TORONTO – Just two years ago, Paola Cortellesi’s empowering tragicomedy – and debut film – There’s Still Tomorrow opened the Rome Film Festival to a thunderous reception. Cortellesi took home the Special Jury Prize, the Audience Award and a Special Mention for Best First Feature, all of which helped to catapult her film past the box office juggernauts Barbie and Oppenheimer. Cortellesi’s black and white film about a post-war working-class woman broke records after opening Rome’s Festival, and her husband Riccardo Milani is hoping for a similar result this year.
TORONTO – A tentative agreement has been reached between Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants: the strike ends and the airline’s workforce will gradually return to normal, in seven to ten days. →
TORONTO – The number of violent incidents in Ontario’s classrooms has skyrocketed in recent years, according to a Global News journalistic research. The level of violence reported by school boards to the Ministry of Education has increased by 77% since Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives took office in the Province, with over 4,400 incidents reported in the 2023-24 school year alone. →
TORONTO – A “hot” weekend is expected for those planning to travel with Air Canada: the airline announced today that it will begin a gradual suspension of flights to allow for an “orderly closure” due to a possible flight attendant strike, which could begin on Saturday. The airline says the first flights will be cancelled tomorrow, other flights on Friday, and then the airline will cease all flights by Saturday. →
TORONTO – Bonfires and burns banned and hefty fines for those who do not comply: several municipalities in southern Ontario have issued strict prohibitions to try to prevent a worsening of the already dire situation, with wildfires continuing to rage across the country and a heat warning in place. →
