TORONTO – Comic relief. That is the literary term for the sequence of events introduced in a particularly serious or tragic moment in a staged narrative. As a poetic device, it has been used by poets and dramatists of various renown with varying degrees of success. I went to an all-boys school. Our teachers had to drill (forcibly) the humanness inherent in the need to exemplify the ability to appreciate that a narrative did not always have to be ruthless.
TORONTO – Their dream was to come to Canada and build a better future for their family. And they were succeeding, despite the enormous sacrifices required of those who can only rely on their own strength. They were succeeding until something, as sometimes happens, interrupted that already difficult path to happiness. (more…)
TORONTO – Less than one year after reaching a population of 40 million, Canada has crossed a new milestone: as of Wednesday morning, the population is at 41 million, according to Statistics Canada’s real-time “tracker”. (more…)
TORONTO – Continua il braccio di ferro sulla carbon tax fra il primo ministro Justin Trudeau ed i premier(s) del Canada: in una lettera inviata ai sette premier che chiedono lo stop dell’imminente aumento della tassa (il 1° aprile) – tra i quali anche il premier liberale di Terranova e Labrador, Andrew Furey – il primo ministro scrive che “ci sono diversi fattori che influenzano l’inflazione…
TORONTO – 48 veicoli per un valore complessivo di poco meno di 4 milioni di dollari sono stati sequestrati nell’ambito di una operazione sotto copertura della polizia di Toronto incentrata sul traffico, la spedizione e la rivendita di veicoli rubati…
