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‘A terrible tragedy’
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‘A terrible tragedy’
Highway crash leaves 5 dead, 15 injured
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
November 27 12:20 AM
‘A terrible tragedy’
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer 
November 27 12:18 AM
DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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Party with a purpose
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Party with a purpose
Romeich Major’s Build Back Jamaica Street Dance gets heavy support
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 27 12:16 AM
Party with a purpose
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Rapid home solution
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Rapid home solution
NHT outlines plan to deliver modular solutions sooner
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 27 12:14 AM
Rapid home solution
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COLEY COMMITS
Football, ...
COLEY COMMITS
Former national assistant coach returns to national programme
Andre Lowe | Sports Content Manager 
November 27 12:12 AM
Coley returns to national programme
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Rainforest Salmon & Ackee Quiche
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Rainforest Salmon & Ackee Quiche
November 27 12:10 AM
Perfect for: Brunch, potluck, light lunch. “This isn’t your quick-fix meal — but when I want to slow down and create something special, this quiche is...
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COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
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COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 27 12:05 AM
COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
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Classroom crisis in early childhood sector
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Classroom crisis in early childhood sector
UWI professor warns that traumatised teachers and students will need urgent intervention
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 27 12:04 AM
Classroom crisis in early childhood sector
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Original Thriller to stage three shows in Toronto and Montreal
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Original Thriller to stage three shows in Toronto and Montreal
November 3, 2025
The first time Original Thriller went to Canada, it was 1984 and he was one of dancehall music’s fledgling stars. Forty-one years later, he is a citiz...
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Leroy Gibbons tribute set for Jamaican Canadian Center
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Leroy Gibbons tribute set for Jamaican Canadian Center
June 25, 2025
Toronto’s close-knit reggae community, which Leroy Gibbons belonged to for many years, will salute the singer’s contribution to reggae on June 26 at t...
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Kings Of Kings celebrates 30 years with anniversary event in Toronto
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Kings Of Kings celebrates 30 years with anniversary event in Toronto
Howard Campbell 
May 8, 2025
After moving to Canada in 1990, it did not take Colin Levy long to observe the lack of a reggae structure in the country, particularly in Toronto, whi...
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Empress Divine drops new EP, ‘Jah Lives’
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Empress Divine drops new EP, ‘Jah Lives’
March 7, 2025
Canada-based reggae artiste Empress Divine released a six-track EP titled Jah Lives on Feb 19 via her own label, Empress Divine Muzik. The rootsy and ...
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Toronto entertainment fraternity in shock at murder of promoter in Jamaica
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Toronto entertainment fraternity in shock at murder of promoter in Jamaica
CLAUDE MILLS, Observer Online writer 
January 1, 2025
Mikhail 'Wayne' Thompson, a 36 year-old Jamaican-born Canadian dancehall promoter, will never see the face of his unborn child as he was brutally gunn...
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Mark Golding set to engage Jamaican-Canadian Diaspora in Toronto
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Mark Golding set to engage Jamaican-Canadian Diaspora in Toronto
October 25, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Leader of the Opposition and President of the People's National Party (PNP), Mark Golding will visit Toronto from October 30 to No...
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Iley Dread to make return to major stage at Rasta Fest in Toronto
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Iley Dread to make return to major stage at Rasta Fest in Toronto
August 16, 2024
Since launching Kings Of Kings Productions company 29 years ago, Colin “Iley Dread” Levy has built a reputation as a music producer and administrator....
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Phenique goes ‘Badd’ with Chronic Law
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Phenique goes ‘Badd’ with Chronic Law
August 13, 2024
Canada-based dancehall starlet Phenique is banking on the incredible street response to her latest single, Badd , featuring Chronic law, to propel her...
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23-y-o son of J’can cop killed in Toronto shooting
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23-y-o son of J’can cop killed in Toronto shooting
July 12, 2024
TORONTO, Canada — A 23-year-old man, believed to be the son of a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, has died of his injuries after multiple sho...
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14-year-old boy arrested in Toronto shooting that killed two Jamaican fathers
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14-year-old boy arrested in Toronto shooting that killed two Jamaican fathers
June 25, 2024
Police in Canada have arrested and charged a 14-year-old boy with the double murder of two Jamaican men in Toronto earlier this month. The Toronto Pol...
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Tasha T salutes ‘nice’ Jamaica in new music video
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Tasha T salutes ‘nice’ Jamaica in new music video
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
June 23, 2024
Although she was born and raised in Toronto, Tasha T’s accent is more Jamaican than Canadian. Her mother ensured her homeland’s culture was part of th...
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Close-knit Jamaican family mourns shooting death of patriarch in Toronto
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Close-knit Jamaican family mourns shooting death of patriarch in Toronto
June 5, 2024
A closely-knit Jamaican family in Toronto, Canada has been plunged into mourning following the June 2 shooting death of its patriarch. According to th...
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Montreal Reggae Extravaganza set for October 12
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Montreal Reggae Extravaganza set for October 12
June 3, 2024
October is a month for honoring heroes in Jamaica, and Kings of Kings Productions will be doing the same in Canada. On October 12, the organisation wi...
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‘A terrible tragedy’
Highway crash leaves 5 dead, 15 injured
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November 27, 2025
‘A terrible tragedy’
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer 
November 27, 2025
DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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Party with a purpose
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Party with a purpose
Romeich Major’s Build Back Jamaica Street Dance gets heavy support
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 27, 2025
Party with a purpose
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Rapid home solution
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Rapid home solution
NHT outlines plan to deliver modular solutions sooner
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 27, 2025
Rapid home solution
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COLEY COMMITS
Football, ...
COLEY COMMITS
Former national assistant coach returns to national programme
Andre Lowe | Sports Content Manager 
November 27, 2025
Coley returns to national programme
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