Bill Tierney: Are you getting access to medical services?
Apparently, I now have a family doctor. I am very grateful. I say “apparently” because I haven’t met her yet but I have an appointment in August. I feel a bit like St. Bernadette waiting in the grotto...
View ArticleWomen’s soccer team off to Italy for World Masters Games
Cathy Lipari has been dreaming about taking a team of women soccer players to the World Masters Games for years. That dream is about to come true. Lipari has been coaching soccer since she was 16 years...
View ArticleTheatre company marking its 25th anniversary is bring Shakespeare to a park...
Director Amanda Kellock remembers falling hopelessly in love with theatre and spectacle and the whole darn thing while sitting in a West Island park watching Repercussion Theatre perform Macbeth when...
View ArticlePointe-Claire breaststrokers heading to world juniors in Dubai
While he had hoped for better quicker performances overall during the just-completed Summer Nationals, the head coach of the Pointe-Claire Swim Club is proud to be sending three members to the upcoming...
View ArticleWith the Coach: Tracey McLennan
With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Tracey McLennan, 47-year-old Dorval resident who is a customer service supervisor Team: Dollard U-17 A F Dorval...
View ArticleDollard land swap paves road for new mosque
A recently finalized property exchange deal between Dollard-des-Ormeaux and the Islamic Centre of West Island paves the way for a new mosque to be built on Montrose Ave. In exchange for a vacant lot...
View ArticleCoptic congregation to relocate near lakeshore in Pointe-Claire
A Christian Orthodox church is set to plant roots near the lakeshore in Pointe-Claire. Officials from St. Peter and St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Church, which runs its religious services from a rented...
View ArticleResidents object to how zoning change is being handled in Pierrefonds
A group of Pierrefonds residents are accusing borough officials of giving unfair advantage to a Montreal developer and stacking the cards against them in an upcoming register expected to be announced...
View ArticlePointe-Claire negotiates to acquire village lot from parish
Pointe-Claire wants purchase a small lot in the village which is owned by St-Joachim Parish but has been used by the public for years. The land, part of lot 82 of the Pointe-Claire Village cadastre,...
View ArticlePhoto radar trap set up on Highway 20 in Dorval
Motorists using Highway 20 in Dorval are warned to slow down as they enter the construction zone near the junction with Highway 13 — or smile — as Transport Quebec has set up a temporary mobile radar...
View ArticleBill Young: Tim Raines thanks us — we also thank him
If you ever attended a Montreal Expos game at Olympic Stadium during the 1980s, this one’s for you — a personal “thank you” from Tim Raines. Raines, among the very best in Expos’ history and one of...
View ArticleKirkland councillor first to announce he plans to run for mayor’s job
Longtime Kirkland councillor Michel Gibson will run for the town’s top job in the November 3 municipal election. “Kirkland needs a new vision, some new blood and leadership,” said Gibson, a Kirkland...
View ArticleLachine mayor Claude Dauphin launches his own political party
There’s another new party in the running for November’s municipal elections. On Wednesday, the director general for Elections Quebec approved the candidacy of the Équipe Dauphin Lachine party, headed...
View ArticleDorval lacrosse team pulls out of tournament because game has become too violent
The coach of a Montreal-area junior league lacrosse team has pulled his players out of the championship final series because of increasingly violent play that has devastated his squad the last few...
View ArticleGang of thieves hitting bank customers on the West Island
Montreal police are warning West Islanders to keep a close eye on their money and to be aware of their surroundings when doing business at banks, bureau de change outlets and other institutes of...
View ArticlePlans to celebrate Roxboro’s Centennial being derailed by infighting
Plans are underway to celebrate Roxboro’s centennial but it appears bad blood between two organizing committees, one led by Pierrefonds-Roxboro councillor Jim Beis and the other by a private citizen,...
View ArticleDorval Interchange rebuild could drag on until the end of the decade
It’s a rare day Mayor Edgar Rouleau says he doesn’t hear a complaint from somebody, somewhere on the West Island about the reconstruction of the Dorval Interchange. And the Dorval mayor adds it is an...
View ArticleColonoscopy recall at Lakeshore reveals 8 patients with ‘malignant lesions’
A recall of 469 patients who underwent botched colonoscopies at the Lakeshore General Hospital has found that eight individuals had “malignant lesions” that were missed during their initial screening....
View ArticlePointe Claire mayor calls press conference to discuss his future
Pointe Claire Mayor Bill McMurchie has called a press conference for 2 p.m. Monday to announce his intentions regarding the upcoming Nov. 3 municipal election. McMurchie was first elected to Pointe...
View ArticleWith the Coach: Dean Weldon
With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Dean Weldon, 44-year-old resident of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue who works as a R&D tax credit consultant Team:...
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