OTTAWA – The countdown has begun and Ottawa is preparing for the new round of protests scheduled to begin on Canada Day. Mayor Jim Watson and interim police chief Steve Bell say security plans have been drawn up to allow for safe celebrations on Friday despite the threat of Veterans for Freedom demonstrations.
TORONTO – Maybe they just wanted to be nice and affectionately greet the employees’ return to the office after months and months of smart working. But the workers didn’t like those signs that appeared in a building in downtown Toronto and the company was forced to remove them. “Oxford Properties” had placed signs in the lobby of the building, located at 20 Bay Street, with the words “Seriously, we missed you”, “Miss your sweatpants yet?”, “Bet your dog’s missing you” (in the pic above). (more…)
TORONTO – Education in Ontario is not a priority. To reiterate this paradoxical assumption was monday’s Speech from the Throne, a seven-page document in which the executive listed the new government agenda for the last months of this legislature before the provincial vote in June 2022. (more…)
ROME – Crying to “freedom, freedom”: the people of “Io Apro”, the movement born on socials to protest against anti-Covid restrictions, took to the streets in Rome today. Many fewer, however, the participants compared to previous demonstrations that had seen the presence of thousands of people. (more…)