St. Jean Blvd. overpass gets quick fix, Dec. 2 to 5
Four days of remedial work is set to begin Monday night on Pointe-Claire’s aging St. Jean Blvd.-Highway 20 overpass. Layers of delaminating concrete must be removed from the structure before they fall...
View ArticleScrooge kickstarts season of giving with two productions of Dickens’ A...
Long before the Grinch stole Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge tried as much and his story became a yuletide favourite in the process. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, first published in 1843 in...
View ArticleDrug bust in Île-Bizard breaks Montreal record
A drug bust in Île-Bizard last month resulted in the biggest seizure of crystal meth in the Montreal region. The seizure on Beauchemin St. on Nov. 13 was part of an investigation called Opération Abri...
View ArticlePointe-Claire honours Lorne E. Marshall as the city’s premier builder
Lorne E. Marshall designed Pointe-Claire city hall, the city’s fire station, many of its schools and churches, even the 1955-blueprint for the city’s industrial park, an innovation created to attract...
View ArticleWest Island ballerina knows Nutcracker inside out
Jaclyn Lonsdale is somewhat of an expert when it comes to the Nutcracker Ballet. Over the past 10 years, the 18-year-old dancer from Dorval has performed roles of all sorts in the Ballet Ouest...
View ArticleLocal charities benefit from Pointe-Claire Oldtimers donations
Over 50 charities, mostly based in the West Island, benefited from the generosity of the Pointe-Claire Oldtimers (PCOT) hockey club during its annual donation dinner last Thursday. Close to $100,000...
View ArticleEnrolement at Lester B. Pearson schools struggling on island and booming off...
Off-Island enrolment in Lester B. Pearson School Boards is booming. Enrolment in West Island schools, however, is not as robust. But Lester B. Pearson School Board chairman Suanne Stein Day sees...
View ArticleSame-sex kissing gets couple booted from Pointe-Claire restaurant
After lesbian couple Carolyn Shaughnessy and Jessica Goldberg were ushered out of Le Manoir brasserie in Pointe-Claire last Friday for exhibiting public displays of affection, Shaughnessy wrote about...
View ArticleStars Above: Lots to see in December sky; Remnants of Comet ISON may be...
December skywatchers have loads of cosmic holiday treats to enjoy, from an annual meteor shower to a ghost of a comet. Early December comet watchers will want to get up before dawn in early December to...
View ArticleWith the Coach: Clifford Albert
With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Clifford Albert, 43-year-old Dollard des Ormeaux investment adviser Team: Dollard atom BB Pirates Years coached: 15...
View ArticleSte-Anne’s new council orders another Highway 40 overpass study
While still preparing plans for a T-style interchange to replace two Exit 41 overpasses off Highway 40, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue’s new council has also given the green light for a study to consider an...
View ArticleCell tower ‘pops up’ near family’s backyard
A Kirkland resident says the city should have notified nearby homeowners that a new cell tower installation was going to be erected behind their backyards. Francis Paul, who lives on Macdonald St.,...
View ArticleHomeowner going to court after city orders him to demolish $40,000 shed
A homeowner on Lakeshore Rd. is seeking a declaratory judgment against Beaconsfield after city officials sent him a notice that his new storage shed must be demolished or else he will face fines of...
View ArticlePointe-Claire Village Co-op closes its doors
A brave and innovative social experiment launched almost three years ago in Pointe-Claire Village, has come to an abrupt end. The Co-op des Bons Voisins, a 70-member co-operative that offered food and...
View ArticleSigns protest outside Fairview
Protesters were at the corner of Brunswick and St. Jean Blvds. in Pointe-Claire on Saturday, Nov. 30, near the Fairview mall to draw attention to the fact that merchants in the shopping centre do not...
View ArticleMarla Newhook: Changing Africa, a suitcase at a time
Last week, I saw a video of two women physically fighting over a TV at Walmart on Black Friday. Later that same day, I was told a story about two men in Kenya who fought to the death over a...
View ArticleBill Tierney: Local rugby guru gets a National Assembly medal
Before this week I didn’t know anyone who had been awarded a National Assembly medal. In fact, I didn’t even know that the National Assembly gave out medals. But there it is, a public honour, a...
View Article7 teens arrested in Ile-Bizard, Pierrefonds-Roxboro charged with armed...
Seven teenagers between the ages of 16 and 18 were arrested late Thursday morning in Pierrefonds-Roxboro and Île-Bizard-Ste-Geneviève. They face multiple charges including armed robbery, armed assault...
View ArticleBeaurepaire church project provides affordable housing, social support to...
Eighty-one-year-old Rosalie Armstrong and 83-year-old Evelyne Leduc had never heard of one another a month ago, let alone imagine that they would be an important part of each other’s daily lives....
View ArticleNight closures on Highway 40 eastbound beginning December 10
Work continues on Highway 40 eastbound, resulting in the complete closure of a portion of the highway, three nights running, beginning Dec. 10. On the three consecutive nights, the eastbound highway...
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