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The ByBlacks Black Friday Sale is Coming. Plus Big News Inside!

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BLACK FRIDAY SALE COMING SOON

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This Black Friday, We Are Putting Black Businesses First.


The ByBlacks.com Black Friday Sale is coming November 27, and we want to make sure you are ready.


You have built something worth seeing. Now let us help more people find it.


Get 50% off all ByBlacks.com advertising and media services, from banner placements to newsletter features, social media posts and reels, and put your business in front of one of Canada’s largest Black Canadian audiences.


Mark your calendars. You do not want to miss this!

 


2026 PCA NOMINATIONS NOW CLOSED!

A promotional graphic on a turquoise background. Near the top is a gold laurel surrounding the white “byblacks” logo, with “PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS” beneath it. Large white text in the middle reads “NOMINATIONS NOW CLOSED!” Below, white and yellow text states, “Voting begins December 1st, 2026.” At the bottom, a surprised smiling Black woman with curly dark hair wears an orange shirt, holds a smartphone, and touches her chin with one hand.

Nominations for the 2026 People's Choice Awards are officially closed!

 

Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate the changemakers, creatives, entrepreneurs, and leaders shaping Black Canada. Your voices are what make this awards season mean something.


Now the real fun begins. Voting opens December 1, 2026, and we can’t wait to see who our community champions will be this year. 


Stay tuned. More updates are dropping soon!


BIGGER STATS, BIGGER REACH

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Our Numbers Have Grown and So Has Your Opportunity

480,000 active users. 53,000 combined social media followers. All of them engaged, growing, and ready to support Black-owned businesses.


We have updated our Media Kit with the latest on who we reach and how far your advertising dollar goes.

If you have been thinking about partnering with us, now is the perfect time to see what is possible.

 


BRW 2027 INVITATIONS ARE UNDERWAY

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BRW 2027 invitations are out!


We are officially reaching out to Black-owned restaurants across Canada for ByBlacks Restaurant Week 2027.

Every year, BRW brings together food lovers and Black-owned restaurants for a week-long celebration of Black culinary excellence in Canada.


Stay tuned as we reveal who made the 2027 lineup.

It is shaping up to be our biggest year yet!


OCTOBER 2026 ARTICLES

A Fire Took Roxane Tracey's Studio and Her Home. A Year Later, She's Still Fighting to Keep Fresh Paint Alive

For 10 years, 1849 Danforth Avenue was where Roxane Tracey lived and built her dream. Fresh Paint Studio was on the ground floor.


The Nonprofit Cliff: Dependency Is Death

Understand this first: entrepreneurship is the raw alchemy of human ambition—a force that ignites when desire collides with vision, when hunger for agency overpowers the inertia of circumstance.


Black Canada Has More Than Two Addresses

Oftentimes when I tell someone I’m African Nova Scotian, they ask, “Where in Africa?” 


Can This New Dark Comedic Drama Get More Of Us Talking About Therapy?

Whether it’s reliving slavery, modern-day lynchings, or using the N word as a character catalyst – it can feel like most Black TV shows are only focused on Black trauma.



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