{"id":10545,"date":"2000-01-23T21:51:10","date_gmt":"2000-01-23T21:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.handicapviedignite.ca\/?p=10545"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:10:29","slug":"the-gazette-montreal-2000-a-whos-who-of-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handicapviedignite.ca\/en\/the-gazette-montreal-2000-a-whos-who-of-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gazette Montreal 2000: A Who\u2019s Who of Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RECOGNITION &#8211; 2000<\/p>\n<h5>The Gazette \u00ab Montreal 2000: A Who\u2019s Who of Montreal \u00bb \/ Community leaders: Daphne Nahmiash, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Rumak, Johanne Ravenda<\/h5>\n<p><strong>City&#8217;s as bright as its leading lights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What really makes a city is the individuals who choose to live in it. And Montreal is blessed with an extraordinary number of people who are, simply, extraordinary.<\/p>\n<p>From mayors whose visions of the city are more grand than anything we could dream up on our own, to hockey players who make us all feel like winners, we seek and find greatness around us. 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