Quebec Ymcas News Today

Demand is high this year for summer camp spots across the province, but camps are faced with more than just a waiting list to worry about — there’s a lack of staff too.  

Article content One phone call ended a bitter battle pitting the citizens of Mile End against one of the city’s most prominent real-estate firms. On Friday, Danny Lavy, co-owner of Schiller-Lavy Realties, called up Stephen Welch, the 68-year-old owner of venerable Mile End bookstore S.W. Welch, and said: Let’s make a deal. Late last month, a For Rent sign went up in the window of S.W. Welch on St-Viateur St. and almost immediately locals were up in arms, angry that another small indie busin...