BY SIMONE J. SMITH When many of us think about Barbados, one of the first things that come to mind is the beautiful Rihanna, Barbados singing...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “Did you rent this space for the event?” A visitor to Nia Centre for the Arts asked Executive Director Alica Hall. “No,...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “Change does not happen in silos – it requires all of us to raise our hands, roll up our sleeves and...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH It was a Saturday, and I was actually braiding my hair when I decided to take a look at a documentary that...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH Shanae never thought that when she returned to Toronto, the industry would have changed so drastically. Chinedu ‘Shanae’ Egwuenu is the woman...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH I don’t….. I can’t….. I mustn’t…… I am not….. Others will…… I am coming straight this week. This article is going to...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time!” I exclaimed as I wiped tears from my eyes. “When you get to...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH There was a time that the first thought that came to mind when a person heard the word cancer was, “Does this...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH Sharmaine Wendel didn’t know it, but when she applied for that new restaurant opening up down the street from her home, she...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH It was a terrible shock for Brampton; that Saturday night in June 2014, a two-alarm fire broke out at 59 Ardglen Drive...
