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2012 World AIDS Day events in Montreal
December 1 is World AIDS Day which was created in 1988 for people to unite globally in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate those who have died. There...
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Want to fight the flu? Try this.
Sure exercise is good for you, but does it posses the power to chase away the flu? You bet. Gretchen Reynolds at the New York Times did a great job in her column this week pulling together the...
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Here’s what happens if you exercise while sick
I had a busy weekend planned, starting with a run on Saturday followed by a cross country ski on Sunday. None of it happened. Instead I lay on the couch trying to recover from a cold that presented...
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Inside Lara Roxx: former Montreal adult-film star on the deadly price of porn...
Inside Lara Roxx screens at Concordia on Jan 31, followed by a Q&A session with Lara Roxx and Mia Donovan Former adult film actress Lara Roxx left Montreal for Los Angeles seeking stardom in 2004...
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AIDS Community Care Montreal commemorates its 25th anniversary with “joyous”...
ACCM Executive Director Mark Hapanowicz (Photo courtesy ACCM) “Am I going to die?” Over 30 years after HIV was first diagnosed, and nearly two decades after new meds began extending the lives of AIDS...
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A shaky tradition
A statement in a newscast the other day got me to thinking about the whole ritual of the handshake. It seems a veteran on Remembrance Day refused to shake hands with embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford,...
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Flesh! Pasties! Sequins! Sell-out crowd packs Montreal’s best burlesque drag...
Montreal drag legend Manny backstage at Cafe Cleopatra (Photo by Cassandre Poblah) Montrealers lined up outside Café Cleopatra on The Main to see the city’s “premiere singing, dancing and stripping...
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Silence=Death co-founder on how one poster and slogan changed the AIDS movement
Legendary AIDS activist, artist and writer Avram Finkelstein (Photo courtesy Avram Finkelstein) Brooklyn artist, writer and activist Avram Finkelstein is a legend in the AIDS movement, for co-founding...
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Dance icon Martha Wash is real happy it’s still raining men
Original Weather Girl Martha Wash had some choice words this past month for British politician David Silvester, who blames the recent floods and storms in the U.K. on the passage of Britain’s gay...
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AIDS Community Care Montreal launches programs targeting gay men and sex parties
Poster for ACCM’s new Jack & Jacques project Montreal’s sole English-language HIV/AIDS support group AIDS Community Care Montreal (ACCM) continues to push the envelope with new pro-active HIV...
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Gazette Midday: ODs put local festival on alert; STM signs off on signs
Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. A rash of illnesses and deaths linked to suspected drug...
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Aid workers reaching their limits with Ebola
MONTREAL — International aid workers, including Canadians dealing with a steady stream of people infected with the deadly Ebola in West Africa, are exhausted to the limit and calling for help to deal...
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Patient in Montreal hospital tests negative for Ebola
MONTREAL — A patient who was placed in isolation in Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital showing possible signs of Ebola has tested negative for the disease, the hospital confirmed Saturday. Karl Weiss, the...
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Two Montreal hospitals to handle any Ebola cases in Quebec
Two Montreal hospitals to handle any Ebola cases in Quebec In the unlikely event that a confirmed case of the Ebola virus makes its way to Quebec, the patient will be treated at Montreal’s Notre Dame...
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Man tested for Ebola in Montreal
UPDATE Sept. 9, 2014: The man in this story has tested negative for Ebola. MONTREAL — A man who became sick on a flight from West Africa to Montreal is in isolation at Notre-Dame Hospital pending...
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Man in Montreal tests negative for Ebola
MONTREAL — A passenger who arrived in Montreal from West Africa vomiting does not have the Ebola virus. The man was rushed into isolation at Notre-Dame Hospital after landing on Sunday afternoon and...
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Montreal HIV/AIDS walk says declining attendance is symptom of progress
Thousands walked through the streets of Montreal Saturday to raise funds and awareness in the battle against HIV/AIDS. An estimated 4,000 people showed up for the 22nd annual Ça Marche seven-kilometre...
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Second Draft: Mount Royal cemetery's first occupant
He was a wholly admirable man – conscientious, brave, energetic, God-fearing. Yet such are the accidents of history that he is remembered today, if at all, not for his life but for what immediately...
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Ebola threat under control: Quebec health officials
The threat of an Ebola epidemic in Quebec is “infinitesimally ” small, top health officials said Monday. Nonetheless, the province is prepared. The province is adopting a new series of measures, said...
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Editorial: Canada can do better in the fight against Ebola
Canada pledged an additional $30.5 million this week to the international battle against the deadly Ebola epidemic that has claimed nearly 5,000 lives, primarily in three West African countries. The...
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