By Gibril Koroma, Vancouver, Canada.
Saturday May 3 is a day to be remembered by many Sierra Leoneans and non-Sierra Leoneans in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
It was the day Sierra Leoneans here celebrated the 47th anniversary of their country’s independence in magnificient pomp and glory that mesmerised a lot of people especially friends of Sierra Leone and other curious Canadians.
Under the stewardship of the wonderful DJ Patrick Muthombo and the highly impressive master of (...)

By Our Correspondent.
The ambition of Vancouver, Canada based Chief Moses Umba(photo) to be the next governor of Ebonyi State got a boost recently when a legal luminary and one of Nigeria’s leading lights in international advocacy, Mr. Azuba Ananaba, during a recent visit to Nigeria expressed support for the gubernatorial ambition of Umba, saying that "Umba will be the best thing to happen to Ebonyi State in 2011."
Ananaba spoke in Lagos while fielding questions from journalists. He said (...)

Rachel Décoste is a software engineer who grew up in Orléans. She was born and raised in Ottawa and moved with her family to Orléans in 1981. She is fluently trilingual (French, English and Spanish) and holds a Bachelor in Computer Science from the University of Guelph.
Ms. Décoste is proud to have grown up in Ottawa/Orléans, which she sees as a community of communities including people from many different walks of life and backgrounds. She grew up among many of these communities and is (...)

Commentary
By Randolph Gorvie, Winnipeg, Canada.
Does it really matter whether the Sierra Leonean community, a small community among a group of smaller communities in Winnipeg is seen walking and talking as a united entity in this town?
Unity for what purpose? And what is the meaning of a united Sierra Leonean community? I am not attempting to provide answers to any of these questions posited here, but rather to let the reader beaver over these questions and arrive at answers consistent (...)

The Sierra Leone Community in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has the honour and privilege to present:
Sierra Leone 47th Annual Independence Dinner and Dance on
Saturday May 3, 2008.
At the Bonsor Recreational Complex
6550 Bonsor Avenue, Burnaby, BC.
Ticket prices: $30 in advance, $35 at the door.
Time: 05.00 pm till 01.00 am.
MC: Patrick Sesay.
DJ: Patrick Mutombo.
For tickets in advance:
Phone: 604-421-5954/778-371-5455/604-790-3441.
And all African and Caribbean (...)