TORONTO – We are not yet in summer but there is already a fire emergency in Canada and the air quality is suffering: in the entire western part of the country, in fact, smoke is creating problems. →
TORONTO – From today the sky in Toronto is more “azzurro”. And for Italian-Canadians eager to rediscover their origins, there is one more opportunity.
TORONTO – ITA Airways’ latest nonstop route from Toronto Pearson to Rome Fiumicino was inaugurated today, after the first flight Rome-Toronto a few hours before: initially, the service will operate six times a week, swiftly progressing to daily flights from June.
The Italian law, in which a Foundling cannot know his/her origins before turning 100, prioritizes the right of a mother’s privacy above all else. The legislation was initially intended to curb the abandonment of newborns and illegal abortion practices, and so was justified in the name of child welfare. This law and a book written by Nancy Newton Verrier in 2007, titled “La Ferita Primaria”, was the inspiration for Alessandro Bardani’s 2015 play and eventual film adaptation titled “Il Più Bel Secolo Della Mia Vita”. It’s a story that as Bardani puts it, “has many facets and deals with a lot”. Except in this case the origin story is kept in a secret file, by law, for 100 years.
QUEBEC – “Cancel culture” is not one-way: it can go in various directions. For example in Quebec, the new Musée National de l’Histoire du Québec will focus specifically on the history of the French-speaking Québécois nation, because what came before (Natives) “is only prehistory”. →
