The long recovery after COVID-19 for Paul Mayrand Tara Simonetta Mann November 12, 2020 502 Paul Mayrand has no memory of 30 days of his life last March and April. One of the first COVID-19 patients at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Mayrand nearly didn’t make it. He spent 67 days in ho...
MUHC Foundation launches $200 million Dream Big Campaign Tara Simonetta Mann October 23, 2020 589 The Dream Big Campaign to change the course of lives and medicine will support the priorities of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). The MUHC is one of Canada’s leading hospitals because Montrealers ha...
Pizza Pita Has Landed: now located on Vezina at Decarie Square mikecohen October 22, 2020 302 MtlRestoRap The Shpigelman brothers offer an extensive Kosher take-out menu in addition to their signature pizzas The iconic Pizza Pita kosher restaurant has shifted its operations from Decarie Blvd. t...
Stanstead College: Big World Meets Small Town Ross Murray October 21, 2020 821 The day the Canadian boarding students returned to Stanstead College this past September, the school received a call from a manager at Stanstead’s only grocery store. Customers had noticed students shopping, an...
Deville Dinerbar adapts to the new normal with curbside pickup mikecohen October 20, 2020 247 MtlRestoRap After months of hunkering down and planning out their steps, The Tzemopoulos family finally pushed the play button on the reopening of their trendy downtown Stanley Street Deville Dinerbar (www....
Trottier Family Foundation gift empowers Montreal’s most affected communities to fight COVID Tara Simonetta Mann September 21, 2020 694 We are not all equal in the eyes of the virus. This is a realization that has come to the forefront over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the virus does not discriminate, systemic issues disadva...
A made-in-Montreal solution to COVID-19 Tara Simonetta Mann August 21, 2020 6687 A key to controlling COVID-19 is testing Editor’s Note: When this article was originally posted, one of the photo captions contained a serious error. Dr. Susanne Bechstedt and Dr. Maureen McKeague were not cor...
COVID-19 – Worldwide Pandemic! Economic Crisis! Hmmm…Why not buy a boat? RV? Lynn MacNeil August 11, 2020 481 Managing Your Money After what was one of the worst stock market crashes in history, we’ve now seen one of the most amazing recoveries, with the US and Canadian markets down only -3.1% and -7.5% respectively...
Caring for the Caregiver at the Cummings Centre takes on a new perspective The Montrealer August 4, 2020 555 With the current situation surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19), the role of caregivers has grown exponentially. The Cummings Centre, a non-profit, multicultural community centre serving Montreal’s 50+ popula...
Montreal investment firm steps up to feed health care heroes The Montrealer June 28, 2020 881 Employees at Jarislowsky Fraser fundraised to treat 500 essential hospital workers to a warm meal A group of employees at the Montreal-based firm Jarislowsky Fraser came together online to raise funds to suppo...
