Eli Lallouz is a resident of Cote Saint-Luc and operates a growing Eyewear group of stores under the Vision 770 banner. They are present in locations across the city, as well as St. Remi and inside pharmacies, hospitals and Walmart spots. I went to visit Eli and his executive assistant Ingrid Azeroual, an constituent of mine, at their location at the MUHC Glen Campus. Please listen to our conversation.

The Musicians of the World Symphony Orchestra (MWSO) was founded in 2006 by conductor Joseph Milo and his wife Lucy Ravinsky. This one of a kind orchestra is composed of 55 musicians: about 80 percent of its members are from 15 countries around the world, while the remaining 20 percent are natives of Montreal, who successfully facilitated the integration of the newcomers.

On Sunday, August 10, 2025 (3 pm) Maestro Milo and his orchestra will perform at a much anticipated free concert in the Ashkelon Gardens behind City Hall. It is part of our Library and Culture Department’s Summer in the City Program. Bring your lawn chairs. In the event of rain, it will be moved inside and and a limited number of passes will be available (two passes per person) maximum. “Jazz and Symphony” will be theme, with Olga Murysina as a violin soloist, Olivia Hacinsky-Charette as the soprano performer and Mike Melino the tenor.

Listen in as he talks about how this unique group was formed.

DeLaMie is a social enterprise creating vocational opportunities and empowering young people with special needs to bake, craft chocolate, package, and sell just about the best goods ever under the auspices of the Friendship Circle. Fin Gourmet sur l'Avenue, located at 6730 L'Avenue across from Quartier Cavendish, has been serving up gourmet kosher food since September 2024. Now they will begin carrying the products of DeLaMie. Veronique Abecassis, who owns the business along with her husband Edmond, joined me when I visited the Friendship Circle with Assistant Director Refael Paris and President David Tordjman. The Friendship Circle of Montreal was founded in 2001 as a vehicle to help children with special needs meet other children, overcome loneliness, develop skills and improve their confidence. The Friendship Circle pairs up teenage volunteers from dozens of high schools and universities across Greater Montreal, providing assistance and support, and most of all friendship, through a variety of social programs and activities. The teen volunteers learn the priceless value of giving, the curative power of friendship, and the vital importance of integrating children with special needs into our communities.

Some of the former players in the Côte Saint-Luc Slo Pitch Association, joined by a few alumni from the CSL Executive Softball League, gathered at the beautifully refurbished Kirwan Park on June 22 for a small reunion. They shared memories and even took the field. I did play in the league for a about a decade. It was a blast to chat with Roy Salomon, Mish Granik. Mark Rothpan, Ted Dash and Buddy Manis.

Jesse Satov just completed Grade 10 at Bialik High School in Côte Saint-Luc. His dad Avi is the Principal, as well as Co-Head of School at both JPPS and Bialik. Jesse is a goaltender and he was recently drafted by the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. I spoke to father and son

Côte Saint-Luc resident Tyler Steinberg started skating at 18 months old. By 2023, he was representing Team Quebec/Montreal Canadiens as Assistant Captain that eventually made it to The Brick Invitational Tour in Edmonton. The team won the series with Tyler having scored an overtime goal of game six of the round robin series. He was named first star twice with eight goals in eight games. Next year Tyler will play M13 PeeWee AAA Major for the Lac Saint Louis Lions with the hopes of winning the Quebec International PeeWee Tournament. Long term, Tyler has his eyes on playing NCAA D1 hockey for Boston College and then the NHL. At Solomon Schechter Academy, where he graduates this year, he also plays for the Bears hockey team and is a top student. In fact he will receive the Rosa Finestone Award of Merit, named after the former school principal and a constituent of mine in District 2. Note that I identified Paul Steinberg as his uncle; he is Tyler's grandfather. Paul looks so young still that I made that error.

Bailey Cohen-Krichevsky is a constituent of mine in District 2 and as of the day of this posting one of the stars of the CSL Dramatic Society's presentation of the Wizard of Oz. She tells me about this experience and why she loves the arts.

Mathieu Fournier-Landry arrived at Police Station 9, covering Côte Saint-Luc, Hampstead, Montreal West and NDG, last fall as Commander. He has been a pleasure to work with. Get to know him here on my podcast.

At the first Côte Saint-Luc Real Estate Exchange on May 4 I took the opportunity to honor my constituent Michael White (www.whiteinc.ca) . He started Michael White Realties Inc in 1978, a real estate brokerage company that specializes in industrial and commercial real estate. Helping business owners rent to, rent for, sell to or sell for properties in the Greater Montreal Area. He has run his own boutique business for nearly 60 years. Michael is finally giving up his Brokerage Licence and his AEO designation (Agency Executive Officer) and turning it over to his son Steven White , after working with him for 25 years. The business is still running strong with its office in Saint-Laurent and 10 active real estate Brokers and four staff. Listen to my talk with Michael and Steven.

Jon Gurman, his twin brother Marvin (best known as Marvelous) and sister Ricky grew up in Côte Saint-Luc. As teenagers the brothers stepped into their late dad Jack's clothing business and built JCorp into a company that brings in more than $100 million in revenue annually. Jon and I got back many years. Over the last few weeks we have engaged in some very spirited conversations about the federal election in Canada, whether Wayne Gretzky is a traitor to our country, Donald Trump and more. So it only made sense for us to do a podcast. Thanks to Jon's talented daughter Raquel for producing this video