Leah Balass

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  Montreal’s Iraqi-Jewish Community Pieces Together Fragments of its History

  Leah Balass – Updated February 25, 2014 at 8:45am

  As she glides her fingers along the delicate corners that shape the elementary school diploma she received in Baghdad, Lisette Shashoua nods her head concernedly.

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  Montreal-West Is Getting in the Mulch

  Leah Balass – Published October 9, 2013

  A week into its first door-to-door organic waste collection program, some residents of Montreal-West are just beginning to adjust to the new system.

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  Photojournalist Reports ‘Without a Parachute’

  Leah Balass – Published September 18, 2013

  Marc Ellison takes his reporting seriously.

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  Jazz Fest: Acro-Yoga Contortionists

  Posted by Leah Balass in FringeBlog on July 7, 2013

  Spontaneity is what defines artists Stanley Norris and Mireille Chamberland, two Quebec-born contortionists who entertained audiences with their flexibility and strength at Montreal’s International Jazz Festival.