“Help me find the Toronto
of my childhood”

TORONTO – “ I just want to search for my past and I realize things don’t remain the same and change over the years…”: Rosanna Natale, immigrated in Canada from Italy since 1959, is trying to retrace the paths of her childhood and youth: she has already found many traces and she’s halfway through her search, but she still has some steps missing and she asks for help from the readers of Corriere Canadese, the italian newspaper in Toronto,  in order to retrace them. Continue reading→

EXCLUSIVE Tcdsb and Minister Lecce in legal troubles

[GTranslate]TORONTO – Enough is enough! It was expected that Del Grande would fight back. An Application for Judicial Review (JR) between Michael Del Grande and the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) has been filed in Divisional Court. Understandably, it took a while to materialize in its final version.

In its reading, it resembles a thin veil pulled back that reveals the governance rot beneath the surface that has been afflicting Catholic education boards and the TCDSB in particular. It also exposes the perverse – even illegal – meddling by Queen’s Park in areas arguably beyond its jurisdiction.Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>

The Pope’s video message
to the Iraqis: “We will pray
all together”

[GTranslate]VATICAN CITY – “Dear brothers and sisters in Iraq, assalam lakum!”: thus begins the video message that Pope Francis posted on the net – launching it with a tweet – to greet “Iraqi friends” on the eve of his trip to Iraq. A journey of peace and for peace, Bergoglio underlines, to “pray together and walk together”, all of them, “in the sign of Father Abraham, who brings together Muslims, Jews and Christians in a single family”. Continue reading→

DIFFICULTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES. ” MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”

My trip to the Philippines was precipitated by my need to connect with my older surviving siblings. When I arrived in January 2020, I immediately sought my older brother who had a stroke a few years back and who recently lost his beloved wife. He was glad to see me, despite him being unable to talk and wheelchair-bound. My sister who lived thirty minutes away also was very glad to see me. Continue reading→

Mexico demands $ 500 million from First Majestic Silver Corp
AMLO seeks support from Canada for the mining company to cover its income taxes

Mexico’s president asked Ottawa through its Embassy in Mexico to support the Canadian mining company First Majestic Silver Corp. to cover its tax obligations, which it estimates of $500 million dollars.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said: “Hopefully, the Embassy of Canada in Mexico will make them come to their senses. We cannot allow mining companies not to pay taxes”, and added: “In Canada -as in any country- companies pay for the extraction of minerals. We don’t want to increase taxes; we just want them to pay”. Continue reading→

Update of the Covid-19 Landscape

 

[GTranslate]Globally, there have been over 108 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 81 million have recovered and more than 2.3 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.

Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of February 14, 2021, at 10:30am (EST).