September 8, 2021 | Canadian National Multilingual Newsgroup

Everyone at school tomorrow, but it’s a leap in the dark

by Marzio Pelù September 8, 2021August 25, 2023

TORONTO – The long-awaited day, that of returning to school after months and months, has also arrived for the students of the Toronto administrations, both public and Catholic. And it could be a good day, were it not for the thousand unknowns that loom also due to the delays in the reorganization of schools, necessary with the pandemic still underway. These first two days, then – tomorrow and Friday, then all at home again for the weekend – will be nothing more than a kind of “rehearsal” of what will happen during the school year. Impossible to predict, however, what will happen. (more…)

The Taliban: “No sport for Afghan women”

by Marzio Pelù September 8, 2021August 25, 2023

KABUL – You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. And this still rings true for the Taliban. So, after the first “proclamations” (“we have changed”, “we will respect the Afghan people”, “women will have government roles”, etc, etc.), day after day the truth came out. (more…)

Bernier, the great unknown of these elections

by Francesco Veronesi September 8, 2021August 25, 2023

TORONTO – An unknown, indecipherable, and unpredictable factor on this federal election. Twelve days before the polls, with polls confirming the Conservative party’s lead over Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, the presence of the People’s Party threatens to upset the balance and balance of power between the political forces running for the September 20 vote. For now we do not talk about it, or rather we talk about it little. The movement founded and led by Maxime Bernier at the baptism of fire in the 2019 elections did not do very well: just 294 thousand votes throughout the country, equal to 1.6 percent, no elected deputies and the same leader beaten in his electoral district of Beauce by former party comrade Richard Lehoux. (more…)

Honoré-Mercier stands as a Liberal stronghold

by Priscilla Pajdo September 8, 2021August 25, 2023

The electoral district of Honoré-Mercier in Quebec appears poised for another Liberal victory. Formerly known as Anjou-Rivière-des-Prairies, it is located east of the constituencies of Bourassa and Saint-Léonard – Saint-Michel and includes parts of the city of Montréal.

For the sixth time, Pablo Rodriguez, current MP, is seeking re-election for the Liberals. (more…)

Daily update of Ontario’s Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign

by Priscilla Pajdo September 8, 2021August 25, 2023

With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 20.9 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. On September 8, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 38,174 vaccine doses on Tuesday, up from 14,391 doses the day prior.