QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath and the NDP caucus announced the official formation of the NDP Black Caucus – Ontario’s first formal Black caucus in a political party.

Sixty-years ago, on April 27, 1954, a group of determined men and women, led by Barbadian Donald Moore, made the journey from Toronto to Ottawa to present a brief to the Canadian government, protesting the discriminatory laws that made it difficult for Black and other non-White immigrants to enter Canada.

The first leaders debate for the Ontario provincial election kicked off at the Jamaican Canadian Association Centre last night in Toronto.

It’s standing room only at the nomination meeting for Leisa Washington.

New Haven Funeral Centre is Peel Region’s first Christian black-owned funeral centre and they'll be opening their doors to the public with a two-day grand opening event on Veterans Day Saturday, November 11 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm and Sunday, November 12 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Tiffany Gooch is a Consultant at Enterprise & Ensight Canada and brings extensive experience in government, politics and events to her role.

The Canadian Caucus of Black Parliamentarians held the 2017 African-Canadian Government Leaders Network Summit on August 20th to August 22nd.

Wanda Thomas Bernard, a professor at Dalhousie’s School of Social Work, has been named to the Senate of Canada. 

ByBlacks.com was invited to attend last week’s Black History Month reception in Ottawa, hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his personal parliamentary secretary Celina Caesar Chavannes.

Zanana Lorraine Akande is a retired politician, dedicated community servant and loving grandmother.