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ONE CARIBBEAN TELEVISION IS FREE UNTIL THE END OF JUNE! One Caribbean Television , a 24/7-television network that provides news, lifestyle and entertainment programming about the Caribbean and its people, is pleased to announce a free preview on Bell Fibe TV, Channel 2481, until June 30, 2020. While millions of Canadians adhere to the stay-at-home order, One Caribbean Television will bring them the sights and sounds of the Caribbean until they are able to resume travel to the re gion. Roughly four million Canadians traveled to the Caribbean last year. Throughout the free preview period, the network will air a special report, COVID-19: Impact on the Caribbean – an in-depth look at how COVID-19 has impacted nearly every aspect of life in the Caribbean. The network is based in Erie, Pennsylvania and has a close relationship with the Caribbean community in Toronto. For the past five years One Caribbean Television has provided live coverage the Toronto Caribbean Festival. As

Toronto Carnival Is Losing One Of Its Originals. Roger Gibbs Sings Goodbye. By Stephen Weir When September rolls around the Toronto Caribbean Carnival’s Festival Management Committee (FMC) will lose one of its original members. Bajan-Canadian Calypsonian Roger Gibbs has reached the end of his formal board term.  After years of giving sage advice to Carnival, Gibbs will no longer be part of the management team and will not be involved with the 2020 Festival in an official capacity. “ It's been 14 years!” Gibbs told reporter Stephen Weir. “I was invited to join in 2005 by (the late) Charles Roach.” Gibbs grew up in a musical family and began his career in Barbados singing with Caribbean dance bands in the 1970’s. He joined as lead singer of the Sandpebbles and toured extensively throughout the Caribbean, Canada and the USA. He came to Canada in 1986, and since then Gibbs has worked non-stop within the arts industry. From 1993 until 2013 he was a performing member of COB