Remembering the Italian Canadian Internees

Funded by a grant from Heritage Canada’s Community Historical Recognition Program, the Montreal Chapter of the Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association (CIBPA) commissioned Joyce Pillarella to put together a publication that would both commemorate the lives of Italian-Canadians interned in Canadian POW camps during the Second World War and also serve as an education tool for the Canadian community at large.

December 14, 2012 0

Carone Wines Brings Vitis Vinifera to Quebec

In the Lanaudière valley along the St Lawrence River, in the town of Lanoraie, Anthony Carone is busy at work. It’s just a few weeks before harvest, and Carone is keeping an eye on his 20,000 grapes vines. If all goes well, he will produce 25,000 bottles of award-winning wines for this year’s crop. Carone Wines is a fairly new player in the winemaking business, but it is already making a name for itself.

September 30, 2011 0

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