LONDON – On occasion of the mourning of the passing of HRH Elizabeth II, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau gave an unrehearsed tribute to Queen with his rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Below is a video taken by Sami Parvez and published on YouTube.
VAUGHAN – The mayor of Vaughan, Maurizio Bevilacqua, will not run again in the next municipal elections, next 24 October.
The news was announced by Bevilacqua himself, during a gala tonight in Vaughan, where the mayor also celebrated his birthday.
“The city is in good shape,” Bevilacqua told those who asked him the reason for his decision.
TORONTO – Carpenters’ strike in the ICI sector will be continuing into its third week as of Tuesday May 24th, 2022.
Principles Integrity, a firm that has been providing the TCDSB with legal advice relative to Trustees’ Code of Conduct issues (the Integrity Commissioner, IC), today provided the TCDSB with written notice that it will no longer provide services to the school board.
VATICAN CITY – He had repeatedly expressed his desire to go to Canada where the Church is engaged in an important process of reconciliation with the indigenous people. And this morning the official announcement arrived: Pope Francis will go to Canada, from 24 to 29 July (when we will leave to come back to Rome), and will stop in Alberta, Quebec and Nunavut, “accepting the invitation of the civil authorities, ecclesiastical and indigenous communities” as the director of the Vatican Press Office, Matteo Bruni, said. This is the Pope’s 38th apostolic journey, which will touch the cities of Edmonton, Québec and Iqaluit. (more…)