Welcome to the Canadian National Multilingual News Group (CNMNG). This is a project made possible through funding by Canadian Heritage. CNMNG aims to gather news researched and written by a corps of Canadian-based journalists/writers from the country’s multilingual community groups. The overall goal is to inform, analyze and critique the issues of the day in a professional manner and to provide that to publishers and editors active in the ethnocultural-multilingual press and media whose experience provides them with a perspective that is sensitive to news relevant to their own language group.
TORONTO – 326 new cases of Covid-19 and no new deaths. Data even better than yesterday’s for Ontario where on Sunday the infections had been 370 and on Saturday 373. With 18,397 tests processed in the past 24 hours, provincial health officials report a provincial-level positivity rate of 1.6%, down slightly from last week’s 1.8%. The seven-day moving average of new cases has now dropped to 372 from 416 on Monday. (more…)
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 22.3 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on October 25, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 9,697 vaccine doses on Sunday, down from 19,285 doses the day prior.
MAZARA DEL VALLO (Trapani) – Tomorrow, Tuesday 26 October, Denise Pipitone would turn 21. She would, because no one knows what happened to that little girl who disappeared on 1 September 2004 from Mazara del Vallo, a town in the province of Trapani, in Sicily. Since then, investigations, trials, appeals, searches, all without the desired results: to find Denise or, at least, to know the truth about what happened that day in the small Sicilian village where everyone knows each other. (more…)
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of October 24, 2021, at 4:45 pm EST.
On Sunday, health officials in Russia logged 35,660 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 8.2 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 86.9% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 1,072, bringing the total number of fatalities to 230,600.
TORONTO – As expected, on Friday Doug Ford presented the plan that will decree Ontario’s exit from Phase 3 with the revocation of all remaining public health measures, including the green pass and the obligation of indoor masks by March 2022. The first step towards pre-Covid-19 normality comes into force tomorrow: capacity limits are no longer in most facilities where proof of vaccination is required, including restaurants, sports facilities and indoor gyms, casinos, bingo halls and indoor spaces for meetings and events. Places of worship, museums, and personal care facilities such as barbershops and salons can also eliminate capacity limits if they require proof of vaccination. (more…)
TORONTO – Less than 400 new cases of Covid-19 and 1 death: these are the data recorded today in Ontario, quite reassuring given that the reported infections are 370, down from 373 on Saturday and 443 a week ago. (more…)
TORONTO – New faces, confirmations, and surprises. The composition of the new federal government is now done, whose members will be s swear tomorrow morning before Governor General Mary Simon and will immediately get to work after this long break from the vote of last September 20. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for this third Cabinet, has promised that there will be a substantial gender balance and that, as in the past, all the provinces of Canada will have representation in the government team. (more…)
TORONTO – “Fratelli coltelli”. Or, if you prefer, “Parenti serpenti”. These are the titles of two Italian comedies of the 90s that are well suited to the squalid show that the members of the Rogers family, owners of the homonymous telecommunications giant, are giving, publicly. In English we could translate those titles like “Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations”, to say that in the Rogers family there is a real feud that has also ended up on social media, in particular on Twitter where Martha Rogers, director of Rogers Communications, asked her brother Edward to “resign”. But let’s take a step back. (more…)
Critics argue HCDSB board policy is “discriminatory” against non-Catholic students.
The debate whether to allow non-Catholic students to run as student trustees continues at the Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB). It is an important issue because student trustees serve as a voice for the greater student population.
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 22.3 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on October 24, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 19,285 vaccine doses on Saturday, down from 27,243 doses the day prior.
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of October 23, 2021, at 4:30 pm EST.
On Saturday, health officials in the UK logged nearly 45,000 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 8.7 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 81.5% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 135, bringing the total number of fatalities to 139,461.
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 22.3 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on October 23, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 27,243 vaccine doses on Friday, up from 25,770 doses the day prior. (more…)
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 22.3 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on October 22, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 25,770 vaccine doses on Thursday, up from 22,689 doses the day prior.
TORONTO – The 17-year-old 12 grade student from Bangladeshi community in Toronto, Nadia Mozumder, who struck by a minivan nearby her school, Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute while crossing the intersection of Birchmount and Danforth, died on the way to hospital last Tuesday. (more…)
TORONTO – Canada is ready to introduce the vaccination passport. After a long wait – the government had already talked about it in August – starting from November 30 without this certificate it will not be possible to travel. (more…)
TORONTO – Make it easier for foreign workers to find employment that reflects their professional field. This is the objective of a project presented today in Queen’s Park by the Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton, which if it were to be approved would eliminate the requirement – requested by 23 trade associations – for which a given foreign worker must have work experience in Canada before having his professional qualification equalized. The measure specifically illustrates different job categories that will be affected including architects, engineers, teachers, social workers and accountants. (more…)
TORONTO – Over 100 more cases in 24 hours, compared to the same number of tests analyzed: today Ontario recorded 413 new ones, detected on 31,800 swabs carried out, compared to 304 on Wednesday when the tests had been more than 31,000. The positivity rate therefore goes back to 1.6% (24 hours earlier it was 1.3%). 4 deaths recorded today, the same number as on Wednesday. (more…)
If parents and rate payers are confused about what is happening behind the scenes at the Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB), then they are not alone. Readers continue to voice their concerns over issues which have transpired in relation to Board matters which have been covered in previous editions. (more…)
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 22.3 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on October 21, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 22,689 vaccine doses on Wednesday, down from 25,284 doses the day prior. (more…)
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of October 20, 2021, at 5:45 pm EST.
On Wednesday, health officials in the US logged 50,150 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 46 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 77.7% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 1,273, bringing the total number of fatalities to 750,068.
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 22.2 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on October 20, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 25,284 vaccine doses on Monday, up from 21,310 doses the day prior.
TORONTO – Vaccination mandate for all health workers. This is the answer that the Science Advisory Table of Ontario gave to Prime Minister Ford calling the imposition necessary as “it is proven to protect the residents of Ontario”. (more…)
If this comes across as “political”, rest assured it is not my intention to be or appear to be partisan. Some things are so blatantly absurd that even the least educated among us ought to see the point. Our paper is in the business of reporting news, providing a modicum of objective analysis and commenting on matters of general interest. Occasionally, we will indulge in opinion pieces focusing on “personalities who are in the public limelight” because they have a publicly mandated role, which affords them merit or criticism based on how they discharge their obligations to the public. (more…)
TORONTO – Crossfire on Erin O’Toole. In the last twenty-four hours, two other knots have emerged that will have to be dissolved and that directly concern the leader of the Conservative Party: the decision to make the vaccination obligation mandatory for MPs who want to enter the House of Commons and the analysis of the internal review of the party that will focus on the role of Maxime Bernier and his People’s Party in the defeat suffered last September 20 in the federal elections. (more…)
TORONTO – About 7,000 Americans and 450 Canadians who were fully vaccinated have died of Covid-19. Among Americans, the death of Colin Powell, the former secretary of State – who died on Monday from complications from Covid-19 despite being fully vaccinated – shocked everyone. A news that has been around the world and that has given the opportunity to the experts to explain why this can happen and why the vaccine is extremely important as it protects oneself and others from the disease. (more…)
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of October 19, 2021, at 5:00 pm EST.
On Tuesday, health officials in Greece logged 3,739 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 700,000. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 93.5% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 29, bringing the total number of fatalities to 15,447.
TORONTO – Hope, to eradicate Covid-19 among children, is placed in the vaccine. This was reiterated today – just a day after Pfizer formally asked Health Canada to approve its vaccine for use in children between the ages of five and 11 – by Health Minister Christine Elliott. As soon as the green light arrives, Elliott said clearly, we will be “ready to go”: “We are actively working with public health units to draw up a plan for the administration of the vaccine, we will be ready – as soon as it is approved by Health Canada – to distribute it and make it available to children throughout the province – said the minister – I know that parents are worried but they do not have to be because we will be ready, we are actively working on this and are in the process of finalizing the plan right now.” (more…)
TORONTO – 328 infections today, 373 Monday, 443 Sunday: the descent of the Covid-19 infections in Ontario continues. And the positivity rate drops: today 20,800 tests were processed against 20,432 on Monday and the positivity fell further from 1.8% to 1.5%. The moving average of new daily cases calculated over seven days also falls, from 416 to 407 today (a week ago it was at 525). (more…)
EDMONTON – Historic turning point in “ultra-conservative” Alberta: in the two main cities of the province, a woman (in Calgary, for the first time) and a Sikh immigrant from India (in Edmonton, for the first time) were elected mayors. (more…)
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) opens Ontario’s first Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Clinic. It is the first of its kind in the province, dedicated to treating outpatients with Covid-19 who are at a greater risk of severe illness, complications and hospitalization.
TORONTO – Let’s fasten our seat belts and get ready: in Ontario we will have to see a very long election campaign. Which, incidentally, has already begun a few weeks ago, from September 21 to be precise, the day after the federal elections. Pounding commercials on TV, radio, on the Internet and on social media, announcements on unlikely investments, promises, pacts with voters, plans for the future, slogans, all seasoned with accusations, controversies and poisons: June 2, 2022 is a date still far away, but already in recent weeks we have had a taste of what, willy-nilly, is waiting for us. (more…)
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 22.2 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on October 19, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 21,310 vaccine doses on Monday, up from 12,399 doses the day prior. (more…)
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of October 18, 2021, at 5:00 pm EST.
On Monday, health officials in Russia logged 34,325 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 8.0 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 84.7% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 998, bringing the total number of fatalities to 224,310.
Like other multilingual publications, the Corriere has been covering several education-related topics and issues that emerge from school boards across the province. One such matter is that of a 36-page report titled Investigation into Conduct during Board Meetings at the Halton Catholic District School Board. The investigation examined the conduct of trustees, with an expressed goal “to identify the causes of dysfunction and to make recommendations to address those causes”.
TORONTO – Crackdown on the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB). Unvaccinated teachers risk being suspended without pay if they do not undergo the mandatory rapid tests for Covid-19, and as of today, employees will not be able to enter the facilities owned by the school board. (more…)
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 22.2 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on October 18, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 12,399 vaccine doses on Sunday, down from 23,011 doses the day prior. (more…)
WINDSOR – A new hospital for Windsor-Essex: the Ontario government invests $ 9.8 million to support the planning of a state-of-the-art acute care facility in Windsor and Essex County and, once completed, the new hospital will add regional beds and services to ensure resident families have access to high-quality care when and where they need it. (more…)
TORONTO – The post-election Way of the Cross continues for Justin Trudeau and Erin O’Toole. The prime minister in pectore and the leader of the Conservative Party continue to have to deal with the weaknesses and contradictions that have emerged in recent weeks, in view of the swearing-in of the new government on October 26 and the resumption of parliamentary work scheduled for November 22. Today Trudeau visited the Tk’emlúps First Nation, a trip of high symbolic value made to remedy the sensational political gaffe of September 30. (more…)
TORONTO – New cases and active infections continue to decrease in Ontario. Today, provincial health officials recorded 373 infections, down from 443 on Sunday and 458 on the same day a week ago. 108 of the cases involve fully vaccinated people, representing approximately 29% of all reported cases. (more…)
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of October 17, 2021, at 4:40 pm EST.
On Sunday, health officials in the UK logged 45,140 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 8.4 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 81.9% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 57, bringing the total number of fatalities to 138,584.
TORONTO – From tomorrow all Ontario residents vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to download the new QR code online. Already on Friday the province made it possible to download according to the month of birth: on October 15th it was the turn of those born from January to April, on the 16th of those born from May to August and today, finally of those who celebrate their birthday from September to December. From 6 this morning, finally, everyone – regardless of the month of birth – can download their vaccination certificate with the official QR code. “This is for businesses and organizations to scan the QR code made available to people,” said Ford Premier spokeswoman Ivana Yelich. (more…)
TORONTO – Ontario remains below 500 daily cases of Covid-19: today 443 cases were recorded, while on Saturday there were 486 and Friday 496. The seven-day moving average is now 465, a sharp decline compared to a week ago (538). (more…)
TORONTO – The controversy over the long and troubled process of forming the new government is not over. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the swearing-in of the new members of the executive will take place on October 26, while the first session of the House of Commons with the deputies elected in the September 20 elections has been scheduled for November 22. The roadmap set by the Liberal leader did not please the opposition, who denounced the delays and stigmatized the timing desired by Trudeau. (more…)
The stand-off between Ontario’s optometrists and the provincial government continues with no end in sight. Since September 1, nearly 95% of the province’s 2,500 optometrists have stopped performing OHIP-funded services for people under the age of 20, seniors aged 65 and over and individuals on disability.
Earlier this month, the Ontario government offered a one-time payment of $39 million to indicate a “starting point” in support of optometrists and to further discussions along. A spokesperson from the Ministry of Health (MOH) told the Corriere that, “payments will flow to optometrists across Ontario on October 15”.
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 22.2 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on October 17, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 23,011 vaccine doses on Saturday, down from 30,369 doses the day prior. (more…)
I was just an idea when Japan invaded my old country, the Philippines. Or, maybe not. Only my parents can answer this but, they had joined their Maker a long time ago. (more…)
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 22.2 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on October 16, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 30,369 vaccine doses on Friday, up from 29,762 doses the day prior.
TORONTO – Il passaporto vaccinale, alla fin fine, potrebbe essere declassato a una scelta volontaria. C’è grande attesa per l’annuncio del premier Ford previsto oggi circa il piano di riapertura che dovrebbe allentare ulteriormente le restrizioni facendo uscire l’Ontario dalla fase 3… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of October 14, 2021, at 5:20 pm EST.
On Thursday, health officials in the UK logged 45,066 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 8.3 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 81.8% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 157, bringing the total number of fatalities to 138,237.
TORONTO – The vaccination passport, in the end, could be downgraded to a voluntary choice. There is great anticipation for Prime Minister Ford’s announcement tomorrow about the reopening plan that should further ease restrictions by taking Ontario out of phase 3. (more…)
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