Recently I go to thinking, “is it possible to love your children just a little bit too much?” As an Italian mother, I fought long and hard to try to break from the over-protective, coddling, worrisome, over-nurturing Italian immigrant style…

This month’s column continues with the theme of Ottawa’s Wine personalities. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with the Carrozza brothers, Dominic and Pasquale, proprietors of Trattoria Caffe Italia. The story of the Carrozza family is one that…

On June 10th, 2013 the Associazione Rapinese di Ottawa had the opportunity to host and welcome the Mayor, and delegates from Rapino, (Chieti), Abbruzzo, Italy. On arrival, at the Macdonald Cartier International Airport in Ottawa the delegation were met and…

Italian Week in Ottawa, in it’s 39th year, celebrates the rich diversity of Italian-Canadian community, their heritage of culture, food, music, poetry and the vibrant passions of it’s people. Italian Week, pre-kick off party at the Rideau Carleton Raceway to…

by Nina Chung and Suzanne Stoltz   Up to the 1920s, many Italian immigrants to Canada relied on faith, hope and the skills they had acquired to make a new life for themselves. Among them was Angela Parrotta who arrived…