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The race for the Mayor of Toronto is on in full swing. Current embattled Mayor Rob Ford has dropped out of the race after it was announced that he was battling a rare form of cancer. In his place, his brother Doug has announced his candidacy for Mayor. The field of the Mayoral race now includes: former NDP Member of Parliament for Trinity-Spadina, Olivia Chow, John Tory and Doug Ford. We provide some excerpts and overview of the platform and messages of the three candidates.

Olivia Chow

Olivia’s platform has the battlecry: “Moving People Now”.

She repeats at every campaign stop that “we need to get people moving now. Not years from now, but right now and Olivia will”. She wants to revamp the Metro’s Transit system with an improvement in the Bus system. “A better transit plan starts investing now, with buses, she says, because according to her statistics, 60% of TTC rides involve a bus and as the TTC says, the only way to expand transit now is with buses. So Olivia will invest to boost bus

service right way, investing $15 million a year from “Now”

Ms. Chow also wants to implement another of the TTC’s number one priority: a subway relief line. Olivia promises to invest to build one, because a better plan gets you moving today—and builds for tomorrow.

Caring for Kids

As Mayor, Olivia promises to expand after-school recreation programs to help working parents and their children. That will add 1,200 children and 40 neighbourhoods to the after-school programs she helped create when she was a City Councillor many years ago before venturing into federal politics. The low-fee program is one of the city’s most inexpensive, delivering activities such as music and sports to kids aged 6-12. Most participants pay $2.34 per child per day, but about a third pay nothing because they live in priority neighbourhoods. Olivia promises to phase in new investment over three years, rising to $3.2 million a year by the third year. “We need a change in direction. Instead of raising fees on families, let’s invest in families to help kids grow up strong

The race for Toronto Mayor heats up

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Conference Doctoral Fellow Awardees See story on pg. 52 cont’d on pg. 43

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Islamic militant and terrorist activities have become a serious transnational security concern in the West Africa sub-region. Of particular troubling is the increasing menace posed by Boko Haram in Nigeria. Within its one decade of existence, the radical Islamic group has proven to be an evil force to reckon with. For much of this year and the one before, we have witnessed with alarm as the brutal al-Qaeda imitator insurgency group continues terrorizing and killing people, kidnapping school girls and destroying properties with impunity in Nigeria. And Nigeria’s government’s inability to confront and destroy Boko Haram is worrisome, and needs to be seen as a serious threat to peace and security in the entire West Africa sub-region.

It goes without saying that at the time West African countries are trying to promote development, consolidate democratic governance and integrate their economies and citizens, they are faced with the daunting challenges of growing terrorist activities of unprecedented scale. I strongly believe that in an era of free movement of people sub-regionally, regionally and globally, terrorist activities anywhere is a threat everywhere, and Boko Haram’s threat in Nigeria is certainly a serious menace to the West Africa sub-region and indeed the entire African continent.

Prior to the emergence of Boko Haram about a decade ago, West African security challenges were primarily linked to unsophisticated organized criminal enterprise. The appearance of the dreadful terrorist group, which has manifestly shown its diabolical nature of wanton killings of innocent people and destruction of properties, has gotten security experts and governments in West

Africa scrambling for solutions. The sub-region is now strangled by emerging security threats, especially as new waves of terrorism threaten the legitimacy of some member states of the sub-regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with more obvious, pronounced and painful evidences in Nigeria, Cameroon and Mali in particular.

I therefore put forward that all African countries have an inalienable responsibility to join forces together to stem out Islamic jihadists from Nigerian and indeed our sub-region and the African continent. Repeated extreme violence perpetuated by terrorists in Nigeria in recent years presents a clear and present danger not only to Nigerians, but all member states of ECOWAS. To more effectively tackle the problem of terrorism therefore, governments within the ECOWAS zone owe it to themselves to work in partnership.

We must see the increasing terrorist crisis in Nigeria as a ticking time bomb waiting to explode with its effects transcending Nigerian borders. The crisis has now become a sub-regional or even Africa-wide security nightmare. It is therefore of utmost importance that West African countries close ranks and establish effective strategic and operational co-operation mechanisms to address this threat of organized terrorist activities, otherwise we risk serious destabilization of the entire West Africa sub-region.

From all available indications, Boko Haram as I have already pointed out poses a threat not just to Nigeria, but also to the broader sub-region. We must be perturbed by the group’s growing threat because of its manifested and documented violent operations evidenced not just in Nigeria, but also in Cameroon, Mali and Niger in recent times. A recent case in point of Boko Haram’s

havoc outside Nigeria is the militant group’s abduction of the wife of Cameroonian Deputy Prime Minister Amadou Ali and her domestic assistant several weeks ago.

While up till now commonly observed as Nigeria’s domestic security problem, the threat of Boko Harm clearly has important international drivers with dire consequences in West Africa as a whole. Therefore, the ECOWAS zone and the international community must make it a priority to keep links between north-eastern Nigeria, Boko Haram’s operational base and the outside world open. As experts have rightly observed, the challenges posed by Boko Haram are characteristic of an emerging security nightmare in contemporary world where local grievances are fused with international political and religious ideology, money and easy availability of weapons and technology. This indicates that effective response to the transnational security threat posed by Boko Haram and other insurgency groups requires constant engagement of all stakeholders in the sub-region and not just Nigeria.

S u b - r e g i o n a l security is at great risk and my worst fear is that Boko Haram and other jihadists groups will succeed in recruiting and indoctrinating many youth to its wicked blood- thirsty cause. And it may not be long before things get out of hand and turns the sub-region into a hellish war zone akin to what is currently transpiring in Iraq and Syria where militant jihadists are trying to turn the two countries into an Islamic enclave – Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Therefore, my recommended cause of action is for all governments in the West Africa sub-region and beyond to join forces to eliminate the Boko Haram jihadists before they destroy us.

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Destroy UsThey are here again: elections to Municipal Councils, which include elections for the office of Mayor across most Municipalities in Canada. We are governed in this country at various levels: Federal, Provincial and Municipal. Although all these levels of government make laws of various kinds, the level of government that impacts our lives most is at the Municipal level: City and Town Councils.

We are returning to a discussion of this issue because it concerns what members of our community do and do not do: participate in elections, especially exercise their civic rights and responsibilities to vote. Across Canada, we are all privy to the performances of our various City/Town Councilors and mayors. Some have done very well. Others have been total disgrace and waste of taxpayers’ monies and resources.

Elections to these Municipal and Metropolitan Councils are coming up on October 27, 2014. The sad observation, especially among members of our communities across Canada is that many of us care less about these elections. We make no efforts to pay attention to the campaigns going on in the run-up to these elections. And most importantly, we do not vote when the time comes for these elections. This is not only sad, but wrong. First, it is a negation and shirking of our civic rights and our civic responsibilities. Secondly, it underlies our continuous apathy towards elections and public issues which, to say the least, is dangerous. It is said that those that refuse to take part in government are condemned to live under a government of fools. This is because if you do not vote, someone will vote and the end result is that they end up electing people who form governments that do not serve our interests. And we usually turn round and complain when things are not going well. We forget that we had given up our right and responsibility to vote to choose the people we would like to represent us or form a government.

As a community we should have a long-term goal and vision of getting some of our own people stand for elections and hopefully get elected to represent our interests at all levels of government. In the meantime, in the short and medium term, we should exercise our rights and responsibilities to vote in elections. We all know the performances of Councilors and Mayors we have had over the past four years in the various Towns and Cities across Canada. It is our right and responsibility to vote to change or maintain those who have done badly or well respectively.

We have a classic example and lessons from a City in the United States called Ferguson in Missouri, a town whose population is 62% African-American. Yet they do not care to vote in elections and the Mayor, Police Chief, District Attorney and other important electable public officials are all White. And we recently saw what happened when a White Police Officer shot a young African-American youth to death. Those people could make a whole difference in the make of their City Hall and public offices, if they care to vote in elections, but they choose the path of apathy...not caring to vote during elections and they have paid heavy prices for this.

We therefore call on our community members to turn up in their numbers on October 27 and vote in the Municipal Elections. We can make a difference!!!

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TORONTO -- Ontario’s new lieutenant-governor is looking for public input as to what causes she should champion in her role as the Queen’s representative in the province.

Elizabeth Dowdeswell arrived at the legislature in a horse-drawn landau for her installation ceremony, which included a 100-person honour guard from the 4th Canadian Division and a 15-gun salute.

She was greeted by outgoing Lt.-Gov. David Onley, who had held the vice-regal position for the past seven years.

In the text of her inaugural speech, Dowdeswell applauded all her predecessors for fighting racism and advocating on behalf of First Nations, children and the environment.

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her world view, and convinced her “the world’s most important problems are Ontario’s most fundamental challenges.”

The Saskatchewan-born Dowdeswell said she will start her term by listening to people’s ideas about Ontario’s place in the world and what we can do to meet global and local challenges.

She plans to “provide a forum for reflection in the lieutenant-governor’s office and a crucible for ideas,” and said in time priority themes will

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“Our first challenge is to ensure responsible and inclusive prosperity so that everyone has a meaningful opportunity to participate,” said Dowdeswell.

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Elizabeth Dowdeswell sworn in as Ontario lieutenant-governor

The Continuation Banquet Hall at 10 Belfield Road in Toronto hosted the first African Canadian Business Expo in the economic hub of Canada. The exhibition which ran from August 29 to August 31, 2014 was sponsored by the Toronto-based Ghanaian News. About twenty participants ranging from local food/health and cloth industries, law firms, cosmetics industries, business consultant agencies to church organization, specifically the Jehovah Witnesses were involved in the 3-day exhibition. There was also an exclusive exhibits of Africa Museum on the achievements of some African-Americans in general.

At the opening ceremony, Mr. Ayiku, the President of the Expo who is also the Publisher of the Ghanain News welcomed all and sundry including the Queen of Buganda Kingdom Her Royal Highness Sylvia Nagginda (Uganda) and Hon. Jean Augustine, Fairness Commissioner to the African Canadian Business Expo. He said, “This is our first initiative- The African Canadian business Expo is a trade investment for African Canadian

businesses. The idea is to promote our businesses. My message to our African businesses and community is to try and focus more on businesses. Economic power is the way to go, without that we cannot get anywhere.” He therefore appealed to our brothers and sisters in business to promote what we have so that our community supports

our businesses. “The point is that if people don’t know what is out there they can’t support. Therefore the idea of the Expo is to promote what we have to the community so that they will know exactly what is there and patronize our businesses”, he stressed.

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Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected independence.

With the results in from all 32 council areas, the “No” side won with 2,001,926 votes over 1,617,989 for “Yes”.

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond called for unity and urged the unionist parties to deliver on more powers.

Prime Minister David Cameron said he was delighted the UK would remain together and that commitments on extra powers would be honoured “in full”.

Mr Cameron said the three main unionist parties at Westminster would now follow

through with their pledge of more powers for the Scottish Parliament.

He announced that Lord Smith of Kelvin, who led Glasgow’s staging of the Commonwealth Games, would oversee the process to take forward the commitments, with new powers over tax, spending and welfare to be agreed by November, and draft legislation published by January.

Scottish referendum results in detail

The prime minister also acknowledged that the people of England, Wales and Northern Ireland must have a bigger say over their affairs.

And he promised a solution to the West

Lothian question - the fact that Scottish MPs can vote on English issues at Westminster, and not the other way round.

In other developments:

US President Barack Obama welcomed Scots’ decision to stay in the UK. “Through debate, discussion, and passionate yet peaceful deliberations, they reminded the world of Scotland’s enormous contributions to the UK and the world,” he said.

Police Scotland said Thursday’s vote “passed off smoothly” with just six arrests across the country mainly for alleged breaches of the peace and assaults.

Share prices rose as

Scotland voted against independence.

Polling officials said they were investigating 10 cases of suspected electoral fraud at polling stations in Glasgow.

Royal Bank of Scotland said it would keep its headquarters in Scotland following the “No” vote.

Wales’s First Minister Carwyn Jones has called for more funding for his country after Scotland voted to stay in the Union.

Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson said a vote on the future of Northern Ireland’s border was not necessary following Scotland’s ‘No’ vote.

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independence by 55% to 45%. For latest results and full coverage, go to bbc.co.uk/scotland-decides.

The result became a mathematical certainty at 06:08, as the returning officer in Fife announced a comfortable No vote.

Shortly afterwards, Mr Salmond said he accepted the defeat and called for national unity.

He told supporters: “The unionist parties made vows late in the campaign to devolve more powers to Scotland.

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Bill by March 27 next year.

And the first minister said: “Whatever else we can say about this referendum campaign, we have touched sections of the community who have never before been touched by politics, these sections of the community have touched us and touched the political process.”

In a rallying call to his supporters, Mr Salmond urged the Yes voters to reflect on how far they had come.”I don’t think any of us, whenever we entered politics, would have thought such a thing to be either credible or possible,” he said.

He also claimed the campaign had put “a scare and a fear of enormous proportions” at the heart of the Westminster establishment.

“Today of all days as we bring Scotland together, let us not dwell on the distance we have fallen short, let us dwell on the distance we have travelled and have confidence the movement is abroad in Scotland that will take this nation forward,” he added. BBC News

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the MC Mr. Joe Kingsley Eyiah. They included the MP for Etobicoke North Hon. Kirsty Duncan; Ghana Consul General in Toronto, Mr. Joseph Anin; Mr. Emmanuel Duodu of GCAO; Dr. Jonathan Sowah CEO of AstraQom and Mr Kabu Asante President of African Development Council.

Mr. Joseph Anin brought greetings from the Ghana Consulate. Others who brought greetings included Mr. Duodu, MP Kirsty Duncan and Councillor for the Ward. The guest speaker’s address was delivered by Dr Jonathan Sowah. Mr Kabu Asante was the keynote speaker. They both called on the African Canadian community to expand their businesses (see page 30)

Side attraction included Hair Show competition which was won by G-Pro Hair Signature. The MC of the Hair Show was MC Bonde. There was life enertainment by the Lion of Africa, Kwasi Sellassie, other gospel and hip-life singers. Agatha of Toronto was a guest traditional dancer at the opening ceremony.

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Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Change has become an overriding theme in the language of today’s social and political landscape. We speak of the need to change behaviours, attitudes, and laws. We speak of the need to effect change in the areas of human rights and social justice, in education and health administration. We have come to understand the concept of change as a constant in our lives as human beings and as citizens of this world. But does change automatically signify progress? There is an old saying with which I’m sure you are all familiar. It is, “the more things change, the more they stay the s a m e . ” Sometimes when I find myself listening to reports of the many recent developments taking place in the world, that saying comes to mind, and I am overcome with a strong sense of déjà vu- as though we have been here b e f o r e . When I hear reports about the taking of hostages and the savagery of beheadings, it is 2004 again and week after week, there is news of the killing of foreign hostages in Iraq. When I hear reports about Israel and Gaza, it is 2005 again and Israel has launched Operation Summer Rain, immediately followed by Operation Autumn Clouds. The resulting death toll in the Gaza Strip is in the hundreds. Many are children. Likewise, reports of police brutality in the United States against an unarmed black man takes me back to 1999 when 23-year old Guinean-born Amadou Diallo was shot 19 times by four New York City police officers. Or to 1991 when Rodney King was brutally beaten by five Los Angeles police officers. Both of those incidents caused a tremendous public outcry, as has this year’s shooting to death of 18-year old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, with the singular message of “no justice, no peace.” Mr. President, Do such events indicate an outright regression? Does the uncomfortable familiarity of some current world events mean that despite the changes so many individuals and organizations have worked to achieve, we have made little or no progress? I would like to believe this is not so. I would like to believe these events of recent times are merely setbacks that will motivate us to find more sustainable solutions, slight reversals on that sinuous path toward true progress. Dag Hammarskjöld, who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 until his untimely death in a plane crash in 1961 said, “the pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never a b a n d o n e d . ” In the course of the past several months, since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, I have been reminded of both the importance and the practicality of those words. True progress relies on neither victory nor defeat but on persistence, on p e r s e v e r a n c e . On 15th September, in my capacity as the Chair of ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, I travelled to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. They are the three countries that have been most affected by the outbreak of Ebola. These are nations

that were recovering from conflict, civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone that also adversely affected Guinea, which shares borders with both c o u n t r i e s . These are nations that were struggling to rebuild their social and economic infrastructures. Even before the outbreak of Ebola, these countries were already operating with limited resources, with an insufficient number of treatment facilities and a shortage of qualified medical staff. So far, there have been five thousand, eight hundred and forty-three (5,843) recorded cases of Ebola, including two thousand, eight hundred and three (2,803) deaths. The World Health Organization predicts that if the disease is not brought under control, the number of cases could easily rise to 20,000 by as early as November. What makes Ebola so dangerous is that the virus dares us to compromise the impulses that exist at the very core of our humanity: our impulse to comfort one another with love; to care for each other with the healing power of touch; and, to maintain the dignity of our loved ones even in death with a public funeral and properly marked grave. Mr. President, Ebola is a disease of isolation. It leaves family members afraid to embrace one another, healthcare workers afraid to attend to patients, and it forces the living to abandon the cultural rites of washing, embalming and burying their dead. Instead they are zipped into a secure body bag, carried on a stretcher by makeshift pallbearers in protective wear, then tossed into a freshly dug g r a v e . Just as individuals with Ebola are often shunned and ostracised by their communities, the initial slowness of response by the international community, in many ways, left the affected countries to suffer their fate a l o n e . In my travels to those three countries, despite my awareness of the suspension of flights by some airlines, I was shocked to find the airports completely v a c a n t . Ebola is not just a Liberian problem, or a Sierra Leonean or Guinean problem. It is not just a West African problem. Ebola is a problem that belongs to the world because it is a disease that knows no boundaries. We cannot afford to let fear keep us away. We cannot afford to let it compromise the very impulses that not only define but retain our humanity. We must erase the stigma. To that end, Ghana has offered the use of its capital city, Accra, as a base of operations for activities geared towards the containment of the disease. I would like to commend UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon and the Security Council for establishing the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency

Response (UNMEER). I would also like to acknowledge and commend President Barack Obama and the people of the United States of America for their enormous commitment to the fight against Ebola. Health officials have announced numerous times that, in theory, it is relatively easy to stop the spread of Ebola because it is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids. It has been suggested that through changes in behaviour and practices, the public could potentially reduce, if not eliminate, their exposure to the virus. Yet, in reality, the Ebola virus was able to spread so quickly throughout the West African sub region because of its exposure to the fluidity of our borders. The free movement of people, goods and services throughout the West African sub region is something that ECOWAS has been promoting for the last several decades. It allows interaction and increased trade between our fifteen member states. However, without the proper preventive measures in place, such fluidity can also enable the free movement of disease, drugs, arms, human traffickers and terrorists. Mr. President, Unfortunately, Africa is especially vulnerable to terrorism. Because of its sheer size and vast terrain it offers myriad places for terrorists to hide and create safe havens. With over 60% of Africa’s population under the age of thirty-five and a significant number living in extreme poverty, terrorists also have the opportunity to recruit new members by exploiting the ignorance and disillusionment of young people who lack the skills, education and opportunities to find gainful employment.

The proliferation of technology has made even the most remote areas of the continent accessible with a single phone call or keystroke. What this does is facilitate communication within terrorist cells and between terrorist organizations. It would now be far too simplistic, not to mention myopic, for a nation to believe that they are just dealing with any one terrorist organization, such as Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, Ansar al Dine, Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, the Taliban, ISIS or the Khorasan group. Because of the assistance and cooperation that exists between them, they have in fact become several tentacles of a single organism. So, too, must we come together as one cohesive body, united in our battle to defend our freedoms and values. We, too, must communicate within and between ourselves; we must cooperate, lend assistance and resources to fight and conquer this common threat. Mr. President, Since the start of the global recession, economic growth rates have generally declined and people have, by and large, become pessimistic about their future. This month, the Pew Research Center published the results of a 44-country survey conducted in Spring 2014 to assess public views of major economic changes in the world. According to these results, a global median of 69% are not pleased with the way things are going in their countries. This includes advanced, as well as developing economies. The concerns expressed cut across a wide spectrum of issues, such as inflation, unemployment, income inequality and public debt. My country, Ghana is no exception.

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The former Conservative senator faces 31 charges, including fraud, breach of trust and bribery.

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Donald Bayne, Duffy’s lawyer hasn’t ruled out the possibility that Harper might be called to testify.

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Conference Board of Canada says 25- to 29-year-olds make 64% less than 50- to 54-year-olds

They live in their parents’ basement, they work part-time or are underemployed, and they’re paying off student loans well into their 30s.

All those stories about the younger generation are often true, says a report from the Conference Board of Canada. For the first time, the generation now aged 25 to 29 risks being poorer than their parents.

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Researchers found the average disposable income of Canadians between the ages of 50 and 54 is now 64 per cent higher than that of 25- to 29-year-olds, up from 47 per cent in the mid-1980s.

While the income gap between men and women was narrowing over the last 30 years, the gap between older and younger generations has widened significantly.

“Age rather than gender is becoming the new divide in our society,” said David Stewart-Patterson, Conference Board vice-president.

“The Canadian generation at the top of the income heap today fought long and hard for principles like equal pay for work of equal value, but their children now face lower wages and reduced pension benefits even for the same work at the same employer,” said Stewart-Patterson, who co-authored the report.

The income gap for women expanded more quickly than for men, from just nine per cent in 1984 to 43 per cent in 2010. That difference is complicated by the enormous increase of women in the workplace in the same period and the gains in income for women as they moved into higher paying fields.

For men, the gap between

younger and older generations expanded from 53 per cent to 71 per cent. That difference reflects the poor work prospects for younger men.

“We all know the stories — all our kids getting really good educations but too many of them are still stuck living in their parents’ basements, still in low-end service jobs that don’t really take advantage of all the education that we’ve paid for,” Stewart-Patterson said.

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“Our report provides some pretty persuasive, quantitative evidence that, yeah, there really is a systemic pattern here.”

As the baby boom generation moves into retirement, Canadians will be relying on a smaller share of the population to sustain the tax base that supports public services such as health care.

Canada therefore needs average employment incomes to rise, not fall behind, Stewart-Patterson said.

“We are moving into an era where people of working age are going to be increasingly scarce; that should put upward pressure on wages going forward,” he said.

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Over the last year, the public has seen an increase in the cost of living. Falling commodity prices led not only to a fall in tax revenue from companies that operate in Ghana, but they also led to a massive decline in export earnings. This contributed to a general sense of macro-economic instability and placed a great deal of pressure on our currency, the cedi. For the past 22 years, Ghanaians have witnessed a steady improvement in the circumstances of our nation. With a return to democracy and the rule of law, six successful elections and peaceful transitions of power, Ghana became an example for other African nations turning toward democracy and constitutional rule. The stability inspired investor confidence and increased growth. Soon Ghana was deemed one of the fastest growing economies in the world. This did not make us immune to the economic challenges that were facing many nations across the globe. Quite the opposite. Instability in the global commodity markets have a direct bearing on our budgets and, hence, our ability to finance our development. The global downturn exposed the weaknesses in our foundation. It alerted us to the need for change, the need to establish the proper institutions for effective economic management, institutions that will foster resilience and an ability to better absorb the blows of unexpected occurrences or o u t c o m e s . The anxieties and concerns of the Ghanaian public are understandable. Like so many African countries, Ghana has been through dark economic times, and our seemingly changing fortunes, with its uncomfortable familiarity, brought on a fear of regression. But

this was merely a setback, a slight r e v e r s a l . Already, the home grown measures of fiscal stabilization that we have taken are yielding results. Only this month, Ghana surprised even its most ardent critics when it launched its third Eurobond for an amount of one (1) billion dollars. This successful floatation represents a return of investor confidence in the prospects of the Ghanaian economy. This confidence is apparent in the recent rebound of the Cedi. Over the last two weeks, the Cedi has appreciated significantly against its major trading currencies. Last year when I addressed this august Assembly, I explained that it is not sympathy we want; it is partnership, the ability to stand on our own feet. In an attempt to establish such a partnership, we have entered into discussions with the IMF, an organization that is no stranger to the process of self-assessment and the implementation of change in the pursuit of true progress. Indeed, both Ghana and the IMF have evolved, and this partnership has the potential to bring about the sort of transformation that will move Ghana from the ranks of low middle-income into a full-fledged middle-income s t a t u s . Mr. President, The coming year will mark the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Women that was held in Beijing in 1995. I would like to note, with great pride, that it will also mark the 40th anniversary of Ghana’s establishment of the National Council on Women and Development, which has since been renamed the Department of Gender. Ghana has a long-held commitment to the betterment of women’s lives, and

my administration has made it a priority to carry on this tradition. In fact, much, if not all, of what we are doing falls directly in line with the areas of concern enumerated in the Beijing Platform for A c t i o n . This administration boasts the highest number of women appointed to public office in the history of Ghana. Seven of our Cabinet Ministers are women, as are the holders of several senior public service posts- and I hope the fact that they are too numerous to list is an indication that we are reaching toward the ideal. We have submitted to Parliament an Intestate Succession Bill, which ensures that if a spouse dies without having written a will, the surviving spouse will not be dispossessed of their marital assets. Also submitted to Parliament is a Property Rights of Spouses Bill, which ensures that spouses are entitled to fair portions of property acquired during the union. Also in existence are several other pieces of legislation designed to offer protection and empowerment of women such as the Domestic Violence Act, the Human Trafficking Act, an Affirmative Action Bill, and a Gender P o l i c y . Mr. President, I spoke earlier of isolation. Very few nations have experienced the sort of exclusion that Cuba has for the last several decades suffered as a result of the U.S. embargo on that country. Ghana stands firm on its position that the embargo should be lifted. Also, Ghana calls for a halt to the establishment of settlements in Palestinian territories. We have consistently expressed our support of a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, with the nations co-existing peacefully.

Mr. President, This year, the world’s attention has been drawn to the urgency of addressing the growing problem of inequality and the threats that it poses to our unrelenting pursuit of peace. I would like to also draw attention to the pervasive presence of religious i n t o l e r a n c e . At the root of all of the world’s major religions exists the call for compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, peace, and love. Nevertheless, the use of religious dogma and extremism as a weapon of violence persists. In this age of terrorism and political turmoil; national, regional and ethnic conflict, it may be tempting to use the actions of a few to justify prejudice toward many. It may be tempting to combine the faithful with the fanatical. But those of us who envision a just and peaceful world cannot and should not yield to those temptations. Time and time again, history has shown us that the changing of a world begins with the power that rests in the hands of people, ordinary individuals. Or, in the words of one of the greatest teachers and leaders of nonviolence, Mahatma Gandhi, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Today our Jewish brothers and sisters are celebrating Rosh Hashanah, their New Year. To them, I say, “L’Ashana T o v a . ” Next week, our Muslim brothers and sisters will be celebrating Eid-al-Adha, Festival of the Sacrifice. To them, I say, “Eid Mubarrak.” And, to you, Mr. President, I say, “Many thanks for the opportunity, and for your kind attention.” May God bless us all.

Address by H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana to the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

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in Ghana like many other countries around the world has, over the years, sought to improve its education system by introducing reforms and making projections based on the education needs of the country. However, the basic education in the system is yet to experience the impetus that will fortify it as a strong foundation for the child’s educational journey. Hence, the appalling results in the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations over the years.Basic education under the former system was 10 years in duration and Secondary education 6 years. Thus, making pre-university education in the country 16 years. This was not cost effective. So to reduce the duration of pre-university education in the country the government introduced the Junior Secondary School (3 years after 6-year primary school) and the Senior Secondary School system as part of the education reform in 1998. A policy document

on basic education improvement sector program put together by the government in 1996 to ensure Free Compulsory and Universal Basic Education (fCUBE) for all outlined government intentions for basic education in these words, “The Government is committed to making schooling from Basic Stage 1 through 9 free and compulsory for all school-age children by the year 2005. Through the components of its program for Free Compulsory and Universal Education, the Government of Ghana is committed not only to achieving universal access to basic education in ten years,

but also to IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION SERVICES OFFERED” (emphasis supplied).One can conveniently argue that we are yet to see any improvement in the quality of education offered at the basic level, if not at all levels, of education in the country since the implementation of the series of education reform programs the country has been taken through since then by both the NDC and NPP governments.When the NPP regime took over from the NDC, the President’s Committee on Review of Education Reforms detected a number of defects in the then existing educational structure. In April, 2007 the President of Ghana, J. A Kufuor launched a new education reform in the country. The new system, which was implemented from September 1, 2007, started with two years of kindergarten for pupils at age four; six years of primary

school at which the pupil attains age 12; to be followed by three years of Junior High School (JHS) till the pupil is 15 years. President Kufuor noted that the reform was designed, among other things, to prepare the appropriate human resource in the form of skilled, technologically-advanced and disciplined workforce with the right ethics to service the growing economy. He said, “the Reform placed emphasis on Mathematics, Science and Technology, but to develop a well rounded society, the Arts and Social Sciences would continue to receive the necessary support in the curriculum.”

Unfortunately, soon after the launching, there were reports that the new Education Reform Program, which introduced new structures in the country’s educational system at various levels, would be a fiasco if pragmatic effects were not put in place for

its smooth take-off from September, 2007. With barely a few months to the take-of, of the reform program, members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) categorically stated that they were not prepared adequately enough for the smooth kick-off of the program. The Upper East Regional Secretary of GNAT, Mr. Linus Attey Cofie, was quoted as warning that, “rounds conducted by the Association in most schools in the Region have revealed that teachers do not have fertile knowledge as far as the yet to be implemented reforms were concerned.”Well, that effort had come and gone and the standards in our education keep on falling and falling with the passing years of Prof. Mills and John Mahama led NDC administrations! The Neglected Part of the Basic Education:

Though some people argue for the return to the former system, especially for the duration of pre-university education, I agree with the President’s Committee on its view that “the 11-year basic education made up of kindergarten, primary and junior schools will be adequate in providing the needed foundation for further education.”However, I see the need for revamping the resources at the kindergarten and primary schools at the basic level to establish quality foundation for the country’s education system. Adequate learning and teaching materials MUST be provided in classroom at that level to ensure effective learning and teaching process. Teachers must be well prepared for our primary schools throughout the country to facilitate learning and smooth transition for students from the primary to the junior secondary

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Here is a scenario that occurs very commonly in Ontario. Francis leaves a bar or party after having a few drinks. He remembers having “only one drink”. He gets behind the wheel. According to him, he was not drunk since “he has had only one or at most two drinks”. He has driven him self on dozens of occasions after one or two and has never had any problems. The problem is that on this fateful day, the Police receive a phone call call. A member of the public driving behind Francis on the 401 highway, informs them that he is swerving between lanes causing other users to break suddenly. He should not be of the road. The concerned person says that when he drove up beside Francis, he appeared to be falling asleep behind the wheel!

The police officer who pulls Francis over observes that it takes Francis a full three minutes to acknowledge the officers flashing lights before he eventually pulls his vehicle over. The officer also notes that Francis is driving at between 50 - 60 km per hour in a 100 km per hour zone. His head lights were off and he nearly causes a multi vehicle pile up due to his erratic driving.

Upon stopping Francis, the officer observes the following about Francis: “ A strong smell of alcohol in his breath, his speech was distinctly slurred and his eyes were blood shot. Francis acknowledged having drunk one alcoholic beverage a few hours ago”. Francis however refuses to take a road side breath test without explanation. He also refused to take the breath test again at the police station after he was arrested. His station interview is audio and vide taped. Francis is now charged with three different but alcohol related criminal offences - impaired driving or operation, “over 80” and breath sample refusal. What do these charges mean?

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1. Impaired Driving

Criminal Code of Canada Section 253(A)

If Francis shows evidence of intoxication – not necessarily obtained using a breath test – he may be charged with impaired driving. Impaired driving charges are mainly proved through the evidence of witnesses (usually a police officer). The courts frequently accept the following observations as evidence of impairment:

An unusual pattern of driving or erratic driving (bad driving)

The odour of alcohol coming from the accused

Red, glassy, watery or bloodshot eyes

Slurred speech

Flushed complexion

Unsteadiness while walking

Difficulty producing documents requested by police officer

Any other evidence suggesting impairment.

If the judge has a reasonable doubt that Francis is guilty he must be acquitted.

2. “Over 80”

Criminal Code of Canada Section 253(B)

Francis may also have been charged with blowing “Over 80” if he took a breath test and blew over Ontario’s legal limit for blood alcohol in drivers. It is illegal for any driver to have over 80 milligrams of alcohol within 100 millilitres of his blood – hence the name of “Over 80”. In this case since Francis refused to blow or provide a sample of his breath without explanation this specific charge is unlikely to succeed. He may not be so lucky with the next charge below.

3. Refusing to Provide a Breath Sample

Criminal Code of Canada Section 254(5)

If a police officer stops a driver upon reasonable grounds and demands that the driver takes a breath test, it is a criminal offence to refuse or fail to do so. In this case, Francis will definitely be charged with a refusal to provide a breath sample. He did not provide any plausible explanation as to why he could not or should not provide the sample.

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sample. The Prosecutor will be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the refusal was ‘final and unequivocal’. Francis Lawyer will be advised to review all the circumstances leading to this refusal in order to provide a defence to this Very serious allegation, including medical evidence.

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South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide after the judge found he killed his girlfriend by mistake.

Judge Thokozile Masipa said the athlete had acted “negligently” when he fired shots through a toilet door, but in the “belief that there was an intruder”.

She said the state had failed to prove he intended to kill Reeva Steenkamp.

The judge allowed Pistorius to remain on bail ahead of sentencing which is to take place on 13 October.

The victim’s parents, June and Barry Steenkamp, condemned the verdict, saying it was “not justice for Reeva”.

Speaking in an interview with NBC News, June Steenkamp said: “He shot through the door and I can’t believe that they believe it was an accident.”

However Arnold Pistorius, the athlete’s uncle, said the family was “deeply grateful” to the judge for finding him not guilty of murder and that a “big burden” had been lifted.

“There are no victors in this,” he added. “We as a family remain deeply affected by the devastating, tragic event... It won’t bring Reeva back but our hearts still go out for her family and friends.”

June Steenkamp Reeva Steenkamp’s family, including her mother June (pictured) have yet to comment on the verdict

South Africa’s prosecuting authority said it was “disappointed” Pistorius was not convicted of murder but said it would wait until after sentencing to decide whether to appeal.

The verdict leaves the disgraced sprinter facing up to 15 years in jail, although the judge could suspend the sentence or only impose a fine.

The BBC’s Nomsa Maseko said there was a poignant moment in court when Oscar Pistorius’s father and Reeva Steenkamp’s father hugged each other as the judge adjourned to consider bail.

The athlete was also found guilty on a charge of negligently handling a firearm that went off in a restaurant.

Oscar Pistorius was a picture of composure as the judge announced he was guilty of culpable homicide, a lesser count of murder in South Africa.

The athlete, who became emotional on Thursday after being described as an “evasive witness”, seemed to have been expecting this verdict. The judge had already spoken of his negligence and use of “excessive force” when he fired through the door.

Some say this verdict is the best outcome he could have hoped for.

Many South Africans have questioned the judge’s decision to acquit him of murder and argue that the prosecution may have grounds to appeal.

For now, the Pistorius family seem relieved. But in the benches opposite them, friends and relatives of model Reeva Steenkamp wept, while others, including her mother June, seemed shell-shocked.

Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius posing next to his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Johannesburg, South Africa (26 January 2013) The athlete and Reeva Steenkamp had been dating for three months before the fatal shooting

Just after the verdicts came in, police released photographs of the crime scene Just after the verdicts came in, police released photographs of the crime scene

Pistorius just after the shooting A bloodied Oscar Pistorius was pictured in the aftermath of the shooting

Mr Pistorius said he and Ms Steenkamp had dinner at about 19:00 before going to bed at 21:00. He said he woke in the early hours, spoke briefly to his girlfriend

and got up to close the sliding door and curtains.

Judge Thokozile Masipa questioned the reliability of several witnesses who said they heard screams and gunshots between about 03:12 and 03:17, saying most had ‘got facts wrong’.

Mr Pistorius said he heard the bathroom window sliding open and believed that an intruder, or intruders, had entered the bathroom through a window which was not fitted with burglar bars.

Mr Pistorius said he grabbed his firearm and told Ms Steenkamp, who he thought was still in bed, to call the police.

The judge said it made no sense that Ms Steenkamp did not hear him scream ‘Get out’ or call the police, as she had her mobile phone with her.

Mr Pistorius could see the bathroom window was open and toilet door closed. He said he did not know whether the intruders were outside on a ladder or in the toilet.

He had his firearm in front of him, he heard a movement inside the toilet and thought whoever was inside was coming out to attack him.

‘Before I knew it, I had fired four shots at the door,’ he said.

The judge said she did not accept that Mr Pistorius fired the gun by accident or before he knew what was happening. She said he had armed himself with a lethal weapon and clearly wanted to use it. The other question, she said, was why he fired not one, but four shots before he ran back to the room to try to find Ms Steenkamp.

Mr Pistorius said he went back to the bedroom and noticed that Ms Steenkamp was not there.

Mr Pistorius said this was when he realised she could have been in the toilet and rushed

Oscar Pistorius found guilty of culpable homicide

cont’d on pg. 29

African leaders have been urged to give the needed backing to research scientists to come out with local solutions to heal th and other development challenges bedeviling the continent. Mr Eric Adu, Sunyani Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), said the over-reliance on the outside world for answers to the continents problems needed to end. He said Africa should not go to sleep and wait on others, when it has everything human and raw materials to change the situation of the people. Mr Adu was speaking at a three-day training of trainers’ workshop to strengthen the role of African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) D i s t r i c t O v e r s i g h t Committees (DOCs) i n p r o m o t i n g g o o d governance in Ghana underway in Kumasi. It is being attended by 60 participants drawn

from Adansi South and Sekyere West in the Ashanti, Wenchi and Kintampo North in the Brong-Ahafo and Wa West and Sissala West, in the Upper West Region. The European Union (EU) and Hanns Seidel Foundation are jointly funding the programme w i t h t h e N a t i o n a l African Peer Review G o v e r n i n g C o u n c i l (NAPRM-GC) and the NCCE as organizers. T o p i c s l i n e d u p include APRM process i n G h a n a , A d u l t teaching and learning techniques, Government a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , decentralization, and l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s t r u c t u r e s , a n d Resource mobilization a n d m a n a g e m e n t . T h e p a r t i c i p a n t s would also deliberate on APRAM research methodologies, Citizens red card and Mobile data collection techniques Social mobil ization, P a r t i c i p a t i o n a n d inclusion of vulnerable

and Group management and dynamics. Mr Adu emphasized the need for political leaders to do regular self-assessment of their performance to promote accountability and good governance. He encou raged t he participants to collaborate with other stakeholders to sensitize and educate t h e p e o p l e o n t h e main purpose of the APRM to deepen the country’s democracy. APRM is a voluntary self-assessment instrument adopted by the African Union (UN) to improve governance in member s t a t e s , a n d a f f o r d s citizens the opportunity to promote the development and adoption of policies a n d s t a n d a r d s t h a t lead to the attainment of political stability, accelerated economic growth, sustainability d e v e l o p m e n t a n d improved participation in sub-regional and continental economic activity. GNA

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IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL ISSUESBy: James A. Kwaateng, B.A. (Hons), LLB (Hons)

Not all cases of loss of permanent residence are appealable to the Immi-gration Appeal Division (IAD) of the Immigra-tion and Refugee Board (IRB). Specifically, sec-tion 64 of the Immigra-tion and Refugee Protec-tion Act (IRPA) forbids appeals to the IAD if the foreign national or per-manent resident has been found to be inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or inter-national rights, serious criminality or organized criminality. Decisions based on a finding of inadmissibility on the ground of misrepresenta-tion may also not be ap-pealable unless the for-eign national in question is the sponsor’s spouse, common-law partner or child.

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however appeal to the IAD against a decision made outside Canada on the residency obliga-tion under section 28 of the Act pursuant to sec-tion 63 of the Act. If a permanent resident does not submit an appeal to the IAD within the time period allowed for the filing of such an appeal, then the decision made outside Canada will be-come a final determina-tion in accordance with subsection 46(1)(b) of the Immigration Act.

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a permanent resident to comply with a residency obligation with respect to every five-year peri-od. Basically, permanent residents are required to demonstrate that at least a total of 730 days in the five-year period have been “spent” in Canada.

The Immigration Act most flexibly spells out four principal ways that permanent residents can meet the residency obli-gation of 730 days with-in the five-year period. It is a requirement that the permanent resident must be physically present in Canada; must be accom-panying abroad a spouse or common-law partner who is a Canadian citi-zen; must be employed abroad, on a full-time ba-sis, by a prescribed Ca-nadian business or in the public service of Can-ada or of a province; or

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Officers first assess the cumulative number of days the permanent resi-dent has been physically present in Canada to de-termine if the person has acquired 730 days phys-ical presence in the pre-ceding five-year period. If the cumulative number of days physically pres-ent is less than 730, then the officers will look at the issues of accompa-nying a family member, and /or the nature of employment of the per-manent resident, outside Canada, if applicable.

The onus rests with the permanent resident to provide information and evidence to satisfy an officer that the residen-cy obligation has been, or will be, met. For ex-ample, if a permanent resident has been a per-manent resident for less than five years, it is suf-ficient for the permanent resident to demonstrate at examination that he or she will be able to meet the residency obligation in respect of the five-year period. If, after considering ev-erything, the combined total number of days the permanent resident is deemed to have spent in Canada within the pre-ceding five-year peri-od is still less than 730, the residency obligation may still be met if there are humanitarian and

compassionate consider-ations that might warrant retention of the perma-nent resident status.

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The world market price for the country’s highest foreign exchange earner, cocoa, has risen to a three-year high of £2,141 per tonne, a new Moody Investors Service report has revealed.The significant increase in the Liffe futures price of the commodity, according to the

report issued this week, was triggered by concerns that the Ebola virus could spread to Ivory Coast or Ghana -- which together account for almost 60 percent of global cocoa production.

The deadly Ebola disease is currently raging in West Africa, with the hardest-hit

countries being Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Populous African country Nigeria has also recorded over a dozen cases. Over 3,600 cases have been recorded with some 2,000 deaths

Ghana is the world’s second-largest cocoa exporter after

Ivory Coast. The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), the industry regulator, aims to raise production of cocoa from 800,000 tonnes to an average of 1 million tonnes annually through improved farming methods and better incentives.

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r e g u l a t o r s i g n e d a US$1.7billion loan with international banks this month to finance cocoa purchases for the next cocoa season.

The loan is reported to have been oversubscribed by 15 percent and Cocobod

will receive an additional US$200million on demand to be drawn in the first three months of next year.

The Moody’s report cautions that measures to contain spread of the disease could cause labour shortages or disruptions in logistics during the harvesting for most of October.

The repor t warned tha t “reduced supply from the world’s largest growing region would probably result in a further spike of cocoa prices, which could exceed that seen in 2010. If these conditions persist, we would expect large customers to seek accommodations in trade terms, and some margin pressure could ensue.

“We would also expect working capital needs to increase to fund the higher cost of cocoa inventories, pressuring cash flow and leverage metrics. Nevertheless, at this time we do not expect pressures on financial metrics to be of sufficient magnitude to pose meaningful or lasting credit deterioration,” he said.

For the 2013/2014 season, Cocoa purchases declared to Cocobod reached 750,122 tonnes by May this year.

The purchases, which covered 28 weeks of the 33-week main crop season, were up from 638,654 tonnes declared in the same period last year.

The country is hoping to buy around 850,000 tonnes of cocoa during its October-May main crop harvest, for which funds have been secured. B&FT Online

Cocoa prices rise over Ebola scare

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has learned valuable lessons about police work. Tamara graduated from the program with a better understanding of how Toronto Police operates and the different programs and functions the service performs.

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Twumwah-Ofori has aspirations to study social sciences and pursue a career in nursing or social work. During the eight-week YIP program,

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Tamara Twumwah-Ofori c ont’d on pg. 43


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Ghanaian residents in Toronto, Canada, have expressed their disbelief at the shocking revelations being exposed at the ongoing Presidential Commission which is investigating the abysmal participation of the Black Stars at the 2014 World Cup tournament in Brazil.

During the Presidential Commission, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, former

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Canada, a ‘knocked for six’ George Akuamoah queried: “What was the importance of sending supporters to Brazil when they [Ministry of Youth and Sports] knew it was going to cost the nation a lot. It would have been ideal for Ghana as a nation to use that money to refurbish hospitals and schools”

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“Don’t send fans here for 2015 Women’s World Cup,” Ghanaians in Canada tell Ghana Gov’t

next year’s World Cup because, we have a lot of Ghanaians in Canada who can support the team. ”

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(CNN) -- A man suspected of beheading a woman and stabbing another worker at an Oklahoma food plant was fired right before the attack, police said Friday.

Alton Alexander Nolen, 30, was terminated from his job at Vaughan Foods processing plant just before the rampage Thursday afternoon in Moore, Oklahoma, just outside Oklahoma City, said Sgt. Jeremy Lewis of the Moore Police Department.

After “he was terminated, he drove to the front of the business, running into a vehicle, exited his vehicle, entered the business, where he encountered the first victim, Colleen Hufford, 54, and began assaulting her with a knife. He did kill Colleen and he did sever her head.”

A second woman, identified as 43-year-old Traci Johnson, survived the attack, thanks to the intervention of another co-worker -- the company’s chief operating officer Mark Vaughan, an Oklahoma County reserve deputy -- who shot and wounded Nolen.

Johnson was hospitalized in stable condition with “numerous knife wounds,” according to

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“This off-duty deputy definitely saved Traci’s life,” Lewis said. “This was not going to stop if he didn’t stop it. He’s obviously a hero in this situation. It’s very tragic that someone did lose their life, but it could have gotten a lot worse. This guy was definitely not going to stop. He didn’t stop until he was shot.”

Nolen recently had been trying to convert co-workers to Islam, Lewis said. “After conducting interviews with co-workers of Nolen’s, information was obtained that he recently started trying to convert some of his coworkers to the Muslim religion.”

Police: Man beheads woman in Oklahoma

Moore police have asked the FBI to help investigate the man’s background.

“Due to the manner of death and the statement of co-workers and other initial information that investigators have gathered, we requested the assistance of the FBI in conducting a background investigation into Nolen.”

Earlier Friday, U.S. law enforcement officials said there were no

indication the attack was linked to terrorism.

Nolen was shot twice, police said, and was hospitalized in stable condition.

“We are shocked and deeply saddened by the events,” Vaughan Foods spokeswoman Danielle Katcher said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of the team member we lost and all those affected, “ Katcher added.

The attack appeared to be random. Lewis said the two victims were simply in Nolen’s way when he entered the building. “He wasn’t targeting anyone, wasn’t going specifically after them. It appears they were just in his way as he came in.”

Authorities were still interviewing witnesses Friday. Police said they did not yet have information on Nolen’s background. They also have not yet said what charges Nolen might be facing.

“There’s two separate incidents that we’re looking at. We do have a homicide that our investigators are looking at and we have requested the assistance of the FBI in looking into the background of the suspect,” Lewis said. CNN

Women beheaded in Oklahoma

Toronto-- Ontario’s governing Liberals say they’ll pump another $74 million into the multibillion-dollar 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games in southern Ontario.

They say the organizing committee expects $25 million in revenue shortfalls and $49 million in “additional requirements.”

The government says the money will be used to provide a live broadcast of selected events, back-up ambulances and expanding the torch relay to other communities.

It will also be used for satellite villages to reduce travel time for those participating in the massive international sporting event.

The Liberals says it’s a small increase to the Games’ budget, which is expected to cost about $2.5 billion in total, including security, transportation and the

Ontario pumps $74 million more into 2015 Pan Am and Parapan

Am Gamesathletes’ village

The Pan Am Games will run from July 7 to 26, at 34 different competition venues across southern Ontario, from the Niagara Region in the south to as far north as Orillia.

The Parapan Am Games will run from Aug. 7 to 15. CP24

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To show the relevance of Garveyism, this is what the Prophet said in 1923 “Every day we are discovering new evidence to bear out and support the stand taken by me- that it is only a question of time when the entire white race will be inflamed against the Black race and all weaker peoples not sufficiently strong and organized to hold their own in the competition of life”. The next quotation I direct to many of our so-called leaders: “I have also held and still believe that it is only a question of time when the Black man, economically dependent as he is on the white man, would be forced to the wall and that the solution of the problem in the future would not be so much by wholesale killing, or wiping out of the black populations by fire or force of arms, but by the WELL ORGANIZED PLAN OF ECONOMIC STARVATION.”

It seems that the most recent summit attended by African leaders is a stark and dire warning that this plan could be unfolding before our very eyes. Maybe if our leaders had knowledge

of Garveyism, they collectively could have avoided what may be a trap. How do we know it could be a trap? It happened before, so it can happen again. To this issue Garvey said “The English, above everybody else owe a debt of gratitude to the Black man for nearly all that they possess. Everybody knows that the British have built themselves up on the blood and wealth of the Black people, especially those of Africa and the West Indies. Whilst these “Christian” Britishers are going out to the colonies robbing and exploiting our people, murdering them for their lands and their wealth, we find that in their home, England, they look upon it as an imposition for Black people to go into their midst, not to exploit, but to seek employment. This convinces us beyond the shadow of a doubt that as far as the economic, political interest of the Englishman goes, he has no soul. He believes that he alone is entitled to everything that is worthwhile and that others have absolutely no claim upon these things that are necessary to life, except that which he does not want.”

Today, the U S, Europe and China want Africa and her Diaspora.

Every Black person young and old needs to realize that Garveyism, the body of thought and organizational activities associated with Marcus Mosiah Garvey of Jamaica, is still very relevant today. I sense that there is some resentment by some Africans on the continent towards their African brothers and sisters who were forced to live in the Diaspora, mainly as a result of chattel-slavery. This is how Garvey the Prophet addressed this concern: “Fighting for the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine does not make the American Jew disloyal; fighting for the independence of Ireland does not make the Irish-American a bad citizen. Why should fighting for the freedom of Africa make the Black person outside of Africa disloyal or a bad citizen?”

Garvey understood many of the negative attitudes that plague the Black race and exist among its members and to this he said that the greatest weapon used

against the Negro is disorganization. This is the main reason why he organized the UNIA-ACL, even though he knew that he would be criticized and ridiculed, but he formed it anyway. For those who wish to improve themselves, Marcus Garvey laid out very clearly the aims and objectives of the UNIA-ACL as follows: to establish a confraternity among the race; to promote the spirit of pride and love; to reclaim the fallen; to administer to and assist the needy; to aid in the development of

Africa and its Diaspora and to promote racial consciousness among the race; to establish institutions for the racial education and culture of our people; to conduct worldwide commercial and industrial intercourse for the good of the race and to work for better conditions in all Negro communities.

Not every Black person will strive to be proud and independent. However, of one thing we can be certain, it is that IF the Black race can find the will to break the

chains of mental slavery that cause the majority of the race to act and behave in servitude to the other races and even to their own kind, then the aims and objectives of the UNIA-ACL and Garveyism, will forever be relevant.

“Up you mighty race you can accomplish what you will”. Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

Valerie Dixon is an Educator and the Lady President of the UNIA-ACL, Jamaica

Garveyism: More relevant today - part 2By Valerie Dixon, MBA

Mr Pistorius said he screamed for help and went back to the bathroom where he found the toilet was locked. He returned to the bedroom, pulled on his prosthetic legs and turned on the lights before bashing in the toilet door with a cricket bat.

When the door panel broke, he found the key and unlocked the door

and found Ms Steenkamp slumped on the floor with her head on the toilet bowl. He then carried her downstairs, where he was met by neighbours.

The double amputee had denied murdering Ms Steenkamp after a row on Valentine’s Day last year, saying he shot her by mistake.

With this the judge agreed, saying “it cannot

be said that the accused did not entertain a genuine belief that there was an intruder”.

But she said: “The accused knew there was a person behind the toilet door, he chose to use a firearm.

“I am of the view the accused acted too hastily and used too much force. It is clear his conduct is negligent.”

Pistorius was convicted on an unrelated firearms charge - negligently handling a firearm that went off in a crowded restaurant.

He was acquitted of another charge of firing a gun in public, through the sunroof of a car, and of a charge of illegal possession of ammunition in the home where he killed Ms Steenkamp. BBC News

Oscar Pistorius found guilty of culpable homicide

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Dr Jonathan Sowah, the President of AstraQom International has called on Africans to double the efforts in establishing viable businesses and expanding them to the highest levels of success. He lamented, “It is frustrating to realize that a lot of our people do not seek to step up the next level. We get so easily complacent. We are happy with the successes of yesterday, but if yesterday doesn’t make us to push harder to become better for tomorrow, then we have failed already. It’s great for us to find the fuel for tomorrow from that of yesterday’s sweat.” Dr. Sowah was speaking at the opening ceremony of

the African Canadian Business Expo 2014 held in Toronto from August 29 to August 31.

He stressed the fact that we are at the point where we have so many people with talents, so much experience and ability to make money but “if today you made a thousand dollars and tomorrow you make a

thousand dollars then you have failed. If you are serving Toronto and can add Ottawa it is great!”

“Expand your business for there is no ceiling to success”, he admonished the participants of the Toronto Business Expo. “We come from a generation that has had an impact on both side of knowledge acquisition. We have brought knowledge to the table and taken knowledge as well.” The guest speaker pointed out that networking is one of the tools used today in business. We must therefore support each other and move the money within our community.

school. This calls for the involvement of the education committees at the district assemblies in effectively recruiting potential and capable teachers for training at the Teacher Training Colleges and their subsequent postings to primary schools in the districts. The programs at the Teacher Training Colleges must also be made to address the needs of teaching in our primary schools.With the adequate preparation of teachers, well equipped classrooms and effective supervision of teaching at the basic education level Ghana will be on track to solving the problem of poor results of the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations in the country.

There is also the absolute need to include “pre-school education, which prepares the child to acquire rudimentary skills for transition from home to primary school” as identified by the President’s Committee on education reform in the government’s plans to improve education in Ghana. Parents must be made effective partners in this effort.All said and done, education is undoubtedly an effective tool for national development which requires long term investment and coordinated efforts on the part of all the stake holders in education including the government, parents, t e a c h e r s / e d u c a t o r s , students, business bodies and the general public.

It is therefore very prudent for any government not to play politics with education but rather take the hard/bitter but effective road to improving education in the country. This calls for long term investment and periodic reviews of national educational policies to assess progress being achieved in the area of education for national development. The hen that lays the golden egg must be taken very good care of. In the education system Basic Education is that hen! It prepares the child who will become a lawyer or a doctor or a teacher or an accountant or a scientist or a nurse or a businessman, or a pastor in future for further education.

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Success - Dr Sowah

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Coming together and striving in unity are essential ingredients for the success in any community as far as business is concerned. This view was expressed by Mr. Kabu Asante, President of the African Development Council when he delivered the keynote speech at the African Canadian Business Expo 2014 held in Toronto in late August, 2014. He underscored the fact that it was important that we as a community should come together and stick together because without that we would not succeed. “I live in Brampton which has a large population of Indians and what I

like about them is they patronize themselves”, he said. He bemoaned the fact that the African Business community in Canada thinks individually. “Anytime the African Development Council meets there is problem, because the individual countries only think about their interest. We are not united so we can’t get anything done”, he lamented. “This is a cancer in our society and

we need to find a cure for that”, he said, continuing that. “unless we come together we cannot do anything, since we don’t have political clout or power.. Mr. Kabu Asante congratulated The Ghanaian News for putting up such a wonderful expo. As someone who has been in the business community for the past 18 years, Mr. Kabu Asante is well abreast with the challenges that we face. He advised the organizers of the Expo to expand the show to include many communities. He admonished the community to support the Expo to succeed for the benefit of the whole community.

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In the August 2014 edition Vol 18 No. 8, page 40, we carried a story under the caption “Breman Chiefs solicit equipment for hospital”

that the Breman Unity Club of Toronto donated some hospital items to Breman Health Centre including 10 chairs. It should have been 10 used wheel chairs. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

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Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga . Funeral arrangements will be

announced later. Eklou Semenya was 59 years old. He is survived by wife

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The upcoming mayoral election in Toronto presents an opportunity for us to discuss an issue I have written about here before but is worth raising again. That issue is the lack of political participation among Ghanaians in Canada. I do not know how many of us plan to vote on October 27, but my guess is that it is not a large number. Most of us simply do not care about what happens in Canadian politics. There is probably a combination of reasons for this, but that is not what I want to discuss. For now, I would like to highlight the importance of political participation and the benefits it can bring for Ghanaians in this country.

As many may know, at all three levels of government in Canada – municipal, provincial, and federal – interest groups are afforded the right to take issues of concern to elected officials for appropriate response (at least, that’s how it’s supposed to work). The reality is that the interests of the largest and most powerful groups often take

precedence over those of others. At the end of the day, the biggest and best-organized groups have the ear of the politicians. By banding together to form a powerful political force, Ghanaians can gain influence in the political discourse, especially in cities such as Brampton and Toronto. What is stopping us from doing so is our collective apathy. By alienating ourselves from the Canadian political process, we fail to exercise a lot of potential influence and lose out in the end.

The Ghanaian-Canadian community ought to have a political voice. We need to mobilize with one voice in order to have our concerns heard and issues addressed. This starts with the realization that as an ethnic group, we are as Canadian as any other. The rights

and privileges afforded to Canadians of other ethnic backgrounds apply equally to us. We therefore should not relegate ourselves to the sidelines in the political process, as we have done for our entire existence in this country. When we fail to recognize ourselves as full Canadian citizens, we essentially disenfranchise ourselves.

There is much to be gained in engaging and participating in the political process in Canada. Those who excel in the system understand this. The only way to have your voice heard as a group is to mobilize politically. The fact is that as a community, we are failing to do so. We do ourselves a great disservice by alienating ourselves from the political discourse. It is high time we tapped into our collective political potential. By getting more involved in the political process, we will be able to bring attention to our issues and concerns. A good way to start is by going out to vote in the upcoming mayoral election next month.

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Mental health is the leading cause of disability among Canadian children and adolescents. But far too often, this important health issue is left to m i s c o m m u n i c a t i o n , m i s d i a g n o s e s and assumptions. Approximately, as many as 1.2 million young Canadians are affected by mental illness, but only 20 percent receive professional care. This clearly indicates that children and youth mental health does not garner the desired attention. Consequently, young people suffering from mental health grow with it into adulthood.

It is certainly essential for us to develop a sense of awareness about youth mental health because it is estimated that about 60 percent of adults who are living with mental health conditions report that they developed the illness in their adolescence. It is therefore important for families to establish strong foundation for healthy emotional development to ensure corresponding mental stability through the lifespan. And given the serious ramifications associated with children’s mental health conditions, investing in that health sector in the same way as physical health conditions in terms of timely interventions is an essential preventative measure to thwart the problems escalation into adulthood.

Unlike adults who are capable of identifying that they have problems and reach out for help, children certainly need help to get the necessary interventions to deal with mental health issues they might be experiencing. Childhood behavioural and developmental challenges generally grouped as children mental health issues account for a large proportion of the disease burden in young people. But most of them unfortunately develop the symptoms without getting appropriate professional care. Lack of intervention may also lead to other challenges notably, lower educational achievements, susceptibility to substance abuse and violent behaviours. As well, if intervention is not sought as early as possible in the formative years, behavioural and developmental problems could potentially result in poor reproductive and sexual health among others in later years.

Furthermore, when behavioural and developmental challenges are undiagnosed and untreated, it could have devastating effects on an entire family. Factors such as abuse and neglect are often the products of childhood behavioural and developmental issues that have been either ignored, denied, misunderstood or untreated. Therefore, if parents suspect that their child is experiencing some form of behavioural or developmental challenges, they ought to promptly take the necessary steps to get help.

Since mental health illness universally carries a stigma, many parents and adolescents who experience the condition suffer in silence instead of reaching out for help. They need to realize that early identification and intervention of mental health problems can lead to improved outcomes, which means healthier

children, families and communities. However, while the vast majority of mental health conditions take place during the adolescent years, the mental health care system is set up to focus more on adults. And hence, children and adolescents who suffer from that illness usually do not get the help they need. Stigma associated with mental illness interferes with, and prevents families from getting help when the need arises. One important way in which the mental illness and its stigma can be dealt with is by viewing and responding to it as simply as any other health condition. The thought of stigma should be the last thing on parents’ mind when they sense that their child might be mentally ill. Parents need to reach out for help on behalf of their children.

Mental health professionals are for instance available in the grade school system and post-secondary institutions that can help assess the seriousness of mental health conditions, provide or refer students who need help to specialized community-based services. Professionals such as psychologists, nurses and social workers affiliated with local schools are trained to provide ideas for helping students for them to receive specialized services. Parents must however, be aware that there is a distinction between counselling and treatment when it comes to children and youth mental health.

Counselling in response to children and youth mental health challenges is necessary because it is about expert advice received from specially trained professionals, which helps patients and families to cope with the illness. It thus guides and broadens our understanding of the illness and also provides important new information that might appropriately help in response to the problem. On the other hand, mental health treatment is about well planned and coordinated interventions, which could be intensive in nature, based on detailed assessment of precipitating factors that led to the problem. The process of mental health treatment includes attention to thoughts, feelings, behaviours and interactions, which in turn, immensely help ease and address the presenting problems. Children and youth mental health illness is preventable and treatable and stigma should not be a barrier for parents to reach out and seek help on behalf of their children when the need arises.

Understanding and Responding to Children and Youth Mental

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Augustus Morkeh weds Berylla Quainoo at the Church of Pentecost Saturday, August 30, 2014

Rev. Fynn-Sackey charging the couple Rev. James McKeown Quainoo (father)escorting his daugther

The Bridal Party

Couple with Groom’s menCouple with Bride’s maids

Rev. & Mrs. Quainoo - Bride’s parents Cutting of cake

Signing of marriage certificate

ClergyGroup picture of Couple with Pastors and wives

Guests

Bride’s parents and some guests

The officiating Minister was Apos. Dr. Emmanuel Owusu, Acting

National Head, COP Canada and National Head, COP USA.

reception was held at Da Vinci Banquet Hall, Woodbridge, Ontario.

Dr. Yaw Perbi was the preacher. MC at the reception was Elder Appiah-Kubi

Mr. Emmanuel Inkoom respresent the father and Ms Stella Taylor - groom’s mother

Couple with Chosen Generation from Montreal


Shirley and Corbyn lightening the candle

Couple with bride’s mom Grace and brother Kwame (left)Cutting of cake

Signing of marriage certificateFather Scott charging the couple

Regina Boansi Betty Mensah

Couple with family

Proposing toastBride mom Grace (right) and Groom’s mom (center and other guests

Corbyn Estey weds Shirley Sarkodee-AdooThe wedding ceremony took

place at St Clare of Assisi Parish, 1320 Johnson Street,

Coquitlam, B.C. on Saturday, September 6, 2014. The officiating minister was

Father Craig Scott. The reception was held at the

Old Mill Boathouse, 2715 Esplanade Street,

Port Moody, B.C.


African-Canadian Business Expo August 2014 in pictures

Kwesi Selassie (Lion of Africa)

Apos. Charles Anokye Manu

Blessing of BJ Fashion welcome Her Royal Highness Sylvia Nagginda the Queen of Buganda Kingdom

Hon. Jean Augustine (3rd left), Her Royal Highness Sylvia Nagginda, Blessing and the Queen’s entourage

Dr. Jonathan Sowah Mr. Sam Kabu AsanteHon. Kirsty Duncan MP Etobicoke North

Hon. Jean AugustineFairness Commissioner

Mr. Joseph AninGhana’s Consul-Gen. for

Toronto

From left: Rev. Isaac Takyi De-Graft, Apos. Charles Anokye-Manu, Mr. Joseph Anin, Dr. Jonathan Sowah, Hon. Kirsty Duncan and guest

Councilor Vincent Crisanti, Ward 1 Etobicoke North

Her Royal Highness Sylvia Nag-ginda the Queen of Buganda King-

dom being escorted by Agartha

Kwabena Boateng

Ghanaian News Team at Sangha Law Office stand

Ghanaian News Team at ANIDA stand

Ghanaian News Team at J & J Beauty Supply stand

Cutting of ribbon by Hon. Kirsty Duncan and Joseph Anin, Ghana Consul Gen. of Toronto supported by Dr. Jonathan Sowah, Mr. Sam Kabu Asante and others

Ghanaian News Team at First Canadian Complimentary Health Inc. Stand

Wilson Anoff (owner) and staff at their Eat Moringa stand


African-Canadian Business Expo August 2014 in pictures

Hon. Jean Augustine (3rd left), Her Royal Highness Sylvia Nagginda, Blessing and the Queen’s entourage

Councilor Vincent Crisanti, Ward 1 Etobicoke North

Emmanuel Ayiku Ghanaian News

Barbara of All-in-one Beauty HouseGhanaian News Team at Lakeside Estate stand

Ghanaian News Team at CanReach Immigration Consulting standComfort Ayiku Lawyer Sangha at

his stand

Ghanaian News Team at Jehovah Witness stand Ghanaian News Team at Celestine Enterprise stand

Ghanaian News Team at African Investors Museum stand

Ghanaian News Team at Sangha Law Office stand

Ghanaian News Team at ANIDA stand

MC Bonde (right), Kwasi Slimflex with othersGhanaian News Team at Shea Butter Enterprise stand

Ghanaian News Team at stand

Ghanaian News Team at MAX Int’l StandGhanaian News Team at Investors Group Stand

Ghanaian News Team at First Canadian Complimentary Health Inc. Stand


PEOPLE AND PLACESHabiba Mata wife of Joe Baffour celebrated her

70th birthday at Ghanaian Anglican

Church of Toronto on Sunday August 24, 2014

with a church service

Kofi Boakye Yiadom pop-ularly known at Kofi B

stormed Toronto courtesy of Asante Akim Association

of Canada with a heavy gig at the Luna Ballroom on Saturday 13th of Sept. 2014. He was backed by

Sound Masters and Kwasi Slim Flex of Toronto

Canadian Christian Theological Seminary, Calgary, Canada has conferred upon Rev. Ama Ankoma Owusu in recognition of outstanding

ability, achievements and influence in her devoted service to humanity, the honorary

degree of Doctor of Divinity together with all the rights, privileges and honors appertaining to

that certificate.

Given at Calgary, Alberta by the Board of Trustees of the college, upon recommendation of the faculty, and Incorporation by the Federal Government of Canada. In witness whereof we have issued this Diploma and have affired the

Corporation Seal of the College this 16th day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand

fourteen. Certificate sign by the President the Board of Education & Qualification

Lydia Kwansa wife of Nana Obuabasa (Manny Isi)

celbrated her 47th birthday with a bash at Ahenfie

Banquet Hall on Saturday September 13, 2014

Surprise 50th birthday bash for Rev. Isaac Takyi De-Draft organized by his wife Olivia Takyi De-Graft at

New Life Community Church on Saturday Sept. 20, 2014

Group picture of Rev. & Mrs. Takyi De-Graft with other Ministers and well-wishers some from Ghana and USA

Rev. Mrs. Ama Owusu receives Honourary Doctorate Degree


Mrs. Clarebel Pappoe and Mr. Joseph Anin, Consul-Gen. Emmanuel Quaye, President

Ga Mantse Nii Kwashie Kwei-Nsro I and his entourage

Isaac Akron with the African Dance Ensemble Pouring of libation

Circle dance timeHumble Lion (Prince Afotey Laryea, USA)

The word “Homowo” in lateral translation means ‘shame on hunger’ or jeering or hooting at hunger. Homowo is the annual harvest festival whose many rituals and celebrations traditionally starts with the rainy season in May and ends in September in all the

principal Ga divisions and areas.

Ga Adangbe indigenes in the diaspora are not left out of these traditional celebrations. It is in this vein that Luna Ballroom became the hub where the Homowo Festival 2014 was celebrated in grand

style. After Ga Mantse Nii Kwashie Kwei-Nsro I and his entourage were seated, the event then got started with a prayer followed by the rendition of both Canada and Ghana national anthems. In his welcome address, Mr. Emmanuel

Homowo Festival 2014 celebrated by Ga-Adangbes in TorontoBy Jonathan Annobil, Toronto

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The Solemnization of Holy Matrinony of Fidelia Chinedu at St Andrew’s Catholic Church Toronto Sept 6, 2014

Chinedu and FdeliaCouple with parents and Fr. Michael

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Fr. Michael and Deacon Joseph blessing the couple

Couple with groom’s men Cutting of cake

Mrs. Fameye Mother of the bride


The Ghanaian Presbyterian Church in Toronto is twenty years old, Haleluya! The church observed her 20th milestone from September 17 through Sunday September 21. The theme for the celebration was, “Building a vibrant Christian community through faith”. Series of activities that marked the anniversary included a 3-day Revival from the 17th to 19th. The Revival program, which was led by the resident Pastor, Rev. Raymond Baah Abekah, was used to rededicate the church to God in the coming years as the church mobilizes itself to build the second phase of their premises.

A Gospel Rock Show

followed on Saturday, September 20. Various Groups of the church took turns to entertain the large gathering with both old and new songs that they have learned during the past 20 years. Other musicians that performed at the Gospel Rock Show included Elder Seth Boateng, Action Lady and Kwaku Gyasi. Back up music was provided by the Gye Nyame Band. Pastor Damson Oppong, Resident pastor of SDA church, Toronto and his family were present to support the church.

The climax of the celebration was a Thanksgiving service on Sunday, September 21. The entire congregation wore white T-Shirts to commemorate the

anniversary and went through a very exciting worship. Guest preacher, Rev. Dr. Dorcas Gordon, Principal of Knox College, University of Toronto, congratulated the church on achieving such a remarkable feat of 20 years. After recounting her brief experiences about Ghana, where she had taught for two years at Legon, she delivered a sermon that reflected the dream the church had since her birth, which has been blessed by God through the past 20 years. She encouraged the congregation to keep on praying to God for His guidance, and hoped that their dream of a second phase project would be accomplished.

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I have actually lost count of how many times groups of public employees have gone on strike in Ghana over the past ten years. And especially over the past six years, not a single week passes without news breaking of a strike or threats of strike by one group of public employees or another. All these strikes and threats of strikes (withdrawal of services) are either over what the employees view as low level of salaries or the non-payment of some fringe benefits.

I have followed these spates of strikes in the public service in Ghana very closely since 2004. And I have monitored the various complaints too very closely. Of all the complaints of public employees in Ghana that have resulted in the withdrawal of their services (strikes) or threats of same, I can emphatically state that the only demand that has any merit in it has been the one by the Ghana Medical Association. Their demand was not about some fringe benefit. It was simply about the outrageously low salaries that are paid to their members in the public health care institutions in Ghana. I was actually shocked to read from their complaint when they went on strike in 2010 that the salary of a freshly graduated police recruit with only a JSS (Junior High School) certificate was more than the salary of a freshly graduated medical doctor starting his/her career in the public health care system in Ghana. Where on this wretched earth will this situation prevail

apart from the Land of Our Birth, “Ogyakrom” (Ghana)? Yet when after so many attempts to get a rectification with government failed and they went on strike, the government propaganda machine went into overdrive to cast these striking doctors as demons and lacking any sense of compassion because people were dying. The doctors eventually went back to work on the promise of the expressed goodwill of government to redress their grievance. Till today, not much has been resolved with the doctors. I have it on authority that the salaries of police officers in Ghana have been increased more than six times since 2001 yet they still collect bribes and no-one complains.

Much as some of the public employees’ demands may have some merits, I have serious problems with some of the fringe benefits in the public services in Ghana most of which are throwbacks from the colonial era. Most of these benefits are outdated and not in tune or reasonable in the modern era. But no, we are only interested in steadfastly clinging to these colonial benefits. It is sad to note that

all the so-called fringe benefits that the colonial government instituted in the public service in Ghana are still jealously guarded and maintained in the present day Ghana, fifty-seven years after our so-called independence.

We were very eager to kick out the colonial white man from power but we decided to live like the white colonial white man did. The post-colonial public service officer decided and has continued to live as the new “Black-White” man enjoying all the perks and ridiculous and unreasonable benefits, even if the national treasury cannot afford.

Some of these colonial perks and fringe benefits include the following, in order of importance to the new Black-White Man: 1. Government-furnished and fully-equipped Bungalow with a 50 to 100 fit land/garden around it. 2. A chauffeur-driven government car with a driver. 3. Two security guards (with an additional armed police officer in the night). 4. Two garden boys 5. A cook. 6. Free supply of petrol from the government filling station every Wednesday.

These government-furnished, fully equipped and government-maintained bungalows and chauffeur-driven cars are available to all public employees from many middle-level management positions upwards, most of whom do not even have job descriptions.

And for those that were lucky to work for the now-defunct national

airline, Ghana Airways: they were “entitled” to 4 to 8 free airline tickets a year (depending on the management status of the employee) to London (UK), Dusseldorf (Germany) or New York/Baltimore. Now you understand why and how Ghana Airways collapsed?

And for those public employees that work in academia there is a benefit called “Book and Research Allowance”. This allowance is available and supposed to be due to all academic teaching staff of universities and polytechnics…and very soon to all tutors of tertiary institutions: Teachers’ Colleges, Nurses Colleges, Agricultural Colleges, “Banku and Tillapia Colleges” etc. etc. It is supposed to be used to buy books and conduct research. When the government decided to suspend the payment of these “book and research” allowances and replace them with a National Research Fund to which academics could apply with proposals for funding for research, as is done in many civilized countries, the University and Polytechnic teachers rose up in arms and declared indefinite strikes! It later turned out that employees of universities who worked in the food and catering departments known as “Manciples” who had nothing to do with “research” and teaching were all taking these allowances. Do you now have an idea how deep the Ghanaian public system is rotten?

And over the past two

weeks, a major bombshell has dropped in Ghana over these outmoded public employees’ fringe benefits issue: Under the Ghana Constitution, a Commission on Human Rights and A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Justice (CHRAJ) was established with the major constitutional task of identifying (and receiving complaints from the public as well) on perceived corruption and waste of public resources. Among its duties, this Commission is supposed to conduct investigations into alleged corruption in the public service and if possible recommend prosecution of offenders or work with appropriate agencies to retrieve such resources or monies wasted or stolen. And this is where the story gets juicy.

It was recently revealed that the Chairman of this Commission, Ms. Lauretta Lamptey, has spent $148,500 of public money in 33 months for her rent at the African Union [AU] Village from November, 2011 to August 9, 2014 when she moved out. She then moved into and has been lodging at a hotel and paying the Cedi equivalent of $456.25 per day in the interim, as her official residence is being renovated. And all these monies are also paid from the national public purse. Wow! Wow!! Wow!!!. This is a clear case of when “watchmen” are stealing the very property they are supposed to be watching and protecting. Many people have been calling on her to resign to save her beleaguered Commission and herself from further disgrace but

she is asking everyone to go straight to hell if they know the short cut.

Even for the rich western countries that can afford, politicians and public servants are not offered free furnished bungalows, garden boys and cooks. As far as I know the only public servants in Canada who have free public “bungalows” are the Prime Minister, the Governor General and the Leader of the Official Federal Opposition Leader. All public officials from Members of Parliament, Ministers to whatever all rent their own accommodations. But in Ghana the first thing any public servant as well as the “Honourables” in Parliament and District Assemblies demand is “bungalow” paid for and maintained by the government. It was estimated in 2002 that the maintenance and running of government bungalows and chauffeur-driven government vehicles (most of them now 8 cylinders) cost about 30 per cent of the national budget. Are we really out of our minds?

I strongly submit that it is time to scrap all these outmoded public service benefits which are being abused and which have become severe drain on the national ailing economy. These colonial legacies have no place in modern-day governments and they should be scrapped immediately. We need to live within our means, cut our coats according to our shirts, they say.

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Creating Jobs for Young People

Olivia Chow believes our city should help create jobs for young people to ease a youth unemployment crisis that has left more than one in five young people unable to find work.

“Wherever I go, parents

tell me how worried they are that their kids can’t find work,” said Olivia. “There are things the city can do, starting now, to create jobs for young people. It’s a proven, practical idea that will make a difference for thousands of young people. “Young people can’t get jobs without experience and can’t get experience without a job,” she said. “We can help break that cycle.”

Olivia’s plan as Mayor will:

• Require that companies with big city contracts hire and train young people. It’s a tried and tested system that has been used in Los Angeles and for the Vancouver Olympics. Toronto used it in the Regent Park’s redevelopment, where it created 500 jobs for local residents. Apprenticeships and jobs for young people become a key part of Toronto’s capital spending — the city’s capital plan projects $18.6 billion over the next decade.

“A reasonable target is 5,000 new apprenticeships and jobs for young people over four years—almost doubling the number of young people helped into work by the city,” Olivia said.John Tory

A More Liveable Toronto”. John Tory’s platform is

highlighted as “A More Liveable Toronto”. To make Toronto more liveable, John Tory says that we need to tackle our transit and traffic problems. He promises to fix transit and traffic congestion. “Gridlocked streets and overcrowded subways and streetcars not only hurt our economy”, he says, “they keep us from getting to work on time and make it harder for us to get home to our families”.

A More Affordable Toronto

He also talks about “A More Affordable Toronto”. He believes that Toronto can and should be a more affordable city to live in. This, he says, starts with keeping taxes low, particularly our property taxes. Tory will cut waste at City Hall and focus on improving city services.

More Functional Toronto

Another message of Tory is highlighted as a “More Functional Toronto”. John Tory promises to build consensus among City Councillors and have enough votes on council to actually deliver, not just talk about it. Making City Hall more functional means making sure council is accountable, and

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the youth were placed in over 60 job functions, 139 of them received first-aid certification, 113 attended Rookie Ball, which is a joint initiative between the Service, Toronto Community Housiang and the Toronto Blue Jays; 145 attended a youth forum hosted by Durham Regional Police, 91 participated in this year’s Toronto Carnival, while others cleaned graffiti in neighbourhood parks and engaged in other community endeavours in addition to their jobs at headquarters and other units and divisions.

“This program is a celebration of the great potential of our young people and their neighbourhoods, no matter where those might happen to be in this great city,” said Deputy Chief Peter Sloly. “We have

made a small investment in a small number of young people. When you take that investment and go back to your families and neighbourhoods and do for them what we have done for you, the radiating effect of that well make difference in a small way every day.”

This successful program is a collaboration between the Ontario government and the Toronto Police Services Board to present the youth with an opportunity to develop job skills while enhancing police and community relations.

Each year, a group of

YIPIs work with Toronto Police Video Services unit to produce public service messaging. The focus this year was on Internet safety. The program was established with the assistance of former provincial minister Mary Anne Chambers who attended the graduation. The program was permanently incorporated into the Ontario government’s list of youth programs in 2008 and a year later, the Ministry of Children & Youth Services expanded its funding to the program to accommodate a 50 percent increase in hires.

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Doris Osei Bonsu, Crisis Counselor,

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One of the easiest ways to feel bad about oneself is to compare yourself or be compared unfavorably to others. We may be tempted to compare ourselves with those who have more accomplishments, seem more attractive, make more money, or boast more Face book friends.

In some cases too, our friends family (especially parents) sometimes engage in the negative practice of comparing us to others in their misguided attempts to show us that we have not achieved what others of our comparable age/status etc have achieved. We all do it, have done it at some point in our lives or have had it done to us at some point in our lives: We compare ourselves to others and gauge where we are based on what we observe them to be doing.If this was simply an observation, that would be one thing. But in comparing ourselves to others, or being compared to others have the effect of making us take a negative view of ourselves. The thing about comparison is that there is never a win. How often do we compare ourselves with someone less fortunate than us and consider ourselves blessed? More often, we compare ourselves with someone whom we perceive as being, having, or doing more than us.

When you find yourself envious of what someone else has and feel jealous, inferior or inadequate as the result, you are having a negative social comparison moment. Habitual negative social comparisons can cause a person to experience greater stress, anxiety, depression, lower self-esteem and make self-defeating choices.

When we wish to look, be, or have like others, we’re not really wishing for everything about that person, but only the idealized aspects of the individual. This idealized and grandiose perception of another is narcissistic in nature. Chances may be that, not even those whom you compare yourself with can live up to your idealized images of them. This is why so often when people spend some length of time with their “heroes,” “role models,” or “idols,” they discover that those whom they look up to also have weaknesses, flaws, difficulties and problems just like everyone else.

For example, you may wish that you have the perfect career and a lot of money like your manager Joe, or the good looks of your friend Kwame, or a wonderful relationship like Dorcas. Comparing yourself with them might cause you to feel somehow “lesser than.” But when you look at their lives more objectively, you know that Joe may have health problems and family issues, Kwame may actually be insecure about his looks, and it took Dorcas’s a painful divorce and many hard lessons before she found a compatible mate. Looking at them from a more balanced perspective, you may realize that there is more than meets the eye, and that they’re human beings with their own share of challenges like you.

In life, the causes of suffering are: aging, illness, and death. No one, no matter how powerful, successful, wealthy, or fabulous they seem on

the outside, can escape these truths. This effectively makes ALL of us equal. What’s left, then, are values which truly make our brief existence on this earth worthwhile: self-acceptance, quality relationships, and a meaningful life’s purpose. For each of these, the answers and our ability to realize them come from WITHIN. No external accomplishments, privileges, entitlements or materialism alone can achieve them.

My admonition to all of us is that instead of straining and stressing yourself in comparison to others, do stop comparing altogether. Do simply redirect the comparison to your past and a present self and keep the comparison within yourself. Find out what may have gone right or wrong with your own approaches in life and do the necessary self-adjustment. Who you are today is a result of the decisions you made yesterday. We are always in a state of creation. We decide and then we decide again. The direction is always toward expansion. It is in our human nature to expand.So, when you catch yourself comparing yourself to another, stop for a moment and re-direct the thought. Instead of submitting to the temptation to compare yourself to someone else, ask yourself a few questions instead.

What are you doing today that you couldn’t have done five, three, or even one year ago? How have you stepped out in the last year that you might have found inconceivable before?

What new decisions have you made or what new actions have you taken that have resulted in you moving in a new direction in your life?

What are your achievements this year, compared to last year at this time? How has your life improved? How have you improved? What have you done recently that you never thought you could do?

What negative behavior have you stopped engaging in that you never thought you could quit? What positive behavior have you been engaging in that up until now, you have resisted?

How are you doing more of what you said you were going to do and shown up more consistently for your own success?

Every human being is unique; we should not compare ourselves with others, only with ourselves. The only comparison pattern that we really have is our own consciousness. So, if we use this pattern we will not feel less or more than others; we will not judge so much; and we will accept ourselves as we really are. In other words, we will live happier.

“Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!”

— Jennie Finch

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

― Thich Nhat Hanh

NEGATIVE SOCIAL COMPARISON

Are you a parent of a child in school receiving special education services? Are you concerned that your child with autism is not receiving the appropriate transition services to be prepared for life after school? Would you like to have more information about graduation and special education? This article will give you few pointers to consider helping “exceptional pupil” child to enjoy schooling as well as to get the proper resources to support your child during their school ages.

Parents of children with special needs need to acquire more knowledge about the school system and other service providers that supports children with special needs. A child with a disability has the right to be educated from the age of 3 until their 22nd birthday. Check your child’s IEP if they are in High School and make sure that the graduation date listed is up until your child’s 22nd birthday not sooner. It is your responsibility to verify. Do not be afraid to ask questions if you are not sure of something regarding the process. The reason of developing IEP is to identify clearly for parents, school staff, and the Ministry of Education the reason for developing an IEP for the particular student who requires the help in learning.

The definition of special education is: individually based education that prepares a student for post school learning, employment, independent living and financial self sufficiency. IEP – Individual Education Plan is mostly considered for children with mild disabilities. A student mostly gets help either in their regular classroom setting or outside the classroom considering the subject offered by the provider. The course or subjects are modified to suit the academic learning needs of these special needs students. It also elaborates and helps them in the areas of

skill deficits, transition services, job skills and training, and other related services that will prepare them to graduate.

The IPRC – Identification, Placement and Review Committee from the Ministry of Education /School Board will determine your child’s eligibility. A clear understanding of the student’s strengths and needs is fundamental to the development of an effective special education program and the provision of appropriate accommodations and services to facilitate the student’s learning. A description of the strengths and needs of the student must be recorded in the IEP files and data base. In the case of students who have been identified as exceptional by an IPRC, a description of strengths and needs would have been provided in the committee’s statement of decision. The description in the IEP must be based on, and consistent with the description contained in the IPRC’s statement, but may elaborate on it to reflect the results of any further assessments conducted or observations made of the student.

In the case of students who have not been identified as exceptional, descriptions of strengths and needs must be developed on the basis of appropriate educational, psychological, and/or health assessments, and on the basis of observations of the student. The descriptions of the student’s strengths and needs must be clear and specific.

Special education personnel cannot graduate your child just because they have

enough credits. The law requires that special education personnel keep other things in mind when determining a graduation date. Some schools will try to give you all the reasons your child should graduate when the student has not reached his full potential of maturity. As a parent of a special needs child, you know your child more than any one else, so you have to help your child to make the best out of the education system. Parents have to successfully advocate against graduation, if they think the child still needs services or consider a transfer to another school which is willing to provide a longer support until your child is ready to make that transition from school. Do not ever feel shy or frightened to ask for the services and support for your child. It is his/her right!! There is nothing wrong if the child requires support. It will alleviate some load off you.

There is the other side of the coin which appears that your child struggles a little bit at the beginning of school years and has been quickly forced into the program as a number of our children have been forced into certain special programs even when they do not need them. This is where you need to stand firm and maintain that your child does not need the support by attending all the meetings set for your child. This is the reason that it is critical to have your child stay in school as long as they can. Use this information to help your child receive the transition services they need so that they will be prepared for post school learning, and independent living.

Most post-secondary schools in Ontario and Canada as a whole have provisions for students with disability to provide them with the resources they need to succeed in their learning journey to become effective citizens. Help them take advantage of these support systems and services.

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on health and discusions of diseases which are common among the African Canadians.

Ask The Doctor By: David Yaw Twum-Barima, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Community Concerns

In recent months out breaks of Ebola virus disease have been report-ed in some West Afri-can countries. Currently, the Ministry of Health of Guinea continues to report on the evolving outbreak of Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever). Confirmed cases have been reported in Guinea in the districts of Dabola, Djingaraye, Guékédou, Macenta, Kis-sidougou, and Conakry. Confirmed cases in the neighbouring country of Liberia have also been reported. Additional cases are expected.In Mali, all suspected cases have tested negative for Ebola virus and no new suspected cases have been reported.In Sierra Leone 11 of 12 suspected cases have tested negative for Ebola virusNo cases have been re-ported in the remaining West African countries and particularly none has ever been reported in Ghana or Nigeria.

In this issue, I will review some of the known facts about the EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE (EVD)Ebola first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Su-dan, and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter was in a village situated near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name.

TransmissionEbola is introduced into the human population through close contact with the blood, secre-tions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals. In Africa, infec-tion has been documented through the handling of infected chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, mon-keys, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest. Ebola then spreads in the community through human-to-human trans-mission, with infection resulting from direct con-tact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secre-tions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and indirect con-

tact with environments contaminated with such fluids. Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased per-son can also play a role in the transmission of Ebola. Men who have recovered from the disease can still transmit the virus through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery from illness.Health-care workers have frequently been infected while treating patients with suspected or con-firmed EVD. This has occurred through close contact with patients when infection control precautions are not strict-ly practiced.

Signs and symptomsEVD is a severe acute viral illness often char-acterized by the sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. This is followed by vom-iting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding. People are infectious as long as their blood and se-cretions contain the virus. Ebola virus was isolated from semen 61 days after onset of illness in a man who was infected in a laboratory. The incubation period, that is, the time interval from infection with the virus to onset of symp-toms, is 2 to 21 days. Vaccine and treatmentNo licensed vaccine for EVD is available. Several vaccines are being tested, but none are available for clinical use. Severely ill patients re-quire intensive supportive care. Patients are fre-quently dehydrated and require oral rehydration with solutions containing electrolytes or intrave-

nous fluids. No specific treatment is available. New drug ther-apies are being evaluated. Natural host of Ebola virusIn Africa, fruit bats, par-ticularly species of the genera Hypsignathus monstrosus, Epomops franqueti and Myonycter-is torquata, are considered possible natural hosts for Ebola virus. As a result, the geographic distribu-tion of Ebolaviruses may overlap with the range of the fruit bats. Prevention and control No an ima l vacc ine against RESTV is avail-able. Routine cleaning and disinfection of pig or monkey farms (with sodium hypochlorite or other detergents) should be effective in inactivat-ing the virus. If an outbreak is suspect-ed, the premises should be quarantined immedi-ately. Culling of infected animals, with close super-vision of burial or incin-eration of carcasses, may be necessary to reduce the risk of animal-to-human transmission. Restricting or banning the movement of animals from infected farms to other areas can reduce the spread of the disease.As RESTV outbreaks in pigs and monkeys have preceded human infec-tions, the establishment of an active animal health surveillance system to detect new cases is es-sential in providing early warning for veterinary and human public health authorities. In the absence of effective treatment and a human vaccine, raising aware-ness of the risk factors for Ebola infection and the protective measures individuals can take is the only way to reduce hu-man infection and death.In Africa, during EVD outbreaks, educational public health messages for risk reduction should focus on several factors:Reducing the risk of wildlife-to-human trans-mission from contact with infected fruit bats or monkeys/apes and the consumption of their raw

meat. Animals should be handled with gloves and other appropriate protective clothing. Ani-mal products (blood and meat) should be thor-oughly cooked before consumption.Reducing the risk of hu-man-to-human transmis-sion in the community arising from direct or close contact with infect-ed patients, particularly with their bodily fluids. Close physical contact with Ebola patients should be avoided. Gloves and appropriate personal pro-tective equipment should be worn when taking care of ill patients at home. Regular hand washing is required after visiting patients in hospital, as well as after taking care of patients at home.Communities affected by Ebola should inform the population about the nature of the disease and about outbreak contain-ment measures, including

burial of the dead. People who have died from Ebo-la should be promptly and safely buried. Controlling infection in health-care settingsHuman-to-human trans-mission of the Ebola virus is primarily associated with direct or indirect contact with blood and body fluids. Transmission to health-care workers has been reported when appropriate infection con-trol measures have not been observed. Health-care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed Ebola virus should apply, in addition to standard precautions, other infec-tion control measures to avoid any exposure to the patient’s blood and body fluids and direct unprotected contact with the possibly contaminat-ed environment. When in close contact (within

1 metre) of patients with EBV, health-care workers should wear face protec-tion (a face shield or a medical mask and gog-gles), a clean, non-sterile long-sleeved gown, and gloves (sterile gloves for some procedures).Laboratory workers are also at risk. Samples tak-en from suspected human and animal Ebola cases for diagnosis should be handled by trained staff and processed in suitably equipped laboratories. S o u r c e : W H O F a c t s h e e t N ° 1 0 3 Updated April 2014

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Women’s Courage Awards, found-ed by Anna Aidoo has gone interna-tional following its launch in Ghana in May 2014. The event in Ghana was to also launch the opening of Women’s Courage Centre, a centre where women and girls who are in need can be supported. The keynote speaker, Dr Joyce Aryee, encouraged women to un-derstand their role in society and to take up leadership roles to help shape the world. Ten women were honored in the following categories: Medicine, Trailblazer, Business, Youth Leader, Education, Friend

of Ghana, Women’s Development, Role Model, and Journalism. Since its inception in 2005, The Women’s Courage Award has hon-

oured more than 120 women from various communities, professions, backgrounds, and so much more. It is aimed to honour leadership, excellence, class, and to also ac-knowledge women’s contribution to humanity. As we do this, we also give women and girls role models they can look up to inspire them to achieve their own goals and dreams, and become positive contributing members of society! This year, the event takes place on October 25th, 2014 at the Sheraton Hotel located at 801 Dixon Road, Toronto. It is now a fundraiser in

Women’s Courage Awards goes international and launches in Ghanasupport of a school building and Women’s Courage Centre located in Labadi near the Trade Fair site in Accra Ghana, a place of hope for women and girls. The centre aims to equip teenage mothers and wom-en with the skills they need for the journey ahead, to enable them take care of their families and to raise their self-esteem. Your support will be appreciated, for more information please visit: www.womenscourageawardsinter-national.com and www.annaaidoo.com

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Apostle Dr. Emmanuel Owusu and Pastor George Amon

Apostle Sampson Ofori Yiadom and family being prayed over

Apos. Ofori Yiadom and family

National Executive Council

Apos. Ofori Yiadom and wife Millicent

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Delegation from Germany

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Apostles, Pastors and wives

Apostle Ofori Yiadom with family and well-wishers

Apos. Sampson Ofori Yiadom and wife with COP Canada Pastors and wivesApos. Sampson Ofori Yiadom responding to the welcome service

Eld. Polcu Bota handing over Apos Sampson Ofori Yiadom to Eld. Boateng, Nat. Deacon

Mrs Yaa Passon, Women’s leader, Germany handing over Mrs. Millicent Ofori Yiadom to

Deaconness Mavis Anane

Apostle Dr. Emmanuel Anthony Owusu, National Head of the Church of Pentecost USA Inc., was the officiating minister at the welcome service for Apostle Sampson Ofori Yiadom and family. The welcome service was held on Sunday August 31, 2014 at the Mckeown Worship Center, North York, Ontario

Before coming to Canada, Apostle Sampson Ofori Yiadom was the National head of the Church of

Welcome Service for Apos. Sampson Ofori-Yiadom New Head of Church of Pentecost Canada

cont’d on pg. 68

By Jonathan Annobil, Toronto


Celebration of lives of Opanin Kwadwo Opoku and Obaapanin Akua Konadu in Toronto

Funeral rites of Opanin Francis Kwadwo Opoku (a.k.a. Papa Francis) and Obaapanin Akua Konadu parents of Nana Opoku Boa-hen, Nana Fosu, Kwame Adubofuor, Francis Opoku Jnr., Nana Adwoa Adutwumwaa and Nana Afia Konadu (kaakyire) was held on Saturday September 20, 2014 at Continuation Banquet Hall. Thanksgiving Service was also at St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic

Church, Etobicoke on Sunday September 21, 2014

Apos. Bediako giving an opening prayer

Giving Eulogy by Nana Fosu

Chief mouners

Nana Opoku Boahen and Nana Fosu

Cultural dancersNana Fosu

Queenmothers and other mourners

Pastors and some members of Christ Pentecostal Int’l Church USA and Nananom

Nana Adwoa Adutwumwaa leading the chief mourners on dance floor


Asanteman Association of Ontario

Okuapemman Cultural Association of Ontario

Cross section of mourners

Mourners from USA

Nana Opoku Boahen and Nana Sasraku La-KumiNana Opoku Boahen being acknowledge

In-laws

NananomDr. Tuffour (2nd right) and other Mourners

Group family picture after memorial service

Siblings after thanksgiving service

Celebration of lives of Opanin Kwadwo Opoku and Obaapanin Akua Konadu in Toronto


The final funeral rites of Isaac Anim husband of Mary Adom was held at the

Church of Pentecost Toronto on Saturday September 13, 2014

Final funeral rites of Opanin Kwabena Nsiah Sarpong father of Afua Sarpong (Theresa Donkor a.k.a. Onipanua) and son-in-law of Sam Wiafe Annoh held at Apostles’ Continuation Banquet Hall Toronto on Saturday 13th Sept. 2014

Celebration of life of Hajia Rahmatu Yusif (Obaapanin Afua Yeboah)

mother of Nana Kwadwo Adjei (Adikoo) was held at Ahenfie Banquet Hall

Toronto on Saturday August 23, 2014

The life of Theresa Kankam a.k.a. Akos wife of Kwame Isaac was celebrated at

the Church of Pentecost Toronto on Saturday September 6, 2014

The Strathcona Hotel, 60 York Street, Downtown Toronto was the venue for the First Annual Financial and Investment International Conference of the Chartered Institute of Financial & Investment Analysts (CIFIA). The conference was held from Monday, September 8 to 13, 2014 with “Wealth Creation: Investment Attitudinal Values” as its theme.

In his welcome address, Dr. Olusegun Moses Agoro, Executive Secretary of the Board of CIFIA appreciated host country, Canada and her agencies for providing the enabling environment for the conference. He added that the conference was a platform for members and participants to learn, participate in business simulation, share investment knowledge and exchange ideas with financial and investment counterparts in Canada. Dr. Agoro pointed out that Canada was chosen because it has sound and healthy business environment, prevailing experience coupled with its compliance with global practices, whereby, there is possibility for knowledge immersion.

On September 9, the participants visited the corporate offices of Financial/Investment Group, Connor, Clark and Lunn. They took time to tour the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Island Park, CN Tower, Niagara Falls, Toronto Zoo as well as other tourist attractions in Ontario.

First Annual Financial and Investment International Conference of Chartered Institute of Financial & Investment Analysts (CIFIA) held in Toronto

The climax of the conference was the Award Night and dinner on Saturday 13 September during which the participants had Doctoral

fellows conferred on them as well as certificates and citations awarded to them. Participants and guests enjoyed themselves not only to good food but

danced to pulsating African songs to bring the conference to a close with Ambassador Moses Adu-Gyimah giving the vote of thanks.


From left: Roland Greely, Dr. Kwadwo Obese Antwi, Dr. Coutropis Constantine and Mr. Dale DuQuesnay

Cutting of cake

Doctoral Fellows Doctoral Fellows with their certificates


In Memoriam of the Late Madam Monica Baffoe

alias Adwoa Adomaah September 25, 2013

Maame it is with deep sadness as we celebrate one

year of your home call. On Wednesday,

September 25th 2013 death snatched you away from us.

A huge vacuum was created which will be very

hard to be filled. We sincerely believe that you are resting peacefully in the bossom of our dear Lord. You were such a

loving mother, grandmother, sister, auntie and a friend.

Your absence will be greatly felt by your entire family as

well as friends and loved ones.

Maame may the good Lord keep you till we meet again

Remembered by Children: Amoo-Baffoe, Lucy Amoateng, Kofi Amoo-Achampong, Kwame Amoo-Achampong,

Grandchildren, Great grandchildren and the entire Baffoe Family of Kintampo and Nkoransaman, Ghanaian Catholic Church & St. Joesph The Worker Catholic Church, friends and loved ones especially Mr. & Mrs. Nyame, Sofie and Julie, Auntie Francis,

Nana Love, Job and Rose.

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Funeral RitesThe Yeboah family of Toronto (Kofi Agyeman Yeboah,

Albert Agyapong Yeboah and Joe Yeboah) cordially invites all sympathizers to the funeral ceremony of their beloved

brother the late Bernard Boateng Yeboah whose sudden death occurred on August 22, 2014, at the Toronto East General

Hospital.

Funeral Arrangement

Saturday October 18, 2014

Viewing: 10 am-11.30am

DeMarco, 3725 Keele (South of Finch)Funeral Service:

11.30 am DeMarcoFuneral Celebration:

8pm-2am @ 30 Tangiers Road

Bernard Boateng Yeboah

Aged 66 years


Ushers

Music Ministry

A cross section of the congregation

Congregation - Youth

Apostle Nii Aryee and family being prayed over

Apostle and Mrs. Nii Aryee

Presentation by Field Presbytery

Pastors and Elders

Consul-General Joseph Anin Pastor Cyril Williams

Apostle Nii Aryee and family

From left: Pastor Cyril Williams, Consul-Gen. Joseph Anin, Apos. Nii Aryee, Mrs Clarebel Pappoe and Eld. Kofi Akowuah

Apos. Nii Aryee responding to the welcome service

Welcome Service for Apostle Nii Aryee and Family

See story on 65


Sunday Church Service at the Church of Pentecost, Surrey, B.C.

September 7, 2014

Pastor Joseph Acheampong and wife Pastor Acheampong and Church Elders

A cross section the congregation


Provincial Award recipients with Pastor Acheampong

Music Ministry

Instrumentalists


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Let's Think Family - By Rev. Dr. Samuel Kisseadoo

Prophet Samuel BakareAre you in need of Prayer? God has sent me to

assist you in all your problems.

The Bible says the Lord will answer you in the days

of trouble. The God of Israel will protect you, and

send you help from His century. Jesus Christ is your solution.

The anionted man of God is here with you to pray and intercede for you.

All problems have been solved.Jesus says come unto me all ye labour and that

are heavy laden and I will give you rest (Matt 11:28).

Please don't hesitate to call the prophet, Man of God "Shalom"

Tel: 647-303-4760 (24/7 Line)

Prophet Samuel Bakare

I don’t believe that anyone under the sun entertains the desire from childhood to marry one day and be separated or get divorced. In recent times a few adults with contorted view of family life or bitterness from past hurtful experiences, decide to cohabit with another person without any real commitment for marriage. Some are plain afraid of the responsibilities involved in decent family life. Such (usually frustrated or disillusioned) individuals enter into their relationships with a “contract minded mentality” rather than a “covenant minded mentality”. Even then, people still hope to hang on tenaciously to their invented loose association, so far as it works for them.

In summary, GOD NEVER DESIGNED DIVORCE AND SEPARATION TO BE PART OF HIS DIVINE PLANS FOR MANKIND. NOBODY REALLY HAS A DIVORCE OR SEPARATION AS PART OF HIS OR HER FUTURE DREAMS. IT IS USUALLY UNEXPECTED ---- BY THE COUPLE, PARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, CHURCH MEMBERS, FRIENDS, AND ALL. Only a heartless and senseless enemy will be “praying for it, expecting it, and rejoice over it when it occurs”. Any severance of a love relationship is like amputation of a hand! But, should the wounded hand bleed forever? Then all the blood in other areas of the body will be lost, and the inevitable will occur ---- death of the whole person. There should be calculated, wise, God-centered efforts to get healing, for life to continue.

Whether separated, or divorced, the persons involved must critically and sincerely analyze the root causes of all conflicts, and particularly admit the part each played in creating the problems. They must genuinely repent, make restitution where necessary (including humble apologies), and use the experience to develop Godliness that will enable them to bear fruit in all future relationships with family members and friends.

Other steps that could

hasten the healing process are:

1) Decide not to take any path of vengeance. Embark upon the path of forgiveness, and ask the Lord to help you do so from your heart. “Beloved do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord” (Romans 12: 19). “Do not say ‘I will recompense evil’; Wait for the Lord, and He will save you” (Proverbs 20: 22).

2) Control your emotions and your tongue. It is better to talk more to God than people about issues. Do the best you can to avoid polluting the minds of family members and friends, especially your children, with reminders about the wrong doings of your mate. The more you talk about your woes, the more you enlarge your wounds and open them up to higher levels of infection. You may damage the children for life. Try to overcome the temptation to campaign and get all the children and every support only for yourself. You may find yourself as a slanderer before God, and incur His displeasure. In the multitude of words, sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise” (Proverbs 10: 19).

3) Tell yourself and others the truth about every matter involved in the situation. If you put all the blame on the other person, you will deepen your bitterness and slow down your healing process. “You shall not circulate a false report” (Exodus 23: 1). “Buy the truth, and do not sell it” (Proverbs 23: 23).

4) Open up fully to the Spirit of Jesus Christ to fill and control your life. This should be after genuine repentance of all known sins as already stated, and asking God to forgive all unconscious sins as well. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all

unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us” (1 John 1: 9, 10).

5) Settle down to serious prayer, especially on personal level. Participate in corporate prayer as well. Get one or two trusted friends to pray along with you as special prayer partners. “Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.” (Psalm 55: 22).

6) Get into active personal Bible study. That will deepen your desire to pray, and open your eyes to see clearly as well, as to what really went wrong, and where God is leading you next. Meditation on God’s word will heal and bless you as you obey what He teaches you. “The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple” (Psalm 119: 130). “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” (Psalm 107: 20). “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word. Unless Your word has been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, yet Your commandments are my delight” (Psalm 119: 67, 92, 143).

7) Rely on God alone to help you forget past hurts and pain, and move forward into a fruitful future. After Joseph was sold by his own brothers and he entrusted his whole life into God’s Hands in faith and holy living, God turned his affliction into blessing, and he said: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house”. “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.” (Genesis 41: 51, 52). “Cast all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” (1 Peter 5: 7).

8) Be honest and fair with any payments, sharing, or distribution of money and property. “Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight” (Proverbs 11: 1).

9) Be an active church member. Participate in fervent worship and be involved in church

programs ---- prayer meetings, Bible studies, evangelism etc. Get into active service and develop a ministry according to your talents and gifts. All these, especially the connections with other spiritual brethren through close fellowship, will speed up your healing. They will also enable you to have a clear vision of God’s will for your life, and encourage you to work towards your goals and objectives. “Let us consider how to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together” (Hebrews 10: 24, 25).

We recognize, understand, and sympathize with the various complexities involved with different situations for different individuals under varieties of circumstances. There should be case-by-case thorough examination of all the facts involved with a particular situation, bearing in mind that the fundamental principles

of God cannot be altered in any way to suit any person. The best way to stay out of all forms of marital troubles is to wait upon the Lord in prayer, Bible study, daily obedience to God’s word, and holy living, until He settles you with the right person in marriage for true worship and effective service. No marriage is problem-free, but they will be normal problems resulting from the fallen nature of man, which God has purposed to use for the building of godly character in His children. We must hold on firmly to our faith in God and trust in His faithfulness, because His direction goes along with his provision.

By Dr. Samuel Kisseadoo, Hampton, Virginia , USA. Excerpt from his book: “Choosing A Spouse And Living A Contented family Life”. E-mail: [email protected]. Website for resources: www.fruit fulministriesint .com. My first Facebook Account (DrSamuel Kisseadoo) is full, but

there is space on my new Account (RevDr. Kisseadoo) for new friends; or you can like my Community Page: FM Int. Inc. Tune in to JOY 99.7 FM in Accra, Ghana to listen to Dr. Kisseadoo’s weekly broadcast “Hope For Your Family” on Sat. 5:30am-6am (Ghana time). Access on Internet with MYJOYONLINE.COM. Use the name Dr. Samuel Kisseadoo to search RedLeadBooks.com and get a copy of my encouraging book: “Facing And Fighting Through The Storm”, and other books from Amazon.com or RedLeadBooks.com. Call me in Virginia on 1-757-7289330 (or call 020-8126533 in Accra or 0275-353802 in Kumasi, Ghana) for free counseling, prayer, books, speaking engagements, and messages. In Ghana, call Tigo or Airtel 545 and follow the prompts for daily inspirational messages of Dr. Kisseadoo. Permission granted to freely share but with acknowledgement.

Living and coping with separation or divorce


Day and Time of Worship: Sunday: Bible Class Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.Church Service: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Jericho Hour Prayer Meeting - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: Bible Teaching/Prayer Meeting 8:00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.Saturday Organizational Meeting: 6.30 p.m. - 9.30 p.m.Sunday Brampton Prayer Meeting 8:00 p.m.

Calgary Methodist - 403-603-2864 Edmonton Methodist - 587-336-1223 Ottawa Methodist - 613-823-2291

In Montreal at:Place of Worship: 6870 Rue de Terreborne, Montreal, Que, H4B 1C5

Day and Time of Worship

Sunday Divine Service: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Friday Prayer Meetings: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Contact: Rev. Emmanuel Ohene Gyimah - 514-542-0871 SERVICES ARE CONDUCTED FOLLOWING THE TRADITIONAL GHANA METHODIST LITURGY.

PLEASE COME AND JOIN US. WE HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU. GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU

PLACES OF WORSHIP DIRECTORY

The Superintendent Minister-In-Charge

invites you to worship with us

Toronto SocietyPlace of Worship: 19 Penn Drive, North York, Ont. (off Finch Av./Milvan)

416-743-4555 (Office) 905-216-2323 (Residence)

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Ghana Methodist Churches in Canada ( SOCIETIES UNDER THE GHANA METHODIST CONFERENCE)

Church ServicesSunday Service:

Bible Study: 10 a.m.-11a.m.Worship Service: 11a.m. - 1p.m.

Wednesday: Bible Study 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m.

Friday Night Prayer: 8p.m.-10p.m.

CHRIST REDEEMER CHURCHPastor-in-charge: Pastor Eric Amoah

Location: 4 Racine, Unit 9 (Kipling/Rexdale)

Tel: (416) 748-1242 Cell: (416) 300-9970

Pastor Eric Amoah

EVANGEL ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH

Church Activities Sunday School: 10a.m. -11:00a.m. Church Service: 11a.m. - 1:30p.m. Sunday Evening: 7p.m. - 8:30p.m. Wednesday Bible Studies: 7p.m. - 8:30p.m. Friday Prayer Meeting: 7p.m. - 9:00p.m.

314 Rexdale Blvd. Etobicoke, Ont. M9W 1R6

Pastor in Charge Rev. Milton Offei

Tel: 416-242-7950 Fax: 416-242-8573

I AM ALPHA & OMEGA MINISTRY INT'LWe invite you to worship with us

Church Service:Sunday Worship: 10.00a.m. - 12.30 p.m.Wednesday Bible Studies: 6.00p.m. - 7.30 p.m.Friday Prayer Meeting: 7.00p.m. - 9.00 p.m.

100 Penn Drive, Unit #6, North York, Ont.

Bishop John MensahJESUS Loves You

Tel: 416-419-6671

Very Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Asare-Kusi

Peace Light MinistriesSenior Pastor & Founder:

Rev. Augustine Adu-Anane BRE, M.Th. CPCSenior Associate Pastor:

Rev. Eleanor Adu-Anane BRE, ECE

TIME OF WORSHIPWednesday: Bible Study 7:00 - 9:00 pmFriday: Group Prayer Meeting 8:00 - 11:00 pmSunday: Christian Education 9:30 am - 10:30 amSunday Service: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Tel: 416-839-1662 / 647-892-9412LOCATION: 100 Penn Drive, Unit #3, North York, Ont. M9L 2A9

Happy are those who work for PEACE, for God will call them His children Mtt: 5:9

Rev. Augustine Adu-Anane

Disciples Revival Church

Healing & Deliverance Centre

SUNDAY SERVICE - Morning - 10:00 am

Mid-Week ServiceWed: Bible Study & Prayer: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmFriday: Youth Service 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Friday: Adult Intercessory Prayer - 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Rev. Dr. & Rev (Mrs) Charles Mantey

Founders/Senior Pastors

416-614-7771

30 Gordon Mackay Rd, North York, ON, M9N 2V6

For deliverance & healing, come to Disciples, a Church that caters to your needs

Do visit our website and sign up for the Pastor's monthly newsletter www.disciplesrevivalchurch.org

Email: [email protected] www.disciplesrevivalchurch.org

NEW ADDRESS

NEW LOCATION


Living Word

139 Millwick Drive Toronto, Ont. (Steeles/Islington)

Tel: 416- 741-6285 Fax: 416- 741-0133


(Affiliated with P.A.O.C.)

Senior Pastor: Rev. Joseph Osei-AmoahChurch Activities

Sunday Early Morning Prayer: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday Prayer: 10:00 a.m-12 noon Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Friday Prayer 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (Last Friday of the month “All Night Prayer”): 7:30 p.m.-12 mid-night Youth Service (Fridays): 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Departmental Meeting (Every other Sunday): 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Assembly of God Church

Ghana Methodist Churches in CanadaFOOD FOR LIFE

Bringing the Gospel to our Community By: Rev. Joseph Osei-Amoah

Invites you to worship with us atRedemption Faith Church

This is a loving and caring Church that preaches and teaches the whole counsel of God. A place where the word of God is backed by strong anointing to bring Salvation, Healing and Deliverance

to all people who believe on the LORD JESUS CHRIST

CHURCH ACTIVITIES: Sunday Search the Scriptures - 12 noon - 12-45 p.m. Church Service - 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Fridays - 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Bible Study, Intercession & Deliverance

Tel: 905-495-1936 Fax: 905-495-1937

1485 ALBION ROAD (Albion/Kipling)

Rev. Dr. Stephen Ofori-Darko

“Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” 24 So she called his name Joseph, and said, “The LORD shall add to me another son.” (Genesis 30: 22-24 NKJV)

The Bible is full of life stories of people who lived thousands of years before our time. Although the conditions of those years were very different from our own, however, human nature remains the same. In this article my focus is on the story of Joseph, the eleventh son of Jacob and a great grandson of Abraham. From his childhood, Joseph’s father Jacob, unlike his father Isaac and grand-father Abraham, could not be described as a God-fearing man. Right at birth, he was he was holding the heel of his elder brother Esau that earned him the name Jacob, meaning supplanter, the one who takes the place of another person (Genesis 25:26). Truly Jacob lived by the meaning of his name and took the place of his elder brother by deceit when Esau his brother who should have inherited his father Isaac and the blessing of Abraham, exchange his birthright for a pot of beans stew and some bread from Jacob (Genesis 25:27-34 and Chapter 27). My caution to parents: be careful of the name you give to your children. For some time, Jacob lived by the meaning of his name but he was also

deceived until his strong desire for the blessing of Abraham led him to a face to face encounter with the living God who changed his name and Life for the better (Genesis 32:22-28).

Joseph, the eleventh son of Jacob, was his father’s favorite and the first child of his beloved wife Rachel. His father gave him a garment of many colors to distinguish him from his eleven brothers and this terrible action of his father earned the innocent boy the envy of his brothers that nearly cost him his life when they were alone with him in the bush. What made Joseph’s relationship with his brothers even worst was the dreams he had which obviously meant in future the entire household would bow down to him. To get rid of him, they sold him into slavery and he ended up in Egypt, as a domestic servant of Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of his guard (Genesis 37:27-36). Joseph’s godly up-bringing made him a young man of integrity. He remained faithful to the God of Israel, his father, therefore, distinguished himself as a faithful servant to his master Potiphar. Proverbs 22:6

reads: “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” I strongly believe this Scripture is a command to parents with a promise from the Lord. It is sad that we are living in a time when Christian parents are off loading their responsibility of raising God-fearing children to educational institutions. Of course such institutions have their place to provide general knowledge but it takes the genuine fear of God, Yahweh, to prepare a child to love people and to use his acquired knowledge for the benefit of humanity and to the glory of God.

Joseph became a trusted servant by his master Potiphar that he made him the manager of his household. The secret of Joseph’s success was that he was a God-fearing man and considered himself working for the God he served even as a slave and in a strange land. This mindset lessened the pain of his condition as a slave and the Lord rewarded him. He was a man of integrity. An immoral wife of Potiphar tried unsuccessfully to seduce Joseph when they were alone in the house. He told the woman that her husband had put him in charge of everything in the household except her because she was his wife and Joseph emphasized that committing adultery with her was a great sin before his God. Though Joseph had lost his family and his freedom he had not lost his dignity as a servant of living God. The

Bible honors marriage; and it is a mystery how the life of a man and a woman in marriage are fused together in love as Genesis 2:24 puts it: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” This statement is repeated in Matthew 19:5; Mark 10: 7-8; and Ephesians 5:31. Potiphar’s wife was so

aggressive that Joseph had to leave his garment she had grabbed with her and ran to avoid sinning against his God. The jealous husband believed his immoral wife and Joseph was imprisoned but was not angry with God for his plight. Our world is changing very fast and today it is fashionable for people to brag that they are too

wise to believe in the existence of God. Unlike Joseph, some of us who claim to follow the Lord become angry when we go through difficult situations. Joseph was different, he was not angry with everybody for the way he was treated although he did not enjoy the life of slavery and imprisonment by false accusation. (To be continued)

JOSEPH, THE SON OF JACOB, A MAN OF INTEGRITY!

Quaye, President of the Ga Adangbe Association of Toronto touched on things done by the association in the preceding year. He paid tribute to the late Neequaye, a very hardworking member of the association who passed away late last year. Special guest entertainer from USA Humble Lion (Prince Afotey Laryea) entertained the crowd to danceable hits.

Pouring of libation and sprinkling of Kpopkoi was performed by Isaac Akron who also led his African Dance Ensemble (ADE) to entertain the crowd to various cultural dances.

Ghana’s Consul General, Joseph Anin who was a special guest brought fraternal greetings from the Government of Ghana, the Ghana High Commission and the

Ghana Consulate. As usual Kpaashimo (Circle Dance) drew both young and old to join in the swaying of hips led by Ga Mantse Nii Kwashie Kwei Nsro I and his entourage. Dinner consisting of authentic Ghanaian cuisine was served including Kpokpoi, traditional homowo dish. The MCs were John Ahoni and Prince.

Homowo Festival 2014 celebrated by Ga-Adangbes in Toronto



Place of Worship: 350 Deerhide Cres, North York, ON

Bethel Prayer Ministry Int'l

Worship Hours: Sunday Service: 9am - 1pm Tuesday 9am - 2 pm Consultation Wednesday: 7pm - 9p.m. Friday: 9pm - 12 pm Saturday (Prayer Warriors) 6pm - 8pmLocation: 52 Carrier Drive, Unit 12, (Albion/Hwy 27) Etobicoke, Ont., M9w 5S5

Harvest Christian Church

Worship Hours

Sundays (Mornings) 10 - 12:45pmWednesday (Bible Study) 7 -8:30 pmFriday (All Night Prayer) 8-10:30pm

Come and experienCe the power of the wordJoin us at 196 Toryork Drive(Corner of Weston/Finch)

Tel: 416-743-2507It’s Harvest tIme so reacH out and make a dIfference

It’s A Great Commission!

Invites you for a wonderful time with the Lord

Rev Moses Sarpong

Contact: Res. 416-740-6963 Church 416-642-0390

Do you desire to experience the power and the presence of God demonstrated in your life? Do

you want to experience the marvelous work of God's grace in your life?Then, Bethel Prayer Ministry International would like to invite you to visit their church

where the word of God is preached powerfully to release the power of God in your life.

COME AND YOU WILL BE BLESSEDPastor Dennis Awuku

Senior Pastor

Worship Schedule:

Ghana Calvary Methodist United Church, Toronto

Invites all Christians to join us to worship and glorify the

Living God

Venue of Worship65 Mayall Avenue, Toronto, ON

(Route: Through Jethro Road or Haymarket Road, off Wilson Ave. between Weston Rd. and Jane St., or

walk across bridge from Chalkfarm North)

Tel: 416-614-6110 Email: gcmuc.org

Sunday Church Service/Class Meetings: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Friday Prayer Meeting: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday Youth Musical & Computer Lessons Fellowship MeetingsChoir Practice, Singing Band Practice

65 Mayall Avenue, Toronto Ontario, M3L 1E7

Tel: 416-614-6110 647-341-7305

Email: gcmuc.org

Very Rev. De-Graft Semie Obiri

(Calvary Methodist)

Auxilliary MinisterRev.

Samuel Victor Mpereh647-770-8440

Apostle Sampson Ofori-YiadomNational Head


THE APOSTLES' CONTINUATION CHURCH

INTERNATIONAL (CANADA)

Worship With Us At These Branches In Canada

SERVICE TIMES: Worship Service - Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bible Studies Service Wednesday 9:00 p.m. All Night Service - Friday 9:30 p.m. Deliverance - Saturday 4:00 p.m.

North American Headquarters:

Toronto10 Belfield Road

Tel: 416-247-6629

Montreal Assembly378 Cremazie East

Montreal, Quebec, H2P 1E5Tel: 514-271-9083

Pastor-In-Charge: John ArhinContact:

Res: 450-687-4916Cell: 514-654-6178

10 Belfield RoadToronto, Ont., M9W 1G1

Tel: 416-247-6629Fax: 416-247-5308

Website: www.apostlescontinuation.orgApostle Charles Anokye-Manu

Scarborough Assembly1632 Midland Ave., M1P 1C2

Tel: 416-288-1333Pastor In-Charge: Pastor Ohene Kena

Contact: 647-281-5303

Lighthouse Assembly of God ChurchLead Pastor: Isaac Takyi De-Graft

LOCATION: 42 Steinway Blvd. Unit 1&2 (Hwy 27/Steeles) Toronto, Ontario, M9W 6Y6

Tel: 416-740-1200 Fax: 416-740-6435Email: [email protected]: http:/www/lighthouseag.ca

Days And Time of WorshipSunday - Divine Worship - 10a.m. - 1p.m.Wednesday - Bible Studies - 7p.m. - 9p.m.Friday - Prayer / Deliverance - 7p.m. - 10p.m.

Power of Grace Chapel Int'lInvites all Christians, Non-Christians and

members of the Resurrection Power Tradition to join us worship the Great Jehovah

Rev. Joe BonnahPastor-in-charge

Contact Lines:Tel: 416-321-2796 (Pastor's Res) 289-981-1547 (Church)

Cell: 647-921-2414

Place of Worship: 350 Deerhide Cres, North York, ON

Immanuel Assembly of God

For more info contact: 647-880-4216

LOCATIONDon Montgomery Community Centre

2467 Eglinton Ave. E. Scarborough, Ont., (Kennedy/Eglinton Subway Station)

Church, ScarboroughSunday School:

9:30am -10:30am Church Service: 10:30am - 12 noon

Rev. Douglas O. AnsahPastor-in-charge

SUNDAY:9:00am-10:00am Prayers10:00am-11:00am School of the Light11:00am-1:30pm Joint Service

Other Weekly Opportunities:

Tuesday- (Time with the Holy Spirit) 10:00am-12:30pm (At Church)Wednesday- (Bible Studies) 7:00pm- 9:00pm (On Phone 647 722 5570 Access code 731 297#)Friday- (Time in His presence) 7:00pm-9:30pm (At Church)Every First Friday is a Special Youth Service 7:00pm-9:30pm (At Church)Every Fourth Friday is Half Night Service 8:30pm-12:30am (At Church)

The Apostolic Church Int'l.

94 Kenhar Drive, Unit 39 & 40, North York, Ont. 289-505-7956 or 416-740-1979

270 Rutherford Road, Unit 10Brampton, Ontario, L6W 3K7

BRAMPTON ASSEMBLY

TORONTO CENTRAL ASSEMBLY

The Apostolic Church International (Toronto Assem-

bly) is a Branch of The Apostolic Church in Ghana

Apostle Nii Aryee (Area Supt. Canada-Wide)

Sunday (Worship) - 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.Wednesday Teaching Service - 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.Friday Prayers - 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: Monthly All Night Service - 10:30 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.

Saturday(Alt.) Women's, Men's,Youth Movement Meetings) 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Meeting Schedule

MONTREAL ASSEMBLYElder Gilbert Agyei: 514-900-8412, 613-552-6779

868A Beaumont Ave., Montreal, Quebec, H3N 1V5

Field Secretary: Pastor Cyril Williams - 416-875-9616Field Youth Pastor: Pastor Rasper Atutornu - 416-278-3104


Location: 135 Oakdale Rd.(Back door)

Join us on Sundays for worship at:

Venue: Clarkson Community Centre(Margaret Marland Room)

Address: 2475 Truscott Drive, Mississauga, Ont(Southdown Rd/Truscott Dr. on

Winston Churchill Blvd/Truscott Dr.Time: 10.00AM-1.00PM

Contact: Pastor Isaac K. Bonful Tel: 289-814-5482

Email: [email protected] www.transformationcentreag.ca"...Be transformed by the renewing of your mind..." Romans 12:2a

Assembly of God Church, MississaugaTransformation Centre

WORSHIP SCHEDULE.Sunday - Divine Worship 10am- 12pmWednesday - Bible Study 7pm - 10pm (Call ahead)Friday Prayer Meeting 7pm - 10pm (Call ahead)

190 BOVAIRD DRIVE, UNIT 12 @ HWY 10, BRAMPTON

New Light Chapel International

You have been to Calvary for pardon, but you have not been to Pentecost for power.

We invite you to worship with us and experience the Pentecostal power in your life.

Rev. Kwaku Asare

905-654-7364, 905-840-2012, 416-270-6822For information call: Rev. Kwaku Asare

Rev. Raymond Baah Abekah

The Apostolic Church International, Western Assembly on Kenhar Drive held a welcome service for Apostle Eric Nii Aryee and family on Sunday August 24, 2014. The invited dignitaries were introduced by Pastor Rasper Atutornu after which welcome messages were given by the following movements: children, youth, women, men, special dignitaries and field presbytery. Song ministration was performed by the Apostolic Flames after which Pastor Cyril Williams gave word of ministration who spoke on

the message “Welcoming of the Holy Spirit”.

He pointed out that a need for an apostle in the church is for doctrine, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayers and also an apostle is a missionary that has been sent for the work of God. Pastor Williams continued that if we continue to obey our apostles, we will also receive the blessings of God that has also been given to our apostles.

Love offering was initated by overseer Akwasi Peprah after which the various movements from Canada

and US presented gifts to Apostle Aryee and family. Apostle Aryee responded by thanking the congregation for the affection shown to them. The pastorate then prayed for Apostle and family with Deaconess Peace Atotornu giving the vote of thanks.

The Consul-General of Ghana Joseph Anim, Rev. Fr. Gabriel Opoku-Ware, representing the Ghanaian Clergy of Toronto and Elder Akowuah from US graced the service. Apos. Nii Aryee is married to Mrs. Mercy Aryee and are blessed with 7 children.

Welcome Service for Apostle Nii Aryee and Family


the service was a Kofi ne Ama fundraising contest, which was won by Tuesday borns. Chairperson, Dr. Martin La-kumi, who is a founding member of the church, charged the congregation in a powerful speech and reinforced the determination to build the second phase of the premises. Other well wishers who were present to support the event included Sam Kabu Asante of Tree of Life Employment Services and a number of chiefs from the Toronto Ghanaian community. Also present with

goodwill messages were, Rev. Opoku Ware, Anglican Church, Rev. Dr. Asare Kusi, Ghana Methodist Church and Rev. DeGraft Semi Obiri, United Calvary Methodist Church and last but not the least, a delegation from Ramseyer Presbyterian Church, Columbus, Ohio

The church used the occasion to present an award of appreciation to one member, George Koranteng Asante who had played a yeoman’s role in the church’s acquisition of a land and ultimately the building of their own chapel.

Also recognized were founding fathers of the church. They included, Wofa Yaw Nyarko, Theophilus Awuku, William Ofori Asiamah and Grace Danchie. George Baiden and William (Billy) Ankomah, the other founding fathers, were not present at the service. Earlier, each year group in the church since 1994 was invited to blast one of 20 balloons that had been installed. The Hospitality group of the church treated the large attendees to light refreshments after the service.

Ghanaian Presbyterian Church chalks 20 yearscont’d from pg. 40


Christian Hope Ministry Int'lApostle-in-charge: Apostle Twumasi Ankrah

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"And these signs will follow those who believe, in My Name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues, they will take up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it

will by no means hurt them, they will lay hands on the sick , and they will recover. Amen (Mark 16:17)

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Rev. Fr. Gabriel Opoku Ware

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Worship Celebration ServicesSunday Worship Celebration: 10 a.m.

Friday Prayer Meeting / Discipleship Group: 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Last Sunday of Every Month: Healing Service

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Affiliated with the Evangelical Church In Canada

Snr. Pastor & Founder: Evang. & Prophetess Winnie Manu BRE, M. Div.

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Healing Service: Last Sunday of every month at Cheyne Middle School. 236 Queen Mary Dr. Brampton.

Gospel Action Ministry

Service Schedule Sunday: Church Service - 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm Tuesday: Prayer Meeting - 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Friday: Bible/Prayer Meeting 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Last Friday of the month: All Night Prayer Meeting 11:00 pm

Location: 135 Oakdale Rd.(Back door)

Rev. Peter Awuah

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416-836-9235, 647-346-8312

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Invites all Christians and Non-Christians to join us to worship the Almighty God

PLACE OF WORSHIP230 Eddystone Ave., #207, North York, Ont. M3N 1H7

WORSHIP SCHEDULESunday Regular Service 11:00 am to 1:30 pmTuesday Prayer and Healing Service 6:00 pm to 8:00 pmFriday Prayer Night 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Pastor-in-charge: Rev. Rockson Owusu Atwima - 416-708-7742

We are more tan our conquerors Romans 8:37"Come and see the manifestation and the power of the Holy Spirit at work"

GHANAIAN ANGLICAN CHURCH OF TORONTO

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Bro. Sam Hector Morris (People's Warden) 905-972-9761

Bro. Bernard Kufuor (Priest's Warden)647-928-9370

Sis. Vida Oduro (Secretary) 416-830-2309

Sunday: Bible Study - 2pm-3:00pmSunday Worship - 3pm-5:00pmTuesday: Teaching/Prayer - 7pm-9:00pmThursday: Prayer Meeting 10:30am-12noonFriday: Prayer Meeting - 7pm-9:00pmSaturday: Group Meetings - 3pm-7:30pm

St. John's Anglican Church

VENUE: 2125 WESTON RD., WESTON ONT.

Isaac Aborah-Sei - 647-859-9922Daniel Oteng - 647-891-4211Evans Ackah - 647-403-6385Dwomoh Abebrese - 647-774-0747

Ghanaian Congregation

Sunday: Bible Study - 1:00 pm - 1:30 pmRegular Service: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Priest-in-charge: Rev. Michelle Childs-Ward , Incumbent 647-234-8229

Rev. Fr. Jojo Eduam Entsiwah, Associate Priest 647-400-7055

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336 Gary Ray Drive @ SignetWorship Schedule

Sunday Worship - 10 am - 12:30 pmWednesday - Bible Study - 7 pm - 9 pmFriday - Prayer Meeting - 8 pm - 10 pm

Second and last Friday of each month All Night Prayer Meeting 8 pm - 12 midnight

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For information call: 905-840-7387, 647-208-1093416-209-9136, 647-710-2573

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with Jonathan AnnobilAround the Ghana Sports Scene

Ex-Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has revealed that the relationship between the players and sports minister Elvis Afriyie Ankrah broke down at the World Cup as the Black Stars did not want to see the government official over the failed appearance fee promises. Appiah – who was re-lieved of his duties as Black Stars coach ear-lier this month – was called to give evidence at the presidential inquiry into Ghana’s disastrous World Cup campaign in Brazil on Thursday. Squad members had threatened to boycott the final group stage match against Portugal in a dis-pute over unpaid player bonuses until President John Dramani Mahama personally intervened and arranged for $3m in cash to be flown by to Brazil on the eve of the meeting with Portugal. However, speaking to the

Justice Dzamefe com-mission in Accra, Appiah admitted that the whole episode had contributed to his team’s eventual downfall after they had drawn 2-2 with Germany in their second match. He added that players were angry over the sev-eral promises which were never fulfilled and at a point did not want to see the minister after con-sistent failed promises over when the appear-ance fees would arrive. “My Lord at a point the players did not want to see the minister because all the dates promised for the arrival of the appearance fees was not kept,” Appi-ah told the commission. “Before we left for the final game the minister was put on speaker phone where they told minister if the money was not in Brasilia upon arrival they would not train.GHANAsoccernet.com

Angry Black Stars did not want to see minister

The senior national crick-et team yesterday gained promotion to the World Cricket League (WCL) Division 6 after outclass-ing Mozambique with 200 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs in the just ended Pepsi ICC Afri-ca Division 2 tournament in Benoni, South Africa. By that victory, the na-tional cricket team has also qualified to play in the Pepsi ICC Africa division 1 tournament which has Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya, Ugan-da, Namibia and Nigeria as the other participants. After trashing Mozam-bique last Wednesday, Ghana gained 8 points with a net run rate of +2.227 as against Zam-bia who gained the same points but had a net run rate of +1.508.

After their first defeat to Zambia last Tuesday since the tournament started last Saturday, the Ghanians went into the game against Mozam-bique poised for victory . They, therefore, pinned the Mozambicans to the ground for 69 runs

for 10 wickets in 14.4 overs and thirsty for vic-tory, Obed Harvey Ag-bomadzie played a good 81 runs off 42 balls, not out, knocking 5 sixes and 7 fours in the process. Supported by Moses Anafie’s 30 runs, Julius Mensah’s 34 runs, Isaac Aboagye’s 20 runs and

James Vifah 10 runs, they proved too tough for their opponents. They continued to show class as Vincent Ateak and Isaac Aboagye took 3 wickets each, while Obed Harvey had 2, with 1 wicket each from God-fred Bakiweyem and Da-vid Ankrah respectively.

Ghana win Pepsi ICC Africa Div 2 Champs

Ghanaian female mid-fielder Mercy Darkoah continued her fine scor-ing form for Bellevue University women’s soccer team after grab-bing a brace in their 5-0 win over Morningside College in a non-con-ference game.

After a scoreless first half, the Ghanaian scor-ing machine scored two goals with Betsy Fischenich also getting a brace with Michelle Dolder completing the rout.

Darkoah scored the game’s first goal at 68:22 after a shot from Dolder rebounded off the cross bar and Dar-koah snuck it in from six yards out.

Dolder scored her first goal of the season at 71:15 on a pass from Lauren Clark from 25 yards out.

Seventeen seconds later, Darkoah struck again on a cross from Dolder into an empty net at the

Tranquility Park.

The red-hot Ghanaian female enforcer has had multiple goals in each of the last two games after scoring a sensa-tional hat-trick in their 5-1 win over McPher-son College last week-end.

She leads the 2014 Bruins with nine goals ahead of their next meeting against Uni-versity of Jamestown on Sunday. Ghana Soc-cer Net

Ghanaian female midfielder Darkoah bags brace for Bellevue

University in their 5-0 hammering of Morningside College

Mercy Darkoah is in fine scoring form

Former Black Stars captain Stephen Appi-ah, has called for the re-introduction of colts football in Ghana as a step towards the de-velopment of football. According to Appiah, the re-organisation of colts football must start with programmes for coaches as well as devel-opment of football pitch-es across the country. Appiah said most of the

coaches at the youth lev-el were not qualified, adding that, the decline of colts football in the country had affected the development of football. “My Lord, there should be a youth league in the country, based on age and not size. Players must be selected from the U-10 level right to Under-17 to serve as the platform for unearthing more talents for the nation.

“My Lord, myself, Lar-yea Kingston, God-win Attram and many others are products of colts football, but it’s unfortunate colts league is no more,” he said. The former captain said there were a lot talents in the country hence the need to create a youth league system to offer children the opportunity to exhibit their talents.

Sport Football Commission re-introduce colts football

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Pentecost Germany. Presentation of Apostle Sampson Ofori Yiadom to the congregation officially was done by Apostle Dr. Emmanuel Anthony Owusu after which Pastor James M. Quainoo was invited to give a brief biography of Apostle Sampson Ofori Yiadom. The entire ministers of the COP led by Apostle Dr. Emmanuel Owusu then prayed over Apostle Sampson Ofori Yiadom and his family. The national women leadership and national executive took turns to welcome Apostle Sampson Ofori Yiadom and family.

In his response, Aps Ofori Yiadom, flanked by his family, some church members and

guests gave thanks to God for bestowing His mercies on us. He pointed out that God has ordained this day for them to be part of the church here in Toronto. He added that he is grateful for the trust the leadership has in them by bringing them here to head the church. He also sincerely thanked all his predecessors for the good work they did in making it possible for them to have a good platform to stand on and minister as missionaries. He asked for unity from all to do God’s work .

After that Mrs. Millicent Ofori Yiadom was handed over to Deaconess Mavis Anane, Canada Women’s leader by Germany Women’s

leader Mrs. Yaa Passon. .Mrs. Millicent Ofori Yiadom was then escorted to sit among the women leaders. The climax was the handing over of Apostle Sampson Ofori Yiadom to Elder Francis Boateng, Canada national Deacon by Elder Polcu Bota of Germany. Aps Sampson Ofori Yiadom was then given his official seat on the platform. Closing was by Mrs. Patience Owusu with Apos. Sampson Ofori-Yiadom giving the benediction. The conductor for the service was Pastor Joseph Fynn-Sackey. Apostle Sampson Ofori Yiadom and his wife have 4 children, Emmanuel, Noel, Sebastien and Jeffrey.

Welcome Service for Apos. Sampson Ofori-Yiadom New Head of Church of

Pentecost Canada cont’d from pg. 49


The City of Winnipeg Police Chief, Devon Clunis has appealed to Social Workers, Civil Society and politicians to collaborative to prevent crime by identifying and addressing the social inequities and underdevelopment that lead young people especially to commit crimes. Delivering the KeyNote Speech at the Annual Homecoming Event of the Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba on Wednesday September 23rd, 2014, Chief Clunis pointed out that while the job of the police include arresting and assisting in prosecuting criminals, he is of the strong conviction that the best approach to meeting the police mission to “serve and protect” is to embark on processes that identify the issues that alienates the youth from upward mobility. Since taking office two years ago, Chief Clunis said he has made every effort to visit and contact many

of the identifiable communities in the Winnipeg Municipality with a view to learning more about their socio-economic situations. This, he pointed out, has provided him and the police authorities with a better understanding of the communities

that they serve. “We want the communities to know that when we show up in their neighbourhoods, we are not just there to arrest them, but to work with them for improvement in their communities’ fortunes.

Chief Clunis further said that this

social development approach seems to be achieving positive results. The current thinking and trend among many police departments across North America, he said, are now towards community policing and community engagement which have the positive effect of crime prevention in addition to crime fighting.

Let’s team up to prevent crime through social dev’t: Winnipeg Police Chief Devon Clunis appeals

From: Staff Writer, Winnipeg, MB

The annual Province of Manitoba Cultural Festival, FOLKLORAMA was held in the first two weeks of August this year. As they have done in previous years, the Ghanaian Community of Manitoba put up some excellent cultural displays to proudly represent Ghana at the African Pavillion.

Ghanaian Community Participates in Manitoba’s Folkorama Festival

The kids were in their performing best on stage

The Asante King and Queen in a proces-sion to the stage

The King and his royal entourage sit in state

Drummers under the tutorship of Jay perform at the African Pavillion

From: Dr. Michael Baffoe, Winnipeg, MB

From left: Kingsley Jesuorobo, Lancelof Imaseum, Robert Onianwah and Lonzo Nzekwe - Founders of FEVA TV

Chief Klunis, left, poses with Helen Mann Award recipient Sandra Loewen, Dr. Jim Mulvale, Dean of the Faculty of Social Work and Faculty member Dr. Michael Baffoe, right

Winnipeg Police Chief Devon Clunis delivers his KeyNote Address

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