Canada’s only daily Italian newspaper faces serious financial troubles after the funding it receives from Italy’s embattled government was cut by half. Corriere Canadese, the top news source for many first-generation Italians in Canada, has launched a determined campaign to keep running after learning on Feb. 25 that the $2.8-million grant it received from the Italian government would be cut by 50 per cent.
The government of Silvio Berlusconi has been trying to rein in its culture budget as it readies for an election at the end of March.
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