At the age of 30, Jay Baruchel has already been an actor for 19 years, eschewing Hollywood as a home base in favour of Montreal. In a departure from his film and television work, Baruchel is currently starring in a live theatre production of Sherlock Holmes at The Segal Theatre, where management has already extended the run and many performances are already sold out. I interviewed Jay between rehearsals for ...

Manhattan is a very long way from Saint-Pierre de Chandieu, a smallish French village on the outskirts of Lyons. It’s an even farther mindset from the hustle and bustle of the highly competitive restaurant business in New York City where Daniel Boulud has seven high-end restaurants and maintains the head office of his international restaurant business, The Dinex Group. Always moving forward, Daniel’s journe ...

Debra Arbec and Andrew Chang co-anchor CBC News: Montreal and they have established a style that is highly professional and at the same time, their nightly news program is warm and engaging. Viewers have the sense that the two broadcasters are speaking directly to them. For television programming executives, this is like catching lightning in a bottle. It’s a mixture of talent, intelligence, and the elusive ...

Peter Trent is best known in his capacity as Mayor of Westmount and as the leader and champion of the anti-merger forces. After Bill 170 was passed in 2000, Trent continued to campaign for demerger, leading to legislation permitting municipal referendums for those cities who wished to reclaim their status. It was a lonely battle after the Bill 170 passed in the National Assembly, and Peter was disappointed ...

Montreal Alouettes star quarterback Anthony Calvillo has led to the team to three Grey Cup Championships, established records for touchdown completions and is the all-time leader for passing in professional football. These are tremendous athletic achievements that required training, perseverance and intellectual focus and dedication. Anthony’s view on his sport changed dramatically when his wife Alexia was ...

After a tumultuous period, Chris Nilan now has a growing media career, campaigns tirelessly against bullying and has a line of “Knuckles” branded products Chris Nilan won the hearts of Montreal hockey fans during his nine years with the storied Montreal Canadiens. The latter years of his career took him to the New York Rangers and then Boston Bruins. A trade late in his career ensured that Chris could retir ...

For thousands of Montrealers, the spirit of Christmas ‘officially’ begins when the Montreal Jubilation Choir presents their annual pre-Christmas concerts. It’s a family event, hosted by the Jubilation family and their patriarch; choir Founder and Artistic Director – Dr. Trevor Payne. The band takes the stage, the beginning chords of Highway To Heaven begin to fill the hall, the mighty Hammond organ swelling ...

A self-made multi-millionaire, Arlene Dickinson is a popular motivational speaker, an original Dragon, a best-selling author, and now also stars on The Big Decision. The lessons of love and family commitment learned as a child still provide a personal beacon. Almost without exception, every business executive and entrepreneur that I speak to about Dragons’ Den professes to be an avid follower of each episod ...

“I want Daybreak to be an interesting listen. I want its journalism to be robust. I want people to tune in because they know they will get good interviews where we focus on the issues that matter and try to find out what's new, what's important, what's really going on.” Mike Finnerty It’s a long way from Esterhazy, Saskatchewan and London, Ontario to the newsrooms of London, Moscow, New York, Toronto and Mo ...

Nathalie Bondil – bringing oxygen to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is enjoying unprecedented growth in attendance, membership, education programs and the number of pavilions. The Museum is now a village of buildings at the corner of Sherbrooke St at du Musée; the most recent addition being the Bourgie Pavilion of Quebec and Canadian Art that wraps around the restored hist ...