Pharma Benefits More Obvious Than Ever Miguel Ouellette: Economist and Director of Operations - Montreal Economic Institute June 5, 2021 448 For some people, no good deed deserves to be rewarded—at least not by making a profit, which they treat as if it were a dirty word. Even saving millions of lives, as pharmaceutical companies have undoubtedly do...
Entrepreneur rushes to supply PPE amidst COVID shortages Peter Diekmeyer May 11, 2021 1073 Government lockdowns have hit entrepreneurs hard. Stories abound of bars, restaurants, and salons being driven into bankruptcy and employees pushed into unemployment lines. Neil Malani, CEO of Axl Solutions isn...
Building back our mental health Melissa Arauz May 8, 2021 433 The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to a renewed focus on our collective mental health. For more than a year now, Canadians have been faced with increased isolation, heightened uncertainty and overwhelming fe...
Why Trump voters (like Rodney Dangerfield) “Can’t Get No Respect” Peter Blaikie December 11, 2020 681 Peter Blaikie In the October issue of The Montrealer, I attempted, as objectively as possible, to identify different groups of probable supporters of President Donald Trump for the November 3 election. One ...
The long recovery after COVID-19 for Paul Mayrand Tara Simonetta Mann November 12, 2020 949 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 1336 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 1151 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 1442 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 909 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 1517 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...
