Aislin’s Favourite Covid Cartoons is Terry Mosher’s latest book … and a Canada Post commemorative stamp! Peter Kerr October 22, 2021 1781 Terry Mosher has just published another book of editorial cartoons – but this time there is an important difference. He’s assembled editorial cartoons from fellow cartoonists from around the world about the com...
Dr. Susan Kahn, the Jewish General Hospital’s authority on thromboembolism, devotes herself to patient care and research The Montrealer October 19, 2021 3235 Around the time Dr. Susan Kahn was doing her medical training, there was an explosion in knowledge about genetic factors involved in a condition known as venous thromboembolism. It happened that some of her fam...
Pharma Benefits More Obvious Than Ever Miguel Ouellette: Economist and Director of Operations - Montreal Economic Institute June 5, 2021 1508 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 4760 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 2464 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 4579 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 2558 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 3125 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 5006 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 3813 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...
