenous peoples of Canada include all First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals and communities who inhabit this country. Here’s an overview of the differences between these three designations.

• First Nations. This term is used to describe Indigenous peoples who are ethnically neither Inuit nor Métis. It became common during the 1970s as an alternative to the outdated term Indian. It’s used to refer to people who have official status under the Indian Act of Canada as well as people without status who identify as belonging to a First Nation. Whenever possible, you should use the name of the specific nation in question rather than simply saying First Nations or Indigenous.

• Inuit. Inuit means “people” in the Inuktitut language and is used to refer to the Indigenous peoples that live in the Arctic regions of Canada.

The term Eskimo is no longer used and is considered offensive in some cases.

• Métis. This term refers to people of mixed ancestry who developed their own traditions, cultu­res and languages distinct from those of their Indigenous and European ancestors. Most Métis populations are historically located in the Prairies, especially along the Red River in Manitoba. This term should only be used to refer to people who identify as Métis and not for all people of both Indigenous and European des-

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DWIGHT IRELAND Always expanding his boundaries “If I’m remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that’s plenty.” Sidney Poitier

Written by Simone Smith Toronto Caribbean Newspaper

There are many difficulties presented to an individual who is actively working in show business; these difficulties are heightened when you are a black man working in the industry. We have had the pleasure of interviewing some great men for our new segment Classic Man; we have interviewed a Visual Communicator, two amazing Soca Dj’s, a world-famous mixologist, and this week, we would like to present to you, the handsome, tenacious, Dwight Ireland.

As an actor, Dwight is familiar with the hardships of being a working actor.

The types of roles he has been asked to interpret, have often represented a limited view of black people and black culture. There might be less competition for these roles because there are a lot more white actors than black actors, but the opportunities to audition are still very limited. In addition to fewer opportunities, it is common to see actors of color being put into a box. Many are asked to act “black” and are often cast in “urban” roles like drug dealers, street thugs, pimps or hoes. Even with these difficulties, Dwight Ireland was destined to be great.

“Honesty and Integrity are the keys to building long-lasting relationships.”

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Dwight Ireland grew up in a middle-class neighborhood in Scarborough and moved to Markham at 15 years old.

His parents noticed his talents at a young age, so they decided to enrol him in acting school. His promise for a bright future was swiftly noticed, and he had an opportunity to act in his first play, “Listen to the Wind.” After working in theatre for a while, and upon completion of university, Dwight decided to take up modeling as well so that he could broaden his professional horizons. This helped him with the decision to make an international move; his first trip, South Africa.

The trip to South Africa was an eye-opening experience for Dwight; he learned why it was important to travel and get perspective about the world. When he had first moved to South Africa, there had recently been a boycott on magazines like Cosmopolitan, and GQ. They were now focused on black models, and you could find the cover of many of the magazines with black models on them. It was both perfect timing and opportunity for Dwight, and he took full advantage of it. Dwight experienced working with both black models, and white models, and it was then he questioned if North Americans truly understood the African way of life. Dwight admits that this trip truly opened his eyes when it came to African society, culture, and their way of life. Dwight’s next stop; New York!

Now that he had begun to travel more, Dwight was beginning to open himself up to contrasting experiences.

New York was the mecca for modeling, and this is where he learned about community. After a week of living in New York and going to auditions, he experienced the word community on another level. He began to see the same people at different auditions, and they would invite him out for coffee, tea, drinks, and dinner; even though they were competing for the same jobs, they still took care of each other. Although he enjoyed his experience, New York was very expensive, so Dwight decided to head back to Toronto.

“In this business, you’re only competing against yourself” Dwight Ireland

Dwight decided to take a year off just to spend time on recuperating and re-

organizing his life. He was in his early 30’s when Los Angeles was presented to him as an opportunity. He remembers having a conversation with a friend, and she told him about the opportunities that could be available to him in Los Angeles. After his year off, he decided that this would be his next move. When he arrived the first thing he learned was that not many people are actually born and raised in L.A. If you lived there, you had to be very comfortable in your own skin; you had to know what you wanted, and not be afraid to go out and get it. Unlike New York, it was a completely different scene; everyone you met was connected to the industry; people valued the connections they had and were not open to sharing them. What Dwight learned was that you would never know whether you or your dreams have what it takes until you give it a shot; this is why Los Angeles is a nexus for dreamers.

Dwight has put in the time and effort into shaping his craft, and it can be seen in the work that he has done. You might have seen him and not even have realized it. He has had roles in the following series and films: • Nikita (TV series) Character: Evans – CIA Escort, 2013 • Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) Character: Businessman, 2014 • 12 Monkeys (TV Series) Character: Reporter, 2015 • Hannibal (TV Series) Character: Doctor, 2016 • Designated Survivor (Netflix Series) Character: White House Reporter, 2016 - 2019 • Nurses (New Fall Series) Character: Orthopaedic Surgeon, 2019 This determined and talented Classic Man extends his work outside the thespian realm; most recently he was the Associate Director of Speaking Engagements at Me to We Speakers and Free the Children, and has also developed his expertise for matching the right talent with the right event through the experiences he had working with musicians at SL Feldman & Associates. His advice to budding black male actors: build your craft, stay grounded and confident in everything that you do, and don’t be afraid to expand your boundaries.

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Refreshing spring cocktails and mocktails

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Winter is over and spring is in full swing which means it’s time for some cool drinks.

Let’s face it, all winter we’ve been drinking tea, hot chocolate, cocoa, and coffee, it’s time to savor the flavors of spring with some fun cocktails and mocktails. If you are still wondering what is a mocktail; a mocktail is basically a non-alcoholic mixed drink made similar to a cocktail except for the use of alcohol. This is perfect for all the persons who can’t consume alcohol but still, want to enjoy a good drink.

Don’t worry, I got you covered on ways to spice up your drinks this spring.

Mocktails Whenever I’m making mocktails I like to infuse the use of fresh herbs and syrups, like a peach basil smash where you muddle your basil with the peach and lime juice in an old-fashioned glass then top it off with ice and peach nectar. Two of my favorite syrups are ginger and cinnamon. Use extra garnish to add additional flavors. Using the correct glass is important, it takes your drinks to a whole new level.

Cocktails When thinking spring cocktails think floral, fresh flavors and light drinks. you can also use thin slices of cucumbers in your drink to make them fancy, use enough ice and en-

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This week I’m sharing my sparkling lemonade mocktail which is bubbly and has a rich flavor, so you won’t miss the alcohol.

My signature jackfruit daiquiri mocktail can be served as a cocktail with a splash of rum if you want a strong drink. Last but not least the tropical breeze. It’s a spin on a Caribbean rum punch using orange juice, pineapple juice, lime juice, and rum.

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Sparkling Ginger Lemonade This is a perfect drink for a nice evening you will definitely enjoy the sparks with the ginger flavor.

Ingredients • 2 oz bubbly sparkling water • 1 oz ginger simple syrup • 3 oz strong lemonade

Directions In a glass, over ice, combine all ingredients in order Jackfruit Daiquiri You won’t miss alcohol with this rich and creamy jackfruit daiquiri. Jackfruit is considered the miracle fruit, and this mocktail is definitely a miracle.

Ingredients • 1 cup crushed ice • 1/4 cup Jackfruit puree • 1/2 cup coconut milk • 2 oz Cinnamon simple syrup

Ginger simple syrup • 1/2 cup granulated sugar • 1/2 cup water • 4 oz. grated ginger Directions For the simple syrup: In a small saucepan, bring water, sugar, and ginger to a boil, then reduce the flame and allow to simmer until thickened. Remove from flame and leave to steep for 30 minutes, then strain and discard ginger. Fill a Collins glass with ice and add ginger simple syrup, lemonade, and top with sparkling water. Garnish with a lemon twist and enjoy.

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Understanding the pain of Fibromyalgia DR. VIKAS PURI drpuri@carib101.com

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Fibromyalgia is something of a mystery. It can’t be detected with scans or blood tests, yet it causes lifelong pain for millions of people.

The disease mainly affects women (about 75%-90% of cases), causing pain all over the body. Because not all healthcare professionals are adept at identifying and diagnosing fibromyalgia, reported rates of the condition vary greatly from country to country. In China, it affects only 0.8% of people, in France around 1.5%, in Canada 3.3%, and in Turkey 8.8%. Estimates in the US range from 2.2% to 6.4%, and in Russia, about 2% of the population is affected.

People with the condition are often diagnosed if they have longstanding muscle pain, bone or joint pain and fatigue. Fibromyalgia can also cause insomnia, “brain fog”, some symptoms of depression or anxiety, as well as a range of other complaints, including irritable bowel syndrome and headache.

Many patients are also hypermobile (“double-jointed”) and there is some overlap with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology make it clear that the diagnosis should be made using defined criteria based on the “widespread pain index” (which scores the number of painful regions out of 19 coupled with a symptom severity scale. The diagnosis also takes fatigue, generalized pain, unrefreshing sleep, and cognitive symptoms into account.

Treatment from a chiropractor or physiotherapist can bring about tremendous relief of fibromyalgia symptoms. A multidisciplinary rehabilitation clinic where a chiropractor works in tandem with physiotherapists, kinesiologists, and massage therapists can provide the patient with comfort and relief and can reduce the need for pharmacological

intervention in the quest for comfort, function, and relief of pain.

The chiropractic approach offers a drug-free method of reducing the pain of fibromyalgia and increasing the patient’s ability to function. A build-up of physical, chemical and emotional stresses increases stress hormone levels in the body, leading to inflammation and spinal misalignments (subluxations) that reduce nerve flow through the spine. This can lead to pain and reduced organ function.

Chiropractic treatment known as an adjustment is a gentle and effective means of restoring spinal function, reducing stress hormone levels and improving nerve flow.

Many fibromyalgia patients have reported a significant decrease in pain after receiving chiropractic adjustments, including improved quality of sleep and increased energy levels. Leg cramps, neck and back pain are a common feature of fibromyalgia and respond well to spinal adjustments.

A chiropractor may also recommend physiotherapy in combination with chiropractic care. Complex neurological and musculoskeletal disorders like fibromyalgia are best served by multi-disciplinary treatment facilities where treatment providers with varied specialties work together to deliver optimum care for your specific set of challenges. A physiotherapist can provide the patient with assistance on pain management, build strength and improve range of motion and stamina.

Physiotherapy can help relieve deep muscle pain and can help minimize or prevent recurrence of flare-ups. A physiotherapist may use modalities such as: ice, heat, deep tissue massage, ultrasound, TENS therapy, and exercise prescriptions.

When a chiropractor and a physiotherapist work together, they are both able to create and offer the patient a personalized, balanced and optimized treatment plan. They will track your progress and give you the tools you need to cope with fibromyalgia on an ongoing basis. You will also be provided with knowledge and instruction on how to manage your symptoms at home, work and at leisure. This will include nutritional supplement and diet counseling in addition to lifestyle modifications.

While fibromyalgia tends to carry a disparaging stigma, help is available, and the condition can be managed.

Are you a technology junkie?

Do you have your smart phone with you everywhere except in the shower? Do you check the social networks the se­cond you have a bit of free time, even if it’s during an office meeting, at a restaurant with friends, or in bed with your loved one?

Maybe just the thought of giving up your device makes you shudder. If so, you may very well be an addict.

There are many diffe­ rent types of addiction — alcohol, drugs, to­ bacco, and gambling are just a few.

But with the gro­wing popularity of so­­cial networks and smart pho­nes, a new condition has been making its ap­ pearance over the last few years: Internet ad­diction. The term re­fers to the ina­bility to stop oneself from connec­ting to the Internet or the ina­bility to limit the amount of time spent on the Internet to use social media, send text messages, or do other things online.

DETECTING THE SYMPTOMS Cyber addiction symptoms include a feeling of well-being when using the In­ternet; the inability to stop using the Internet or de-

crease use; social isolation (no time for family, friends, or other pastimes); performance problems at work or school; irritability; and depression.

THINK ABOUT IT E-mails or texts that require an immediate response are rare. So why is it ne­ cessary to be in constant communication with social network users or cyber ac­ quaintances, especially if it’s affecting your real-life relationships?

GETTING BACK TO REALITY Time spent with family or friends is precious. You might have to re-learn to live in the pre­sent all over again as you limit your interactions and activities in the virtual world.

At work, if you want to get back your productivity, you’ll likely find it helps to temporarily turn off your cellphone so you can complete a task without interruption and with com­plete concentration.

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A guide to DIY

salad dressing There are many reasons to make your own salad dressing. Aside from impressing dinner guests and allowing you to discover new flavours, homemade dressings and vinaigrettes are healthier than their storebought counterparts. Here are a few tips to get you started.

WITH OIL When using oil as a base for your salad dressing, use a ratio of three parts high quality vegetable oil to one part acid.

Salad hearsay:

Sunflower seed oil, extra-virgin olive oil and a variety of nut oils make great bases, while popular acids include balsamic vinegar, lemon juice and apple cider vinegar.

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Salad isn’t exempt from being the target of misconceptions.

Here are some commonly spouted claims about leafy greens and lettuce, followed by whether or not they’re true.

The last step is to add a thickening agent such as mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, yogurt or honey, and aromatics like garlic or herbs.

Iceberg lettuce isn’t nutritious This one’s true. Like celery, radishes and cucumbers, iceberg lettuce is 95 per cent water. To be fair, it also contains a small amount of vitamin B and dietary fibre, which is better than nothing. While eating iceberg lettuce is good for staying hydrated, the nutritional value of it is negligible.

WITHOUT OIL The key to a good dressing is that it coats your salad’s components. While oil is perfect for the job, you can use other ingredients.

Caesar salad has more calories than a hamburger This can be either true or false, depending on the specifics involved. The calorie density of a Caesar salad will entirely depend on the portion size and what’s in it. If your salad comes slathered in dressing and topped with chicken, bacon and croutons, then it probably does have more calories than a hamburger. However, it depends on what exactly is on the burger.

Prewashed lettuce can be served immediately This is false. Prewashed lettuce can become contaminated at any point between the farm and your kitchen. It can also pick up contaminants from your counter if you’re preparing raw meat close by.

Always wash your salad, regardless of what it says on the pac-

For a liquid dressing, try citrus juice or soy sauce. If you want a creamier result, opt for mustard or low-fat cream or yogurt. kage. That said, while a quick rinse under the tap is all it takes to remove pesticides and surface contaminants, it won’t eliminate the risk of being infected by E. Coli. Keep an eye out for health advisories and food recalls.

With this knowledge in hand, you’re set to enjoy dining on salads all summer long.

Canadians can get up-to-date information about food recalls at healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis.

Smartphone users can also download the free Recalls and Safety Alerts application.

PREPARATION Any airtight and transparent container, such as a Mason jar, can be used to prepare your dressing. Simply put all the ingredients inside, close the lid and shake until you get a homogenous mixture.

If you don’t use all of it right away, simply store it in the refrigerator in the same container. It’ll keep for up to several weeks.

Hold the lettuce: how to diversify your salads Summer is the perfect time to enjoy a refreshing salad, but you don’t always have to opt for lettuce as the main ingredient. Here are some ideas to inspire you.

PASTA SALADS You don’t have to settle for macaroni with mayonnaise and celery. There is a huge variety of pastas to choose from.

Conchiglie pasta, better known as shells, is perfect for salad thanks to its shape. Orzo, gemelli and rotelles are equally great choices.

Be sure to enhance the flavour for your pasta salad by incorporating fresh herbs like basil, coriander or chives. You can also add some savoury texture to the dish by including roasted nuts or seeds.

mustard or wine vinegar for a sharper flavour profile.

Experiment with incorporating ingredients such as cherry tomatoes, pineapple, radishes, bacon and eggs.

OTHER SALADS The base for a salad can be derived from nearly any ingredient including beets, legumes, quinoa, couscous, rice, bulgur wheat and buckwheat. Next time you go to the grocery store or farmers’ market, be inspired by in-season ingredients and use your creativity to step up your salad game.

Don’t be afraid to play around with interesting flavour combinations like shrimp and mango, chicken and sundried tomatoes, bell pepper and prosciutto or cranberry and apple.

POTATO SALADS This deli mainstay is more versatile than you might think.

For starters, consider experimenting with different types of potatoes — there are around 80 varieties that are commercially available. Leave thin-skinned potatoes unpeeled to add texture to your salad.

In terms of dressing, think about swapping mayo for plain yogurt for a more calorie-conscious dish. Add Dijon

To ensure you create a salad dressing you’ll love, start by making a scaled down version of the recipe using the same ratios. If you don’t like the result, start over. This type of testing allows you to sample the outcome without using a ton of ingredients.

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How did the world arrive at its current state of crises; Part 4 - Education ERROL A. GIBBS errol@carib101.com

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How did the world arrive at its current state of crises, despite exponential growth in the religions of the world, academia, human knowledge, scientific and technological achievements in engineering and medicines, and material and financial wealth?

Can education help to manage or reverse the nature of the crises (Reference: Part 1.

Paragraph 2.).

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all” — Aristotle (384BC – 322BC) (Father of Western Philosophy).

What is education? How do parents explain what education is to their children? How do individuals and nations measure the benefits of billions of dollars of investments in education? Can education be the panacea for a world in crisis? What ought to be the strategic goals of education? The answers are more fundamental than the questions.

This writer proffers that education ought to be a “human value” proposition with the inherent capacity to lift people to great heights of humanity. Education ought to incorporate intangibles such as knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, fairness, reason, realism, integrity, prudence, and discernment to solve fundamental human problems.

More importantly, education should liberate human beings from the dominion of a largely materially driven lifestyle. The reality of our postmodern era is that we have arrived at crossroads of unquestionable material progress on the one hand, and a decline in spiritual, moral, social, intellectual, and physical development on the other hand.

Schools, as a place for formal learning, began by about 3100 BC., with the Scribes and Priests. Fast forward to 2019 AD. Post Graduate Degrees, Graduate Degrees, and Masters of Business Administration (MBA). Degrees have become fundamental requirements for people in a wide range of occupations in religion, politics, education, leadership, government, and management.

These degrees have mushroomed throughout universities, private institutions, and corporations at significant cost to both student and institution. Schools have become manufacturers of advanced knowledge, but the world needs an “educational philosophy” that can usher in a new era of “educational enlightenment” of the 21st century.

The world’s expenditure on education in 2014 was $1,776 trillion (Reference: Stockholm International Peace Institute (SIPI)). Paradoxically, observe the human condition through the prisms of postmodern education. Observe the financial deficit of nations, the increase in mental illness, fear, anxiety, stress, depression, and loneliness among people.

Observe the distrust and apathy

with political leaders, the cyclic collapse of the world economies, and the moral failure of some educated elites in high finance, politics, and religion. Observe the application of some unjust and just laws — unjustly. Observe the decline in the display of international peace and harmony, the hoarding of strategic resources, the accumulation of excessive wealth, global terrorism, and the advent of World War III.

These human conditions confirm a universal decline in the capacity of postmodern education to lift human beings to new heights of humanity. Likewise, to build and sustain great civilizations. The calculable response to problems of humankind is to call for higher expenditures in academic research, prison incarceration, underpinned by the growth in the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC), and more advanced Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs).

The cost of mass incarceration in the United States cost is $182.0 Billion per year (Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). Likewise, the total (federal, provincial, and municipal) public spending on criminal justice in Canada per year is about $20 billion (The John Howard Society of Canada).

The world’s expenditure to sustain its Military Industrial Complex (MIC) amounted to $1,756 trillion in 2012 (www. globalissues.org). According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of refugees and internally displaced people have reached an unprecedented 68.5 million.

Among the displaced peoples are nearly 25.4 million refugees, over half of whom are under the age of 18. The UNHCR annual budget rose to more than US$ 1 billion in the early 1990s and reached a new yearly high of US$ 7.7 billion in 2017.

One could hypothesize that political leaders would comprehend that the fragile world economy is incapable of sustaining these “deficit-driven” expenditures.

The educated observer could conclude that these expenditures should address such critical issues as early childhood education, mental illness, emerging infectious diseases or the fifteen global challenges facing humanity depicted in The Millennium Project Global Futures Studies & Research of (2012).

What could be the solution to this postmodern educational conundrum — a Wholesome Educational Curriculum (WEC)? A WEC alone can liberate completely — spiritually, morally, socially, intellectually, and physically, with measurable outcomes that are similar to Academic Information Literacy (AIC) and numeracy.

A WEC incorporates greater creativity and innovation.

The restrictive AIC prisms place an inherent limit on the enormous potential of education to transform the lives of individuals and nations. A WEC alone engenders the highest potency in leaders, followers, and nations. A WEC guides humankind along a path to a better understanding of fundamental human needs.

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If you look, you will Find DO YOU What You Sikhi: ENJOY THE The IN5 Experience ARTICLES IN EACH EDITION?

SIMONE SMITH simone@carib101.com

HUMAN SPECIALIST

“Truth is the highest of all virtues, but higher still is truthful living!”

As of late, I have been given the opportunity to enter the world of different cultures throughout the city of Toronto, and this has proven to be yet another benefit of doing what you love. Social Media (Instagram) allowed Jagdeep Singh and I to cross paths. It was interesting because my first thought was, huh! What is this all about? It has become part of my work to filter through requests, focus on the ones that will benefit the community, and then choose with purpose in mind. For some reason, this connection felt right, and when we were able to connect in person, I was unsure of how to act; he was well dressed, very dignified, articulate and purposed. I knew right away that this was going to be an interesting experience.

My takeaway from that very first experience was that just the word religion can be such a BARRIER! In my one conversation, I was reminded that other than cultural

ideologies, many of the principles of living a righteous life are the same. That is why when Trish and I were given an opportunity to learn more, we jumped at it. Well, Trish jumped at it when I told her I was going; she had overheard the conversation, and was like, “I’m coming!” Life at the office is an abundance of opportunities.

When I arrived, I was instantly blown away by the size of the complex. Jagdeep had invited us to experience a never-before, enchanting and enlightening journey into the beliefs, and history of Sikhi. The IN5 Experium (The Golden Temple), is located at the Bramalea City Centre and opened its doors on April 16th. The doors will remain open until June 15th, 2019, and if you are one of my enlightened readers, this is definitely something to take in. Members of the Sikhi community have found a way to educate the greater community about their spiritual beliefs; it is like being invited into someone’s world, so this must be done with respect, and entered into without judgment.

To start this tour, you have to download an app (remember to bring your earphones) that interactively takes you through a fusion of high-end multimedia technology and in-depth research about the Sikhi history, philosophy and way of life. The tour was touch screen operated (smart walls), which is something that I have never experienced before; closer to the end of the tour, we were actually able to enter the Golden Temple. As women, we respectfully covered our heads

and removed our shoes. We walked in and I was amazed, at how realistic the temple looked; they even had motion sensor fish that would move towards you when you walked around the temple. It was truly an unbelievable experience.

“Pray, Work, Give.”

What was the takeaway from this experience, and how can we continuously live better lives? One takeaway is that we as humans can all learn something from each other, regardless of culture or religion. The greatest thing about learning from people outside of your comfort zone is that you find you have more in common then you thought.

There is a recognition that God (regardless of what you want to call the higher power), is inside every person, no matter how wicked they appear, and so everyone is capable of change if given the understanding and support that they need. It is about focusing on the relationship with God, and being an active member of your community. It is about combining action and belief, which includes living an authentic life and putting thought to purpose.

There is so much to be learned, and I promise you Toronto, until you are ready to step outside your comfort zones, I will do it for you and share what I learn with you. No worries; you will step out of your zone when you are ready.

The cracks in the sidewalk…

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If you walk down the street, I can guarantee you that you will see somewhere along your path a sidewalk that has cracks in it. Sometimes they are small, maybe unnoticeable cracks and other times we come across large, off-kilter cracks. These cracks remind me of the imperfections we all have as humans and our acceptance of our imperfections.

I feel that sometimes (some of us all the time, which I can definitely own) we are so critical of ourselves. It could be in the way we see our bodies, to the lack of selfdiscipline, to our lack of knowledge. There is always something we are judging ourselves on. So, what if you just accepted yourself as you are? Such a novel idea, but really if you

think about it, there are some things about us that we will never be able to change, like if one your feet is a bit longer than the other.

It’s kind of crazy to think about this, but it is so true.

I really believe that accepting and loving ourselves exactly as we are right now is one of the hardest things to do. It really is.

If you think about it, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others. We live in a society where you can pretty much do anything physically to yourself now, to change the things that you dislike about yourself, but is that really the answer?

We all come here with gifts, talents, personality traits, an underlying knowledge, but sometimes we seem to forget all these amazing qualities about ourselves because we only focus on the lack, we focus on that one small thing that bugs us about ourselves, instead of owning all of it.

Over the years, there have been a few things I have done to really shift this in myself. The first one, which was the hardest, I stood in front of the mirror naked and really looked at myself. Looked at my body, the folds, the bruises, the freckles, the fat, all of it and really looked and understood how ev-

erything got there. The fat got there from the amazing food I have eaten, the relationships I have built over food and my free will. The mark on my knee was from the final game in the playoffs, while I was playing fast pitch when I was younger. We won that game and I slide home. The freckle on my cheek that a lover once deemed a beautiful masterpiece.

I could go on.. but do you see how changing your perception can shift the energy on things. It can change the way you see life.

The second one was I wrote out all the things I knew about myself that were true and positive. I didn’t analyze the list, I didn’t think about it in advance, I just got really present with myself and wrote. Then after I sat down with myself and read it out loud.

There were some amazing things on that list.

The last one, I made a game plan to change the things I could change about myself that I didn’t like and then just learned to accept the things I couldn’t. Really that’s all it came down to. I come to know and love the fact that we all are sidewalks with cracks, sometimes they are small and other times they are big, but they are cracks anyways. So, to you my human friend, own it.

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Azubuike: The Past is Your Strength DAVE RANKIN dave@carib101.com

TC REPORTER

Our great historian John Henrik Clarke once said, “History is a clock that people use to tell the political and cultural time of day, it is also a compass people use to find themselves on the map of human geography.” This historical clock that Dr. Clarke speaks of will assist us - Africans living in the Diaspora - to find our place on the map of human geography. To do this, I will be calling on all ancestors past and present with this tumultuous task.

First, authors will be summoned; these authors will introduce facts that will

serve as our compass, a most vital instrument necessary when going on any long, and unknown excursion. Stalwarts such as: Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan, Dr. Charles Finch, John G. Jackson, Frances Cress Welsing, Drusilla Dunjee Houston and a host of others will be awakened to do as they have always done, to make sure that we find our place. And when this place has been found, we will not forget.

I am excited to introduce the juggernauts in the field of research, which will provide us with epoch-making information. This will help to refute the Arnold Toynbee’s of the world and the archaic opinions that have survived throughout the ages. There have been ridiculous notions that have told us that; ”The only one of the primary races…which has not made a creative contribution to any of our twenty-one civilizations is the black race.” It was our ancestors who gave their lives to make sure that when we come across those who share Friedrich Hegel’s opinion to, forget Africa and not to mention it again,

we can proudly ignore their baseless claims, and stand on the shoulders of our beloved.

The Azubuike column will add to what has already been done to document the greatness of our history.

The broad and sturdy shoulders of our ancestors will continue to inform us of the great civilizations of yesteryears. Classical ones such as: Nubia, Ethiopia, the land of Punt, Meroe (Kush), and Axum will be included in our discourse. The great civilizations of West Africa such as: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai cannot be omitted from the upcoming paragraphs of this newly formed series. At some point, we will even visit the Kingdom of Monomotapa, which covered parts of Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Beloved ones who have contributed to Our Story will be resurrected to take their rightful place among our hearts. The names of great leaders like: Sunwosret of the 11th12th Dynasty who founded the city of Athens, and Pharaoh Mer-Neith, who according

Social media dos and don’ts for prom night Though it’s natural to want to share highlights from your prom, there’s a limit to what you should be posting online. Here are some dos and don’ts for making the most of social media on prom night.

• DO use your prom’s designated hashtag when posting photos online. This will help your classmates easily find them.

• DON’T forget that what you post on the internet can never entirely be erased. If you wouldn’t want your grandma or future employer seeing a photo, don’t share it.DON’T make nasty comments about other people. It’s also best to avoid posting videos or pictures that could potentially embarrass a peer. Not only are these actions hurtful, they make you look mean.

• DO take your photos early in the evening, when your hair and makeup are perfect • DON’T spend the whole night on your phone. You’re at prom to make memories, not stare at a screen.

You shouldn’t be afraid to share your most prom-tastic moments on social media, just be sure to use your common sense to avoid any unwelcome repercussions.

Gift grads with experiences they’ll remember Graduating from high school is a milestone in a young person’s life. What better way to recognize this rite of passage than with an experience they’ll never forget?

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A GETAWAY Treating your graduate to a trip will allow them to reflect on who they are and what their future holds. Some graduates will be able to find inspiration during a weekend camping trip with their friends. Others would better appreciate a full week at an all-inclusive resort with their closest family members.

For a truly unforgettable experience, buy them an unlimited train pass for a summer-long adventure in Europe.

A SPECIAL ACTIVITY An outing or activity is another great way to mark graduating from high school. A day at a spa, tickets to cheer on their local sports team or a pass to a summer music festival are all great options. If these ideas don’t get their hearts racing, check out local coupon websites for deals on unusual activities like laser tag or axe throwing.

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We will explore African Myths, Proverbs, and Fables as the pearls of wisdom they were intended to be. It will allow us to witness the various methods of effective communication utilized to convey an endless reservoir of knowledge. Once sipped, this bountiful reservoir is sure to enable clarity of perception in every aspect of human life. I believe they call this the application of knowledge; where the true power lies.

This is why the Nigerian name Azubuike has been chosen as the title. Pronounced “ah-zoo-bee-kay,” this appellation is translated as, “The Past is Our Strength.” We must use history as our clock to not only tell our political and cultural climate but to locate ourselves on the map of human geography.

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A SURPRISE PARTY A themed surprise party is sure to be a hit. Set up a selfie station with props where people can take fun pictures, and have guests leave good wishes and words of advice for the future. To double the fun, and to save on expenses, consider teaming up with the families of your graduate’s friends.

No matter how you choo­se to recognize your grad’s grand exit from high school, when you offer an experience, you gift them with memories that last a lifetime.

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Hey Everyone! I hope everyone had an amazing long weekend spending time with family and friends. Every now and then, a break is necessary in order to refuel for the upcoming week and to ensure productivity. Regardless of how you spent the long weekend, I hope it gave you the energy needed to tackle whatever goals you may have on the agenda. For this week’s entry, I wanted to focus on the funding cuts that the Ford government imposed towards Legal Aid Ontario and how the cuts will affect the many clients who rely on its services for proper legal representation.

I must admit, when I first was made aware of these cuts, I had to take some time to really reflect and remove all emotion from the situation especially since I willingly take the time to immerse myself into the legal community and the issues that surround it. In addition, I take time to educate myself on the needs of the community and know for a fact that legal assistance is already an area of concern when it comes to obtaining affordable and effective legal help. Nevertheless, the cuts made towards Legal Aid in Ontario have prompted criticisms from lawyers and others within the legal profession.

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is a publically funded non-profit corporation that is responsible for overseeing the legal aid program in Ontario. It provides legal aid services to low-income individuals within the province through legal education, legal advice, community legal clinics, and legal representation.

Established in 1998, this organization provides assistance with domestic violence, family law, poverty law issues, child custody, and refugee and immigration hearings. In addition, Legal Aid Ontario provides services in criminal cases where it’s probable that the accused may go to jail.

Regrettably, it was determined in April that the much-needed funding given to Legal Aid Ontario would be cut by 30% which means that it will receive 133 million dollars less than the projected 456 million dollars. On top of that, funding that is directed towards refugee and immigration law services would also be eliminated

therefore leaving many individuals of immigrant and refugee status vulnerable.

It has been determined that these cuts can negatively affect many people in a number of ways. First, these cuts to legal aid limit one’s access to justice by preventing people from being able to either fight for custody of their children or have access to their children. Many people who rely on Legal Aid Ontario, do not have the financial ability to pay top dollar for a lawyer and rely on the services provided by Legal Aid Ontario to govern their way through an already complex legal system.

As for refugees, their future may not be as bright, since the cuts towards legal aid will greatly affect their already lengthy claims for status due to fear of suffering or oppression from their country of origin. For many refugees, legal aid is their only way for them to legally maneuver through the justice system while maintaining hope that their claims for status are approved. Throughout the years, Canada has prided itself on being a cultural mosaic where immigrants/refugees are able to flourish therefore making the country stronger as a whole. However, the recent cuts will act as another roadblock preventing them from participating in the Canadian dream they aspire towards.

Additionally, the cuts to legal aid also mean that a large number of people will be exploring the option of self-representation. “Self-represented litigants”, as it is sometimes called, are individuals who go to court without a lawyer and although this may seem like an ideal situation, more self-represented people who go to court can potentially slow down how justice is administered.

Although these cuts have made many people nervous within recent weeks, Doug Ford has guaranteed that anyone who needs legal aid will have access to it. Even with Ford’s undertaking, many of those within the legal community are not quick to rely on his words as he has recently been quick to cut a number of other important programs such as the Tuition Free Grant Program that enabled students of low-income status to attend college and or university.

Nevertheless, as of right now, it is difficult to say where these cuts may lead Ontario and its citizens that depend on it, and it’s even more difficult for me to offer a solution to a problematic cause. However, what I can offer you is this; June 2nd, 2022 the next premier election. Let your voice be heard!

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3 weeds to cultivate on your property Weeds get a bad rap. People have a tendency to lump these plants together and look upon the entire lot as undesirable. It’s true that there are a number of positively destructive weeds, invasive species that can overtake your yard within a growing season. But there are also many plants typically identified as weeds that are highly beneficial to lawns and gardens. Here are three common ones that you should welcome.

1. Dandelion. This ubiquitous weed with a yellow flower has deep roots that draw up minerals and water from the soil, thereby helping to nourish neighbouring

plants. Additionally, dandelions attract beneficial insects such as ladybugs, lacewings and other pollinators. This plant also has edible roots, leaves and flowers that con­tain essential nutrients.

2. White clover. White clover collects nitrogen from the air and transfers it to the soil. Nitrogen is essential to plant growth and one of the three main ingredients in fertilizer. Plus, this weed has a large root system that breaks up hardpan (a hard, underground layer of soil impervious to water). Like the dandelion, white clover attracts ladybugs, lace­wings and other beneficial insects.

3. Plantain. Not to be confused with the banana variety, the plantain, or broad-leafed plantain, often pops up in spots where soil is compacted. It collects a ton of great nutrients for the soil, including calcium, sulphur, magnesium and iron. If left to die, this weed will enrich the soil and attract beneficial organisms.

So think twice before digging up all the weeds on your property. These three, and a number of others, can improve your soil and enrich the small ecosystem that is your yard and garden.

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3 tips for preventing white grub infestations White grubs, the larvae of scarab beetles, have the nasty habit of nibbling away at grass roots. If enough of them set up shop in your lawn, they’ll cause large sections of your grass to die. Here are three things you can do to get rid of white grubs, or at least reduce their numbers.

3. DON’T USE PESTICIDES In addition to being harmful to the environment, pesticides will rid the area of useful insects like ants, which eat scarab beetle eggs. Instead of pesticides, use natural pest removal and weed control techniques.

1. DON’T CUT YOUR GRASS TOO SHORT Scarab beetles prefer to lay their eggs in short grass. If you have a white grub problem, adjust your lawn mower so that it cuts no shorter than eight cen­timetres. This will help guard against white grub infestations as well as prevent weeds from spreading and your lawn from yellowing.

Follow these tips and with any luck, you’ll send your white grubs packing.

2. KEEP YOUR GRASS HEALTHY A thick and robust lawn is more resistant to insects and disease.

To strengthen your lawn’s root system, every spring remove excess thatch, aerate soil if it’s compact and reseed sparse areas.

Landscaping with willow branches Willow branches are an ideal material for DIY garden projects because they’re slender, flexible, long and durable. As a result, they can easily be interwoven and formed into all types of garden structures. Here are some of the things you can make with them.

FENCES AND HURDLES If you’re ambitious, you can build a unique fence for your property with woven willow branches. A little too large-scale? You can also make woven hurdles and use them to make a wall around a garden bed or to conceal less attractive elements in your yard such as a compost or water heater for a pool.

Willow structures can be expected to last

Ready to buy some annuals for your yard?

Here are four factors to consider when choosing plants that will complement your landscaping.

3. WHEN THE PLANT BLOOMS Enjoy blossoming annuals from May to October. Choose plants that flower at different times to have an ever-blooming yard.

1. WHAT THE PLANT NEEDS Check the soil and evaluate the environmental conditions in your yard. The drainage, pH and amount of sunlight available should all be factors when you choose plants for your garden.

4. THE COLOUR AND SHAPE OF THE PLANT Choose annuals that look good together, and aim to get plants in a variety of shapes, colours and textures. Opt for a well balanced colour scheme by selecting either cool or warm tones for the entire yard.

2. THE SIZE OF THE PLANT Give your annuals enough room to grow.

Find out how big they’ll become and plant accordingly. Place taller annuals behind shorter ones, and make sure each plant has room for its roots.

If you have perennials in your garden, don’t forget to take them into consideration when choosing your annuals.

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between 10 and 15 years. They age gra­ cefully, retaining their strength and appearance, even through rain, snow and high winds.

TRELLISES, GAZEBOS AND MORE Willow branches are also perfect for making trellises and other support structures for climbing plants, including simple stick teepees and elegant latticework. And if you really develop a knack for working with willow branches, you can even make gazebos and sculptures.

Willow branches are a great addition to a DIY gardener’s toolkit. Moreover, they’re a highly sustainable resource, as snipped-off branches from weeping willow trees grow back quickly.

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ABS BRAKES TURN 40 ABS brakes as we know them today were first offered as an option on the 1978 Mercedes S-Class. The history of the anti-lock braking system, however, dates all the way back to the early 20th century, when engineers first started working on similar devices for airplanes, trains and passenger cars.

The German Karl Weiss was the first to patent an ABS-type system in the late 1920s, but it was the Robert Bosch company that really took advantage of advances in electronic technology to develop the antilock braking system as we know it today. The acronym ABS, a term that’s legally protected

by Bosch, comes from the German word antiblockiersystem.

SLOW MAINSTREAM ADOPTION Barring those early attempts on the Mercedes S-Class and BMW 3 Series in 1978, it was really during the 1980s that ABS brakes became a common — but typically optional — feature offered on high-end vehicles.

The 1980s also saw the arrival of ABS brakes for motorcycles. It took longer than you might think for the technology to truly hit the mainstream. It’s only been a standard feature on more affordable cars since the early 2000s.

Tips for TOWING YOUR CAMPER THIS SUMMER For camper trailer owners, summer is towing season. Before you hit the road, there are a few precautions you should take. For instance, make sure your car is in good mechanical condition. Towing a trailer is demanding on your vehicle, so it’s important that everything be in tiptop shape to avoid breaking down en route. If you’re towing a new camper for the first time, double-check your ve­h icle’s towing capacity to ensure it’s adequate. There should be two equal-length chains in place to restrain the trailer if anything breaks. Make sure your tires (including the spare) are in good condition.

You should also make sure all the lights on your car and trailer are in working order. Don’t forget to check the mirrors, and remember that wide trailers will require extra mirrors, as

your vehicle’s standard set won’t cut it.

Furthermore, distribute the items inside your trailer evenly to ensure that it remains balanced. Also make sure everything inside is secure. A poorly loaded trailer makes driving dangerous and leads to uneven wear. Use a trailer level to be certain everything’s in place.

ADAPT YOUR DRIVING If you don’t have much experience with trailers, get some practice. Turns need to be taken differently, braking is more difficult and takes longer, and the weight of your trailer will even change the way you drive in a straight line. Avoid abrupt maneuvers and leave more space than usual between your car and the car ahead of you.

It’s also a good idea to give yourself more room for passing.

CHANGE YOUR WIPERS WITH YOUR WINTER TIRES When it comes time to swap your winter tires for your summer set, get in the habit of changing your windshield wipers too. Why? Your wipers have a rough life. They’re bombarded with drying UV rays all summer and regularly get hit with your scraper come wintertime. It’s no surprise that their effectiveness tends to diminish after only a few months of use. When your wipers start leaving streaks on your windshield and making noise, it’s time to replace them. Most experts and enthusiasts agree that you should change your wipers every six months.

SUMMER OR WINTER WIPERS? A decade ago, windshield wiper manufacturers sold models designed for either summer or winter. Thanks to technological advances, however, today’s wipers are now more flexible and better suited to the curvature of the windshield, making them much more efficient than their predecessors.

This means weather no longer has much of an impact on their performance, regardless of the season. If you drive an SUV or a hatchback, don’t forget about your back wiper, which should also be replaced every six months.

EASY INSTALLATION Many people think that installing windshield wipers is complicated, but that isn’t the case. Wipers are sold with small adaptors and only take a few minutes to install. If you aren’t comfortable doing it yourself, ask your mechanic to take care of it when you take your car in for your seasonal tire change.

Finally, keep in mind that the condition of your windshield wipers is just as important as that of your tires. Don’t hesitate to invest in a quality set, as your ability to properly see the road in all conditions is crucial. Good wipers are an essential safety feature.

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WEEK OF MAY 26 TO JUNE 1 2019

ARIES

The luckiest signs this week: GEMINI, CANCER AND LEO

You’ll have an action packed week and put ideas that inspire you into practice. Our greatest achievements grow out of our dreams.

TAURUS

Someone close to you might need your assistance. You’ll feel weighed down by health issues or growing fatigue. Take the time to recharge and recover.

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GEMINI

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You’ll enlarge your social circle and professional network. You’ll take the reins planning a large-scale event that turns out to be a huge success.

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.

CANCER

You’ll feel overburdened with professional and familial responsibilities. If you have young chil-dren, you’ll actively involve your-self in their year-end scholastic activities.

Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started. Remember: You must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column, or 3x3 box.

LEO

The time has come to plan your next holiday. Indulge yourself with a trip worthy of royalty. There will be many small tasks to take care of in preparation of an event that will be well attended.

PUZZLE NO. 946 41. Heavenly beings 45. Employ 46. Turkish coin 47. Hold title to 49. Delicate trim 53. Malt drinks 54. Halfway: pref.

55. Linger 56. Certain amphibian 57. Personality part 58. ____ and now

24. At the peak of 25. Inventory 28. Quartet 29. Largest continent 30. Las Vegas light 31. Zesty flavor 40. Corgi or pony 41. Comedian King 42. Egyptian river

43. Became larger 44. West’s opposite 45. Remove fasteners 48. False hair 50. Had a sandwich 51. Train unit 52. Needle hole

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1. Ship’s staff 5. Thick pad 8. Mix, as a salad 12. Vehicle 13. She-sheep 14. Sworn promise 15. Smile broadly 16. Look at

17. Cleveland’s state 18. Volcano’s dust 20. Human ____ 22. French coin 25. ____ Lancelot 26. Mouse’s kin 27. Later 29. Picnic insect

32. In the past 33. Rope loop 34. Black or Baltic 35. Not nope 36. Channels 37. Charged particle 38. Biblical boat 39. Nasal tone

LIBRA

Your love life will occupy much of your attention during the week. The main goal will be to work with your partner to plan your future together.

If you’re single, you’ll become more pro-active in seeking out your soul mate.

SCORPIO

You’ll pay special attention to your health. You might start a new diet that will prove to be quite effective. The results will show quickly and many people will imitate you in order to have the same success.

SAGITTARIUS

You’ll stand out in a big way within a group. You’ll be fairly proud of this and feel embolde-ned. This will bolster your reputation as a leader among your peers and possibly within the company you work for.

DOWN

1. Taxi 2. Regret 3. Airport abbr.

4. “Pretty ____” 5. Network 6. Astound 7. Smallest 8. Horn’s sound 9. Honolulu’s island 10. Mix 11. High heel, e.g.

19. Disgrace 21. Apprehends 22. Ravel 23. Current fad

VIRGO

Are you feeling frantic and emo-tional? Big disruptions such as a move are on the horizon. You’ll need to make profound chan-ges in order to give yourself a stronger foundation.

CAPRICORN

You’ll decide to buy or sell a new property on a whim. You’ll find a place that suits your fam-ily’s needs perfectly — even if it’s a last-minute decision.

AQUARIUS

You’ll have lots to talk about. You’ll give a speech and be warmly applauded. Also, you’ll reach out to people who can help you resolve a financial matter.

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PISCES

You’ll have a lot of shopping to do this week. Don’t worry too much about getting the best price or about negotiating the best repayment conditions for a loan; you’ll save money on the interest payments.

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Short-term rentals, such as Airbnb can be lucrative, fetching an average of about $150.00 daily. It is a boon for many. Millions of hosts and travelers around the world are benefitting from short-term rentals; the hosts enjoy the extra income and the guests welcome affordable accommodations. I rented a suite in London, England for a week and the service was excellent. The 2-bedroom flat was beautifully furnished, and the price was below that of the local hotels. There are horror stories in which the renter’s home is left trashed after a visit from rowdy guests. Airbnb Host Guarantee program will cover the cost to a maximum of one million dollars, but the homeowner is

not fully exempted. Be sure to check with the mortgage and insurance before venturing into short-term rentals.

If up to the challenge, then, prepare the rental accommodation. A place that is well presented and nicely furnished will get great reviews. It is best to register with a reputable company such as Airbnb, rather than to advertise independently. Good photography and a virtual tour are imperative. At first, there is no review of the rental property, therefore the price should be set at below market value. Positive reviews are golden.

A short-term rental applies only to the principal residence where the owner-operator can rent a portion of the home, to a maximum of 3 bedrooms, for less than 28 consecutive days and must not exceed 180 days in a calendar year. To qualify, the operator must have a license granted by the city and pay Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT). The licensing authorities must have satisfactory evidence that the property is the owner’s principal residence.

As an owner-operator, there are strict guidelines to follow. Guests must be able to contact the owner at any time during their stay and they must be advised on the proper use of

a 9-1-1 call. All guests must be given a layout of the dwelling equipped with the nearest exits in case of an emergency. Operators must keep a record of every short-term rental for a period of three years. The record must include the length of the stay, cost, and whether the rental was for an entire unit or for a single room. Failure to comply may result in fines of up to $100,000.

Condos are great avenues for shortterm rentals as well. In this setting, guests have access to several amenities such as the concierge services, pool, gym, and parking during their stay. Most condos have rules disallowing short-term rentals and it is smart to review the condo declaration before proceeding. Violating the rules of the condominium can result in stiff financial penalties against the owner.

If a renter plans to rent their apartment on a short-term basis, be sure to check the lease.

Most leases have restrictions against shortterm rental and sublets. Violating the lease can be cause for eviction and if there are damages done, the owner is personally liable.

The income from short-term rentals is taxable. By offering your home as a short-term rental, the owner is considered self-employed.

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penses such as repairs, supplies, and cleaning services as well as an equivalent portion of their mortgage interest payment, property tax, and insurance.

Short-term rental can be lucrative but requires a lot of attention. A service provider must work to keep their customers happy.

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The catastrophe of a critical illness FAZAAD BACCHUS fazaad@carib101.com

FINANCE SPECIALIST What if? Just what if you suffered a critical illness, how would you carry on and how would you pay your bills? This question rarely crosses our minds as we go through our daily lives making a living, taking care of our family, planning vacations and saving for retirement and so on.

The truth is that no one wishes to get sick, have a heart attack or get cancer, but statistics tell us that 2 out of 3 persons will get cancer before age 70 and this is now frightening.

While no one wants to get sick, no one is also talking about what would happen if they were to get sick. This type of illness, while it doesn’t happen every day, as often as the

common cold or aches and pains, when it does come, it is very catastrophic. When something is catastrophic, it means obviously there is a catastrophe in the family. How many people deal well with catastrophes? Not many, this is a very stressful period and it puts many families in disarray and financial hardships.

As I mention financial hardships, let’s talk about that. When a person suffers a critical illness, generally the hospital admits them and takes care of them during the critical stages.

Then they are discharged and sent home for the family to take care of them, a family member who can afford to stay at home. Is that easily available here in Canada? I don’t think so!

You may need to hire someone to take care of you, perhaps even qualified people like a nurse, where will the money come from to pay? Don’t forget also that when you are discharged from the hospital, your drug bill is now your own. If you have insurance, it’s a blessing, but if you don’t, it’s a bad situation to be in.

Next comes your family commitments, food still has to be put on the table and little Rakesh still has to go to school, soccer games, swimming and every extracurricular

that he is enrolled in. Who pays for the food and all the afterschool activities and who will be taking him, your help that you are hoping to get?

So little Rakesh has to stop his activities because the family can no longer afford to pay for them and also there is no one to take him.

The major decision though comes from the major household bill, the mortgage.

Imagine you are laid up and cannot go to work for a year. In addition to the medical bills, food on the table you now have no idea how the mortgage will be paid. In three months, you are in arrears and you get a letter from the bank.

You tell how me how are you expected to recover under such stressful situations? Do you see the predicament that a critical illness situation can bring on for a family?

Fortunately for those who heed my advice, you can buy critical illness insurance, where if you suffer a critical illness you could at least receive one year’s income and that will keep your family afloat. You can also structure your policy where if you don’t make a claim, you get a full refund. Don’t hesitate, get some coverage today.

Are you ready to postpone retirement to help your children with education costs?

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FAMILY ADVISOR A Student Debt Survey, conducted on behalf of FP Canada, found many Canadian parents will have to postpone their retirement to help their children pay for post-secondary education.

Eighty-two percent of Canadians with children under 18 say they intend to help their children pay for their education, and nearly half (48%) say they expect they will have to postpone their retirement as a result. In addition, 42% say they expect it will prevent them from paying off their debt. Prices for education can range from free/ low cost to several thousand dollars per year.

When I meet with parents to talk about their wish to prepare for their children’s education, I suggest we start by answering a few simple questions.

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What was it they studied? What was their highest level of education completed?

How were the education costs paid for?

This gets them to focus on what it was like for them and either the hardships they had to endure or the help and privilege they received.

What financial experience do they want to be different or the same for their children?

How severe does saving money for education change their current monthly budget and lifestyle?

What is the amount they wish to contribute each month or annually?

At the end of the questions, we recap the needs addressed and then talk about the next steps.

The great thing I love about these conversations is that it’s not about having to uncover a need for a potential loss. It’s about helping educate them about financial resources at their disposal and the different mediums they can use to reach their desired goal. Between tuition, textbooks, housing, and meals, post-secondary education comes with a big price tag. It’s clear that many parents are willing to making major financial sacrifices to help their kids with these costs. There are financial resources that parents may be able to take advantage of to help with the cost in addition to the money they save.

Government funding - Ontario Student Assistance Plan (OSAP) for example.

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Applicants must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or a protected person, meeting academic requirements, be studying an OSAP-approved program and demonstrate financial need.

Loans are to be repaid starting six months after school is done, with monthly interest; grants do not need to be repaid. Repayment assistance is available.

OSAP is for part-time or full-time students taking most college/university programs at any level including diploma, undergraduate or graduate degrees (other than continuing education certificates, with some exceptions).

Apply online, at no cost, at least six weeks prior to program start date. Funding is based on financial information provided by the student, course load, program, and other factors.

Scholarships and bursaries offered by the school and insurance companies • Scholarships offered directly by a school are awarded based on merit (e.g. academic,

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Bursaries are based on financial need. Students apply for these in the late summer through their school (typically through their online student account). The student’s application should demonstrate financial aid and bursaries may be awarded based on their need and available funds and is usually a credit toward their tuition. Once enrolled in a college/university, emergency bursaries are available as well.

Foresters Insurance Competitive Scholarship. To be eligible you must be a Foresters member, their spouse, child or grandchild. You must have completed 40 hours of volunteer work, have a minimum grade of 70% or GPA of a least 2.8 and enrolling in a minimum two-year, full-time program in Canada.

Student debt Canadian students collectively owe over $28 billion in student loans to all levels of government and 85% of Canadians believe students are taking on too much debt in order to pursue post-secondary education. According to data released in 2017 by Statistics Canada, tuition fees increased by over 3% for undergraduate programs in the 2017-2018 academic years. Borrowers typically take between nine and fifteen years to fully pay off their loan and the period usually overlaps with when Canadians are most likely to start a family. The report also stated university students graduate with an average debt of $16,727. College students have an average debt of $10,172, while doctoral students carry an average debt at graduation of $29,000.

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sports

Toronto Caribbean | www.torontocaribbean.com | Wednesday, May 29, 2019

West Indies Squad ready for 2019 World Cup in England and Wales KAYLA KARIM

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TC REPORTER

Now that the IPL is over, the next goal in sight for many cricketers and fans is the World Cup.

Taking place in England and Wales from May 30th, 2019 to July 14th, 2019, the ten best ODI teams will face off on an epic group stage. The difference with this year’s World Cup, however, is that it is the first time in the competition’s history where there is one large group where all of the teams will face each other. The top four of those teams will then go on to the semi finals. The last two Cricket World Cups have been won by

the host nation – with India winning in 2011 and Australia winning in 2015. England, hosting this year, has odds of 2/1 according to Betfair of winning it all.

Those odds may have increased Tuesday morning when bowler Jofra Archer was named to England’s World Cup squad, just three weeks after he made his international debut.

Born in Barbados, 24-year-old Jofra Archer is not only a phenomenal bowler, he is also an athletic fielder and a “handy batsman” who was able to win over the English selectors in his three ODI appearances against Pakistan earlier this year. Archer said that he is ready to take on a significant role for England in the World Cup and is excited to be a part of a big summer for English cricket. He also mentioned that he is well versed when under pressure and had played a lot of cricket around the world to know how to deal with it.

He has hopes to lead England to success in the tournament while keeping

an eye on impactful players such as India’s captain Virat Kohli and West Indies’ batsman Chris Gayle. “I wasn’t able to do that at the Indian Premier League [for Rajasthan Royals]. I wanted to bowl at AB [de Villiers] at the World Cup as well but he won’t be playing…

‘Maybe Chris Gayle as well… I just want to make an impact in every game.”

Chris Gayle, who is set to retire from ODI cricket after the World Cup will want to leave with a bang, according to Darren Sammy. Thirty-nine-year-old Gayle has scored over 10,000 runs in 289 matches for Windies and made two hundreds in this year’s series against England to increase his overall tally to 25. Darren Sammy, who captained the West Indies to the World T20 title three years ago, mentioned: “it’s a joy to watch [Gayle]”.

Playing most of their games together, he said that when the superb batsman is in that form, it sends a positive message to the rest of the squad. The West Indies have won the first two World Cups in the 1970s but have only been able to reach one final since

where they finished as runners-up to India in 1983.

Despite the losses in the last 50 years, many say that this is the year for the Windies squad. David Lloyd, the former England batsman, and coach had only good things to say about the West Indies success in the 2019 World Cup.

“Windies will bring firepower. I would be very excited if I was a West Indies supporter. They’ve got the tools and this World Cup is coming at the right time. They were in the doldrums and losing to everybody, but their young players are emerging and getting better and better with experience. I’d be very excited as a West Indies supporter. I think the tournament is coming just at the right time for them. They have everything you need to win this World Cup.”

Jason Holder and the rest of the team will hope to live up to the expectations of their supporters when they begin their campaign on March 31st against Pakistan at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.

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