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Laura.....plant shopping on St. Viateur street.
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A wrote: "re: Therese.....making Bixi look good! What happened to this column? No more photos? Written by A. non (a visitor) on Nov 8, 2009" The last few weeks have been far too busy, I shoot pictures for this blog between assignments or on my own time, and there has been none of that...
Facil.....at the Faculty Club, McGill U.
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Therese.....making Bixi look good!
Today I had a job downtown and managed to get a street picture along the way, Therese sure made Bixi look good today on a cold "winterish" evening. ...
Did she run off with your camera?? :--)
Ellena wrote: Did she run off with your camera? September 26, 2009 9:17 PM Thank you for the smile Ellena, There has been no time lately, I have been in traffic for the better part of a day, out in the south shore a few times, even the deep in the West Island,...
At Home with Kim Vallee
An Outdoor Entertaining Space Like in The Movies
This feels truly like Hollywood, on a good way. Imagine how easy it should be to throw a party with such dramatic views as your backdrop. Yes, I am in awe with that Sunset Plaza house designed by Assembledge. The pool area and the upstairs terrace were designed for someone who...
Ode to the Reusable Tap Water Bottle
We all know that drinking tap water is more eco-friendly than the bottled water. But when you entertain guests, you want a stylish solution to serve water at the dinner table. For that reason, I collect nice bottles like the Limonade artisanale Elixia from which I removed the labels. But...
Exquisite Wooden Tableware by Hidetoshi Takahashi
With my trip to Japan planned for next month, I am inspired by what is made in Japan. Hidetoshi Takahashi has built a strong reputation for his exquisite wood work. His studio located in Asahikawa, Japan. Luckily for you, you will not need to go to Japan to get your hands...
The tin box of the Nature’s Tale Soap Tins collection is so adorable that I would repurpose the tin box for something else. This Portugal soap collection is available at Anthropologie in four scents: Eucalyptus and Aloe, Orange Blossom, Lotus Flower With Sugar and Desert Rose & Pomegranate. They all look tempting....
3 Must-Have Details for your Next Milestone Party
Weddings become more and more amazing every year. That formal event seems more fun than in the past. Couples these days want a memorable wedding that fits within their personality. For these reasons, they are always an incredible source of inspirations for any big party. You probably have seen the wedding...
Spring Patterns for the Reisenthel Carrybags
I have been a fan of the Reisenthel Carrybags since their launch. I own a nice carrot basket. These basket bags are not just great for shopping. You can use also them for picnics. And since I first introduced then in early 2007, the price has gone down. Now that I...
The Blork Blog
In an unusual turn of events, we had nothing specific planned for dinner tonight. There were a few things in the fridge, but nothing in particular, and nothing that seemed like it could have a meal built around it. And then I thought: tapas! In about 45 minutes I banged out the...
My American (Express) Journey (Nightmare)
My American (Express) journey (nightmare) continues. Remember the famous one-cent credit that existed on my AMEX Gold card after I canceled the account? How AMEX kept sending me statements every month, listing the credit, until I finally phoned them and said they could keep the goddam cent? That was quite the...
This morning, Martine found the following sentence in a recent Vanity Fair magazine article: “The couple still fly separately.” There are two problems with that sentence; first, “the couple” is a singular object, so the verb should be “flies” not “fly” (Bob flies, Bob and Fred fly). So the immediate reaction...
A quick update to my “New Classic” pizza post from last week: I’ve added the video showing me flipping the dough. Go there now!...
A week ago Tuesday, I popped over to CTVmontreal.ca and happened upon a story about the Montreal Metro. Blah blah blah, whatever, and then I noticed the thumbnail image at the top of the story. Not a huge picture, just a stock image that they use for Metro stories when...
A New Pizza Classic, Chez Blork
Yes, I hate the term “new classic” too, but what the heck. This pizza is destined to become a classic, chez nous. It is composed of (in order, from bottom to top): Standard Blork San Marzano pizza sauce A dusting of dried oregano A respectable portion of conventional grated full-fat mozzarella cheese Baby spinach sautéed...
The Senior Times - Articles
Josette still feels the earth move beneath her
Kristine Berey Tetchena Bellange says that following the Haitian earthquake, it was as if the world stopped for several days. At the time of the cataclysmic event, the documentary film director’s aunt Josette, 71, was in Haiti, taking care of her son who had been ill. The family heard from her,...
Heritage, talent at the forefront
Kristine Berey What do Mary Ann Shadd, Nathaniel Dett, Portia White, and Elijah McCoy have in common? Discovering that these famous Canadians who have made a difference were once young, gifted and black is interesting and illuminating to most people. But if you’re a young black kid yourself, just starting out,...
The living history of Union United
Kristine Berey An English Lit graduate and fiction writer, Maranda Moses admits history is not her main subject. Yet a chance meeting in 2005 with then-Union United Church minister Rev. Darryl Gray led to Moses completing Proud Past, Bright Future. The book tells the story of Union United Church, which...
HIV/AIDS 'epidemic' crosses generational borders
Martin C. Barry When most people think of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), they most likely associate it with young men and women. However, a new phenomenon is starting to emerge, raising the question of whether HIV in those over 50 is on its way to becoming a major problem. According to...
Dans la Rue kids once on the street back to school
Jillian Zacchia Marlee, 22, came to Montreal from Halifax two years ago with a friend to take advantage of the city’s artistic opportunities. She is studying animation while attending Emmett Johns School, part of the Dans la Rue organization that helps youth in need. “I didn’t have any money and I...
Montreal pain researcher honoured in the U.S. for his achievements
Martin C. Barry A Montreal scientist who broadened the understanding of how we experience pain, along with the ways it can be controlled and relieved, has been honoured for the second time in less than year for his lifetime’s work. In December, Ronald Melzack, psychology professor emeritus at McGill University, was...
The Ciné Files
FIFA 2010: Excellent documentary profiles director Milos Forman
MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images French writer Georges-Marc Benamou( L) and director Milos Forman in Prague. LIFE AND WORK OF MILOS FORMAN LIV OCH REGI : MILOS FORMAN (2008) Sweden, United States, Czech Republic English, Swedish, English subtitles 58 minutes...(read more)...
2010 International Festival of Films on Art - check it out
Back in 2003 I saw a really great film: Robert Capa: In Love and War, directed by Anne Makepeace. It was the perfect combination of skilful filmmaking and a fascinating subject. (I came out of it thinking, "they don't make guys like that any...(read more)...
Human Rights Film Festival profiles (and presents) Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer today
PAUL CROCK/AFP/Getty Images Australian film director Jeff Daniels and Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer. The 10 Conditions of Love Australia – 2009 – 53 min – Doc – English, Uighur, English subtitles DIR: Jeff Daniels PROD: John Lewis...(read more)...
Will Mother return to our screens?
The Korean film Mother opened in limited release in Los Angeles and New York yesterday. This film from director Bong Joon-ho was one of the more anticipated ones at last year's Festival du Nouveau Cinema. (I'm pretty sure it was sold out. This...(read more)...
Tonight at Montreal Human Rights Film Festival
I suggest Reporter, a documentary about Pulitzer Prize winning (twice!), New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof. Friday March 12 (TODAY!) at 7 pm at Cinema du Parc and Monday at 5 at Cinéma Parallèle (in the Ex-Centris buildiing. Synopsis...(read more)...
I'm pretty sure that Thomas Hayden Church is a good actor. It's hard to tell, sometimes, because much of his early career was spent on Wings , playing a sluggish version of Woody Boyd from Cheers . But his performance in Sideways earned him an...(read more)...
Words & Music
Muse, March 10 at the Bell Centre
Muse at the Bell Centre Wednesday night. Photo: Marie-France Coallier/The Gazette. To see more pictures from the show, please click here. When you go as far over the top as Muse routinely does, odds are good that you’ll plummet to a bloody death. Considering the British trio’s quest for ultra-mega-epicness, it’s...
Gazette Music Critic T'Cha Dunlevy is preparing a story for the weekend on Montreal bands making appearances at the esteemed South by Southwest music, film and media festival in Austin, Texas from March 12 through 21. One day I'll go. But in the meantime, I can close my eyes and...
Our Lady Peace, March 9 at the Olympia
Our Lady Peace singer Raine Maida sees red at the Olympia on Tuesday, March 9. Photo: Marie-France Coallier/The Gazette. For more photos from the show, please click here. In an interview with The Gazette last week, in the midst of rehearsals for a tour that features complete-album performances, Our Lady Peace...
After a one year break, Montreal’s Heavy MTL summer festival is back, taking place on July 24th and 25th at Parc Jean-Drapeau. And this time, in terms of headliners, the two-day extravaganza seems to be focusing less on glam and jean-jacket metal and more towards shock rock, nu-metal, and the...
Concert review: Alicia Keys, Feb. 28 at the Bell Centre
With hockey fans along Ste. Catherine St. still cheering the Canadian team's Olympic gold medal win against the U.S., American R&B star Alicia Keys held her head high a couple blocks south at the Bell Centre. It was the second stop on the singer's Element of Freedom Tour, in support of her recently-released fourth...
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy (with Nels Cline in the background) at the Olympia Saturday. Photo: John Morstad/The Gazette. To see more of John Morstad's photos from the concert, please click here. I'm sometimes asked if there's anything I've written that I regret. The snap-judgment aspect of music criticism draws an emphatic "yes," and...
CBC | Montreal News
Sergei Kostitsyn scored two goals as the Montreal Canadiens won their season-high fifth straight in a 3-2 victory over the the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Saturday night....
Vandals hit 11 Montreal police cars
Eleven cruisers were vandalized overnight at the Montreal police traffic and road safety division's building in the city's St. Henri district, police said Saturday....
Niqab Gazette cartoon steps up debate
An editorial cartoon in Friday's Montreal Gazette is highlighting a controversial incident in which a Muslim woman was asked to leave a French language school for refusing to remove her niqab....
Montreal blue collar workers to refuse overtime
Montreal's 5,000 blue collar workers plan to say no to overtime work starting next Thursday, just days after ending a series of one-day rotating strikes....
Montreal Alzheimer's patient dies of exposure
The family of a 94-year old woman who died from exposure after wandering outside a Montreal-area seniors residence wants to know how the Alzheimer's patient was able to elude staff and the electronic monitoring system that were supposed to keep her safe....
Charkaoui to sue Ottawa for $24 million
A Montreal man accused of being a terrorist and who spent several years living under tight restrictions intends to sue the federal government....
FirstShowing.net
Indie Trailer Sunday: Canadian Vampire Rock Comedy 'Suck'
A couple of years ago, we wrote about a vampire rock 'n roll musical comedy (that's really what it is) titled simply Suck that would feature appearances by Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, and Moby, as well as other rockers. Well, jump ahead to today, and now we've got...
Check These Out: The Greatest Vintage Kick-Ass Posters Yet
And I thought the marketing for this couldn't get any better. In honor of the premiere of Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass last night at the SXSW Film Festival, Lionsgate whipped up these three new posters and debuted them on MTV last week. They're designed like vintage US Army posters and I...
David Fincher Interested in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo?
Just yesterday we brought you an optimistic update on the Heavy Metal anthology project that's being put together by David Fincher. In related Fincher news, Vulture is reporting that the director is "circling" The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo remake that's being developed by Scott Rudin at Columbia. Apparently the...
Mel Gibson's Viking Epic Might Be His Final Directing Effort
Though it had been a little over eight years when Mel Gibson finally made his return to acting in Edge of Darkness, released earlier this year, it's only been half that time since he last directed a feature and that was the Mayan epic Apocalypto. We already know that Gibson's...
Ron Perlman Playing Conan's Dad Instead of Mickey Rourke
When it was announced in January that Jason Momoa would star in Marcus Nispel's remake of Conan as the legendary barbarian himself, it was also revealed that Mickey Rourke was being considered to play his father Corin, the village blacksmith. Then, a few weeks ago, it was announced that Rourke...
Must Watch: First Sneak Peek at Robert Rodriguez' Predators
Earlier tonight at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX, Robert Rodriguez and his cohorts debuted a first look at Predators, his new reboot/remake of the action classic. In addition to that event, Fox has unveiled a first look sneak peek at Predators on the official website, with plenty of...
The Chronicle
HIT THE POST WITH CJAD 800'S RICK MOFFAT, VOICE OF THE GREY CUP CHAMP ALS AND PLAYOFF-BOUND HABS
NOW WILL COACH MARTIN ADMIT JARO'S #1? Not on your life......
HIT THE POST WITH CJAD 800'S RICK MOFFAT, VOICE OF THE HABS&GREY CUP CHAMPION ALS
HOW MANY NHL GM'S DOES IT TAKE TO UN-SCRAMBLE A BRAIN? Sorry, no joke here......
One fish, two fish, red fish, Omega-3 fish? It may not be recommended by Dr......
I was leaving my last class for the day when I saw my friend, Ken Frankel, working out in the hallway with one of those pistol-grip label makers......
Dear Editor, In regards to Toula's Take "A Good Death", murder, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent (or malice aforethought), the commission of a murder deprives the victim of their worldly existence. Euthanasia (meaning a "good death") refers to "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of...
The Olympic Winter Games have come to an end and every newspaper in the country has been celebrating Canada's success in big bold letters......
The Constant Shopper
Alexander McQueen’s final procession
Alexander McQueen, one of the greatest designers of our age who committed suicide last month, created a rich, gilded collection that was shown Wednesday in Paris, the final day of the fall shows. The pieces, each a masterpiece, were inspired by Byzantine...(read more)...
Oscars red carpet: statements and sillies
Avatar blue, acres of froth, shine from champagne to gold. Oscar red carpet statements were out there this year, a season when the movie of the moment is the top-grossing film of all time and the deep recession is lifting. Here's a rundown on the...(read more)...
Fringe finale by Denis Gagnon at Montreal Fashion Week
And so it came to a close with a standing ovation, the first of Montreal Fashion Week, as Denis Gagnon sprinted down the runway in a bronze zip headdress to close the shows Thursday evening. The pressure was intense for Gagnon, who in the last week has...(read more)...
Montreal Fashion Week: contortionists, colour, grunge, glamour
Contortionists! Colour! Cupcakes! Crystals and red carpet! Grunge, glamour and sequins! And equestrian dandies in the dark. So much stimulation, so many attempts to grab attention in the blur of the shows. Day 3 of Montreal Fashion Week, fall 2010 edition...(read more)...
Montreal Fashion Week: sweet and sassy Ève Gravel
The fashion fog is upon me at the start of Day 4 of Montreal Fashion Week. What stands out so far in the blur: bustiers and pasties, sailors, sausage coils and sequins, peaked and padded shoulders, and the very slow pace of the shows. But back to sweet...(read more)...
Montreal Fashion Week: Homage to Alexander McQueen from J.U.D.E
(Judith Desjardins's homage to Alexander McQueen. Photo, Dave Sidaway, The Gazette) Back to the main stage at Bonsecours Market last night. The moment of the evening came during Judith Desjardins’s show in an homage to Alexander McQueen as a...(read more)...
The Snap
The Alouettes have yet to make the announcement, but The Snap has learned the team has signed free-agent defensive-back Steven Holness to a contract. When free agency began last month, The Gazette immediately speculated the Als could have their sights on Holness, a Montreal native who spent two seasons with the...
Proulx believes Als can repeat
In announcing his return to the Alouettes for the upcoming season on Monday, veteran safety Matthieu Proulx was one of the first players – if not the only one until now – who has expressed his belief Montreal can repeat as Grey Cup champions. No Canadian Football League team has done...
Veteran safety Matthieu Proulx placed a telephone call to The Snap today, informing us he's returning to the Alouettes for at least one more season. Proulx, 29 in April, has a year and an option remaining on his contract, but was unsure about continuing his athletic career for a number of...
Als potentially reponsible for Walls bonus
A Canadian Football League source has told The Snap it's his belief the Alouettes are reponsible for a bonus payment to veteran rush-end Gavin Walls. Montreal acquired Walls from Winnipeg last Friday in a trade for Stan van Sichem. The Als then attempted to renegotiate Walls's contract before Monday, when he...
Trestman captures Annis Stukus Trophy
Head coach Marc Trestman, who led the Alouettes to a franchise record 15 victories in 2009, along with their first Grey Cup since 2002, was named the Canadian Football League's coach of the year today at the league's annual Congress in Edmonton. The voting was conducted by members of the Football...
Sportsnet.ca is reporting the Alouettes have signed free-agent quarterback Cody Pickett, a former Toronto Argonaut. Pickett was recently released by the Argos after spending two seasons with the club. He completed145 of 235 passes last season (61.7 per cent) for 1,553 yards. He had three touchdowns and was intercepted three times. Pickett's signing...
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2 confirmed dead in B.C. avalanche, as search continues
Police now say two people were killed in an avalanche at a snowmobile event in interior British Columbia Saturday, not three as initially believed in the hours immediately following the slide....
Federal justice minister addresses Jaffer case
Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says "people want to know as much as possible" when it comes to the court system, in a discussion about former MP Rahim Jaffer's recent plea bargain on a careless driving charge....
Workers at Ont. cement plant strike over pension demands
Dozens of workers set up picket lines outside the St. Marys Cement plant in this eastern Ontario town on Sunday over proposed changes to their pension plan. The walkout follows two months of intensive negotiations between the Canadian Auto Workers and the Toronto-based company....
Inflation data could lift loonie close to parity this week
The latest inflation data could move the Canadian dollar even closer to parity with the U.S. dollar this week after a strong employment report Friday sent the loonie surging....
Pakistani fighter jets attack Taliban hide-outs, killing 17
Pakistani fighter jets pounded Taliban hide-outs near the Afghan border Sunday, killing 17 insurgents, local officials said....
Two fires in Halifax area quickly handled
Two separate house fires in the Halifax area early Sunday caused damage but no injuries....
Montreal on the Cheap
Wine & Spirits Show: March 25-28, 2010.
If you enjoy tasting wine and spirits, like cognac, this is a must-do that comes to Montreal every two years. The cost is very reasonable, considering the wine you get to taste and the new flavours you may end up discovering. It is also fun to chat with the people who...
Far Away Tales, Close to Home, March 27, 2010 – Children’s Play at the Centaur
Another offering from the Centaur Theatre for children, aged 7 to 15 years. Theatre and dance illustrates three universal stories: from the first crush & first kiss to poems from the globe, all the way finding out the importance of imagination, we find that whether you come from far away or...
Free Tim Hortons Hash Brown, March 10, 2010, with breakfast
Tim Hortons outlets are offering free hash browns with the purchase of a breakfast sandwich on Wednesday, March 10 between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. The offer has the standard disclaimers about being at participating outlets and while supplies last: Tim Hortons. Enjoy!...
Sunday Rendez Vous Jazz Experience, March 28, 2010
Sunday Rendez Vous Jazz Experience with the Geoff Lapp Trio When: March 28,2010 at 3 p.m. Where: Stewart Hall 176 chemin du Bord-du-Lac, Pointe Clair Cost: Free Admission...
Southwest Music For Melting Snow with Geoff Lapp Trio – March, 26, 2010.
Southwest Music For Melting Snow with the Geoff Lapp Trio When: Friday, March 26/10 at 7:30 p.m. Cost: $10.00 for adults, 2.00 for children Where: Southwest United Church 1445 CLEMENCEAU STREET Verdun, Québec H4H 2r2 Get Directions...
Last Few Weeks of Cubes, Blocks and Other Spaces (ends Apr. 5/10)
An exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Cubes, Blocks and Other Spaces, is coming to the end of its run. Don’t wait if you want to see it. The price is particularly right on Wednesday evenings: free. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Wednesday...
The Monitor
One fish, two fish, red fish, Omega-3 fish? It may not be recommended by Dr......
I was leaving my last class for the day when I saw my friend, Ken Frankel, working out in the hallway with one of those pistol-grip label makers......
The Éco-quartier NDG would like to invite you (FREE OF CHARGE) to celebrate world water day by watching the documentary: ?Blue gold? at YMCA, 4335 Hampton, on Monday March 22th at 7pm......
Topic: Hearing Loss, the Causes, How Health Canada Can Help, and the Latest in Hearing Aid Technology with Steve Forget In partnership with the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging Wednesday March 17 at 2 p.m......
Namur?Jean-Talon revitalization project hailed by the Office de consultation publique de Montréal
by the Office de consultation publique de Montréal A report on the Namur?Jean-Talon redevelopment project issued by the Office de consultation publique was greeted with pride and satisfaction by the mayor of the Côte-des-Neiges?Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough and vice-president in charge of housing on the Ville de Montréal executive committee, Mr......
Dear Editor, In regards to Toula's Take "A Good Death", murder, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent (or malice aforethought), the commission of a murder deprives the victim of their worldly existence. Euthanasia (meaning a "good death") refers to "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of...
Showbiz Chez Nous
Jacob Tierney's The Trotsky heading to the Tribeca Film Festival
Montreal laugher The Trotsky is going to have its U.S. premiere at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival, the New York film fest founded by Robert De Niro. Tribeca is set to announce The Trotsky's inclusion in the festival on Monday but Trotsky producer Kevin Tierney confirmed Thursday that his film...
How cool is this? I'm just back from meeting Zach Braff. Yeah that Zach Braff. The one who wrote and directed that cool little indie hit Garden State and starred for years on that hit series Scrubs. Braff is in town to work on this cool little indie picture The High...
It's Jutra day! Let the controversies begin!
So the Jutra nominations are out and, to the surprise of some, the leading nominee is NOT J'ai tué ma mère or Polytechnique. It's the Dédé Fortin bio-pic Dédé à travers les brumes. For my story on nominations, please click here. I will have a fuller piece in the old-fashioned print...
When I was given the chance to swing by the set of Notre Dame de Grace - the coolest movie shooting in Montreal right now - I told ace publicist Henry Welsh that I would be happy to come....as long as I could bring a young assistant. Henry quickly agreed...
Toronto critics dig Xavier Dolan's J'ai tué ma mère
I know, I know, you're sick of hearing about the little film that could. But still. It is the day Xavier Dolan's J'ai tué ma mère opens in Toronto so I think we have to yet again spill some ink - or whatever is spilled when you write a blog...
More than a million Quebecers watch a lame garage-league hockey game
I thought no one would be watching and, yet again, I'm oh so wrong. Turns out 1.449 million folks tuned in Sunday night to watch the first hockey game in the reality-show, talent-show La Série Montréal-Québec on the TVA Network. This is the show from Productions J, the same company...
Green Life
Montreal Film Festival on the Environment; March 26 to April 1
Here is your chance to catch some of those great environmental films you've been hearing about, like The Cove , which won the Oscar for best Documentary of 2009. Cinéma du Parc is holding its second annual seven-day festival from March 26 to...(read more)...
Sod-turning for Montreal's new Centre for Sustainable Development
The Centre for Sustainable Development (better known by its French name, the Maison du développement durable) will soon begin to emerge on the corner of Clark and Ste. Catherine St. W.. The centre will house headquarters of eight non-profit organizations...(read more)...
Green Life Column: How about body armour?
Quebec's plan to amend Road Safety Code to make young cyclists wear helmets doesn't go far enough to address the problem of more and more cars on our streets (Kids at an elementary school in Montreal's Mercier neighborhood take part in a session...(read more)...
The bike path on the Jacques Cartier Bridge is to open for the season tomorrow. Click here for a map of Montreal-area bike paths and here for a list of bike paths on the bridges leading onto the island of Montreal. -- Monique Beaudin...(read more)...
Défi climat: resolutions for the environment
A week from today registrations will begin for the third edition of Défi climat : the province-wide climate-awareness program that challenges Quebecers to do their bit for the environment. People who register pledge to make changes in their lives...(read more)...
Green Life Column: Caring can be costly
Lisa Kagan is conscientious about her cans and bottles at home, but has stopped recycling from her downtown business after being hit with a $628 ticket (Lisa Kagan, who owns ASM Performing Arts on Stanley St., has stopped recycling at her downtown business...(read more)...
About.com Montreal, Canada
This Weekend in Montreal - St. Paddy's, Dampen Daylight Saving Time, Reporter
Musts ... Spring Forward ... Gently I'm not the only one who thinks springing forward is a shock to the system. According to a recent study addressed by Brandon Peters, About.com's Guide to Sleep, setting the clocks one hour ahead for Daylight Saving Time "increases cardiac events by 6%, including heart attacks."...
Montreal CSA Sign-Up Season 2010: Get Top Notch Organic Veggies on the Cheap
Chris Hondros / Getty Images Montreal CSAs -- acronym for "community supported agriculture," a business model that brings consumer and farmer closer together -- are gearing up for 2010, on the lookout for members interested in receiving weekly, sometimes bi-monthly, organic food baskets from roughly May through October. The contents...
View of St. Sulpice Street, at the corner of Prince Arthur, in Old Montreal. Notice the tower on the left? Photo © Evelyn Reid More: Wordless Wednesdays and Montreal Pictures on Evelyn's Montreal Blog Stay Connected: Receive the Montreal Newsletter Have Your Say in the Forum Follow Me on Twitter Wordless Wednesday originally appeared on About.com...
Montreal St. Patrick's Day Parade 2010: A Little Shorter, A Wee Earlier
Everyone is Irish, at least for a day. Photo by Flickr user Colros The longest running uninterrupted St. Patrick's Day Parade in Canada -- not North America as per the poorly fact-checked provincial myth that still finds its way into press releases; the title of longest running North American St....
Denis Gagnon, Barilà & DIMITRICHRIS: Montreal Fashion Week, Take Two
Montreal Fashion Week has come and gone, leaving a wake of buyers salivating to translate catwalk concept into commercial wearability for women under 5' 10" and over 110 pounds. And that wake is a sizeable one. According to a local CTV News report, a record number of Canadian buyers attended...
This Weekend in Montreal - Friday Nocturnes, Razmatazz, Nelligan
Musts ... Winter Sports Wrap-Up Mid-March is usually the cut-off point for winter sports in the city, particularly outdoor skating rinks, but with local temperatures laughing in the face of Phil's prognostication, this weekend could be last call. In the case of Old Montreal's Bonsecours Basin, the season concludes Sunday. Friday Nocturnes This month's...
Montreal Real Estate Blog
GMREB Video: Condo Sales Increases in January 2010
Last month, just as the month before that, there was another record breaking sales for the condo market. The new video of the GMREB explains the numbers as well as the so called “Real Estate Bubble” that people are talking about. Michel Beauséjour, the CEO of the GMREB, clarifies the rumors...
Our Brand-Spanking New Facebook Page
Finally I got around to making a Facebook Fanpage for the Blog. It has been on my mind since last November, and I must admit: I didn’t have a clue how to make one. But miracles do happen, and last week I belatedly uncovered the Facebook Fanpage Mystery. Now, it’s...
2009 Real Estate Market – Good Performance
December’s stats came out early this month. The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board (GMREB) often gives us monthly numbers and this time, they also have some information on how the year did in general, compared to 2008. We had a slow start last year. The market didn’t show serious signs of...
Montreal Image: Park in Little Italy
photo: Deya Bautista This little park is the same one facing the Condo Church in little Italy, on St Laurent Blvd. According to Google maps it’s called Parc Martel. It’s located right at the entrance of the lovely neighbourhood of Little Italy. If you’ve never been there, it’s on St Laurent and...
We don’t hear about Escrows in Montreal. Believe it or not, my fellow Real Estaters (I think I just created a new word) from other provinces and countries. The first time I heard, actually I didn’t hear it, I READ the word Escrow it was in a Condo Buyer’s Guide I...
Google Maps the Next Real Estate Search Engine?
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The Westmount Examiner
One fish, two fish, red fish, Omega-3 fish? It may not be recommended by Dr......
I was leaving my last class for the day when I saw my friend, Ken Frankel, working out in the hallway with one of those pistol-grip label makers......
Dear Editor, In regards to Toula's Take "A Good Death", murder, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent (or malice aforethought), the commission of a murder deprives the victim of their worldly existence. Euthanasia (meaning a "good death") refers to "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of...
The Olympic Winter Games have come to an end and every newspaper in the country has been celebrating Canada's success in big bold letters......
Corey Haim's death is a tragedy that affects us all, fan or not
I reacted to the news regarding the sudden death of Canadian actor Corey Haim, at age 38 this morning, with a great deal of sadness......
Photographer Szilasi wins GG Award
Westmount photographer Gabor Szilasi has a long list of accomplishments to his name ? including a recent one-man show at the National Gallery of Canada ? and this week that list got even longer. The long-time Grosvenor Avenue resident has been named one of this year's recipients of the prestigious Governor...