Sooran’s story: facing a rare cancer with family by his side Tara Simonetta Mann July 14, 2023 1983 Six-week-old Nika Noroozi has spent her entire life on the adult cancer ward at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). To explain why, we need to go back to nearly a year before her birth. Nika’s parents,...
Money Mindset: Abundance & Scarcity Lynn MacNeil July 13, 2023 1594 Managing Your Money We attract and repel things based on our mindset and the attitudes we project out into the world. A complainer will always attract more things to complain about. Someone who practices grati...
Put philanthropic funds to work now Sam Watts July 7, 2023 1529 Think Philanthropically Most people agree that it is foolish to respond to a major crisis with half-measures. It is generally advisable to act decisively and deploy a disproportionate amount of resources so t...
Neurodiversity: perspective from a person with lived experience Kate Zarbatany July 6, 2023 2022 When I was diagnosed with autism at 13 years old, I wasn't even sure what the word meant. My parents told me, in the most basic way, that my brain worked differently than others. It was not good or bad, it was ...
Dommage – nothing ‘Beau’ about Bill 96 Guy Rex Rodgers July 5, 2023 2121 What We Choose To Remember When I arrived in Quebec I was an undesirable immigrant, at least by the standards of Francois Legault’s CAQ government. I could not speak French and my mother tongue made me un maud...
JGH Foundation donors fund world-leading cancer innovations Don Sancton July 4, 2023 3815 Dr. Gerald Batist heads the Jewish General Hospital’s cancer care and world-class research team who are making exciting progress against the disease Dr. Gerald Batist, Director of the Jewish General Hospital’s...
The Meakins-Christie Laboratories: 50 years of breathtaking respiratory research Tara Simonetta Mann June 19, 2023 986 When you can’t breathe, nothing else matters. Imagine living your life gasping, unable to take in a full, life-giving breath. This is the reality for millions of people around the world living with chronic resp...
The new Jackie Aziz AYA Program at Cedars addresses the unique needs of young cancer patients Michèle LaForest June 18, 2023 2002 Cancer strikes people at every age. Unfortunately, when it strikes someone in their teens, twenties or thirties, it comes with a unique set of medical and psychosocial consequences. For teens, a cancer diagnos...
Mike’s Notes: Bâton Rouge Grillhouse & Bar continues to grow; Dizz’s smoked meat and La Pizza Week mikecohen June 17, 2023 1842 The franchise on Decarie for Bâton Rouge Grillhouse & Bar recently held a VIP reopening after an extensive $1.3 million renovation and redesign. The seating capacity here is 242 in the dining room, with an ...
Rib ‘N Reef’s rooftop terrasse is another magic touch by owner Peter Katsoudas mikecohen June 16, 2023 1733 MtlRestoRap There are a select few standout steakhouses in Montreal, but the one that should be rewarded as a model of consistency and continued excellence belongs to Rib ‘N Reef on Decarie Boulevard under th...
