TORONTO – The fire emergency is nearing its end, with “only” 18 fires still out of control (data collected today by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center, CIFFC – here), and the first assessments are being made. One is from the Canadian Red Cross, which over the summer recorded 52,000 people displaced across the Prairies, Ontario and Atlantic Canada, making it the agency’s largest domestic operation in recent memory. This veritable exodus has necessitated mobilization, often difficult especially because this year the fires started early, catching everyone unprepared. →
TORONTO – According to a new study published a few days ago, more than 153,000 patients were harmed in Canadian hospitals last year out of a total of 2.6 million admissions. In the period examined, 2024-25, one in 17 hospital admissions resulted in at least one harmful event. In a quarter of cases, multiple harms occurred. →
VANCOUVER – In Italian homes, the kitchen isn’t just the “room” where food is prepared. The kitchen in Italy is THE room. It’s the place where, between pots and pans, people talk and confide, share stories and tell, while the aroma of sauce or soffritto fills the air. There couldn’t have been a better location, therefore, for the series of interviews that Italian-Canadian writer Marzia Bellotti Molatore decided to conduct with some Italian grandmothers in Vancouver, who emigrated to Canada long ago but have always remained faithful to Italian cuisine. →
TORONTO – Sept. 27, 2025, celebration marked the 80th year of bombing Nagasaki and Hiroshima The “VOW”. Voice of Women, in Canada the oldest organization established 1960. One of its objectives is the abolition of nuclear war awareness. It has gone a long way since then.
TORONTO – September 30, 2025 marked orange day shirt. Several events happened simultaneously in the city of Toronto. To mention some, one is the Toronto City Hall, Bata Shoe Museum, Na-Me-Res-Day of Remembrance Day Ceremony at Hillcrest Park, and another one at Roncesvale peace park, and others. All events are to honour and commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
