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Stopping by to give a big shout out and gratitude to my colleague, Neil Armstrong, for this beautifully-written article on my latest achievement. Nuff respect, Sir Neil! Stay blessed 🙏🏽🏆 taken in Toronto, Ontario by @sofifindlay

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Neil Armstrong reports for the Caribbean Camera Newspaper @caribbeancameranow on The Edith Baxter Award Luncheon organized by the Jamaica Tourist Board and Baxter Media at The Palais Royale by Toronto’s waterfront, last Monday.
The finalists were: Chesand Gregory, David Betty, Fiona Bowen,Natasha Borota, Sophia Findlay, and Sylvanus Thompson. Natasha was the grand prize winner. Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, and Director of Tourism, Donovan White, attended the event.

Presented on a biennial basis by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and the Baxter family, the Edith Baxter Memorial Award recognizes an outstanding community leader who uses their influence to elevate Destination Jamaica within Canada.

The late Edith Baxter was the co-founder of Baxter Media and editor-in-chief of Canada’s most influential travel trade publication, Canadian Travel Press. She was a powerful voice within the Canadian travel industry for more than five decades. “A passionate advocate for Destination Jamaica, Mrs. Baxter was awarded the Order of Distinction by the Government of Jamaica in 2009 in recognition of her contributions to the tourism industry. Throughout her career, Mrs. Baxter played an important role in supporting and spotlighting Jamaica’s tourism product within the Canadian market and this memorial award honours both her legacy and her special connection to the island,” notes information on the Edith Baxter Award website. Edith Baxter passed away at 92 on November 3, 2020, at home surrounded by family. taken in Toronto, Ontario by @sofifindlay

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Got a bit of news🏆…Thank you, @cibwe.ca ! #sofistyle @sofifindlay @officialsofistyle
#getoutofyourownway #sophiafindlayunlimited
“If you’re hot🔥I’m at your spot!”
#gratitude #blessed #journalist #customcontentcurator #motherofboyandgirl taken in Toronto, Ontario by @sofifindlay

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🤗 I had the pleasure of attending the Helping Hands Jamaica Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Jamrock Gala, Thursday evening, October 8th, at the Palais Royal, in Toronto.
🏆20 years of the Helping Hands Jamaica Foundation creating access to education and changing lives across Jamaica.

The black-tie affair featured a special dedication to Hands Help Jamaica Honourees 2026:
Dr. The Honourable Donette Chin-Loy Chang, OJ, Oont
Wes Hall Founder and CEO, Kingsdale Advisors, Executive Chairman and Founder, WeShall Investments
Angella Bennett, Regional Director, Canada, Jamaica Tourist Board.

🥂Good food, fab fun, exquisite attires, great music, spectacular lighting, pure joy and excellence celebrated, not to mention, gifts of giving❣️ Couldn’t ask for more‼️

Meanwhile, the Government of Jamaica has appointed Karl Hale, HHJF Founder, Chairman at National Bank Open Tournament, Dr. Wes Hall and Dr. The Honourable Donette Chin-Loy Chang, OJ, Oont, for dedicated service to the country and the Jamaican diaspora in Canada.

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#jamrock26 @the_prq @handshelpjamaica @visitjamaica @officialsofistyle @kingofbayst @sophia_findlay_unlimited @iamsophiafindlay #whatsofiwears #livelifetothefullest❤️✨
#schoolbuild taken in Palais Royale by @sofifindlay

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What does it mean to wear your “best”? 🧥✨👠👡👞
Opening this week at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Sunday Best: The Power & The Glory of Black Style trace decades of style, rebellion, and self-determination.
Curated by Dr. Julie Crooks and Dr. Jason Cyrus, this world-debut exhibition moves through fashion, visual art, and media from the 1880s to today.

I experienced the exhibition yesterday, a preview, along with some stakeholders and contributors, who spoke of their intents and gratitude for being a participant of the dynamic production that has a captivating history behind the global Black diaspora’s incredible dressing rituals.
🤗I met NewYorker Melodie McDaniel @melodiemcdaniel whose photographs were included in this exhibition, and we clicked. Her church photos were taken in Harlem…Patrick Kelly’s designs were in the mix. Pioneering fashion journalist, author and creative director Andre Leon Talley, who had a larger-than-life personality, was paid tribute to in an eye-catching caftan, beautifully illustrated.
It’s worth checking out ❣️ @agotoronto

📅 Exhibition Schedule:
• AGO Members First Look: Starts Oct 7, 2026
• Annual Passholders: Starts Oct 9, 2026 (5 PM)
• Public Opening: Oct 13, 2026 (Free with General Admission)
🎟️ Plan your visit and secure your timed entry on the official AGO Exhibition Portal.

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#AGOSundayBest #BlackFashionHistory #TorontoArtEvents #ExploreTO AGOMuseum BlackDiasporaArt taken in AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario by @sofifindlay

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🌴The Reggae North Music Awards 2026, themed: “The Night the Stars Align,” celebrated excellence across 21 different categories in Canadian reggae, dancehall, gospel, and fusion genres, Sunday, September 27th, at the Rose Theatre in Brampton. 🏆For 2026, Jay Douglas was bestowed the luminary Living Legend Award while last year Carlton “Rosa” Rosegreen was the recipient.
📢I had the honour of announcing the top male vocalist winner who was Inoah. Special mention and nuff big up goes to Spex Da Boss for copping Radio DJ of the Year for the second consecutive year.🌟Tony Anthony, who sits at the helm of the organizing team of the much-needed production gave a soul-stirring performance while other live acts included special guest Duane Stephenson. ❤️🖤💛💚

👑Sofi Style, “if you’re hot,🔥 I’m in your spot!”
For your news, reviews, photos and videos…in style.❤️‍🔥 taken in Rose Theater Brampton by @sofifindlay

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How do race, ethnicity and culture shape the way we see ourselves and understand Canada?‼️

Join Dr. Carl James in conversation with educators Marc Proudfoot and Ansar Dualeh for a timely discussion of the fifth edition of Seeing Ourselves: Exploring Race, Ethnicity, and Culture.

The conversation will explore immigration, reconciliation, Black Lives Matter, multiculturalism, belonging and the social changes shaping
Canada today.

When: Thursday, October 15, 2026
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Where: Blackhurst Cultural Centre
Address: 777-779 Bathurst Street, Toronto

#blackandcaribbeanbookaffair2026
#booksonsalenow #carljames #marcproudfoot #ansardualeh

One life. Nine decades. Three continents. An extraordinary story of courage and resilience❣️

Join Ramie Veerappan in conversation with Sandra Whiting about Ramie’s Dance of Resilience: Apartheid and Beyond, written by Romila Logarahjah-Jeevithan.

From the realities of apartheid and patriarchy to the challenges of discrimination, identity and belonging, Ramie’s journey is a powerful reminder of the human spirit’s ability to survive, transform and rewrite its own story.

When: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Where: Blackhurst Cultural Centre
Address: 777-779 Bathurst Street, Toronto

✅Save the date and share this event with readers who value memoir, history, resilience and stories of transformation.

#blackandcaribbeanbookaffair2026 #booksonsalenow #RamieVeerappan #SandraWhiting #danceofresilience

🎉Celebrate the life, music and global legacy of the Trinidad and Tobago Queen of Calypso.👑🇹🇹

Join Gelien Matthews in conversation with Rhoma Spencer for an engaging discussion of Calypso Rose and the extraordinary artist who broke barriers for women in Caribbean music.

Born Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis in Trinidad and Tobago, Calypso Rose has recorded more than 800 songs and 20 albums. Her pioneering career carried calypso around the world and earned major international honours.

When: Saturday, October 17, 2026
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM
Where: Live on ZOOM ‼️

✅Follow Blackhurst Cultural Centre for online access details and share this event with lovers of Caribbean music, biography, history and culture.

#b by @sofifindlay

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🎂Birthday blessings to me❣️
🎉I’m feeling so incredibly blessed, happy, grateful and humbled to be celebrating another year. 🥂
Thank you all for bearing with my existence and supporting my endeavours through the years. Peace be with you all🤗🙏🏽Selah

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✅For your news, reviews, photos and videos…in style 🌹 taken in Toronto, Ontario by @sofifindlay

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From the courtroom to the pulpit, Prophetess Victoria Althea Mitchell delivered a message of redemption that moved worshippers to tears at the Yahweh Ministries’ space in Toronto, last Saturday evening.

I visited the Sept. 19th Redemption Prophetic Experience, where Mitchell joined her husband, Pastor Evard Mitchell, for a night of worship, prayer, preaching and prophetic ministry that centred on a clear promise: You were not overlooked. You were redeemed.

By the sermon’s end, at least one worshipper answered the call to salvation, which wasn’t surprising to me as it was a powerful one. I know Victoria personally and she was in her element! Congregants clapped, swayed and lifted their hands as faith, hope and emotion converged.

Known professionally as Althea Mitchell, the internationally trained lawyer is also an author, entrepreneur, leadership mentor and spiritual leader. Her journey from legal advocacy to prophetic ministry dictated an evening devoted to restoration, freedom and renewed purpose.
Check her out on whenever you can

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#victoriamitchell #redemptionpropheticexperience #torontofaithcommunity #propheticministries #sophiafindlayunlimited taken in Toronto, Ontario by @sofifindlay

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The family of Philip Lionel Kenrick Mascoll, O.D., has released his funeral arrangements:

WE CELEBRATE HIS LIFE AND SALUTE HIS JOURNEY.

VISITATION:

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2026
CHAPEL RIDGE FUNERAL HOME
8911 WOODBINE AVENUE, L3R 5G1
2 P.M. - 4 P.M | 6 P.M. - 8 P.M

CELEBRATION OF LIFE:

THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 2026
JAMAICAN CANADIAN ASSOCIATION
995 ARROW RD, NORTH YORK, ON M9M 2Z5
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I never imagined that one day I would have to write Philip Mascoll’s name in the past tense.
Years ago, when I profiled him for the Gleaner, I called him “a giant of a man-literally and figuratively.” Today, even those words feel too small.

His son Dominic told me that about 4:29 PM on Monday, September 14, in Toronto, that giant heart stopped beating.
Philip was 77.
What is more heartbreaking for me was that I texted Dominic at 2:58 PM that same day asking about him to finalize arrangement for a visit.😭

To the world, he was an accomplished journalist who joined the Toronto Star in 1981 and gave more than 27 years to the craft. He was an editor, reporter and fearless truth-seeker. He was also a founding leader of the Jamaican Diaspora Canada Foundation, an advocate, a mentor and a patriot whose love for Jamaica was not softened by distance. He rallied around the People’s National Party (PNP) unapologetically and Black Action Defense Committee(BADC).
But public honours tell only part of a life.
To his three children (Philip Jr., Keisha and Dominic), he was Dad. To his grandchildren, he was simply and lovingly GP. Best believe somewhere inside that small name is the truest measure of this titan: the stories he told them and the laughter they knew that no title, tribute or medal can ever fill.

Philip told me that serving Jamaica and its people was “like breathing.” He meant it. He spent his life giving Jamaica his voice, his intellect, his courage and his stubborn hope.

With a heavy heart that I never expected to carry, I’m sharing again the article I wrote about him when we celebrated his OD. I wrote those words while he could read them, and am devastated that there will be no new interview, no next call, WhatsApp messages or DMs of funny reels, fierce opinions or his hearty laughter. He always greeted me as Ms. Findlay, which was his style.

Walk good, Sir Phil (my name for him), my friend and fellow journalist❣️ Though retired, the ink was in your blood.
You spent a lifetime helping to tell other people’s stories and now, through tears, we tell yours. You were truly big ’bout yah, and your absence will be even bigger still.🕊️🤍🙏🏽🙌🏾 taken in Toronto, Ontario by @sofifindlay

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I feel a joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart …today❣️

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#selflove #nextlevelunlocked🔓 #whatsofiwears #sophiafindlayunlimited #sofistyleeditorial taken in Toronto, Ontario by @sofifindlay

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