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Ever wish you could do SOMETHING to support a frontline healthcare worker? Buy them lunch? Pay for an extra mask? Many of us have been wishing there was some way…

This seems familiar. Maybe not to you, but to me. 17 years ago in March 2003. My son Jake, only 5 at the time, had cancer. Our life was all about social distancing.

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, Please accept my wishes for Sophie’s full and speedy recovery. I know that this is not the best time given that you are in self-isolation, but the…

I am going to cut to the chase on this post because while I have much to say about what we’ve been living,  the most important message is this. I…

It’s no secret that I am not a doctor. I am, however, a Mom, and us Moms like to be prepared for pretty much everything. With the first Montreal case of COVID-19…

The beginning of my ‘Norene story’ of is not all that different from most of those who grew up with Norene’s influence in their kitchens. The orange cookbook with the black…

While many West Islanders speculated whether the ‘new Adonis’ would be as big as the one downtown, I had mixed emotions about the new opening. I suspected that the store…

If you haven’t yet heard about MINDSTRONG, it is an annual high-energy fitness and fundraising event that takes place each spring to support programs and infrastructure that provide essential treatment for…

This winter, I had the opportunity to test out the Ford Expedition. The timing could not have been better as I picked it up the afternoon of “The BIG Storm”,…

Jesse Galganov has become a household name in Montreal. As many (or all) of you already know, he is my friend Alisa’s son who was last seen on October 1st…