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Articles by Rob Lurie
- Montreal rental vacancy rate hits six per cent, highest in years, but prices don't seem to be dropping
- Do you want to build a snowman? Montrealers do!
- Cardiac surgeries latest to be cancelled at Montreal hospital as ICUs fill up
- School boards, some scientists puzzled after Quebec says classroom air filters don't work
- The life of an infection over 18 or 28 days: why some Quebec doctors prefer Ontario's lockdown plan
- Busy airport: Some Quebecers are choosing to travel right now despite high daily COVID-19 cases
- CAQ MNA takes temporary leave after being caught breaking COVID-19 guidelines
- Shriners Hospital's star patient spreads good cheer with inspiring story
- Winter, and the business it brings, poses a dilemma for Laurentians
- As shopping rules tighten, Montreal merchants implore customers to find a way to buy local
- Pets, iPhones, PlayStations: Montreal police warn of growing online scams
- More air quality monitoring stations coming to Montreal's East End after arsenic detected
- Quebec woman sentenced to eight years in prison for horrendous case of child abuse
- Montreal tent city dwellers say they want to camp through winter, despite all offers of help
- Bishop St. bars to become condos, despite lacklustre condo market downtown
- 'Our businesses are worth zero now,' says CEO of Quebec Bar Owners Association
- McGill student sues school, student paper and others over sexual assault allegation
- 'Nothing to hold on to': As Quebec stats show, managing an addiction isn't easy during COVID
- A month of Black Friday: Downtown Montreal stores plan sales bonanza to save disastrous year
- Hydro exports, violence, 'erosion' of debate: what's worrying Quebecers ahead of U.S. decision
Rob Lurie
ContactRob Lurie studied business in school but fell in love with the media while listening to overnight talk radio shows. He quit his job selling investments at a bank and in 1993 began working as a traffic reporter before moving on to host talk shows at CIQC and CJAD radio. In 1997, Lurie made the switch to TV to join CTV.
During his time in the media, Lurie has covered some of the biggest stories to hit Montreal including the 1995 referendum, the ice storm, the biker wars, several high profile court cases and several elections. He's also covered several world leaders as they visited Montreal, including former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter; Poland's Lech Walesa, and Israel's Ehud Barak. In 2008, Lurie won the prestigious RTDNA award for central Canada for his election series "Campaign Trail."
A native of Montreal, Lurie has studied at Dawson College, Concordia University and McGill University. In his free time he enjoys boating, hiking and hanging out in the country. Lurie is a fitness buff, avid outdoorsman and bad tennis player.
