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Posted: Feb 09, 2021 9:33 PM AT | Last Updated: February 10 Ralph Thomas, program coordinator of the New Brunswick Black History Society, said it's time Black people got some recognition for their contributions to the city and to the province.(Matthew Bingley/CBC) When historian Ralph Thomas looks at Saint John, he sees a city whose history is interwoven with the contributions of Black people who helped to build it. He also sees a city where not a single street, building or highway bears their name. Thomas, program co-ordinator of the New Brunswick Black History Society, thinks that should c...

Saint John, NB, Canada / The Wave Feb 1, 2021 7:18 AM Saint John Mayor Don Darling and Ralph Thomas at last year's inaugural Pan-African flag raising. Image: Screenshot from video by Danielle McCreadie The red, green and black Pan-African flag will fly in Saint John, Moncton, Fredericton, Miramichi, Riverview, Dieppe, Campbellton, and Quispamsis on February 1, to kickstart Black History Month. Sankara Market, a social enterprise based in Saint John, is organizing the multi-city event alongside Black Lives Matter Fredericton, Black Lives Matter New Brunswick, New Brunswick Black History Societ...

  TORONTO -- Canada Post is honouring two small communities with deep connections to Black history with commemorative stamps. Amber Valley, Alta. and Willow Grove, N.B. were both home to hundreds of African Americans who sought refuge in Canada while escaping violence and slavery in the U.S. more than 200 years ago. Ralph Thomas, an 82-year-old historian and former resident of Willow Grove, said he is grateful to finally see Black settlers represented on postage stamps. “It’s one of the biggest rewards we could ever receive because we haven’t had Black people on stamps in New Brun...

The Top 100 Firm embraced togetherness for its staff members in the year ahead despite the ongoing limits of the coronavirus pandemic.

Audit hits Washington state unemployment agency for failures in $600 million fraud [The Seattle Times] Dec. 19—A new state audit faults the Washington state Employment Security Department (ESD) for failing to fix a software vulnerability that contributed to the theft of $600 million in this spring’s massive unemployment fraud. The report, released Friday by the Office of Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy, also called out the state’s fiscal overseer, the Office of Financial Management, for misstating the fraud’s potential impact on the state budget. While the audit report contained...