By New Year’s Eve, I contemplate on the wines that I had for the previous year .and look ahead for the year to come. I enjoyed a good share of New World wines and discover some new ones such as the Balkans and stick to...
Month: December 2016
It was approaching Christmas. I was living in Ottawa, sharing a townhouse with five other students from Carleton University. My roommate’s girlfriend, a rather devout Christian, came over to hang.
The Pointe-Claire Pharmaprix raised the bar in terms of donations this year during their annual campaign to help a local organization. “It’s something that Pharmaprix does every year around September,”.
Winter is officially here now and Tremblant announces the opening of up to 80 trails, the equivalent of 83% of skiable terrain, this weekend in time for the Holiday launch. Cold temperatures on our side, over 19 consecutive days allowed our teams to cover the...
This weekend, local comic Christophe Davidson is headlining a stand-up gig at the same stage where he launched his comedy career 13 years ago … at the Comedyworks club at.
Last summer at the Just For Laughs Festival presented by Videotron in association with Loto Quebéc, NHL star P.K. Subban returned for an emotional goodbye to Montréal, trading in his.
In the spirit of trying new things for 2017, on this week column, i will start talking about some pretty amazing wines from Macedonia in the Balkan regions. To help you warm up in the winter, two amazing scotch whisky reviews. Macedonia is home...
One of Montreal’s most well-known landmarks, St. Joseph’s Oratory, is continuing its longstanding tradition of hosting a crèche (nativity scene) exhibition this season. But renovations have temporarily closed the Oratory.
What says Christmas Season more than dining tables covered with steaming, flaky, busting-out-the-crusty-corners pies? Tourtieres, chicken and pot pies, syrupy fruit pies, sugar pies. In history, that food group may.
During the last 100 years, the holidays of Christmas and Hanukkah have fallen on the same day only four times, the last being in 1959. This year will be the fifth. Christmas has always been celebrated on December 25th since 336AD, when Pope Julius I...
The Media’s Big Food Drive is an annual and unique event in Quebec. As the Holiday Season approaches, the media join forces to raise monetary and non perishable donations to.
Neevee is a 7.5 pound Pug who lives in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue with Birgit Schultz and her family. Neevee was rescued from 'Under My Wing-Pug Rescue', a registered charitable organization based in.
The year is coming to an end in just a few weeks and most likely very few knew that 2016 was dedicated by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) to the Greek philosopher Aristotle. The reason to pay tribute to this iconic thinker...
Journalist, television columnist, and lifestyle expert Success takes shape in many forms, especially on the streets of Montreal. Inspiration isn’t hard to find if we take a look at our.
Our English neighbours in Ottawa know how to provide a mini-vacation for those of us who can’t escape to the south this winter. Hotel Andaz is located in Ottawa’s well-known.
Some thirty bike advocates turned out on Friday morning near Atwater Market to demand that Montreal's Lachine Canal bike path be cleared of snow in winter. They were joined by elected officials including Southwest borough mayor Benoît Dorais, together with opposition city councillors Craig Sauvé...
The Western world based cultures sometimes refer to the ‘solstice’ holiday as ‘Christmas’, the date settling on December 25th. There are many theories as to the date, one of course, being the.
Around this time of year, eating and drinking a little too much seems like a holiday tradition, but going too wild can make it difficult to get back on track.
The Town of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is pleased to announce that it has received the full amount for 2016 under the agreement with the Government of Quebec regarding transition measures to cushion the tax impact from the transfer of Ste. Anne’s Hospital. These measures, announced last...
To borrow from The Gazette’s Terry Mosher, “Okay, everybody, take a valium.” Time Magazine was not praising Donald Trump in making him “Person of the Year.” It’s not an accolade..
If you need a good read during the Christmas holidays, you can’t beat John Grisham’s latest legal thriller The Whistler. It has everything you could want in a Grisham thriller.
The human race is at a crossroad. We are at the intersection of renewable and non-renewable energy - and it is a slippery slope. It is a slope we have been climbing for decades as we feed our insatiable need for the energy and power...
It’s 12 noon on a cloudy, rainy early Friday afternoon last week (December 2, in particular), as professional love coach and matchmaker Cheryl Besner and a group of invited guests.
"Here comes trouble!" That was the first thing Jackie Arsenault had to say about her two dogs Molly and Blacky. "They are best friends… and partners in crime." Molly is.
It's the 'most wonderful time of the year'. The holidays are upon us, the lights are up, the gifts are wrapped - or soon to be. Turkey and tofu recipes are being shared on social media along with photos of innovative decorating ideas and holiday...