By Lincoln DePradine Canada-based labour market researcher and consultant, Grenadian Dr. Justine Pierre, says there is some action that ought to be taken, “for the good of the nation’’, by both the government and the main opposition New National Party (NNP). Pierre, who recently left Grenada after a brief visit, said cost of living and […]
By Lincoln DePradine In his long and stellar career as a law enforcement officer, James Clarkson must have had many interactions involving such things as arrests and helping civilians. Some interactions, Clarkson remembers; others are forgotten. When a now adult woman, Helen Charles, told Clarkson how he and another officer – whom she remembers only […]
By Lincoln DePradine Longtime New National Party member, Dr Bert Brathwaite, says there are “people within the party who should come forward and contest’’ for NNP leadership at a convention. “The right thing is to have a convention and stop fiddling around and making excuses,’’ said Brathwaite. “Let’s have a convention. If the party goes […]
By Lincoln DePradine A group of Canadian volunteers, who visited Grenada in 2018, 2019 and 2013 and provided free healthcare services, will be returning to the island in April. The group, known as Smiles Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique (GCP), is led by Vanessa Alexis, a dental hygienist at the Toronto-based Dr Sheridan Cyrus Dentistry. During their […]
By Lincoln DePradine Canada-based Grenadian diplomat, Gerry Hopkin, is keeping up a promise to meet with as many Grenadians in Canada as he possibly can, and to offer more than just the traditional consular services as the consul general in Toronto for Grenada. According to Hopkin, who assumed his position as Consul General in Canada late last year, Grenadians […]
By Lincoln DePradine The Toronto Police Service (TPS) has established an annual award in the name of Grenada-born Terry James, who served as a law enforcement officer for 30 years before retiring as a sergeant in 2010. The first TPS “Terry James Trailblazer Award’’ was presented in early February to author and community activist Rosemary […]
“Honour and learn from the lessons of the past’’ By Lincoln DePradine Grenadians may curse off one another over personal disputes. They – leaders included – often engage in verbal political “planassing’’. But, when it comes to love of nation – the Tri-island State of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite – Grenadians quickly close ranks to […]
By Lincoln DePradine As the top Grenada diplomat in Toronto, Gerry Hopkin says the office will continue to provide traditional consular services such as the issuing and renewing of passports. However, Hopkin pledges that there will be a new accented focus in the position he now holds as consul general. He’s placing a “lot of […]
By Lincoln DePradine Grenadian Dr Jean Augustine, a retired Canadian politician, has hailed the ascension of Black MP Greg Fergus to the position of Speaker of the House of Commons, where she once served as a Member of Parliament. “I am really excited that my brother Greg is now holding the responsibility of Speaker,’’ Augustine […]
