Hunger on the rise By Jim Morrison www.thesuburban.com Kim Reid, the president, and founder of on Rock Community Services sees first hand that hunger ...

CP Holiday Train
Thousands crowd Beaconsfield Train Station By Jim Morrison www.thesuburban.com A large gathering of citizens, of all ages, crowded the Beaconsfield Tr...

City web site hacked
By Robert Frankwww.thesuburban.com Laval’s municipal web site came under attack by a malicious internet hacker group, Nov. 24. According to Laval Poli...

Batzakis charged with $1 million jewelry robberies
By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com Police in Ste. Adèle, St. Jérôme, Val Morin and Montreal searched six locations, including the Parc Extension home...

Ethics ruling exonerates Stein Day
By Robert Frankwww.thesuburban.com Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) ethics commissioner Bernard Grenier issued a revised decision, Nov. 25, base...

Suburbs balk at $3.6 million playground
Another $1.4 million to enlarge Bois de Liesse By Robert Frankwww.thesuburban.com Montreal’s demerged cities have objected to paying $3,330 per sq. me...

Is the Vancouver real estate market outpacing BC’s economy?
Institutions want in. Private capital still wants in. So does foreign flight capital. By Robert Frank www.sqft.ca “Everyone seems to want a piece of r...

Online epiphany: Social media useful, just don’t go overboard
By Robert Frank www.sqft.ca “Social media has matured into just another tool,” concludes its former most ardent evangelist, David Allison. “A few year...

Montreal finds recipe for economic rebound
By Robert Frank www.sqft.ca Harness Montreal’s abundant creative talent, add large dollops of natural resource services, fold in world-class research ...

Dual cultures, creativity, drive rebound–after four dark decades
By Robert Frank www.sqft.ca Alain Dubuc doesn’t mince words about Montreal’s stagnation.“Montreal was Canada’s largest city,” the economist and La Pre...