Joe Ortona: New EMSB Chair stands up for the Anglophone community Kristin McNeill May 10, 2021 4284 Spring has been particularly busy for the chair of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB), Joe Ortona. Since assuming office in September 2020, he has become a much sought-after community leader by the media ...
Marc Gold and Nancy Cummings-Gold share their love of family, community, a desire to help others …and music Peter Kerr July 15, 2020 5008 Music has played an important role in the lives of Marc Gold and Nancy Cummings-Gold. It was a shared love of music that brought them together as young adults. Now they share their love of their city, province ...
Government incentives could propel us all to do the Right Things linda.hammerschmid February 21, 2020 2159 Ask the Hammer Sure we already get to deduct contributions to RRSPs, and those who pay spousal support, that ded...
A few quick tips on fighting certain traffic tickets linda.hammerschmid February 4, 2020 13157 Ask the Hammer By and large most drivers have “earned” some traffic tickets in their driving careers. Be they for parking or moving violations take the time to review in detail your ticket before simply p...
It’s springtime and the government again wants into the bedroom of its citizens linda.hammerschmid May 13, 2019 2889 Ask the Hammer Every year or so we hear rumblings of the Government wanting to “modernize” the family law system in Quebec. Nothing is broken – as I will explain further on – but our fearless new Leaders wan...
What your lawyer should do and tell you linda.hammerschmid March 17, 2019 2473 Ask the Hammer How many times have I met clients who are looking to change attorneys and when asked to remit copies of their procedures that they are referring to, they say they don’t have it/them. Or they h...
COHABITATION: MYTHS AND FACTS linda.hammerschmid February 17, 2019 3244 Ask the Hammer More and more we see couples choosing to live together without getting married. They do this for many different reasons but one reason for sure is because they believe they don’t want to have ...
What to do to stay married together linda.hammerschmid October 2, 2018 2367 Ask The Hammer The Legal I Do’s and Don’ts of Marriage and Co-habiting Couples Anyone who has ever listened to me on Dr. Laurie Betito’s CJAD program - Passion – knows that I always recommend getting either...
Want legal justice – then don’t assault your perpetrator linda.hammerschmid August 17, 2018 2263 Ask the Hammer Our Supreme Court made new law recently by factoring into criminal sentencing vigilante justice when it is rained down on an alleged perpetrator. The Supreme Court concluded that the beatin...
“To Die, To Sleep, To Sleep No More” legally speaking linda.hammerschmid June 26, 2018 2438 Ask the Hammer Did Shakespeare envision the possibility of legally assisted suicide when he wrote that now famous line from Hamlet? Doubtful, but in our day and age, with TV programs like “Mary Kills Peop...
