When I was a kid, one of my favourite things was to pop out of bed on Saturday morning, run down to the corner store and buy the weekend Gazette. Upon returning to my room, I would spend the rest of the morning poring through the special sections like the colour comics, kids’ page and movie ads. Growing up downtown, the movie ads had a special significance to me because I was only a short walk away from ornate old theatres like the Palace, Capital and Loews. ...
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My family and I have just returned from a refreshing vacation in Prince Edward Island (their motto: “You can enter our wee province over Confederation Bridge, for free, but it will cost you $42.50 to get out.”) ...
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Want to find a lifelong hobby that is personally rewarding? Become an ancestry detective.  ...
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In the last two weeks, I have had the illuminating occasion to compare air travel within North America to that of flying European. In week 1, I did a Montreal-Detroit turnaround. In week 2, I did Montreal-Zurich....
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Can you imagine a master car mechanic being the wrong person to fix your engine?Can you imagine a medical school doctor/professor being the wrong party to diagnose your ailment? ...
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As The Gazette’s stargazing columnist Andrew Fazekas recently pointed out, seven planets will make themselves visible in the West Island summer sky this month, all on one exciting heavenly platter:...
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One of the things I like most about the West Island is how we live in harmony with animals. There are more cats and dogs than people on my street and, ultimately, we strike a joyous live-and-let-live balance with ambidextrous raccoons, imperial skunks, mainstay squirrels and the occasional rabbit. So I am gladdened at how we as a species can co-exist with others on a suburban level....
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We have always known that love is humanity’s most powerful force and yet too often it is taken for granted and sorely left undemonstrated. My wife Corinne recently spent two weeks in the Lakeshore Hospital, half of that time in Emergency. ...
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Poor Bloc-head Duceppe; he must think that he’s the Count of Monte Cristo, locked up against his will in the dungeon of Canada. It behooved the exasperated blue blood to zing off distress messages (without the bottles) to 1,600 decision-makers and elected officials in the U.S., Central and South America, Europe and Asia. ...
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From 1916 to 1940, it was known as Mull Hall – a seigniorial manor of 35 rooms with handcrafted woodwork, limestone exterior and a veranda (to die for) on the lake, nestled on a four-acre property – built by the Maclean family. Then, it became the property of “Les peres de Ste. Croix,” from 1940 to 1957....
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