TORONTO – For years the Torino and Rome Film Festivals have jockeyed with each other for the title of “second biggest festival” in Italy, behind Venice’s Biennale Cinema. While Rome’s festival was founded in 2006, twenty-four years after Torino’s inaugural event, the sheer aura of Rome’s host venue – Parco della Musica – and the Ancient city’s ability to attract international stars afford Rome a clear advantage. Yet Torino’s festival organizers continue to offer filmmakers attractive programs, arguably more intriguing than Rome’s – and this year is no different.
Report from the Chair of the Canadian Chapter of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF
Senator Loffreda travelled to Washington last week to participate, as Chair of the Canadian chapter of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, in the 2024 Global Parliamentary Forum. He wrote about his experience in this column.
TORONTO – Stefano Croci and Silvia Siberini’s “challenging” and intriguing documentary The Pavilion on the Water recently screened at the ADFF (Architecture & Design Film Festival), hosted by TIFF Lightbox near Toronto’s Entertainment District. The documentary, about Venetian Architect Carlo Scarpa, was almost entirely attended by professors and students of architecture and [of course] bonafide working architects, confirmed by a show of hands in the preamble to the screening.
TORONTO – After China and India, Israel now also has difficulty relating with Canada, at least according to what emerges from the words of the Israeli ambassador to Canada: the war that began a year ago in the Middle East has put a strain on his country’s strong and enduring relationship with Canada. →
TORONTO – Ontario’s deficit for the period 2024-25 has shrunk by $3.2 billion: provincial Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced today in the government’s autumn economic statement, entitled “Building Ontario For You ”.
