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With a passion for the arts from a young age, it’s no surprise to see Ottawa-born Lauryn Santini in a pop-up shop at Bell Place on Elgin Street filled to the brim with paintings and pictures. Though she didn’t start…

Discriminati e abbandonati, così si sentono i cittadini italiani residenti in Messico o rientrati in Italia dopo un periodo di emigrazione in quel Paese, che mi scrivono e mi chiamano per chiedermi di incalzare Governo e Parlamento italiani al fine…

By Domenico Cellucci Italy in both modern and ancient times played a pivotal role in the development of viticulture. In the last 2 centuries, her sons and daughters have immigrated to every single corner of the world due to many…

Following an international search, the University of Guelph has appointed Prof. Franco Vaccarino as the University’s eighth president and vice-chancellor. He will succeed President Alastair Summerlee effective Aug. 15, 2014. The announcement was made today by Dick Freeborough, chair of…

By: Dana Stephenson Chronicles of an Ottawa Chestnut Lover features an endearing look into the lives of the people who walk through Ottawa’s Byward Market expressed by its unique writing style that is almost as unique as the man who…

This month’s column continues with wine personalities that have spread the appreciation of wine around the world. These are individuals who left Italy for a better life and through hard work, determination and a vision achieved great success. This month…

The perfect book for Epiphany 2014, and Italian families across the USA, is that of an English author who has already had children across Britain befriend her character Bef after completing a 51-stop tour of the UK. ‘The Befana Drama’…

BY KELLY EGAN, OTTAWA CITIZEN OTTAWA — Memory may be what you hold, but remembrance is what you do — the past dusted clean, made to breathe again. It is a Dutch woman, blond, soft-eyed, visiting the cemetery where her…