Antonio Lofaro was born in Campo Calabro, Calabria, a small town near Reggio Calabria. In 1955, his parents, Giovanni and Maria, like so many other Calabrese in post-war Italy, moved the family to Canada looking for a better life. Antonio was about 18…

Pretoro, in the province of Chieti, is a town of about 1100 inhabitants, located on a steep hillside on the eastern side of the Maiella at an elevation of 1800 feet. Its proximity to the ski slopes of Passo Lanciano, only 6 miles…

“L’altra Italia”: storie d’emigrazione degli Italiani all’estero L’ultimo libro di Goffredo Palmerini presentato nel Nord-Est di Lia Di Menco * BELLUNO – Di solito sono gli amici cari quelli che spostandosi da un’estremità all’altra di un Paese, si vedono circondati dall’affetto di amici,…

Memories to Memorial: The Internment of Ottawa’s Italian Canadians during the Second World War Part 6 Family Memories of Internment Carlo Scarabelli It was a refrigerator that prompted Carlo Scarabelli to leave his position as chef at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New…

Community members see people exiting Hair Republic | Salon on a daily basis with freshly trimmed tresses but what many do not realize is who is behind the brand and what it entirely represents. As a recent addition to the Old Ottawa South…

MACERATA – E’ l’altra parte dell’Italia, quella laboriosa, dignitosa, rispettosa delle regole, capace di esprimersi e di costruire, quella raccontata da Goffredo Palmerini nel volume “L’Altra Italia”, edito da One Group Edizioni e presentato ieri a Macerata, nella sala degli Specchi della biblioteca Mozzi…

Ottawa – Il 21 Febbraio, presso il St. Anthony Soccer Club, la BIA, Business Improvement Association di Preston Street, ha presentato il rapporto annuale relativo al 2011 e illustrato il programma e le linee di intervento, con relativa copertura finanziaria, per il…