Toronto reste en état d’alerte en raison de la fumée des feux de forêt

TORONTO – Toronto demeure en état d’alerte alors que la fumée des feux de forêt continue de recouvrir une grande partie du sud de l’Ontario, y compris la région du Grand Toronto (GTA). L’avertissement orange concernant la qualité de l’air, émis mercredi par Environnement Canada (EC), est encore en vigueur aujourd’hui. L’agence rappelle que « la santé de tout le monde est à risque, quel que soit l’âge ou l’état de santé » – pour lire l’alerte complète, cliquez ici. Continue reading→

Toronto remains on high alert as wildfire smoke worsens air quality

TORONTO — Toronto remains on high alert as wildfire smoke continues to blanket large parts of southern Ontario, including the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The orange air quality warning issued by Environment Canada (EC) on Wednesday remains in effect today, with officials stressing that “everyone’s health is at risk, regardless of age or health status” – to read the entire alert, click here. Continue reading→

CORRIERE CANADESE / Il taccuino mundial del Corriere – La regola della “semifinale fatale”: quando le favorite inciampano

TORONTO – Stade Vélodrome di Marsiglia, 16 giugno 1938. Va in scena la semifinale di questa terza Coppa del Mondo, con la sfida tra l’Italia campione in carica e il Brasile, squadra strafavorita per la vittoria finale. I carioca possono contare sul miglior giocatore del mondo, il super bomber Leonidas – inventore della rovesciata – e sono arrivati in Francia presentando un calcio rivoluzionario per gli standard europei, un calcio fatto di dribbling ubriacanti, tocchi di prima e qualità tecnica nettamente superiore… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>

Incendies de forêt : Toronto enregistre la pire qualité de l’air au monde

TORONTO – Après la chaleur, la fumée : elle est si dense qu’elle a rendu la qualité de l’air à Toronto la pire au monde. L’été s’annonce particulièrement difficile pour la ville, qui s’est réveillée aujourd’hui enveloppée dans une « brume » orange qui, à un moment donné, a complètement masqué le soleil. La cause : la fumée provenant des incendies de forêt – plus de cent – qui font rage depuis plusieurs jours dans le nord-ouest de l’Ontario s’est déplacée vers le sud, faisant de Toronto la ville avec la plus mauvaise qualité de l’air au monde, selon le classement IQAir (mis à jour en temps réel ici), une entreprise qui surveille la qualité de l’air à l’échelle mondiale. Continue reading→

Wildfires: Toronto records the worst air quality in the world

TORONTO – After the heat, the smoke: so thick that it has made Toronto’s air quality the worst in the world. It is proving to be an extremely harsh summer for the city, which woke up today covered in an orange “haze” that, at one point, completely blocked out the sun. The cause: smoke from wildfires – more than 100 – that have been raging for several days in northwestern Ontario has moved south, causing Toronto’s air quality to become the worst globally, according to the IQAir ranking (here, updated in real time), a company that monitors air quality worldwide. Continue reading→

CORRIERE CANADESE / Il taccuino mundial del Corriere – Dal Leone di Wembley alla Manos de Dios va di nuovo in scena la sfida infinita

TORONTO – Qualcosa come 99mila spettatori indemoniati, clima infuocato, un pandemonio. Possiamo solo immaginarlo cosa pensarono gli undici nazionali dell’Argentina quel 9 maggio 1951 a Wembley, data e luogo della prima sfida ufficiale tra l’Albiceleste e l’Inghilterra. L’Argentina si presentò a Londra come la prima nazionale extra-europea in assoluto a fare visita all’Inghilterra nel suo tempio del calcio… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>

CORRIERE CANADESE / Portrait of an Italian Physicist, Gianotti

TORONTO – While the Italian film industry wrestles with bureaucratic funding standstills, Stefano Mordini has set his sights on telling the story of a historic female physicist. His upcoming film, The Mysterious Particle (La particella misteriosa), tackles the life of world-famous physicist Fabiola Gianotti, charting the high-stakes countdown to her historic 2012 announcement of a breakthrough that changed our understanding of the universe… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>