TORONTO – The impact or significance of cultural spaces is usually only contemplated when such outlets become scarce or inaccessible. To those who work in creative industries or ply their trade in the arts, the impact is obvious. But whether or not you believe that various art houses like movie theatres, music halls or art galleries for example are vital to the socio-economic heartbeat of a city, cultural spaces have been a mainstay since complex civilization began.
TORONTO – If it weren’t for the fact that two polls “say” it, one might think that there must be a mistakes somewhere. But two research institutes have revealed that, today, with Mark Carney as leader, the Liberals would overtake the Conservatives in the federal elections. For the first time in years, therefore, the public’s approval of the two main Canadian parties changes radically. →
TORONTO – Ontarians will go to the polling stations for the provincial elections on Thursday 27 February, from 9am to 9pm. Let’s see in more detail how voting “works”. →
TORONTO – A 40 billion dollars plan, plus the proposal to eliminate the minimum retail price of liquor: this is the “platform” of Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives, presented today by the outgoing premier of Ontario. →
TORONTO – The vote in Ontario is approaching and the atmosphere is “heating up”: the Progressive Conservatives remain the favourites, but approval for their leader, Doug Ford, continues to drop, and the same is happening for the Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie, while both Marit Stiles of the NDP and Mike Schreiner of the Greens are rising. →
