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Articles by Rob Lurie
- Montreal bookstore faces closure, owner claims landlords hiked rents 150 per cent
- Drummondville English community 'over the moon' about getting new school building
- Inspired by Mamadi Camara, 19-year-old woman comes forward with own tale of false arrest
- Take a look inside one of Montreal's quarantine hotels for international travellers
- NDG community groups outline visions for long-abandoned Empress Theatre
- Laval school testing at-home saliva tests that could make in-person classes safer
- Noticed anti-Wall Street ads in Montreal? They were bought with GameStop cash
- Driving while Black? Lawyer files complaint after he was handcuffed during traffic stop in Montreal
- Quebec's struggling retailers hoping Legault's big announcement includes permission to re-open
- 99-year-old Montreal man credits luck for surviving the Holocaust
- Formerly homeless Montreal man sings for improved treatment of city's most vulnerable
- 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
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.
