FIFA and France’s Olympic Committee: Fraud
TORONTO – I confess to experiencing deep sense of satisfaction and delight when Canada scored its 2-1 victory against the host country, France, in the first round of Women’s Soccer at the French Olympics, July 28. Read about it in Corriere Canadese’s pages. The Ladies of Soccer in Canada resuscitated their hopes of advancing to the next round, but only so tenuously.
“Frecce Tricolori”, waiting for the Toronto fly-over: here’s when and where to watch
TORONTO – There is great excitement in Toronto, especially among the Italian community, for the Frecce Tricolori fly-over, scheduled for Thursday, the 1th of August. The Italian Air Force provided further details, explaining that the fly-over is scheduled approximately between 4.30pm and 5.30pm in the CN Tower area: therefore downtown Toronto will be the best place to see the Italian “Top Guns” in action and admire the “tricolor” that will make white-red-and-green the sky above the city (the time and location, the Italian Air Force says, are subject to change: updates on social networks of “Aeronautica Militare”). Continue reading→
CORRIERE CANADESE / Una conversazione con Silvia Giulietti
TORONTO – Ho avuto il privilegio di sedermi a Toronto con Silvia Giulietti, produttrice e regista di “Fellinopolis”, “La morte legale” e “Gli angeli nascosti di Luchino Visconti”, per citare solo alcuni dei suoi lavori. Giulietti è stata una delle prime donne, se non la prima, in Italia a lavorare su un set cinematografico come assistente alla macchina da presa, operatrice alla macchina da presa e, infine, direttrice della fotografia…
CORRIERE CANADESE / Toronto acquista due traghetti: $ 92 milioni
TORONTO – Il consiglio comunale di Toronto ha approvato l’ordine di due nuovi traghetti elettrici per sostituire i vecchi attualmente in uso e contribuire ad accelerare il servizio. La decisione di City Hall ha però scatenato malumore soprattutto per il costo elevato che questa implica…
A conversation with Silvia Giulietti
TORONTO – I had the privilege of sitting down in Toronto with Silvia Giulietti, Producer and Director of “Fellinopolis”, “Legal Death” and “Luchino Visconti’s Hidden Angels” – to name a few of her works. Giulietti was one of the first women – if not the first – in Italy to work on a film set as a Camera Assist, camera operator and eventually Director of Photography.
ll Paese delle rose selvatiche in Canada: il contributo dell’Alberta alla nostra Nazione
Il senatore Loffreda scrive del suo recente viaggio in Alberta con un gruppo di senatori.
L’Alberta ospita quasi 5 milioni di canadesi. Con un settore high-tech in forte espansione e un’industria agroalimentare apprezzata in tutto il mondo, rappresenta il cuore dell’industria petrolifera canadese. È anche il luogo che quest’anno ha dato ai canadesi la speranza che Lord Stanley potesse tornare in Canada dopo un’assenza lunga 31 anni. Sono stato tremendamente orgoglioso, questa primavera, di vedere il nostro Paese stringersi intorno ai Campioni della Conferenza dell’Ovest, gli Edmonton Oilers, con tutti i canadesi a fare il tifo per McDavid e la sua squadra, capaci di regalarci brividi ed emozioni al cardiopalma.
Canada’s Wild Rose Country: Alberta’s Contributions to our Nation
Senator Loffreda writes about his recent trip to Alberta with a group of Senators.
Alberta is home to nearly 5 million Canadians. With a booming high-tech sector and a reputable global agri-food industry, it’s the heart of Canada’s oil industry. It’s also the place that gave Canadians hope this year that Lord Stanley would return to Canada after a 31-year drought.
Au pays des roses sauvages du Canada: Les contributions de l’Alberta à notre nation
Le sénateur Loffreda écrit au sujet de son récent voyage en Alberta avec un groupe de sénateurs.
L’Alberta abrite près de 5 millions de Canadiens. Avec un secteur de haute technologie en plein essor et une industrie agroalimentaire de réputée mondiale, c’est le cœur de l’industrie pétrolière du Canada. C’est aussi la région qui a donné aux Canadiens l’espoir que Lord Stanley revienne au pays. J’ai été extrêmement fier de voir notre pays se rallier aux champions de la Conférence de l’Ouest, les Oilers d’Edmonton, alors que nous avons tous soutenu McDavid et son équipe, qui nous ont offert des moments à couper le souffle ce printemps.
Those in need should not be so pretentious
TORONTO – Brazen and in-your-face, that sums up the international diplomatic style of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It works for him. Friends of Israel – there are some; just not in the country’s vicinity – must cringe at the mere thought that “Bibi” is coming to town. Think of the enormous security costs the host has to absorb to accommodate him and the disruption to their own agenda (maybe, just maybe, their own national interests have some validity) they undergo to hear his habitual refrain: “we are your border guards; give us more weapons, more quickly to do our job for your benefit”.
CORRIERE CANADESE / L’antica Roma torna a Hollywood
TORONTO – Sono passati venticinque anni da quando Russell Crowe ha conquistato il pubblico in veste di un generale romano trasformato in schiavo, e ora Hollywood torna con un sequel dell’epoca vincitrice di un Oscar…