Le Griffix – a new condominium project in Griffintown The Montrealer April 1, 2011 9987 It’s hip, urbane and best of all – a solid real estate investment A century ago, Griffintown was home to the people who worked in the nearby factories, the port and the immense rail yards that used to bisect t...
Joey Saputo – giving back to the community The Montrealer April 1, 2011 4063 Joey Saputo is the kind of guy you'd like to have as a next door neighbour; solid, trustworthy, and deeply committed to his family. What may not be obvious is that the man who created The Impact, Montreal's suc...
Massive indoor waterpark a popular winter attraction in Niagara The Montrealer March 8, 2011 4042 NIAGARA FALLS - Both sides of Niagara Falls – New York and Ontario – are spectacular. We last visited the area more than five years ago. This trip was during the winter. After spending the first several days in...
Cruising the Caribbean aboard Holland America’s Eurodam The Montrealer March 3, 2011 7256 The latest word from the cruise industry is that shipboard vacations are riding a growing wave of popularity as the global economic decline that erupted in 2008 begins to ebb. In fact, last year alone 11.1 mill...
Rod Stewart – from rock ‘n’ roll to the American Songbook The Montrealer March 1, 2011 3119 His music career began inauspiciously as a harmonica player and part-time singer for various London bands. Five decades later and more than 100 million records sold worldwide, the uniquely husky-voiced Rod Stew...
A “Grand” Island to visit in New York’s Niagara Region The Montrealer February 14, 2011 5427 GRAND ISLAND, NEW YORK: For 12 of the past 13 years our family has spent the Christmas holidays in the warmth of South Florida. This year we decided to do something completely different. With some US friends of...
Adirondack Festival of Food & Wine returns to Mirror Lake Inn The Montrealer February 11, 2011 6351 Chefs and vintners gather and guest presenter, Kevin Zraly Lake Placid, N.Y. The Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa is hosting the 6th Annual Adirondack Festival of Food & Wine, March 31-April 3, 2011. The popu...
Cruising The Caribbean aboard the Celebrity Solstice The Montrealer February 3, 2011 6862 I confess I’m a deeply afflicted cruise addict who, if time and money permitted, would likely spend more days on the water than on land. Alas, this is not possible and perhaps it’s a good thing because, who kno...
Lori Graham – Montreal’s favourite weather presenter The Montrealer February 1, 2011 51673 The lights went out on January 8, 1998… and they didn’t come back on for over a week. “The Weather” reports for those pockets of Montreal where people still had power instantly became headline news. Montrealers...
My South Florida alternative – Oakville, Niagara and Toronto The Montrealer January 3, 2011 5495 Winter plans do not always have to include warm weather climates. For the first time in well more than a decade our family did not spend the Christmas holidays in South Florida. It was not in the cards for us t...
