Biking for a Cause
My amazing father is doing the CIBC 401 Bike Challenge to honour my late grandmother Gladys and her courageous 17 year cancer battle. He’ll be cycling 580 km over 2 days – from Toronto’s Sick Kids Hospital to the Montreal Children’s Hospital – to raise money for kids fighting the disease. The CIBC 401 Bike [...]
Perspective
Yikes, you don’t want to be this car’s owner; he wasn’t lucky enough to get out before the snow removal trucks came by and completely packed him in. As bad as your snow day (or, any day, for that matter!) is, just remind yourself it’s better than this… After all, life’s all about perspective…
Happy Sloan Day!
Reliving my teen daydreams in preparation for tonight’s Sloan show in Montreal. Sloan is a band I loved as a teenager, but never saw in concert. Last week an old friend asked me if I wanted to see Sloan live, and as it happens, they are playing “Twice Removed”; the first album of theirs [...]
Vote Compass
If you’re planning on voting in the Quebec Provincial election tomorrow – which, for the record, you absolutely should be doing – but you’re a bit confused about the parties or how your values line up to them, then check out the Vote Compass tool. The quick survey is available through CBC – Click here [...]
The One hundred and twelve dollar differential
Having taken special care to properly file my company taxes, with all the due diligence that comes with a first-year GST/PST paying company, I was surprised to receive a notice of assessment in the mail. It said, quite simply, that I owed them one hundred and twelve dollars. I put the letter aside in the [...]
Earth to Canadians and Americans living on the East Coast: IT SNOWS EVERY WINTER!
I’m just going to say it, I think the entire East coast is nuts. How is it that every winter there’s some sort of panic when more than 1 cm of snow falls? People on the news are acting like it’s armageddon. They won’t leave their homes, schools are closed, businesses are closed… Earth to [...]
Sisters
It’s been a week since my sister’s wedding, which was beautiful – as was she – and I’m finally beginning to decompress. As the Maid of Honour (MOH), I was asked to give a speech. You’d think this would be an easy task. After all, I’m a writer, and over the years I’ve written speeches [...]
Batgirls Drink for Charity
The Montreal Batgirls invite you to a night of drinks and fun at Typhoon to benefit Cancer research. The Girl’s Summer Softball League (GSSL) is gearing up for its third annual All Star Softball tournament to benefit the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF.) A rarity in the charity world, the GSSL’s All Star tournament has [...]
Suri’s Soiree
This Saturday, March 27, 2010, at 9pm, the Israel Cancer Research Fund is honouring the life of Sarah “Suri” Gonshor at it’s 7th annual new leadership event, aptly titled Suri’s Soiree. This is an occasion which is very close to my heart, not only because the funds go towards eradicating cancer, but because it is [...]
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