Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal – celebrating 50 Years of helping all Montrealers Peter Kerr September 14, 2021 196 Since being founded in 1971 by Arthur Pascal and a group of leaders in the Jewish Community, the Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal has grown to become one of the Canada’s largest administrators of family ...
Catherine Verdon-Diamond is a rising star at CBC television in Montreal Peter Kerr September 13, 2021 229 Catherine followed a circuitous but rapid path to her current roles of Weather Presenter and acting host of Our Montreal. Her natural effervescence and self-assurance have made her a ‘natural’ in front of the c...
MANDY’S – founded by sisters Mandy and Rebecca Wolfe, their healthy-eating salad-bar restaurants have become a Montreal favourite Peter Kerr August 14, 2021 848 What started out as a salad bar/café in the back half of a clothing boutique in 2004, has blossomed into a business with eight locations and over four hundred employees. It took four more years before Mandy and...
Captured as a feature film, Vittorio Rossi’s play The Chain is now on tour Peter Kerr July 21, 2021 1068 Vittorio Rossi is arguably one of Canada’s foremost playwrights; and the productions of his work have produced major box office successes for the theatres that stage his plays, most notably Centaur Theatre. He ...
Jardin Royalmount now open – Montreal’s only open-air event, theatre and performance venue Peter Kerr July 15, 2021 319 The team that created Royalmount Drive-In Event Theatre has created a sophisticated people-friendly space for concerts, comedy shows, wedding receptions, family celebrations and corporate events After successf...
Sam Watts – his fresh approach as CEO brings client-centered services to Welcome Hall Mission Peter Kerr July 12, 2021 578 Sam Watts enjoyed a successful business career, primarily as a consultant in the pharmaceutical industry before being recruited to become the CEO of the Welcome Hall Mission. His combination of business acumen ...
Karen Thomson – appraising art for collectors, estates and corporations Peter Kerr May 19, 2021 612 Montreal-based appraiser has advised many prominent families and Canadian corporations, including CBC and Bank of Montreal Karen Thomson is an accomplished artist who has also tapped into her business psyche t...
Priya Chopra – founder of the award-winning communications agency, 1Milk2Sugars Peter Kerr April 14, 2021 460 In a fiercely competitive business Priya Chopra stays ahead of the competition and maintains an impressive client list of international brands You can usually measure the success of a marketing business by exa...
Barry F. Lorenzetti – founder of BFL Canada, the nation’s largest independent insurance broker Peter Kerr April 3, 2021 2455 From a modest beginning growing up in Montreal’s Ville Emard district, Barry Lorenzetti has built BFL Canada into a $1.5 billion dollar insurance brokerage with twenty-one offices across Canada and internationa...
Irem Bektar launches a fine new album – Je suis ici Peter Kerr March 14, 2021 384 Multi-talented artist brings cool jazz, Argentinean tango and swing to her recording Irem Bektar is a multi-faceted artist who has enjoyed an education and careers in acting, dance, music composition and singi...
