After a two-year absence, the Austrian Society of Montreal is back with its traditional signature event: the Viennese Ball of Montreal, which has been celebrating the splendor of Vienna’s ball
There is no doubt that tourists are back in large numbers on the island of Montreal. To date, Tourisme Montréal estimates that the city has more visitors than those who
News bulletin: COVID-19 has not been defeated yet in Quebec or the rest of Canada. Folks in the United States are acting like it is a thing of the past and that is not correct either. Just remember that this pandemic began with one person being infected in Wuhan, China and in a matter of months it spread all over the world. We have different variants now and nobody can say for sure that even two vaccine shots will protect us from infection.
Friday morning in front of Les Jardins Petros in Little Italy.
So I am a bit concerned with what I see in our own backyard. Premier Francois Legault ended the curfew and has allowed terrasses to reopen. In Old Montreal, thousands of people gathered knee to knee Friday night. Even Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante was photographed at terrasse unmasked and seated with several other people who are not part of her own bubble. Not great leadership. Her opponent, former Mayor Denis Coderre, could have capitalized on that error except on the same d