Lo Stivale (newspaper)
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 Front page of the first issue of Lo Stivale | |
| Type | Fortnightly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Lo Stivale Graphics, Ltd. |
| Publisher | Frank Longinotti |
| Editor | Ignazio Lobasso |
| Founded | April 19, 1984 |
| Ceased publication | Unknown |
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta  Canada |
| Price | 25 cents |
Lo Stivale: Periodico d’informazione, Cultura e Sport per gli italiani dell’Alberta was an Italian-language newspaper published in Alberta.[1]
Canada’s first Italian newspaper dates to the late 19th Century; after 1950, Italian publications became increasingly common across the country.[2] Lo Stivale’s appearance in 1984 may be traced to the confluence of several notable developments in that province’s history. It coincided with a boom period for community newspapers in Canada;[3] with an economic explosion in Alberta;[4] with the centenary of the founding of the city of Calgary that year; with the 1981 Canadian census returns’ ranking of Alberta with the country’s fourth largest population of Italian origin;[5] and with the designation of Calgary in September 1981 as the locale for the 1988 Winter Olympics.[6]