Co-owner Rhonda Shlafman said she got the idea while driving home, listening to the news on the radio and looking at the people in cars around her.
“Everybody just looked really sad,” she said in an interview. “So I thought to myself, why don’t I make a Canada bagel? Why don’t I make something that shows everyone here in Montreal and in Canada that we are strong, we are independent, we have our own products, we have our own produce, we have our own lives here.”
She said the bagels are made by taking white and red dough, and intertwining them in a colourful, wood-oven-baked treat that she says is a fitting metaphor for Montreal, Quebec and Canada — with a sprinkle of sesame seeds on top.
Maple skies
Canadian pilot Michael Jones made news headlines after he flew his small two-seater Grob G 115 for two hours near the U.S. border, …