Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of May 3, 2022, at 8:40pm EST.
On Tuesday, health officials in Russia logged 5,466 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 18.2 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases 96.5% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 125 Covid-related deaths for a total of 376,292 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.
Long lines at Pearson Airport, enraged passengers
TORONTO – Due to longer-than-usual queues at security, travelers about to board a plane are asked to arrive at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport at least two hours earlier than their flights.
The election campaign begins: NDP and Liberals challenge Ford
TORONTO – Election campaign kicks off in Ontario. With the dissolution of the provincial assembly, requested today by outgoing Prime Minister Doug Ford during his meeting with Deputy Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell, the countdown has officially started in view of the appointment at the polls on June 2nd. Of course, the start set for today is a purely formal element. In fact, both the majority party – the Progressive Conservative – and the opposition forces began their election campaign as early as last month. Just think that only last week Steven Del Duca’s Liberal Party and Andra Horwath’s NDP presented the entire programmatic platform for the next provincial elections.
Enough of practice, it is finally time to play for real
TORONTO – Our political cycle is quite like sports and the analogies, images and metaphors will reflect overlapping experiences. Those who seek our vote will try to make themselves relevant to our understanding of life or conjure up images that they, or more precisely, their consultants think are important – in the moment.
Mississauga-Lakeshore: A battleground district between the PC and the Liberals
As the provincial election campaign gets underway, changes in the political landscape are brewing in some ridings. The outcome following the June 2 vote may turn out new leaders in some GTA districts. One area to watch is Mississauga-Lakeshore (formally Mississauga South prior to 2015).
Covid-19 in Ontario, hospitalizations return to rise
TORONTO – The weekend has passed, the data provided by the hospitals are more complete and here are the hospitalizations: 1,699 patients registered today in Ontario, against 1,423 on Monday, when not all hospitals had yet communicated their data. Continue reading→
Daily update of Ontario’s Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 32.7 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on May 3, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 22,040 vaccine doses on Monday, up from 6,015 doses the day prior.
L’onorevole Nissoli in Connecticut per incontrare la comunità italiana
CONNECTICUT – Ha avuto inizio il primo maggio il viaggio dell’onorevole Fucsia Nissoli Fitzgerald, deputata di Forza Italia eletta in Nord e Centro America, tra le comunità italiane negli Stati Uniti ed in particolare in Connecticut: un “tour” finalizzato ad ascoltare le esigenze dei connazionali residenti all’estero. Continue reading→
“La perseveranza è la corona della virtù”: diretta streaming per i Calabresi nel mondo
PAOLA (Cosenza) – Casa Calabria International il 4 maggio 2022 ore 9 a.m (ora italiana), presenta “La perseveranza è la corona della virtù”, evento in diretta che sarà trasmesso in streaming sul canale 76 Telemia, sulla pagina Facebook di Casa Calabria International, dal Santuario di San Francesco di Paola (in provincia di Cosenza, in Calabria, Italia) con una serie di focus a cui parteciperanno diverse associazioni di Calabresi nel mondo.
Journée de l’Europe 2022 au Canada: toutes les célébrations programmées
OTTAWA – Chaque année, les Européens du monde entier célèbrent la Journée de l’Europe le 9 mai, en souvenir d’un moment important pour l’histoire de l’Europe. Dans son discours du 9 mai 1950, connu sous le nom de « Déclaration Schuman », Robert Schuman, ministre français des affaires étrangères, a appelé les nations européennes à s’unir après les ravages de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.