TORONTO – After a despairing week which included the death
Read More >>>Lady Pech, the Mayan guardian of bees, will give a talk in Canada
Monsanto controls 90% of the international seed market and is a world leader in the production of herbicides. She, barely a two-hectare plot of land where she grows honey to support her family. However, Leydy Pech, the Mayan guardian of the bees, faced and beat the multinational. Continue reading→
Lady Pech, la guardiana maya de las abejas, dará una charla en Canadá
Monsanto controla un 90% del mercado internacional de semillas y es líder mundial en la producción de herbicidas. Ella, apenas tiene un terreno de dos hectáreas donde cultiva miel para mantener a su familia. Sin embargo, Leydy Pech, la guardiana maya de las abejas, se enfrentó y le ganó a la multinacional. Continue reading→
Crisis deja a venezolanos en Canadá en el limbo
El éxodo venezolano podría convertirse en la mayor crisis migratoria del 2021
Más de cinco millones de venezolanos han abandonado su país en los últimos años, y a pesar de que Canadá encabeza el Grupo de Lima que reconoce la problemática venezolana y promueve la acogida y apoyo a los venezolanos no ha abierto programas de reunificación o refugio para los desplazados. Continue reading→
Crisis leaves Venezuelans in Canada in limbo Venezuelan
exodus could become the biggest migration crisis of 2021
More than five million Venezuelans have left their country in recent years, and despite the fact that Canada heads the Lima Group that recognizes the Venezuelan problems and promotes reception and support for Venezuelans, it has not opened reunification or refugee programs for the displaced. Continue reading→
In Ontario 1,316 new infected and 16 deaths
[GTranslate]TORONTO – March 9, 2021: Canada yesterday stood at 895,809 positives for Covid-19, an increase of 3,208 more cases than in the previous 24 hours. The number of victims – nationwide – yesterday reached 22,332 total deaths, 37 more than on Tuesday. In Canada yesterday the number of recovered people from the coronavirus stood at 843,019. Ontario yesterday reached 312,428 overall positives, an increase of 1,316 new cases compared to Tuesday. The total number of victims in Ontario has meanwhile risen to 7,099, with 16 more deaths than the previous day. The number of recovered people in the province rose to 294,018, or 1.212 more than the previous 24 hours. There are 908 cases so far registered in Ontario of the English variant of Covid, 39 of the South African variant and 17 of the Brazilian variant. Continue reading→
Long Term Care, McGeer: “Proposals ignored because they are expensive”
[GTranslate]TORONTO – Hire thousands of personal support workers (PSW) and place infection control specialists in long-term care homes, – as has been done in Quebec – a system to allow hospitals to support the long-term care industry and to ensure seniors don’t have to share a room in three or four. These are some of the various proposals Ontario doctors have made to protect LTC residents but which the government has rejected “as too expensive.” Continue reading→
La ricetta del giorno: Sedanini con bietoline e pancetta
Ingredienti per 4 persone:
– 320 g di sedanini
– 650 g di bietoline
– 150 g di pancetta affumicata
– 1 limone
– 0,5 dl di brandy
– 2 spicchi d’aglio
– 3 cucchiai di olio EV
– 1 cucchiaino di paprica dolce
– 1 cucchiaino di paprica piccante
– 60 g di noci tritate
– 40 g di grana a scaglie
– sale e pepe
Preparazione: Taglia a julienne la scorza del limone e trita grossolanamente le bietoline. Continue reading→
Media ethics, distortion of the facts; amid death threats
[GTranslate]TORONTO – We journalists are a bad lot. We have the uncomfortable habit of anchoring ourselves to the facts; our daily work revolves around the continuous search for news that has a factual basis. This modus operandi is sometimes irksome; sometimes it is ignored, sometimes it is criticized, sometimes even distorted and used against us. Continue reading→
Update of the Covid-19 Landscape
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[GTranslate]Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of March 10, 2021, at 1:30pm (EST).
Globally, there have been over 117 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 94 million people have recovered and more than 2.6 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.
Egyptian embassy retrieves pharaonic artifact smuggled into Canada
[GTranslate]Egyptian ambassador to Canada, Ahmed Abu Zeid, on Tuesday received a bronze artifact of the god “Bastet” belonging to the ancient Egyptian civilization, in a ceremony attended by a limited number of officials due to the COVID-19 precautions, including senior officials of the Ministries of Heritage and Foreign Affairs, the Canadian Border Services Agency, and correspondents from the major news channels in Canada. Continue reading→
