TORONTO – YCDSB’s Director of Education, Domenic Scuglia, announced his retirement today, after 41 years of service in various educational institutions since 1982. A sudden, unexpected announcement. →
OTTAWA – A few months ago, the presence of the former Ukrainian veteran Yaroslav Hunka in the House of Commons on the occasion of the visit of President Volodymyr Zelensky led to the resignation of Speaker Anthony Rota, after it emerged that Hunka had also fought for Nazi Germany. Now, it turns out that the former veteran was actually also invited by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with other Ukrainian veterans, to attend an event in Toronto honoring Zelensky. →
TORONTO – Big news is coming for all public transport users who travel between Toronto and the GTA: the Ontario government has launched “One Fare”, an initiative that will save passengers, according to calculations by Province, an average of $1,600 each year. Starting from February 26, 2024, in fact, passengers will pay only once when they transfer from one TTC vehicle to another transport company in the Toronto metropolitan area (Brampton, Durham, York and Mississauga). Including GO Transit. →
OTTAWA – More than 15 per cent of immigrants who arrived in Canada from 1982 to 2017 ended up leaving the country within twenty years. That’s what emerges from a new study by Statistics Canada. According to the report, first and foremost, the likelihood of a new immigrant leaving reaches its highest probability in the first few years after admission, with those three to seven years earlier most likely to leave. This reaches a peak of around 1.4% in the fourth and fifth years, then begins to decline until after 15 years, when it fluctuates between 0.6 and 0.7%. →
Senator Loffreda shares with us his monthly column. For his first column of 2024, the Senator opted to write, exceptionally, a long piece in which he reflects on his heritage as a Canadian of Italian descent and looks back fondly on his most recent visit to Italy last summer to take part in the Walk for Remembrance and Peace in honour of our Canadian soldiers who participated in Operation Husky in 1943. The Senator’s visit also coincided with the inauguration of a new community centre in Muccia and a new student residence at the university in Camerino for which the Italian-Canadian community had raised funds after the 2016 earthquakes that struck Italy. At the bottom of the article, a photo gallery from Senator’s visit to Italy. →
