Headlines

Picture: Eritrean woman died of assault in Winnipeg

34-year-old woman’s death late Monday night has left members of Winnipeg’s Eritrean community stunned. Emergency…

Canada has most multicultural workplaces

A new study by the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) shows that Canada has the…

Immigration ups Manitoba’s population

Manitoba has seen its second biggest increase in population since records began, at least in…

Canada should target talented, unemployed Europeans

BARCELONA — Canada must not be shy about taking advantage of Europe’s financial distress. The…

More Canadian Immigrants Choose to Settle in Saskatchewan

According to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan – the booming Prairie province –…

Categories

Immigration News

President Mills disappoints Ghanaians in Toronto

President John Mills says the time has come for Africans to take their destiny into their own hands and prove to the world that it is capable of handling its own affairs. Speaking to a group of African diplomats in Ottawa, Canada, the Ghanaian leader called for Africans to unite. “This is the time for…

Ugandan students give Africa first electric car

  Electric vehicle manufacturing isn’t limited to big countries with huge auto industries. At Makerere University in Uganda, a group of engineering students and their professors showed they can do it too (and with fewer resources). It’s called the Kiira EV, and it isn’t fast or flashy, although it has the impressive ability to climb…

Kenya dismisses UN report on Eritrea

Kenya on Saturday dismissed a report by the United Nations exonerating Eritrea from claims that it funded the Al Shabaab militia with both monetary and ammunitions support against the Kenya defence forces saying it is one sided. Speaking during a press briefing on the war in Somalia, Foreign Affairs Ministry Director of the Horn of…

Calls mount for ex president Banda’s immunity to be lifted

COMMERCE, Trade and Industry, Minister Robert Sichinga has added his voice to calls to have former Republican president Rupiah Banda’s immunity lifted. The minister said that once the immunity is lifted, it would avail the former head of State an opportunity to clear himself against corruption allegations levelled against him. Mr Sichinga also reiterated that…

Zanu-PF Encourages Civil Servants Strike – MDC-T

Harare — CIVIL servants have warned that government operations, including offices, schools and hospitals will come to a standstill from tomorrow as they embark on a one-week strike to press for better salaries. MDC-T said yesterday it feared that Zanu PF had hijacked the strike and was using some union leaders to attack the party…

Success Story

Ghanaian Novelist, Esi Edugyan, wins Giller Prize

Esi Edugyan of Victoria has won the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel, Half-Blood Blues. The winner of the $50,000 award for the best English-language novel was named at a gala in Toronto. A surprised and overwhelmed Edugyan barely…

Entertainment

Top Nollywood Celebrities’ Unsettled Beefs of 2011 Carried Over to 2012

There is one thing that can never be taken away from us humans, which is,…

P-Square bears it all in this interview

Who is your biggest musical inspiration? Well our biggest musical inspiration is the late Michael…

Canadian-born Ghanaian actress, Jackie Appiah makes Christmas donation to the needy

Ghanaian star actress, Jackie Appiah has made a donation of food items, drinks and toiletries…

Nollywood mourns again as veteran actor David Ihezie passes on

Nollywood has once again been thrown into mourning with the death of veteran actor, David Ihezie. The actor was said to have passed away in his home in Enugu after suffering from arthritis for some time. He was 73 years…