Two seek mayor’s job in Pointe-Claire; First contested election since...
It seems Pointe-Claire voters will decide the first contested mayoral race since the municipal demerger from the Montreal megacity. With Bill McMurchie, who had been acclaimed in two previous...
View ArticleStreet fair in Kirkland to raise money for fire victims
Neighbours are banding together to host a street fair on Saturday to raise funds to help a family devastated after their house was gutted in a blaze last week. A single-family home on John White St. in...
View ArticleYellow Fish initiative draws attention to storm drain pollution
Yellow fish were painted next to manhole covers on some streets of Pierrefonds-Roxboro on Thursday, Aug. 15, as part of initiative to draw attention to urban storm water pollution. The initiative...
View ArticleOutages affect 509 homes in the West Island
Hydro-Québec said 509 households were without power on Monday morning on the West Island. The utility’s website showed outages affecting Dollard des Ormeaux, Kirkland, and Pointe Claire. Jean-Philippe...
View ArticlePolice look for help to track suspect in armed robbery at Dorval Esso station
Police are asking for the public’s help to track down a suspect in an armed robbery at an Esso station on Sources Blvd. in Dorval on Aug. 13. The suspect, believed to be in his 20s, is said to have...
View ArticleWest Island family tells horror story about treatment of elderly woman under...
The hospital called Diane Clark at work one April morning to say that her elderly mother was being sent home alone — confused, frail and incontinent. The treating physician insisted that the medical...
View ArticleFirefighters discover marijuana grow-op in Beaconsfield basement
A marijuana grow-op was discovered by firefighters when they were called to an address in Beaconsfield last month. Montreal police constable J.P. Levis of Station 1 said the fire department called the...
View ArticleCyclist runs a stop sign in Beaconsfield and pays the price
A teenage girl from Pointe-Claire ran a stop sign while riding her bicycle in Beaconsfield and was hit by a car last Saturday. She received minor injuries from the collision and a ticket for a cycling...
View ArticleCar dealership break-in caught on surveillance camera
Two men cut their way through a metal fence to access a car dealership’s lot in Pointe-Claire early last Friday morning. Montreal police constable Hélène Jubinville of Station 5 said police received a...
View ArticleWest Island comedian mourns passing of fave Wendy’s restaurant
T.J. Hazelden’s favourite burger joint hasn’t technically died, but it’s deader than the Monty Python parrot to Hazelden, so he’s inviting friends and strangers to mourn the loss on Saturday. Hazelden...
View ArticleElection primer for Montrealers living in West Island boroughs
Voters in the West Island boroughs of Lachine and Pierrefonds–Roxboro have double the mayoral decisions to make when heading to the ballot box for the municipal elections Nov. 3, compared to voters...
View ArticleDeveloper loses court battle and condo development remains in limbo
A decade-long push to have a condo development built on Fifth Ave. N. in Pierrefonds-Roxoboro remains in limbo following a well-attended meeting of the borough’s urban planning committee last week at...
View ArticleConstruction to begin shortly on Pointe-Claire development
Construction work for the first part of a major residential development in Pointe-Claire is expected to break ground this fall. Pointe-Claire city council recently approved architectural integration...
View ArticleCharity hockey game raises money for Lac-Megantic
For Lac-Mégantic Mark Frankel, left, and the Pointe-Claire Blues, and Trevor Horner, of Dagwood’s, got together with their teams to play in a charity hockey match Friday, to raise funds for the...
View ArticleParty benefits victims of house fire
A Kirkland family whose home was gutted by fire is grateful for a block party organized on their behalf by neighbours. Darren Coutain and Lisanne Dion, who moved to John White St. about two years ago,...
View ArticleSuzanne Korf: A roadside sign of the times
Remember the Five Man Electrical Band song? “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind …” Okay, so I am showing my age, but signs have been on my mind lately. Recently...
View ArticleBill Tierney: Pointe-Claire’s mayor leaves behind a lot to live up to
This shouldn’t read like an obituary because Bill McMurchie, the current mayor of Pointe-Claire, is a healthy, even sprightly 80-year-old who still has a lot of leg left. There’s nothing fragile about...
View ArticleProposed Elm Ave. extension must benefit Baie-d’Urfé, mayor says
As part of a draft planning program for Angell Woods, Beaconsfield is proposing to extend Elm Ave. west into Baie-d’Urfé’s industrial park, creating a new link to acess a north-south route to Highway...
View ArticleBeaconsfield council unfreezes Sunrise land
A divided Beaconsfield city council has authorized a deal that could lead to 68 condominium units being built on a lot in Angell Woods that has been under a contentious interim control bylaw since...
View ArticleU.S. orders extradition of murder suspect sought in West Island killing
A U.S. judge has ordered the extradition of a murder suspect who was on Canada’s list of the 10 most wanted for a West Island killing. Dieuseul Jean, 52, is accused of beating and stabbing his...
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