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Antigua and Barbuda Association of Toronto Canada Day Picnic
Category: Canada Connect Written by ABAT
The Antigua & Barbuda Association of Toronto will be hosting their Canada Day Picnic on July 1st, 2013.
Cortwright Christian Announced as Next Icon For Multicultural Festival
Category: Canada Connect Written by Meghan Balogh
Plans for the 10th annual Napanee Multicultural Festival are well underway, and a major part of those plans has involved the announcement of community icons leading up to the festivities June 20 to 22.
Bahamas Doctor Arrested on Canadian Fraud Charges
Category: Canada Connect Written by Jeevan Robinson
A prominent resident of the Bahamas wanted on fraud charges in Canada has been arrested in Panama.
Jamaican Students In Canada Left Out of Pocket
Category: Canada Connect Written by Globe & Mail
A Toronto-based newspaper has reported that several Jamaican students who signed up for British Columbia-based courses in order to become resident-care aides have been left in limbo.
Add a commentExploring the Cultural Identity of Playing Mas at Carnival
Category: Canada Connect Written by Stephen Weir
This Saturday, February 23 rd, Denise Herrera Jackson, the Chief Executive Officer of the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto Festival will be the MC of the Royal Ontario Museum's Carnival Symposium which will examine the historical and creative facets of Carnival.
Add a commentForeign Students Invited To Apply For Canadian Residency
Category: Canada Connect
In a move that could benefit some Caribbean nationals, Canada's Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has invited more foreign students and temporary foreign workers to apply to stay in the country in 2013.
Caribana Founder Charles Roach Dies
Category: Canada Connect Written by City News
Lawyer, activist and Caribana founder Charles Roach has died after a long battle with brain cancer.
Caribbean Week Toronto To Focus The Region As A Luxury Niche Market
Category: Canada Connect Written by Johnson Johnrose
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the region's tourism development agency, is moving to motivate Canadian travel agents to more vigorously sell the Caribbean as a luxury destination.
The All Inclusive On Steroid To Be Main Subject At CTO's Caribbean Week Canada
Category: Canada Connect Written by Johnson Johnrose
Representatives of Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) member countries in Toronto, as well as private sector partners in Canada's financial capital, will be exposed to the secrets of the Canadian winter travel market and what it takes to benefit from this market.
Canada Imposes Visa Restrictions On St Lucia and St Vincent & The Grenadines
Category: Canada Connect Written by Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Starting today citizens of St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent), Namibia, Botswana, and Swaziland now require a visa to travel to Canada; Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced.
The Martinique Tourism Authority Unveils Its Sixteenth Culinary Extravaganza
Category: Canada Connect Written by Antoine Omère, Martinique Tourism Authority
Yesterday at Atelier et Saveurs, the Martinique Tourism Authority (CMT) kicked off its annual culinary event, Martinique Gourmande, which runs from September 8 to 23 this year in sixteen restaurants and bars in Quebec. These gourmet establishments will offer original culinary creations with a French Caribbean twist. For two weeks, the host restaurants will regale the public with the flavours of Martinique as interpreted by their own chefs, to give everyone the opportunity to be bewitched by the exotic blend of flavours inspired by Creole cooking. An extraordinary experience!
U.S. Soldier Who Fled War Deported
Category: Canada Connect Written by Associated Press
Canada has ordered the deportation of a female soldier who fled the U.S. military in order to avoid the war in Iraq, officials said Thursday.
War Resisters Support Campaign spokeswoman Michelle Robidoux said that Citizenship and Immigration Canada has ordered Kimberly Rivera to leave the country by Sept. 20.
Add a commentBarbadian Jockey, Patrick Husbands, Wins Canadian Triple Crown Race
Category: Canada Connect Written by Canadian Press
He has been Canada's top jockey an unprecedented seven times and rode the country's last Triple Crown winner. On Sunday, Patrick Husbands earned another career milestone.
Montserrat/Canadian Nurse First MN Graduate Uses Education To Focus On Patient Perspective
Category: Canada Connect Written by Permission, University of Toronto
The Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing has offered a graduate program leading to a Master's degree since 1970. Initially, the only program offered was a thesis program leading to the degree of Master of Science in Nursing (MScN). In 1991 the degree designation was changed to Master of Science (MSc). Since 1993, the Faculty has been offering a non-thesis Master's program leading to the degree of Master of Nursing (MN). Mary Glavassevich was one of the first to graduate from the Faculty with the MN designation in 1995.
Official Launch Of The Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Category: Canada Connect Written by Stephen Weir
Official launch for the Toronto Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival at Nathan Phillips Square. 80 Mas Dancers, Calypso Performers, Soca music and much more.
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