VANCOUVER – A noir story, set in Italy, written by a Canadian in love with the “Belpaese”: it’s called “Bernini’s Elephant” and it’s the debut novel by Jane Callen, a writer who lives in Vancouver but travels to Italy “every time the fate allows”. The beautiful country and its people are in fact often present in the writings of Jane, author so far of stories published in Grain Magazine, Montreal Writes, Spadina Literary Review, CV7 Short Fiction Anthology Series and White Wall Review, as well as essays published in Accenti Magazine (excerpts of her writings are at www.janecallen.ca). (more…)
The electoral district of Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill is situated in the Regional Municipality of York between Martkam-Stouffville in the east and King-Vaughan in the west. Created in 2015, it is a relatively new district that encompasses the southern part of Aurora and the northern portion of the Town of Richmond Hill.
The provincial electoral district of Hamilton East-Stoney Creek was created in 2007. It is situated at the western tip of Lake Ontario along the southern shore. The riding encompasses part of the City of Hamilton and includes several communities like Stoney Creek that lie north of the Niagara Escarpment.
TORONTO – It may not come as a surprise to China, as the Prime Minister may claim, but I will bet it does to the Chinese community in the country. Canada is not going to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics and Para-Olympics… well, there will not be any Canadian “diplomatic representation”. (more…)
TORONTO – Everyone’s mind is made up. The advance polls are closed. More citizens have voted than expected – 5,780,000 according to the latest Elections Canada estimate (an average of just over 17,100 per constituency) than in past elections. In fact, that represents an 18.48% increase over the turn out at the advance polls in the last election. (more…)