TORONTO – In 2021, UNESCO officially recognized the remarkable artistic and cultural value of the magnificent fourteenth-century frescoes by Giotto, depicted in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padoa. These frescoes have been included in the World Heritage List. To celebrate this significant acknowledgment, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto (IIC) is proud to present the second stop of the exhibition “The Magic of Giotto”, February 8-29, at Istituto Italiano di Cultura | 496 Huron Street, Toronto.
TORONTO – “The situation in Quebec is unsustainable due to the continuous arrival of asylum seekers”: that’s what Prime Minister François Legault wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking him to slow down the influx of asylum seekers entering the province, which – according to Legault – is approaching a “breaking point”. →
TORONTO – Housing and international students: too many arrivals and too few homes. An issue that is being discussed in recent days and which has seen various positions taken and even points in common – sometimes – between the opposition and the majority. Now, the latest “rumor” is that the government would like to reduce the volume of international students in some provinces. →
EDMONTON – Can you rely on renewable energy when temperatures drop this much? No, according to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. “Right now, wind is generating almost no power. When renewables are unreliable, as they are now, natural gas plants must increase capacity to keep Albertans safe,” she wrote on Friday on social media after the Province’s grid operator launched an appeal to consumers inviting them to save electricity to protect the system. →
TORONTO — Canada’s international student immigration system is “out of control.” You can expect such a statement from a member of the opposition. Instead, a minister said so. And not even just any minister: the federal minister of Immigration, the one who should be the director of that “control”: Mark Miller. But his words actually sound like an accusation towards those who preceded him in the Ministry of Immigration: his cabinet colleague Sean Fraser. Bad vibes in Trudeau’s government…
