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''Corriere Canadese'' ("The Canadian Courier") is an
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daily
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published in
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, Canada. The publication is distributed exclusively in
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and
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, primarily throughout the
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and the
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areas. ''Corriere Canadese'' was founded on 2 June 1954 (
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) by
Dan Iannuzzi Daniel Andrèa Iannuzzi,"Corriere Canadese founder dead at 70; 'A giant in the field of Canadian media' PM Newspaper founder dies suddenly in Italy," ''Toronto Star'', November 22, 2004, p. A16. (February 24, 1934 – November 20, 2004) was a ...
, and since 2001 was owned by Multimedia Nova Corporation and published by Italmedia. In 1995, it launched ''Tandem'', an English-language, weekend edition of ''Corriere Canadese'' targeting children of Italian immigrants. The newspaper suspended publication in May 2013 blaming a 2010 cut in subsidies by the Italian government for its financial difficulty. In July, M.T.E.C. Consultants, a group of Italo-Canadian entrepreneurs, acquired the assets of Corriere Canadese and Tandem. The former federal minister
Joe Volpe Giuseppe "Joe" Volpe (born September 21, 1947) is a Canadian politician. He represented the Ontario riding of Eglinton-Lawrence as a member of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 until 2011, when he lost his seat t ...
is the new publisher, Francesco Veronesi the new
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. Corriere published a series of 28 articles by Volpe between October 17, 2020, and January 8, 2021, attacking the
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and the LGBT YouthLine program, according to the
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in The program was removed from the TCDSB website, then reinstated shortly after. Volpe and M.T.E.C. brought a $30 million lawsuit against city councilors
Kristyn Wong-Tam Kristyn Wong-Tam ( zh, t=黃慧文; born ) is a Canadian politician who has represented Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2022 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). They are non-binary and use they/th ...
and
Paul Ainslie Paul Ainslie ( ; born February 4, 1967) is a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2006, he was appointed as an interim councillor in ward 41, and was then elected as the councillor for Ward 43 in Scarborough East. On October 22, 2018 ...
, as well as four TCDSB trustees who supported YouthLine, and reporter Elizabeth di Filippo who noted his "well documented anti-LGBTQ+ views." The lawsuit was dismissed as a
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. Volpe and M.T.E.C. were ordered to pay the defendants' legal costs.


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List of newspapers in Canada This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Canada. Daily newspapers Local weeklies Alberta * Bashaw – ''Bashaw Star'' * Bassano – ''Bassano Times'' * Beaumont – ''Beaumont News'' * Beaverlodg ...
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Joe Volpe Giuseppe "Joe" Volpe (born September 21, 1947) is a Canadian politician. He represented the Ontario riding of Eglinton-Lawrence as a member of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 until 2011, when he lost his seat t ...


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