Canada

Culture, Business, Canada, Caribbean Diaspora

Jim Westlake charts new waters

The RBTT and RBC merger The US$2.2 billion takeover of the RBTT Financial Group (RBTT) by Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has redrawn the...

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Literature, Business, Canada

Buljol, business and books

It started over a plateful of roast bake and buljol and evolved into a business relationship and friendship, which still includes a...

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Culture, Music, People, Canada, United Kingdom, Jamaica

Family’s fortunes: Aston “Family Man” Barrett

Among the venues the greatest bass guitarist in the history of popular music has played in recent months: Sherpa and Yetis in...

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Arts and Architecture, Culture, People, Canada, Guyana

Sandra Brewster: the shape of a name

“The history of Buenos Aires is written in its telephone directory,” suggested Bruce Chatwin in his book In Patagonia. The insight is...

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Immerse, Culture, Music, People, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago

Kobo Town: sing the beloved country

When Drew Gonsalves first started to sing, his mother, apparently, was less than impressed. Tactfully, she offered to pay for voice lessons...

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Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago

Island girl

You can take the girl out of the island, but maybe it’s true that you can’t take the island out of the girl. Not entirely, anyway....

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Culture, Food and Cuisine, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago

The hottest cup of tea

In Trinidad, for generations, we have been a nation of tea-drinkers. The British governed the island for over 200 years, until 1962, and...

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Culture, Music, Arts, Canada

‘Round breakfast

Think jazz, and your mind conjures up a dark, smoky bar, ‘round midnight. What you probably don’t imagine is a cheery breakfast scene:...

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