TORONTO – Humber River-Black Creek. In the extreme northwest part of Toronto, it is home to 111,593 residents as per Census 2021. The riding is among the few in Toronto where all three main parties hope for a victory…
TORONTO – An English language version of the 1982 publication Hollywood on the Tiber was released last week. The tell-all memoir by Rome talent agents Hank Kaufman and Gene Lerner, dished on the lives of glamourous movie stars, and included anecdotes involving iconic actors and actresses like Sophia Loren, Shelly Winters, Robert Graves and Marlon Brando. And the enigmatic Brando, as expected, is the marketing lure for the English translation.
TORONTO – The “tariff war” between USA and Canada, so far only announced and in fact not yet started, inevitably continues to dominate the electoral campaign in Ontario even after the news that the potential US tariffs are suspended for thirty days for further negotiations. →
TORONTO – Democratic elections are supposed to be about accountability. We are only a few days into the Ontario Provincial election and already several themes have emerged that may determine the outcome. For voters in the GTA, none of them are “local”…
OTTAWA – A clear message, addressed to Trump, via-Musk: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced today that the Province he leads will dissolve its $100 million deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink, in light of the entry into force of 25% tariffs on all Canadian goods in entry into the USA, imposed by the President of the United States, Donald Trump (updating: tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days, after the call Trump-Trudeau in the late afternoon) . →
TORONTO – From St. Peter to Pope Francis, 266 pontiffs have mostly nurtured the heavenly connection between religion and art, and despite the odd disagreement between Pope and Poet, artistic masterpieces were often Church sponsored or inspired. Pope Julius II who successfully forced French Troops out of Italy in 1512 (his own work of art), commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel. And Dante’s exile from Florence, ordered by Pope Boniface, effectively inspired his Divine Comedy. Today however, Pope Francis is talking to Artists in a new documentary titled, “Preacher of Beauty: A Spiritual Journey Through Art and Faith.”
TORONTO – Do you wonder what happened in that much ballyhooed lunch/dinner at Mar-a-Lago on November 30, 2024, when the “comrades-in-arms”, Trudeau and Trump, imbibed and dined to their hearts content, and swore their “friendship and brotherhood” before one and all?
TORONTO – Need light to endure this long grey winter? North Americans observe “Groundhog Day” on Monday, February 2nd. The day when we use a groundhog’s behavior to predict the remaining duration of winter. Based on an old Dutch tradition started in Pennsylvania, should the groundhog see his shadow and retreat into his home, Winter will last another 6 weeks…
WE ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS. Attempting to get an appointment to see a gynecologists and urogynecologist in Toronto is practically impossible. That is saying a lot for the few in the population who have access to a primary care physician who will write the referral…
TORONTO – The leaders are off and running. Already the Media is asking what are the issues. Not one outlet has asked who are the constituents who will directly vote for these leaders as individual MPPs, directly. It is the editorial position of the Corriere that no matter the issues that emerge the reaction of the Parties may ultimately reflect who lives in the ridings the MPPs represent…
TORONTO – It seems that there is no contest in the race for the Liberal leadership: according to the polls, in fact, Mark Carney is the great favorite to take over from Justin Trudeau (who resigned last January 6) and is keeping the main challengers, the deputy outgoing prime minister Chrystia Freeland and outsider Karina Gould. →
OTTAWA – There are no “traitors” in Parliament (or at least there is no evidence…), but the federal government – and the parties too – should still take steps to better safeguard Canada’s democratic institutions from foreign interference. →
TORONTO – Almost suddenly, tariffs have been shoved to the sidelines. Thanks to Donald Trump, the urgency of the imminent threat has been “deferred to a later date”… maybe April 1st; what irony. Federal Ministers anxious to appear relevant to the incoming “boss” have been busy trying to tell the country they are still in charge and that they are custodians for what matters to Canadians.
OTTAWA — Last burst of fire? It seems so. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is probably planning a final wave of appointments to fill 10 Senate vacancies before his retirement in March, according to CBC Radio-Canada: an article by Daniel Leblanc reports that the process for future senators is underway and should be completed before the resigning Prime Minister leaves office. →
