Little Italy

The victim of a brazen execution in Little Italy this summer escaped an earlier hit attempt by bribing a bounty hunter to fake the target's death.Farogh Sadat was shot outside a bakery in Toronto's Corso Italia neighbourhood on June 23, 2020. Police wiretaps reveal there had been two previous attempts…

Chicago removed a Christopher Columbus statue from the city's lakefront Grant Park before dawn Friday, a week after protesters tried to topple it.Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office said the city temporarily removed Columbus statues from both Grant Park and the Little Italy neighborhood a few miles away "until further notice." It…

A statue of Christopher Columbus was removed from Chicago's Grant Park after a re-evaluation of the city's monuments. A second Columbus statue in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood was also removed.July 24, 2020Read More

Author of the article:Publishing date:Jun 29, 2020  •   •  1 minute readA Toronto firetruck. Ernest Doroszuk / Toronto SunArticle contentTwo residents and a firefighter were injured in an early morning house fire in Toronto’s Little Italy on Monday.Emergency crews were called to a home near College St. and Manning Ave.…

By Ted FraserStaff ReporterMon., June 29, 2020timer1 min. readThree people were injured, one of them seriously, in a fire in Little Italy overnight. Police got a call reporting a “huge” house fire near College Street and Manning Avenue shortly before 1:30 a.m., and said on Twitter that the entire house…

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Eleven people were killed, including four children, and 67 others wounded in shootings across Chicago over the weekend, police said.The shootings took place between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Sunday.The violent streak continued in Chicago Monday afternoon, as two women were gunned down near 86th and Wood.…

Alcheme San Diego Allison McCulloch When someone refers to med spa amenities, they’re usually talking about unique treatments or lemon water in the waiting room— not about design. But at Alcheme’s newest location at One Paseo, the design is an amenity that creates an ambiance of relaxation and elevates the…

SAN DIEGO — Restaurants and other businesses in the Gaslamp Quarter will expand onto the street and sidewalk this summer, as part of a new city plan aimed at helping businesses expand service while following coronavirus health guidelines. “Curbside Gaslamp” will shut down Fifth Avenue to vehicles on select days,…

'The Hill' trailer teases work showing next month at STL film fest For the curious, a sneak preview of a documentary about the Italian Hill neighborhood in south St. Louis is available for viewing.A trailer for "America's Last Little Italy: The Hill," directed by Joe Puleo, can be seen on…

New restaurants in Toronto that opened since the pandemic started have managed to enter one of the most difficult industries during one of the hardest times in history. These businesses that were brave enough to first serve customers during April, May and June have helped make tough times a little…