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BMO Financial Group and BMO Charitable Employee Foundation have contributed $30,000 to help the Canadian Red Cross in its relief efforts for flood victims along the St. John River.

BMO also launched a flood relief program for its customers who have suffered damage or loss of income as a result of the flooding.

The flood relief program will help customers defer their payments on mortgages and personal loans, and a two-month deferral on a line of credit. There will also be help for agricultural clients affected by the flooding.

BMO branches across Canada are also accepting donations to support the Red Cross Flood Appeal.

More than 800 families have registered to date with the Red Cross to indicate they've been directly impacted by flooding.

Credit Unions in Atlantic Canada are also accepting tax-deductible donations to the flood relief fund.

Metro represented at national franchise event

Representatives from Enterprise Greater Moncton, the City of Moncton, the City of Dieppe and the Town of Riverview recently attended the Canadian Franchise Association's annual convention in Huntsville, Ont. The mission was to promote Metro Moncton as Atlantic Canada's premier shopping and retail destination.

"We needed to send the message that we are a vibrant community in full growth mode and that we are open for business," said Enterprise Greater Moncton spokesman Eric N. Pelletier. The franchise association has over 430 members. During this week's conference, PropertyGuys.com of Moncton received the 2008 Canadian Franchise Association's Award of Excellence.

Downtown Moncton studies future of St. George Street

Downtown Moncton Centre-Ville Inc., will hold an open house regarding the future of St. George Street on Thursday, May 22, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Beaver Curling Club, 73 Capitol Ave.

DMCI and the City of Moncton have teamed up with BDA Consultants to prepare a development and design plan for the St. George Street, which is between and parallel to Main Street and Mountain Road. There are many businesses along St. George Street, which DMCI believes have the potential to make a significant contribution to the downtown business community.

DMCI is now calling on the community to make its voice heard in the planning stages of development.

Moncton vision clinic joins national network

Alliance Vision Clinic at 211 Champlain Street in Dieppe has become a member of FYi, an alliance of 74 independent optometry locations across Canada. FYi is a collaborative structure that offers privately operated optometry clinics the training, management and advanced diagnostic and manufacturing technologies necessary to provide patients with the best possible care and products.

With 74 locations and 120 doctors of optometry across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, FYi today represents the second-largest independent eye care business in Canada.

In tandem with Eyence, FYi's state-of-the-art ophthalmic lens manufacturing division, the company gives doctors of optometry the ability to produce ophthalmic lenses including the newest and most advanced progressive lens designs.

More information about FYi is available at the company's website at www.fyidoctors.com.

* The Cochrane Report appears each Wednesday and Saturday. Items for inclusion may be submitted by e-mail to cochrana@timestranscript.com., or by fax to 859-4904.