TORONTO – The 20th Rome Film Festival concluded this past Sunday, awarding several Italian filmmakers with some of its top prizes…
TORONTO – Canada’s opioid crisis continues and grows: overdoses continue to be high, and a growing number of teenagers are using substances like heroin and fentanyl. But Canada’s healthcare system is unprepared, and not enough has been done to improve the situation in recent years. Or, at least, the right things weren’t done.
OTTAWA – Closing the celebrations for the 25th Italian Language Week in the World, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Francis Scarpaleggia, and the President of the Canada-Italy Parliamentary Friendship Group, Angelo Iacono, organized a meeting of MPs and Senators with the Italian Ambassador to Canada, Alessandro Cattaneo, in the House of Commons in Ottawa, a few days ago. The meeting was attended by several dozen MPs from across the political spectrum and representing various Canadian provinces, including the Deputy Speaker of the House, Alexandra Mendes, and Senators Tony Loffreda, Toni Varone and Sandra Pupatello. →
TORONTO – We are all aware that this year is the year of Jubilee, big celebration in Italy which I plan to attend. “I think that mean we all have to think hard about how hope actually happens. Christian hope isn’t standing around wishing of something to happen. And it’s not unsubstantiated rumour that everything is going to be okay. Christian hope is a call to action, a mandate to work, as they say.
TORONTO – It would seem that we are living in a period overpopulated by Cassandra figures. Stefano Casertano’s debut film Elena of the Ghetto might well spark that debate…
