The Mike Cohen Podcast

Peter Kerr is the distinguished publisher of The Montrealer Newspaper (www.themontrealeronline.com), a monthly he launnched in 2005 which focuses on feel good lifestyles, entertainment, travel and restaurant features and a regular profile on a high profile "Montrealer" or personality headed their way. It was a pleasure to let listeners get to know Peter, who is also an accomplished musician.

Herb Zurkowsky has been a sports reporter for The Montreal Gazette for more than 40 years. It began with junior hockey and over the years has included boxing, soccer, the Habs and of course pro football. It was a lot of fun for me to chat with Herb, a man I consider a friend. What does he think about the future of the Alouettes and the CFL? He's had an interesting career to be sure, which you will...

Guy Ouellette has been the Member of the National Assembly for Chomedey since 2007. He was a member of the Quebec Liberal Party up until the fall of 2018 and now sits as an independent. Ouellette worked for the Sûreté du Québec police force for over 30 years. He was a police officer, a corporal and a sergeant. He worked for several years in the department of organized crime, and was involved in ca...

Emmanuella Lambropoulos is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the federal riding of Saint-Laurent, and was first elected in 2017. A devoted community leader and educator who is dedicated to supporting children and families in our community, she was a French and History teacher at Rosemount High School, and closely supported children with learning disabilities in her six years teaching at LaurenH...

Growing up in Côte Saint-Luc, Warren Campbell was a classmate and friend from elementary school through high school. We played sports together and attended junior hockey games regularly. He moved to Toronto over 30 years ago, yet we have stayed in touch by email and social media. Warren works in the entertainment industry and visits Montreal often, especially when the Just For Laughs Festival is o...

The Canadian Jewish Record (www.canadianjewishrecord.ca) is an online that was created after the demise of the Canadian Jewish News in the spring of 2020. Co-founder and Publisher Bernie M. Farber is well known in Canada for his seminal work in human and civil rights. The recipient of numerous awards and Canadian medals he is the past CEO of Canadian Jewish Congress, the Mosaic Institute and the P...

Patricia R. Lattanzio was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament for St, Leonard-St. Michel on October 21, 2019. The mother of three young adults. she served as a municipal councillor for the district of Saint-Léonard-Est for four years and an English Montreal School Board Commissioner for 12 years. For six years she also chaired the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l'île de Montréal....

It was a pleasure to speak with Federal Conservative Party leadership candidate Erin O’Toole, who was born in Montreal. He enrolled in the RCAF when he was 18 and attended the Royal Military College. He did basic training in Chilliwack, BC; got his wings in Winnipeg, MB; and served out of Halifax, NS. Erin participated in search and rescue missions as a tactical navigator. He is bilingual. After 1...

Cinestarz Cinemas became the first movie theatres in Quebec to reopen to the public on June 26 at Plaza Côte des Neiges (6700 Côte des Neiges Road) and Carrefour Langelier (7305 Boul Langelier) in Saint-Léonard. Montreal businessman Bruce Gurberg is the owner of Cinestarz, which also has theatres in Ontario. Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit he was preparing to open another Quebec operation and exp...

Gerry Weiner was a pharmacist by profession when he jumped into politics, first as mayor of Dollard des Ormeaux and then for nine years as a Federal Member of Parliament and cabinet minister for the Conservative government, He later presided over the Equality Party and sat on Montreal city council. He remains very busy today in a number of consulting capacities.

I have known Paul Steinberg for many years. He was a successful businessman, turned sales rep at one of Montreal's most prestigious car dealerships. Now he has decided to write his biography entitledSchool of Hard Luck : A Memoir of Money and Morals. It is available on Amazon. Paul shares with readers the bullying he endured as a youngster and how it prepared him to get through life one day at a t...

It is not every day that a young man from Côte Saint-Luc gets drafted in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), but that was the case on June 6 for Bialik High School student Joshua Cohen when the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada drafted him in the ninth round. I also happen to be Joshua's city councillor.

Lorne Levitt of Total Events and Adam Bultz of C3 Events join me to discuss their exciting new initiative in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The world of live events has changed. In an effort to stay connected over the coming months, these two companies will be launching “The Royalmount Drive-in Event Theatre” concept for the summer 2020. The idea is to offer guests and corporate clients the a...

For many years I had the privilege of being Jaclyn Stevenson’s city councillor in District 2. Jaclyn is the great niece of the late Isadore Goldberg, a longtime city councillor. Her mom Joy remains my constituent as do her grandparents who reside on Marc Chagall Avenue, Jaclyn became an occupational therapist at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) a year and a half ago. Presently she is wor...

Matthew Ross is the host of Weekend Game Plan on TSN690 in Montreal and founder of Expos Nation, a group working towards bringing professional baseball back to Montreal. Where is pro sports headed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic? Matthew shares his views.

Dr. Jonathan Trager is a true local boy makes good story. Raised in Cote Saint-Luc, he was a member of their Emergency Medical Services from 1994 to 2001. En route to becoming a physician in Pensylvannia, he continued to pursue his passion of serving as a paramedic Today Jonathan is the medical director of St. Luke's Emergency and Transport Services in Fountainville Pensylvannia, very much in the...

May 4 to 8, 2020 will mark Mental Health Awareness Week in Canada. It is an important topic as we all deal with the repercussions from the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Rachel Goodman is a Montreal psychologist in private practice and co-chair of the second Montreal Jewish Community Mental Health Shabbat. This includes a virtual event set for May 7 to be broadcast live at 7:30 pm at www. TBDJ.org/mentalh...

Anthony Housefather was elected as Member of Parliament for Mount Royal on October 19, 2015 and re-elected on October 21, 2019. He has been a fountain of information on the COVID-19 pandemic and in this interview he shares some valuable information In February 2016, he was elected as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. He is presently the Parliamentary Secretary to Fede...

David Birnbaum has been the Liberal MNA for the D'Arcy McGee riding in the West End of Montreal since 2014. How has the pandemic impacted his work? What does he think of the job being done by the CAQ government? Where does the Liberal leadership campaign stand? Will Bill 40, the reform of school boards be stalled because of the pandemic? We asked him these questions and more.