Stuart and Claire Webster

Stuart and Claire Webster make philanthropy an important life choice

Peter Kerr
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...didn’t realize that the MMFA has outreach programs involving four hundred community organizations. That kind of community outreach is really important to me. A lot of our focus comes from personal experience – and it helps us to be more impactful.” Claire believes that philanthropy should be taught in schools. “Ideally it would be a shared family experience – but unfortunately that doesn’t happen with enough regularity at home. In schools, fundra...

Mitch Melnick – host of Montreal’s top-ranked sports radio show

The Montrealer
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...SN 690 recently had to fight for its life on two occasions when the parent company had other plans for the station. “Our listeners were terrific – they flooded the CRTC with complaints and demands that the station would remain as an English-language sports broadcaster. We’ve always been out in the community, and their support is why we are still on the air.” Mitch Melnick is host of TSN 690’s top-rated program – Melnick in the Afternoon Mitch has...
A collection of electric and acoustic guitars used by Quebec-based musicians

Music-Quebec: from Charlebois to Arcade Fire now on at The McCord

The Montrealer
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...ec musicians. The exhibition is divided into six zones, and it is highly recommended that you use the headphones and accompanying soundtrack follow the soundtrack of the exhibit. Visitors first pass through The Insolence of Youth, featuring the Yé-Yé! era of the 60s. Quebec had (and still has) a unique ‘star’ system. It’s more like the US star system than other parts of Canada. I can remember when as a teenager, I visited a music store in Longueil...
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Managing Your Money

Lynn MacNeil
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...t card with annual interest rates often in the 20 to 30% range. Here is an example of a ‘don’t pay’ deal that looks good until you read the small print. Promotion: No interest if paid in full within six months Minimum $299 purchase No annual fee, merchant fee or administration fee Small print: Annual interest rate of 28.8% Interest accrues from purchase date and is waived if each minimum monthly payment is made by due date and the purchase price i...

Cuba as a first-time treat

Matthew Elder
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...ot specifically banned by Cuba. Vintage cars like these Olds and Chevy are common Photo: Matthew Elder Cuba’s traditional tropical allure, combined with bargain prices and even the fascination of travelling to a Communist country, now brings more than 1.5 million tourists to Cuba each year. But the totalitarian system – and even the cut-rate deals – also has deterred many from choosing it as a winter escape. As frequent Caribbean vacationers, my p...

Peter Trent – businessman, inventor, Mayor and now – author

The Montrealer
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...foot facility on a 13 acre site on The West Island. They invented polymer composite materials used in construction and engineering, and took out patents in dozens of countries. “It was hard to build that company, and I had many sleepless nights worrying about raising money and sometimes even meeting the payroll. I raised over $50 million to finance the growth of the company – which was difficult at the beginning when we didn’t have a profit to sh...

Barcelona – a multi-faceted vacation city

The Montrealer
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...ing, world-class shopping, and sunny afternoons at the beach. TRAVEL PLANNER Most people working in the tourism business speak English, so communication was reasonably easy. Air Transat Vacations has direct flights to Barcelona and the company offers a good selection of hotels. Transat also is a major wholesaler of cruise vacations, including the new and highly popular Norwegian EPIC. For more Barcelona information: www.transatholidays.com or visi...
Boursier-Mougenot

C̩leste Boursier-Mougenot from here to ear v.19 Рuntil March 27, 2016

LiveEvents
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...ation from here to ear (version hors série), dépôt du CNAP au Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon, France © Céleste Boursier-Mougenot. Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Photo © Blaise Adilon 2014 Céleste Boursier-Mougenot from here to ear v.19 In line with its ongoing policy of bringing the visual arts and music together, the Museum has invited French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot to present his living and ephemeral work. For...
Jonathan and Susan Wener

Jonathan and Susan Wener – sharing their success and challenges; a story of courage, faith and love  

Peter Kerr
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...i Canderel in May 2019. For information about the 2019 Défi, please visit: www.deficanderel.com Resilience is an inspirational account of survival, faith and love Resilience by Susan Wener Susan Wener chronicles her life’s journey of survival in the face of overwhelming odds against her. She had the good fortune to dedicated medical professionals, a loving family and her devoted husband – himself a pillar of strength for Susan and their children....
Aesthetics

Expansion of Aesthetics

Eleni Speal
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...a visual language inspired by a wide range of sources that coalesce into a complex fusion of materials, gestures, and symbols. His explorations of Surrealist imagery early in his career served as the foundation for an ongoing investigation of the nature of physical objects and their materiality. Tàpies is regarded as one of the most important art figure in Spain after the Second World War. Walasse Ting – Compliant nude – 1974 – print 61.5 x 36.25...