By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com When I first began freelancing for the Plattsburgh Press Republic in the United States, no special documentation w...

Verdun resident wins for fish coop idea
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com Verdun resident Guillaume Voyer is one step closer to his dreams of creating a new urban agriculture cooperative i...

My 5 favorite writing apps
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com My 5 favourite writing apps are WordPress plugins I rely on: Akesmet removes spam and is a necessity. My blog runs...

Great beginnings in non-fiction
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com Here are three of my favourite first paragraphs from various non-fiction books. Each of these summarizes the autho...

Montreal Bloggers
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com There are three sorts of Bloggers in Montreal: people who write about the city; people who focus on issues, like e...

Fundraising underway for Camp Positive
By Tracey Arial www.thesuburban.com Catholic Community Services (CCS) are currently raising funds and accepting registration requests for Camp Po...

The mysteries of PD James
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com PD James, or Phyllis Dorothy James White, is brilliant at writing complex mysteries that read more like novels tha...

The importance of journalism
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com This is a speech that I gave when running for a position on the board of the Montreal Press Club earlier this year...

Duplessis asks for trusteeship
Gobé demands mayor’s resignation By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com It took scathing allegations that Mayor Alexandre Duplessis committed election fi...

Laval Liberal caucus votes against Bill 14
By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com The Liberals who represent four of Laval’s six provincial ridings, kept their word, May 30, when they voted ...