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Jan 12, 2025 | 
mtlcommunitycontact.com | Honouring Egbert Gaye |Milton Junior Primus
First and foremost, I would like to wish all the Montreal Community Contact readers a Happy and prosperous New year. Trinidad & Tobago Carnival season is in full bloom and Island Scoop will become your one-stop shop for Soca news during this season. Trinidad and Tobago Carnival will take place from 3rd to 4th March 2025 and I believe this the year of “Showing Gratitude”.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
mtlcommunitycontact.com | Milton Junior Primus
As we are in the heart of the Christmas season. Here’s some reasons why Christmas is my favourite season. There’re parties aplenty. I can finally rock my ugly Christmas sweater. I get to spend time with. family and friends. Shopping, eating, drinking and more. Everyone is in a great mood, and I can enjoy my own yearly traditions such as my 18th Annual Christmas Day Radio Show titled “Island Riddims”. Island Riddims Christmas show will be live at the Radio stations CKUT 90.3FM.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
mtlcommunitycontact.com | Olin Williams |Milton Junior Primus
Unfortunately summer is over, but here’s a recap of recent summer events. Vybz Kartel is finally free and planning a concert, Skinny Fabulous wins 4 Caribbean Music Awards and Montreal artist Miss Diva is doing big things in Canada. Vybz Kartel born Adidja Azim Palmer and his co-accused were freed on Jul 31,, 2024. After 13 years behind bars, the decision was made by a three-judge panel, including Justices Marva McDonald-Bishop, Paulette Williams and David Fraser.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
mtlcommunitycontact.com | Milton Junior Primus
The 57th annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival, formerly known as Caribana is a celebration of all things Caribbean. It was full of music, cuisine, events and revelry that brings the city to life. The Grand Parade started at Exhibition Place and Lakeshore Blvd. and moved west along Lakeshore Blvd. Once it hit Lakeshore and Parkside Dr, the parade looped around and went back the same way it came.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
mtlcommunitycontact.com | Milton Junior Primus
Now that Montreal’s 2024 Carimas is over, on to the next one! See you on the weekend of July 19th at Ottawa’s Carivibe. Before that, a quick review of Carimas. Every Carnival starts somewhere, and we should help make Carimas embrace its journey. This yearmarked our 50th year of Caribbean carnival in our city, thanks to Montreal CARIMAS team The Caribbean Coalition Network of Montreal, (CCNM).
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
mtlcommunitycontact.com | Milton Junior Primus
Summer is Here! Are you all Set? Because up next is Montreal Carimas on Saturday, July 6, 2024. The parade will mark our 50th year of Caribbean carnival in this City. This year the MontrealCaribbean Carnival has been organized by (CCNM) The Caribbean Coalition Network of Montreal and renamed "CARIMAS". The Montreal parade will start from Rene-Leveque Blvd to St. LaurentStreet and to Peel Street. The Carimas Sizzle will be held at the park Place du Canada.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
mtlcommunitycontact.com | Milton Junior Primus
In the past when we thought everything was falling apart, it was actually falling in place. Like how this year Montreal Soca scene is showing a lot of promise. From being granted a Caribbean Carnival to the I Am Soca event kicking off the seasons with tremendous success. Here’s a recap as I Am Soca 2024 featured Lyrikal from Trinidad and surprise artist Marlo from St Vincent.
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May 29, 2024 | 
mtlcommunitycontact.com | Milton Junior Primus
In a world full of bad news, good news becomes even more precious. Like Montreal having a Caribbean Carnival titled CARIMAS, after a few years hiatus. Then to learn a record number of Soca artists will be performing live in Montreal this year. Big names such as Lyrikal,Patrice Roberts, Problem Child, Black Boy, Dhirv 2 funny, Skinny Fabulous, Waddicks, Nadia Batson, Benjai, Gbm Nutron, Ravi B, Hunter, Mical Teja, Super Blue, Dawg E Slaughter, Tony Cuttz, Terry Gajraj and many more.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
mtlcommunitycontact.com | Milton Junior Primus
Montreal is finally having a Caribbean Carnival this year. I feel I could run in town again, jump and shake the ground again. Wave with all my friends and them, no place like home, home, home. words of road March king Mical Teja song “DNA”. 2024 is the year we say bye bye to Montreal Carifiesta and welcome to”MONTREAL CARIMAS”. Some might say it’s a bittersweet feeling, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
mtlcommunitycontact.com | Milton Junior Primus
Fans awaiting the outcome of Vybz Kartel’s and three other co-accused convicted of murder 10 years ago got their answer on Thursday, March 14, 2024. The UK Privy Council appeals court delivered its highly anticipated judgment and overturned the murder conviction and 32-year prison sentence, ruling the judge made a “fatal” error in allowing the jury to proceed to a verdict.
