Welcome to the Canadian National Multilingual News Group (CNMNG). This is a project made possible through funding by Canadian Heritage. CNMNG aims to gather news researched and written by a corps of Canadian-based journalists/writers from the country’s multilingual community groups. The overall goal is to inform, analyze and critique the issues of the day in a professional manner and to provide that to publishers and editors active in the ethnocultural-multilingual press and media whose experience provides them with a perspective that is sensitive to news relevant to their own language group.
The question that every parent, teacher and student has been asking for a long time and that will return as a woodworm in September, is one: how safe are schools when it comes to Covid-19 transmission? A Canadian study tried to answer the question. (more…)
Twenty arrests and the seizure of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana worth $61 million, in what Toronto police call the largest drug seizure in its history. This is the result of an investigation dubbed “Project Brisa” that lasted for six months focusing on an international drug-smuggling ring: over a thousand kilograms of drugs were transported to Canada from Mexico and California in the hidden compartments of trucks with modified trailers. (more…)
Starting July 5, Canada will lift restrictions on international travel for fully vaccinated passengers arriving in Canada. (more…)
As his government swings between ups and downs in popularity – in recent times lower than high – Ontario Premier Doug Ford has decided to make a reshuffle of the government. (more…)
The controversy is becoming more and more heated. Last year, the Ontario premier Doug Ford pledged to make air conditioning mandatory in every nursing home, including residents’ rooms, but his government awarded construction contracts for new facilities that don’t include air conditioning systems throughout the building. (more…)
Students who intend to live in the residences of two of Toronto’s largest universities, when classes resume in September, will have to prove that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. (more…)
The Kamloops Residential School
The Ontario government will spend $10 million to examine the soil of eighteen residential schools in Ontario and to preserve and commemorate the remains found. Provincial Premier Doug Ford announced today that the money, which will be spread over three years, will be part of the “indigenous-led” effort to identify, protect and commemorate “the burial sites of Indian residential schools.” (more…)
Twenty-year-old Nathaniel Veltman appeared in court yesterday via video link accused of intentionally running over and killing a Muslim family in London. The 20-year-old who has so far been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, is now also accused of terrorism. (more…)
Ontarians who received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be able to receive the second dose after eight weeks. Once again, the government changes its mind. And it does so just two days later. (more…)
Ontario accelerates on vaccines. Following pressure from doctors and health experts, the increase in the supply of vaccines – and especially the spread of the Delta variant – from Monday those who reside in hotspots will be able to book their appointment to receive the second dose. (more…)
The backlog of structural interventions in Ontario schools since the Ford government took office has increased by a billion dollars to $16.8 billion. This information was revealed by the Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce. (more…)
The four family members who were run over and killed in London on Sunday in what police say was “an attack on their Muslim faith” have been identified. (more…)
What was supposed to be a quiet walk on a hot Sunday in early June ended in tragedy. The drama – which according to the London Police Service was premeditated and motivated by hatred – took place at an intersection in northwest London. (more…)
TORONTO – Ontario’s government is pushing the accelerator. Starting tomorrow, it will offer appointments for the administration of the second dose to people aged 70 and over. Under the original plan, the group over 70 was not to have access to book until June 14, and those who received the first dose before April 18 could not be able to rebook until June 28. (more…)
Doug Ford seems to be adamant. Schools will remain closed until autumn. Sources told CTV News Toronto that members of the government’s planning and priorities committee met on Monday and decided not to allow schools to reopen for the final weeks of the school year, even on a regional basis. The measure was finalized today. (more…)
Bookings were opened yesterday for the early administration of the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines for Ontario residents aged 80 and over. (more…)
Schools can reopen safely on a regional basis, there is no risk of nullifying the progress made by the province in reducing the spread of the virus during the third wave. This is what the COVID-19 Science Advisory Table of Ontario says. (more…)
The long-awaited official apology has finally arrived. Today, as promised in 2019, the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, apologized to the Italian-Canadians for the internment suffered in World War II. More than 600 Italian-Canadians were interned after Italy declared war on the Allies in 1940, while 31,000 people were reported as “foreign enemies”. (more…)
As the tam tam of parents, pediatricians, psychologists and the Hospital for Sich Children calling on the government to reopen schools ‘immediately’ is growing, Health Minister Elliott has broken her silence by saying that “it is possible that the government may opt for a regional approach.” (more…)
Por Mariella Policheni — Video: Luis Aparicio
O Canadá é um país a duas velocidades durante esta pandemia da Covid: enquanto que em algumas províncias há evidências tímidas de alívio das restrições, em outras, estão a ser implementadas restrições adicionais para conter a propagação do vírus.
O Ontário, como o premier Doug Ford anunciou na passada quinta-feira, vai reabrir em três etapas, em intervalos de 21 dias: a fase um está prevista para começar a 14 de junho. (more…)
Article by Mariella Policheni – Translation and Video by Cristiana Petrescu
TORONTO – Canada este o țară in două viteze în perioada pandemiei cauzate de Covid: în timp ce în unele provincii încep teste timide de relaxare a restricțiilor, în altele sunt puse în aplicare restricții suplimentare pentru a stopa răspândirea virusului. (more…)
TORONTO – Canada is a two-speed country during this Covid pandemic: while in some provinces there is tentative evidence of loosening restrictions, in others further restrictions are implemented to stem the spread of the virus.
Ontario, as Premier Doug Ford announced last Thursday, will reopen in three steps at 21-day intervals: phase one is expected to begin on June 14. (more…)
The end of the school year is approaching in giant strides. In fact, just over a month is missing at the end of a year among the most complicated and tortuous between face-to-face lessons and remote teaching, anti-Covid-19 protocols to follow, infections between teachers and students and various difficulties. Meanwhile, everything is silent. (more…)
Dopo 70 anni Curon Venosta è riemersa, almeno temporaneamente, dall’acqua. L’unica testimonianza visibile del paese della provincia autonoma di Bolzano in Trentino-Alto Adige che normalmente affiora dalle acque del lago di Resia è il campanile romanico della chiesa di Sant’Anna. (more…)
After 70 years Curon Venosta has re-emerged, at least temporarily, from the water. The only visible evidence of the town in the autonomous province of Bolzano in Trentino-Alto Adige that normally emerges from the waters of Lake Resia is the Romanesque bell tower of the church of Sant’Anna. (more…)
Following the Ontario government’s decision to allow families to choose for the 2021-2022 school year between face-to-face learning and distance learning, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has informed parents that the decision will not need to be made until mid-August. (more…)
Por Mariella Policheni — Video: Luis Aparicio
“As pessoas têm o direito de saber o que o governo de Ford fez certo e o que fez errado”. Isto foi o que a líder do NDP, Andrea Horwath, disse ontem de manhã, durante uma conferência de imprensa realizada em frente ao Queen’s Park, durante a qual ela pediu um inquérito judicial independente sobre a resposta do governo à pandemia da Covid-19. (more…)
“People have a right to know what the Ford government got right and what il got wrong.” This is what NDP leader Andrea Horwath said yesterday morning, during a press conference held in front of Queen’s Park, during which she called for an independent judicial inquiry into the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “A judicial inquiry is absolutely necessary – said Horwath – it is necessary because we no longer want to see a government that makes a health emergency like the one we have experienced worse rather than better. The bottom line is that we can’t move forward without providing clear answers to Ontarians, without bringing them justice.” (more…)
Autor – Mariella Policheni — Video: Cristiana Petrescu
TORONTO – Este timpul să facem un bilanț. Odată ce anul școlar 2020-2021 se apropie de sfârșit pe măsură ce studenții din Ontario urmează cursuri online, profesorii fac rezumatul unui an care va intra în istorie din cauza incertitudinilor, problemelor și liniilor directoare cauzate de pandemia Covid-19. Predarea la distanță alternând cu lecțiile față în față, școlile deschise și școlile închise din cauza răspândirii infecțiilor si a profesorilor și copiilor in carantina, acest an scolar care peste mai puțin de o lună va fi declarat oficial încheiat, cu siguranță nu a fost unul obisnuit. (more…)
It’s time for analysis. With the 2020-2021 school year coming to an end as Ontario students are taking online classes, teachers are examining a year characterized for uncertainties, problems, and guidelines caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. (more…)
TORONTO – The positive trend in Ontario regarding the Covid-19 emergency continues. There were 2,170 new infections reported yesterday, down slightly from the 2,199 cases confirmed on Sunday. The latest count is a significant decrease from the 2,716 infections reported on Monday, May 10.
The number of deaths related to the virus also fell: yesterday there were four, the lowest daily death toll recorded since 22 March: overall deaths in the province rose to 8,489. (more…)
Ontario teachers’ unions are criticizing Premier Doug Ford’s comments that schools remain closed because of them. “The school situation remains a major concern for many parents – said Ford – on the one hand, we have some doctors who say they want to open schools. On the other hand, we have teachers’ unions saying we can’t do that right now. (more…)
Artículo escrito por Mariella Policheni
El siguiente año escolar en las escuelas secundarias de Ontario, adoptaran la subdivisión en cuatro meses, como este ano. Esto es lo que dijo el portavoz de la escuela del distrito del consejo escolar de Toronto (TDSB) Ryan Bird. “El ministerio de educación ha ordenado a todas las juntas escolares, incluido el TDSB, a seguir un programa que enfatiza más posible división en grupos de estudiantes, lo que se traduce en el modelo trimestral -Bird le dijo a CP24: lo sabemos que eso no funciona para todos y continuamos explorando formas para mejorar el programa diario teniendo en cuenta la cantidad de minutos necesarios y todo ese tipo de cosas, pero por ahora estamos tratando de seguir la dirección del Ministerio Público de Educación. (more…)
Translation and Video: Betul Sarikaya
Okul yılının bitiminden yaklaşık bir buçuk ay sonra, çocuklarının sınıflara dönüp dönmeyeceğini öğrenmek isteyen velilerin baskısi altında kalan hükümet,bu konu hakkinda sessiz kalmaya devam ediyor. (more…)
The next school year in Ontario’s high schools will also be divided into ‘quadmester’. That’s what Toronto District School Board (TDSB) spokesman Ryan Bird said. “The Ministry of Education has ordered all school boards, including the TDSB, to follow a program that emphasizes as much as possible the division into groups of students, which translates into the “quadmester model” (more…)
Mariella Policheni — Video: Cristiana Petrescu
TORONTO – Cu aproximativ o lună și jumătate inainte de sfârșitul anului școlar, guvernul presat de părinți, care vor să știe dacă copiii lor se vor întoarce în sălile de clasă, continuă să pastreze tacerea. După cum se spune, uneori trebuie să citim printre rânduri, adică să ghicim ceea ce nu se spune. (more…)
Por Mariella Policheni — Video: Luis Apapricio
Cerca de um mês e meio após o fim do ano letivo, o governo, pressionado pelos pais, que querem saber se os seus filhos regressarão às salas de aula, continua a fazer uma cena silenciosa. (more…)
About a month and a half after the end of the school year, the government pressed by parents, who want to know if their children will return to the classrooms, continues to make a silent scene. (more…)
Autor – Mariella Policheni – Video: Cristiana Petrescu
TORONTO – Toronto Board of Health, ia de asemenea pozitie cerând guvernului Ontario să redeschidă facilitățile de sport și agrement în aer liber. Luni, membrii consiliului de administrație au votat în unanimitate în favoarea unei moțiuni pentru a îndemna guvernul Ford să ridice interdicțiile impuse de aproape o luna de utilizare a acestor instalații. (more…)
Por Mariella Policheni – Video: Luis Aparicio
O Toronto Board of Health também entra em campo para pedir ao governo do Ontário que reabra os equipamentos desportivos e de recreio ao ar livre. Na segunda-feira, os membros do conselho votaram unanimemente a favor de uma moção que pedia ao governo de Ford para suspender a proibição do uso destes equipamentos de recreio ao ar livre, que estão encerrados há quase um mês. (more…)
The Toronto Board of Health also takes to the field in calling on the Ontario government to reopen outdoor sports and recreation facilities. On Monday, board members voted unanimously in favour of a motion urging the Ford government to lift the ban on the use of these outdoor recreation facilities that have been closed for almost a month. (more…)
Por MARIELLA POLICHENI – Video: Luis Aparicio
TORONTO – A pergunta que os pais de crianças em idade escolar estão a fazer estes dias é apenas uma: haverá alguma possibilidade das crianças regressarem às aulas antes do final de junho? (more…)
En línea o en persona. Los padres en la cruicijada
Articulo escrito por Mariella Policheni — Video: Lisa Picerno
El consejo del distrito de escuelas publicas en Toronto(TDSB) preguntarápronto a los padres para elegir si los niños regresarán a las aulas o continuarán con aprendizaje a distancia.En septiembre, se entiende.Un poco más de un mes de escuela se fue antes del cierre de este año escolar y no hay palabra del gobierno. (more…)
TORONTO – The question that parents of school-age children are asking these days is only one: Is there any chance of kids returning to school before the end of June?
For families in Greater Toronto or Hamilton, the answer is probably no. (more…)
Mariella Policheni – Video: Luis aparicio
O Conselho Escolar do Distrito de Toronto (TDSB, na sigla em inglês) vai em breve pedir aos pais que escolham se os seus filhos vão regressar às salas de aula ou continuarão com o ensino à distância. Em setembro, é claro. Mais nada foi dito sobre este mês e meio que sobra do corrente ano letivo. O Ministro da Educação, Stephen Lecce, não fala sobre isso, os conselhos escolares nada dizem sobre o assunto, e os pais deduzem que vai acabar com os seus filhos a terem aulas online. (more…)
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) will soon ask parents to choose whether their children will return to classrooms or continue with remote learning. In September of course. No word about this month and a half of school left this year. (more…)
TORONTO – Sunday 9 May 2021 is Mother’s Day, a recurrence that is widespread all over the world. While the decision to dedicate a day to mothers is common to many countries, the choice of the day in question is different, for an event that is celebrated at a different time of the year depending on where you are. There are also several stories related to the origin of the festival, which in the past had a fixed date in our country and is now celebrated on the second Sunday of May instead. (more…)
TORONTO – Domenica 9 maggio 2021 è la festa della mamma, una ricorrenza diffusa in tutto il mondo. Se la decisione di dedicare un giorno alle madri è comune a molti Paesi, diversa è però la scelta della giornata in questione, per un evento che si celebra in un momento differente dell’anno a seconda del luogo in cui ci si trova. Diverse sono anche le storie legate all’origine della festa, che nel nostro Paese aveva in passato una data fissa e ora si celebra invece la seconda domenica di maggio. (more…)
Mariella Policheni – Video: Cristiana Petrescu
TORONTO – Învățământul la distanță este aici pentru a rămâne încă un an sau poate mai mult. Anunțul ministrului educației, Stephen Lecce, care a confirmat că predarea online va fi o opțiune în toate școlile din Ontario din septembrie, nu a fost binevenită. (more…)
Artículo escrito por Mariella Policheni — Video: Lisa Picerno
La educación a distancia está aquí para otro año o quizás más. El anuncio del Ministro de Educación Stephen Lecce no ha sido aceptado con satisfacción. Lecce confirmó que empezando en septiembre la enseñanza en línea será una opción en todas las escuelas de Ontario. (more…)
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