TORONTO – Another crackdown on immigration in Canada: the country is preparing to accept fewer students, temporary workers, and permanent residents (PR) in 2026.
REGINA – Tragedy for an Italian-Canadian family in Regina, Saskatchewan, a few days before Christmas: 11-year-old Henry Losco has died after a carbon monoxide leak in the apartment where he lived with his father, Sergio (originally from Avellino, Italy), and his mother, Marina Hills (from Creston, British Columbia). It happened in downtown Regina, on December 19.
TORONTO – A growing number of professionals in Canada are considering a job change in 2026. According to new research from consulting and recruitment firm “Robert Half” (here), about one third of employed workers (33 per cent) plan to look for a new position in the first half of the year, up from 26 per cent recorded in the summer of 2025.
GAZA (Palestine) – The devastation of Gaza is reflected in the words of Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who met with journalists the day after his visit to the Strip (here our previous article with photos and video). It was the first trip by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since the ceasefire came into effect—though he had already been there several times in recent months—undertaken to bring closeness and comfort to a population exhausted by more than two years of war, and to bear witness, through his presence, to the solidarity of the entire Church.
MONTREAL – Watch out for counterfeit cash. The warning comes from the Retail Council of Canada (RCC), which is raising the alarm over a sharp increase in the circulation of fake $20, $50 and $100 bills, a trend that began last November and has intensified in the pre-Christmas period as holiday shopping reaches a peak.
