TORONTO – After the bedrooms in retirement homes, here come the student dormitories as “houses”: Premier Doug Ford wants to include anything equipped with a bed in the “list” of homes under construction in Ontario to be able to reach the announced 10-year housing goal of building 1.5 million homes. →
TORONTO – School-trustee Michael Del Grande of the TCDSB (Toronto Catholic District School Board) has presented – last March 21st – a motion that will be discussed and voted at the board meeting on April 23 to require every school in the TCDSB, and the offices of the District, to fly the international pro-life flag, every year, in the month of May, starting this year. →
TORONTO – It’s eclipse day in Toronto, tomorrow. A total solar eclipse, an event which was last observed in Toronto in 1925 and which will only be seen again in 2144. “An unrepeatable event” (for those living now…), Robert Cockcroft, professor of astronomy and physics at McMaster University, said on Thursday to CTV. A very rare event because it occurs “when you get the perfect alignment between the Moon and the Sun, and it’s just a coincidence that they appear on the same side of the sky. Also, the Sun is about 400 times larger than the Moon, but it’s also 400 times farther from Earth, so they appear exactly the same size” only at that exact moment. →
TORONTO – The election is at least two years away, but it is never too early to get ready, most notably after two disastrous campaigns based on nebulous (I am being overly kind), contentious social policies and uncommitted campaign organization. The Provincial Liberal “brain trust” did its very most to alienate its traditional base in a zealous pursuit of the “progressive” electorate, which had already migrated to the NDP. Outcomes would have been predictable – even for neophytes.
TORONTO – Muitas pessoas participaram da procissão da Sexta-feira Santa, organizada pela igreja de San Francesco d’Assisi. “Foi uma procissão linda, correu muito bem, mas se o tempo estivesse bom teria ainda mais gente”, diz Anna Simonetta Bicci, que faz parte da comissão organizadora juntamente com o pároco da igreja, padre Massimo Buttigigieg, sem esconder a satisfação, Joe Martino, John Coletti, Rita Moretti, Betta Rutigliano e Maurizio Bicci.
