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Food Travel Destinations Culinary Tourism

Breakfast in Florence Lunch in Rome: A Spontaneous Day

When I was young and living in Rome, my friends and I didn’t plan much. We declared it a day for breakfast in Florence and set off in the middle of the night because it was exciting. Someone brought a map. Someone ignored the map. Someone else promised to…

By Angela Marotta

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Food Travel Destinations Culinary Tourism

Baptized by the Sicilian Sun: An Annual Return to Sicily

Every Year, I become a pilgrim to Sicily. I fold myself into a suitcase, Toronto’s steel and glass still clinging to my skin, and land where the air tastes of lemon and salt. The sun is different here. It’s not just warmth, it baptizes. It presses its fire…

By Joseph Tito

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Food Travel Destinations Culinary Tourism

Il Dolce Far Niente: Italian Lost Art of Doing Nothing

My childhood summers were spent with my grandparents in a small Italian town where time stood still. Every afternoon after lunch, my grandfather would grab his wooden chair, place it under an olive tree, and sit, becoming one with the stillness of the hot…

By Angela Marotta

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Books & Literature Creative Non-Fiction

The Quiet Rebellion: Building a Media Empire in Pakistan

I built my media company in Pakistan when everyone told me not to. Pakistan’s youth proved them wrong. When I told people I was building my media company in Pakistan, the warnings came fast. Be careful. Why would you do that? Do you have security? My…

By Joseph Tito

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Women Women in the News

Asma Jahangir: The Woman Who Said No First in Pakistan

Every rebellion needs an origin story. Asma Jahangir is Pakistan’s. At 18, she marched to the Supreme Court to demand her father’s release from military detention. He had been imprisoned for speaking against the government’s actions in East Pakistan, what the…

By Joseph Tito

Memorial candles Khadija Tul Kubra Mosque

Women Women in the News

The Thirty-Two: When TV Chose Kites Over a Massacre

At 1:38 PM on February 6, 2026, CCTV captured the exact moment a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the Khadija Tul Kubra Mosque in Islamabad. Security guards had stopped him at the entrance. He opened fire. Then he walked into a hall packed with Shia…

By Joseph Tito

Melissa Grelo keynote Aging Powerfully platform

Women in Canada Canadian Women

Winning Her Way: How Melissa Grelo Redefines Success

THE NOTE WAITING IN HER HOTEL ROOM Melissa Grelo was on the brink of one of the boldest moves of her career - a wellness retreat built on her Aging Powerfully platform, the passion project she’s nurtured alongside running a podcast, parenting an 11-year-old,…

By Joseph Tito

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Spotlight Changemakers

Elvira Caria: Four Decades of Refusing to Play Nice

After 40 years of fighting for her voice in broadcasting, Elvira Caria lost the only title that ever mattered to her: Matthew's mom There's a street named after Elvira Caria in Vaughan. She didn't pay for it, she'll tell you right away. Awards line her walls,…

By Joseph Tito

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Real talk women Women Over 40

Bif Naked on Heart Surgery Divorce and Starting at 54

The punk icon who found euphoria on an operating table talks death doulas, divorce gratitude, and why her failing marriage hurt more than cancer By Joseph Tito | Between the Covers | November 2025 Bif Naked is cutting up her dog's food with her hands when I…

By Joseph Tito

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