Living in Laval – La vie à Laval

Yes, we have one. Turns out that it is conducted by a rather accomplished trombonist, Alain Trudel, who is also the principal conductor for CBC Radio’s Orchestra. And as culture has become a key point in recent elections, why not support it during the holiday season? A couple of shows makes a perfect gift, and [...]

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…which is not exactly surprising to us. What *would* be surprising is that somebody reads this today amidst the Obama-mania going on right now. This headline just sums up that the market is healthy and active in Montreal and Laval, and there is no major reported slowdown in sales as is going on in other [...]

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A couple of us here at mar-vo took up Pilates as our preferred exercise of choice, and are glad that Laval has a good number of gyms to choose from! Cat prefers Inspiration Pilates in Chomedey. This a small and intimate place offering quickie (but effective!) floor mat sessions during lunch hour, challenging Reformer machines, [...]

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Space camp. My inner tomboy is having a fit. She is telling me space camp? Why didn’t WE go to space camp back in the ’80s? I try to tell her it probably had to do with the fact that Montreal was too busy nursing its hangover from the ’76 Olympics, and that the last [...]

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Maybe it’s because we at mar-vo sometimes get frustrated that your typical Canadian citizen doesn’t really stand up much for themselves. Taxes increase, we complain bitterly about it, then get on with life. Services decrease, we mutter about it some more, and then move on. An unpopular decision is made in Parliament, and unlike our [...]

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So it’s no big secret that mar-vo agent Catherine is getting married. Yes, it’s quite an adventure, going through noisy wedding trade shows, choosing the right DJ (“no, you canNOT play Baby Got Back”), bribing ring boys with promises of Lego if he just walks down the aisle like a little gentleman and doesn’t lose the [...]

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