We are still on (Covid 19) pandemic

TORONTO – Canada appears to be in turmoil as she entered 2025, with soaring food prices, homelessness and political instability. The Liberal Party is at its lowest in the polls. It seems to me that the whole world has been shaken and has turned upside down from the government sector to the private one, it looks like a lot has changed. The status quo that we are so familiar with as a routine has totally turned 180 degrees in a manner of speaking. It’s so hard to be negative when you are so accustomed to positive reporting. When you see a lot of negative things you are compelled to say it as it is.

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Michele Morrone returns to Netflix

TORONTO – He may not be the most acclaimed or even busiest actor in Italy, but Michele Morrone is arguably the most followed and adored Italian screen actor outside of his home country. This is of course taking into account the scores of female fans [across all demographics] who circle him at every public appearance like sharks swarming a kill. Morrone rose to fame playing Don Massimo Torricelli, a Sicilian Crime Boss who “courts and seduces” a woman by kidnapping her for 365 days. Following the 50 Shades of Grey act – another book-turned-film about a BDSM affair – Morrone’s 365 film put to rest any doubt that the female gaze is every bit as perverse, or worse, than the male’s. 

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On the “tracks” of emigration with the music by David Zucchi

 TORONTO – “Mandi” in the Friulian language (an Italian dialect, spoken in the North of the BelPaese) means “goodbye”. It is a farewell formula, with a rather varied etymology: it can be understood as a reduction of “m’arcomandi” (“I recommend”) or of the Latin expression “manus Dei” (“hand of God”), in the sense of “may you remain in the hands of God”.  Continue reading

CORRIERE CANADESE / Tasse sulle case: le istruzioni in dodici lingue, ma non in Italiano

TORONTO – Un’informazione importante per gli abitanti di una città estremamente multietnica come Toronto deve essere “costruita” in modo tale che possa raggiungere tutti, qualunque sia la loro provenienza. Dunque, non solo le due lingue ufficiali del Canada, cioè Inglese e Francese, ma anche molte altre, quantomeno quelle delle principali comunità… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>