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So You Think You Can Dance Top 10 Tour Montreal bound...in January
There are not too many live shows I look forward to seeing more than the So You Think You Can Dance Tour, which will roll into Montreal for the third successive year on Thursday, January 28. Instead...
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Montreal gets another live morning TV show - sort of
Every weekday morning I switch TV stations back and forth between City's Breakfast TV and the Global Morning News. So imagine how surprised I was when I quickly passed by CBC and noticed what I thought...
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Idina Menzel's first concert in Montreal a huge success
Three years ago my family and I travelled to Boston to see international singing superstar IdinaMenzel perform. The drive was well worth it as this Tony Award winning gem puts on quite a show.When I...
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Tina Tenneriello making a return to local media on MAtv
For months now readers have been asking me what happened to Tina Tenneriello, the energetic morning news reporter on CJAD.Well she took some time off, before deciding to put her radio career on hold....
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Dollard's Ashley Sahakian a winner at Miss Canada Globe pageant
Dollard des Ormeaux’s Ashley Sahakian recently returned from Toronto and the Miss Canada Globe Pageant where was crowned Miss Quebec Globe.Miss Canada Globe Productions was founded in May 2000 and has...
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Amanda Kline leaving CJAD for new Videotron cable show
CJAD is losing one of its key behind the scenes players.Amanda Kline, the producer of the Barry Morgan Show, will be joining her former colleague Tina Tenneriello on the new Videotron MAtv cable...
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Yeh!Yogurt continues to expand; Fairview closure part of restructuring
Yeh! Yogurt and Café has closed its Fairview Centre location in Pointe Claire. But officials there note that the decision is related to restructuring at the company and the movement to franchised...
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Robyn Flynn and Jessica Rusnak to get their own hockey show on TSN 690
On the eve of another Montreal Canadiens hockey season, there is good news on the programming front at TSN 690 Radio. Two female broadcast personalities who really know the game inside and out, Robyn...
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Vittorio Rossi looking to "Kickstart" his play The Envelope into a motion...
After I first met noted Montreal playwright Vittorio Rossi last winter when he visited his old high school, James Lyng in St. Henri, we spoke about his then upcoming play at the Centaur Theatre called...
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Legendary Local Rabbi Sidney Shoham passes away suddenly
As he sat in his office overlooking Yitzhak Rabin Park in the Montreal suburb of Côte Saint-Luc a number of years ago, Rabbi Sidney Shoham’s eyes grew a little misty as he discussed how much BethZion...
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Radio vet Tom Whelan joins Ted Bird Show on The Jewel 106.7 FM
The Jewel 106.7 FM has added another veteran to its roster. Tom Whelan is now the news anchor on the Ted Bird Morning Show.Radio listeners will best remember Tom as a producer and operator for the old...
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Sheldon Kagan to make announcement regarding his prized music collection
Seven months after he officially retired from the entertainment business, following an extraordinary 50 year career, Sheldon Kagan will make a special announcement on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at Vanier...
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Former Global TV reporter Domenic Fazioli opens up about "false" charges
In this week's Suburban Newspaper, I had an exclusive interview with former Global TV reporter Domenic Fazioli whose 15 year career with the station came to a sudden halt last spring when charges now...
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Alan Maislin to Chair the new West-Central Montreal Health body
The Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal (West-Central Montreal Health) has chosen wisely with the appointment of noted community activist Alan Maislin as...
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Stroll for Kids events raises $110,000 for Children's Hospital
More than 400 Montrealers and 45 dedicated volunteers came together recently \for a celebratory walk at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Park in Côte Saint-Luc that raised over $110,000 for a cause that is close...
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Breast Cancer Action Quebec aims to provide women with a more substantive...
Every October, for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women are inundated with pink ribbons and simplistic messages of “awareness” regarding breast cancer. They are encouraged to buy PINK for “the Cure.”...
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New concussion clinic at Decarie Square is a complete "management centre"
Concussions have become more common in our everyday lives and it is not only due to sports accidents. I recently went to the local fruit store where the cashier did not look to healthy. She had just...
View ArticleSpectacular Nitro Circus hits the Bell Centre tonight
The world's greatest live action sports event hits the Bell Centre on Friday evening, October 16, with an all-new show.Nitro Circus Live’s latest creation takes things to another level, as the best...
View ArticleMy Blog Has a New Home
Please note that this blog has now been transferred directly to The Suburban Newspaper Website.You can still view past entries here.The new address...
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