Year: 2025

CORRIERE CANADESE / Commitment and Celebration in Northwest Toronto

TORONTO – It seems as only yesterday when, ten years ago, the Hospital known affectionately as Humber River HealthHRH, (and its companion entity, Humber River Health Foundation,HRHF) opened its doors to the general public as the re-incarnation of three publicly funded hospitals servicing the area of what used to be known as the communities of Weston and Downsview. The claim of the day was that it would be the first fully digitized healthcare hospital in the GTA. It was… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Impegno e festeggiamenti a Toronto

TORONTO – Sembra ieri, dieci anni fa, che l’ospedale conosciuto come Humber River Health, HRH, (e la sua entità gemella, la Humber River Health Foundation, HRHF) apriva le porte al pubblico come reincarnazione di tre ospedali finanziati con fondi pubblici che servivano l’area di quelle che un tempo erano note come le comunità di Weston e Downsview. L’annuncio del giorno era che sarebbe stato il primo ospedale completamente digitalizzato nella GTA. E lo è stato… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>

There’s a lack of will to abandon fossil fuels: (also) COP30 is a failure

BELEM (Brazil) – COP 30 has once again proved to be a flop, as was the case with COP 29 last year in Baku, Azerbaijan (as we wrote here). This time, the United Nations Conference of the Parties on climate change — held in Belem, Brazil, a few days ago — almost collapsed, but a compromise was ultimately reached: a final political agreement was unanimously approved by the 195 states that participated in the conference (with Donald Trump’s United States absent). But it’s a sham agreement: there is no explicit reference to a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and gas.