Cummings Centre puts in place measures during current pandemic The Montrealer May 12, 2020 2726 With its spring programs about to launch, the Cummings Centre, a non-profit, multicultural community centre serving Montreal’s 50+ population, had to quickly adjust its programming and put in place several meas...
Inspire calm and confidence amidst the crisis: Focus on the positives Lynn MacNeil April 29, 2020 2068 Managing Your Money Please call us at 514-981-5795 or visit us virtually at www.EphtimiosMacNeil.com In the span of a few weeks, our reality has become what seems like the storyline of a science fiction movie...
Prominent Montreal families come together to fight the pandemic with $4M donation to MUHC Foundation Kate Shingler April 26, 2020 4622 The Hewitt Foundation, the late Elspeth McConnell, and the Trottier Family Foundation combine their donations to fight COVID-19 Just days into 2020, researchers in Wuhan, China announced that a spike in pneumo...
Former Expos beat writer’s 10th book full of memories The Montrealer April 25, 2020 3323 Former Expos beat writer Danny Gallagher has spun out another book. Gallagher's just released baseball tome is called Always Remembered: new revelations and old tales about those fabulous Expos. It contains...
Building a charitable organization for families living with autism Audrey Burt April 24, 2020 3178 My son’s life has value beyond measure Editor’s Note: April is Autism Awareness Month, and we are sharing an article by Audrey Burt, mother of a boy with severe autism. Audrey founded S.Au.S (Soutien Autism Su...
Air Canada re-configures passenger aircraft to carry more medical supplies The Montrealer April 23, 2020 2807 Air Canada is re-configuring the cabins of three of its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to give them additional cargo capacity. The first aircraft conversion is complete and is now in service, with the second and thi...
A. Vogel gives $100,000 in matching funds to the MUHC Foundation Tara Simonetta Mann April 20, 2020 3073 West Island company and employees donate to fund COVID-19 research Mackie Vadacchino rises to every challenge. After losing both her parents at the age of 13, she put herself through university—the first in he...
Captain Crozier Relieved of Command after Pleading for the Health of his Crew Peter Blaikie April 9, 2020 4136 With the almost suffocating quantity of coronavirus news, the story of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the nuclear aircraft carrier and its commander, Captain Brett Crozier, may be beneath your radar. It should be ...
While the United States suffers, the President is derelict Peter Blaikie April 3, 2020 5116 Many of you will remember the opening lines of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities – “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Although, at least for the moment, the worst of times aptly describe...
Weakening Democracy in the full light of day Peter Blaikie March 17, 2020 4432 The Washington Post uses the slogan Democracy Dies in Darkness. Given the fact that, in many of the world’s most democratic countries, and to varying degrees, democracy is in retreat, a more appropriate slogan ...
