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”Board meetings were held at Cornerstone Baptist Tabernacle prayer meetings at College St. United Church and Choir practices at New Dawn Moravian Church.”

”"Board meetings were held at Cornerstone Baptist Tabernacle prayer meetings at College St. United Church and Choir practices at New Dawn Moravian Church."”

”B.M.E. Christ Church continued to hold its services at Sheldrake United Church as well as Seventh Day Adventist Churches located at both Harvie Ave. and Perth Ave.”

”It was in the 1950’s when the local congregation could no longer maintain its church building at 94 Chestnut Street that they sought and were granted use of the facilities of the Afro-Community Church which was located at 460 Shaw Street.”

”The members worshipped at north-east corner of University and Edwards Street from 1905 until the sale of the building in 1955 and the completion of the present building located at Huron and D’Arcy Streets.”

”The bakery fed the community since the late 1970's and originally sold bakery products including patties/ hardo bread/ Jamaican bun and coco bread.”

”A landmark for tourists and an entertaining shopping experience for all. Honest Ed's was a one-of-a-kind bargain centre that had everything from wine to twine.”

”Dr. Daniel Hill Donna Hill Wilson Brooks Joan Kazmarski Lorraine Hubbard and others co-founded the Ontario Black History Society in 1978. It became the first major public organization in Canada focused on the history of Blacks in the…

”The Jamaican-Canadian Association was founded in 1962 by a group of Jamaicans then living in Toronto. The impetus for the creation of the association was the emergence of Jamaica from colonial status to becoming an independent nation in August

"Night of sparkling soul. Thousands jammed the grandstand at the Canadian National Exhibition last night to hear performer Whitney Houston. Houston: first cousin to Dionne Warwick: was a sometime protege of soul great Aretha Franklin. Houston has…