“One day she opened her eyes again and resumed doing what she used to before,” her doctor said.

Hamilton-born Tonia Szkurhan says her teaching job and her singing career is on hold in light of the COVID-19 outbreak hitting Rome.

The airline's last flight to Rome is scheduled to take off from Toronto Tuesday, with the final return flight departing Rome for Montreal on Wednesday.

She could be Toronto's first-ever saint, but the process can take years - even centuries - to complete.

Tens of thousands of people joined a demonstration in central Rome on Saturday organized by a grassroots movement known as "the sardines," launched only a month ago to protest against far-right leader Matteo Salvini.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but airline passengers in Calgary will be able to get to the famous Italian city in much less time than that thanks to a new route being offered by WestJet.

According to one passenger rights advocate, the situation could have been avoided with more effective regulations.

According to tradition, the stairs, known as the 'Scala Sancta,' were part of Pontius Pilate's palace in Jerusalem and brought to Rome in 326 by St. Helen.

At least 20 people were injured when an escalator in the Rome metropolitan system collapsed Tuesday night.

John Ogah, a formerly undocumented Nigerian migrant beggar, became a hero when he disarmed an Italian thief wielding a cleaver.