Honda’s mega-investment in Canada, “thousands of jobs” on the way

TORONTO – Canada reconfirms itself as the “navel of the world” for the production of electric vehicles, either due to the presence of critical minerals for such production, or due to the presence of qualified personnel, or due to the large open spaces and the environmental vocation of the country: the fact is that in the last four years, car and battery manufacturers have announced investments of several billion dollars in the production of electric cars in Ontario and Quebec and, since today, a new, huge investment has been added.  Continue reading→

CORRIERE CANADESE / Ecco “Librissimi”, l’Italian Book Festival

TORONTO – Arriva “Librissimi”, il Toronto Italian Book Festival, in collaborazione con Villa Charities e Comites Toronto: la manifestazione, che giunge alla sesta edizione e che si svolgerà dal 3 al 5 maggio al Columbus Centre (901 Lawrence Avenue West, Toronto), lancerà quest’anno il Premio Librissimi alla Carriera che verrà consegnato ad Antonio D’Alfonso (nella foto), durante una celebrazione speciale durante la serata di apertura della kermesse letteraria… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Educazione cattolica a Toronto: ma scherziamo?

TORONTO – Gli onorevoli giudici della Divisional Court di Toronto stanno esaminando le denunce di discriminazione presso il Provveditorato Cattolico di York. Se stanno cercando una guida nella vita reale su come i fiduciari (trustee) ed i direttori possono eludere, se non evitare completamente (“rinunciare”) ai loro obblighi statutari e procedurali, devono solo guardare il video della riunione del consiglio scolastico del distretto cattolico di Toronto (TCDSB) del 23 aprile (potete vederlo cliccando qui)… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Paolo Genovese’s Afterlife Voyage: “The First Day of My Life”

TORONTO – A 2006 Documentary titled “The Bridge” shot 10,000 hours of footage capturing suicides off of the Golden Gate Bridge. After watching this, Italian Author and Director Paolo Genovese became fascinated with what the suicide survivors confessed in interviews. “All of them, in seven seconds, which is how long it takes [from the Golden Gate Bridge] to hit the water, had repented. These seven seconds fascinated me. How can a lifelong decision so stratified or unavoidable or incredible, be overturned in just seven seconds? I wondered about when you hit rock bottom and when there is nothing left to do, what things can lead you to change your mind?”. The questions raised by the controversial documentary became the seed for Genovese’s book “The First Day of My Life” and it’s eventual film adaptation in 2023. 

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