TORONTO – Nick Tosches’ 2002 novel “In the Hands of Dante”, recently adapted to film and directed by Julian Schnabel, is now in post-production. Tosches, whose grandparents emigrated from Foggia, Puglia to New York in the late 19th century, began his writing career for Rock Magazines Creem and Rolling Stone in the 70s, before penning his breakout biography of Jerry Lee Lewis – which charmed some notable industry professionals in the entertainment world.
TORONTO – Canada, which has always been considered “the country of welcome and inclusion”, is slowly becoming one of the most exclusive (in the literal sense of the word) places in the world. According to government data obtained by Reuters and published today (read it here: Border crackdown: Canada turning away more foreigners), in fact, Canada is closing its doors to more visitors and temporary residents, rejecting an ever-increasing number of people who reach its borders with official documents and therefore not clandestinely or fraudulently. →
TORONTO – Provincial premiers have long been “crying” about “insufficient” (in their view) federal contributions to their health spending, but the reality is different, according to an analysis of two decades of health financing data, by Canadian Press with Humber College’s StoryLab: Federal transfers always grew year after year. →
The Senator Tony Loffreda travelled to England earlier this month to attend the Oxford Symposium on Employee Ownership since Canada recently amended the Income Tax Act to allow for employee ownership trusts. His visit to England was very rewarding and educational which he wrote about in this column.
TORONTO – Milan-native Carolina Cavalli, a budding new filmmaking talent whose directorial debut “Amanda” garnered three David Di Donatello nominations in 2023, has recently commenced shooting her follow-up film – “The Kidnapping of Arabella”.
