TORONTO – Italian Film Producer Andrea Iervolino just announced that 365 Days star Michele Morrone will be joining the cast of his new movie Maserati: The Brothers, alongside film legend Anthony Hopkins. Morrone will star as Alfieri Maserati, the founding member of the company (formed in 1914), who would later be joined by his brothers Bindo, Ettore and Ernesto. The film follows the family behind the high performance luxury/sports car, perhaps the least known among its competitors when considering brands like Jaguar, Aston Martin, Porsche, Audi or Mercedes.
TORONTO – Thousands of international students who were supposed to study in Ontario will miss the fall semester, after Ottawa announced cuts to study permits in Canada, due to “excessive pressures on public services” and a “shortage of accommodation”, both due to “too many presences” of foreigners in the country (this is the main justification given by the federal government). (more…)
OTTAWA – The federal government will increase the minimum hourly wage that must be paid to temporary foreign workers, in hopes of encouraging employers to hire more Canadian staff in their place. (more…)
TORONTO – The exhibition “La superficie introvabile – The Unfindable Surface: The Explorations of Anna Romanello and Mario Martinelli” was inaugurated in the presence of a large audience.
TORONTO – Historically, relations between France and Italy haven’t always been hunky dory – to put it mildly – and whether it began with Caesar’s beheading of their Gallic Hero Vercingetorix in 49 BC, or with Napoleon’s French Campaign to loot and transport all of Italy’s art masterpieces to Paris, one thing remains clear: the two nations are always up for a good spat, no matter the cause.
