TORONTO – The federal government of Canada will establish a “Financial Crimes Agency” modeled after the Italian “Guardia di Finanza”, “because the Italians are world-class when it comes to fighting this type of crime and we must learn from them” said Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, today, during a press briefing to announce a series of extraordinary measures against financial crimes, scams, and online banking fraud. →
MONCTON – Mission to New Brunswick for the Italian Ambassador to Canada, Alessandro Cattaneo. In recent days, Cattaneo has held a series of meetings with local authorities and the province’s Italian community…
TORONTO – Having just watched three successive films during a long flight home, one of which was about a blood lusting mythical unicorn that gruesomely murders its captors, I asked myself how some movies attract investment – while others take several decades, if ever. But as I touched ground Amazon MGM Studios announced that filming had begun on Masterplan, an international heist movie about a band of thieves – led by Stanley Tucci – who attempt to steal the Mona Lisa…
TORONTO – These “banquets” – food, ambience, presentation and people aside, are primarily about re-invigorating “vision statements” and “giving back” through fundraising for a specific cause. Wednesday evening’s dinner at the Montecassino Convention Centre on Chesswood was all those things and more…
TORONTO – I confess to not being a fan of President Donald Trump. Nor do I bear him any animus. His approach to the daily challenges that Life may throw our way appear different from the ones my parents laid out for me and my siblings. And, from a professional perspective, it is “my job” to critique so that our readers may have a balanced view of a politico whose weight on the scales of “good or bad” has a bigger impact than the insignificant expression of “right or wrong” expressed by ordinary citizens otherwise consumed by the need to mind their own business.
