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It’s Alma Latina’s 4th Birthday Today, Folks!
Mar01

It’s Alma Latina’s 4th Birthday Today, Folks!

Is Alma Latina Online Magazine a Blog? Is it a magazine? Is it a business? As we celebrate our 4th year those are questions that we may eventually have to respond. For the time being, however, let’s just say for the sake of argument it’s a little from column A and a little from column B. Our passion and desire to inform you, dear readers, on community, arts, cultural and political events and happenings from the Hispanic community...

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A Trump Administration: The Title Alone Reads like a Horror Film
Feb23

A Trump Administration: The Title Alone Reads like a Horror Film

In my first year as a Communications/Political Science student at York University, our Mass Communications professor told us the story of Archie Bunker, one of the characters in the TV sitcom “All in the Family”. Billed as adult social satire, All in the Family featured a central character, Archie, played well by Carroll O’Connor. Archie’s character was created, our professor explained, as that highly politically incorrect...

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So I Decided to Throw my Name in the Hat to Run as Pickering City Councillor…
Dec02

So I Decided to Throw my Name in the Hat to Run as Pickering City Councillor…

When it was announced last week that there would be a By-election to fill Pickering’s Ward 1 vacant seat in City Council— a seat left vacant when Ward 1 Regional Councillor Jennifer O’Connell was elected as Pickering-Uxbridge MP this past October and current City Councillor for the ward, Kevin Ashe, was appointed to replace her— I decided to throw my name in the hat. Now, the hat is getting very crowded, as 10 other candidates are...

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Canadian Federal Elections: Are YOU ready to vote?
Oct09

Canadian Federal Elections: Are YOU ready to vote?

Canadians are gearing up for the upcoming 42nd Federal Election and have been for 11 long weeks now (the longest Canadian election campaign in recent history). This week it all comes to an end and come October 20th the Federal political landscape might either remain the same or go through a drastic change, depending on what voters decide. Voter apathy has been a problem that has plagued most municipal, provincial or federal elections...

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15 Romantic Spanish Songs for this Wedding Season
Jul08

15 Romantic Spanish Songs for this Wedding Season

It’s Wedding Season in North America and many couples are not only hoping to make their wedding day the most memorable and magical day of their lives, but also scrambling to make last minute adjustments and preparations for such an important event to go perfectly. So we at Alma Latina wanted to give you some pointers— especially if Latin culture would add that extra special touch to your nuptials— to make your special moment even more...

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Mid-Year Resolutions: Did you stick to your plan?
Jun30

Mid-Year Resolutions: Did you stick to your plan?

So we’re smack in the middle of the year and by now you will most likely have forgotten those important New Year’s Resolutions you made at the beginning of 2015. But why not treat our “Life Plan” as a business and do a mid-year review? Everyone’s usually pretty pumped at the start of a new year: a fresh new start is always exciting, right? After partying it up for Christmas and New Year’s, we usually turn a leaf come January and start...

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