TORONTO – The Middle East’s Arab News Agency, Al Jazeera, was among the earliest – if not the first – to report on the death of Saif Gaddaffi. Saif was the son of President Muammar Gaddafi, former President of Lybia. It appears that four black-hooded assassins made their way into his quarters and saluted his fate to embark towards the afterlife with a hail of bullets…
TORONTO – So what is this new Line 5 subway really like, after being awaited by Torontonians for a full fifteen years? We tried it out right away, both on Sunday — the day of the official opening: read our article here — and on Monday, today, to test it under regular weekday conditions. And we did so not only as journalists, but also as commuters, since yours truly – the author of this piece – has been travelling along roughly the same route every day for almost three years to get to the Corriere Canadese newsroom. What follows, then, is our account of two trips on the “Eglinton Crosstown LRT”, better known as Line 5, “Eglinton,” or more simply as “the orange line.”
TORONTO – As of today, the long-awaited “Eglinton Crosstown West Extension,” or Line 5 of the subway, is operational. The Ontario government officially opened one of Toronto’s most significant new public transit projects: Line 5 “Eglinton” has entered service under the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), offering free rides to all passengers on its inaugural day.
OTTAWA – A wide-ranging programme of events promoted across Canada for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the initiative of the Italian Embassy, and implemented by Italy’s diplomatic and consular network, successfully concluded yesterday.
TORONTO – Prominent Italian Filmmaker Gabriele Muccino has just released his latest film Things We Don’t Say, adapted from the Delia Ephron’s American novel “Siracusa”. Both Muccino and Ephron have built their resumes on emotionally driven dramas, albeit from two distinct perspectives and parts of the world. Naturally, the catalyst for their collaboration was an Italian setting – Siracusa – that is until Muccino switched it out for Tangiers, Morocco…
