Wednesday-Night

28 January 1998
Editor’s Note : Almost ten years later, this delightful take on Wednesday Night by author and film maker, Barry Lazar is all the documentation that remains of that evening. While we recognize David’s plaintive refrain about the number of hits his Website receives versus the Playboy site, the references to Monica Lewinsky and […]

 
COMMUNITY WARMTH DE-ICES WESTMOUNT

 
 
 
 
 
 
During one of my recent Westmount walkabouts, I ventured into Summit Park to get an idea of tree damage from the ice storm. I quickly discovered […]

COMING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY IN A TIME OF CRISIS

 Hon Lucienne Robillard

In the last couple of weeks, we were all united in the face of the ice storm. I would like to acknowledge and thank all the residents and volunteers who, in the name of solidarity, gave their time to help those in need. Whether […]

My tribute to all those wonderful people who are fighting the storm.
from Harry Mayerovitch
14 January
ICE
Not surprisingly, the subject matter of this Wednesday Night was dictated by the events of the previous nine days. Inevitably, guests swapped stories of their experiences during
THE ICE STORM OF THE MILLENNIUM , described as the worst […]

To: letters@GlobeAndMail.ca
Sir:
“Montreal Readers Burning As Writer Fiddles With The Facts” would be more appropriate. I have long admired Jan Wong as a writer, but this time she got it all Wrong!
A letter to the Editor in today’s paper has already stated the facts regarding Westmount’s power company, so I need not reiterate them.
As a Westmount […]

The Ice Storm: A Beautiful Disaster
by Gary Gallon
reprinted from The Globe and Mail, January 12, 1998
The ice rain was beautiful. It wrapped a lustre around the tree branches giving them the aura of ice queens. I walked the streets marvelling at the crystal arches created by the branches bending under the weight of the rain […]

Thanks for a wonderful evening! Truly.
And as per your request …

“We are living through an ICE STORM here in Montreal.
A storm of the type and force never seen before.
Zaz, my parents and I are the lucky ones. We
still have power, heat, shelter. But thousands are
homeless due to the lack of the above. So as […]