KATHMANDU – In the early hours of this morning, Italian mountaineering sources announced, as reported by the Italian news agency AGI (here), that the Italian “AviaMEA-Evk2CNR” rescue team took off from the Kathmandu heliport to reach the Yalung Ri area. Their goal was to attempt to rescue two climbers: Marco Di Marcello, 37-year-old Italian-Canadian biologist and mountain guide of Abruzzo origin and resident in Calgary, Alberta, and Markus Kirchler, a 29-year-old South Tyrolean from San Genesio, a former track and field talent who lives in Munich, Germany.
TORONTO – There are still hopes of finding alive Marco Di Marcello, the Italian-Canadian mountaineer missing since Monday in the Nepalese Himalayas. Confirmation that he and the other Italian still missing (Markus Kirchler from South Tyrol, Italy) have not yet been declared dead came today from the Italian Foreign Ministry. And for Marco there is one more sign that gives hope: his GPS’ signal. →
TORONTO — Toronto’s infamous “housing crisis” seems to be constantly contradicted by the data: not only are there homes, but they even remain unsold. This is what emerges from the latest report from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB): according to the real estate board, home sales and prices in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) decreased in October compared to the previous year, due to persistent economic uncertainty. In fact, there are more and more homes that no one is buying. →
TORONTO – Tragic climbs in Nepal in the last hours: two separate accidents, occurring within days of each other, have killed several mountaineers, and one, an Italian-Canadian, is missing. →
TORONTO – Living and working in Toronto is too expensive, according to 85% of Torontonians interviewed by “Canada Pulse Insights” for a poll on behalf of CityNews, as part of a survey on the cost of living in Canada’s biggest city. →
