Two-alarm fire in D.D.O.
Firefighters in Dollard-des-Ormeaux have extinguished a two-alarm fire in a two-storey residential duplex on Whiteoak St. at the corner of Maisonneuve St. No one was injured, but the residence was...
View ArticleVictims of Earl Jones to receive some money
At 3 p.m. Friday, cheques were taken to the Greene Ave. post office and sent registered mail to 125 victims of Ponzi schemer Earl Jones. Barring weather related delays, the victims should have the...
View ArticleAirport in Dorval is the happiest place in Montreal
More than 14 million passengers passed through Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport in 2013, making last year the airport’s busiest ever. As 2013 and the holiday season came to an end, The...
View ArticleDick Irvin gets warm welcome to Order of Canada
Dick Irvin heard from many in the hockey world this week about receiving one of Canada’s highest civilian honours. The well-wishers included Scotty Bowman. “He said, ‘Welcome to the Order of Canada,’...
View ArticlePedestrian hit in Pierrefonds
Icy road conditions caused dozens of minor accidents across the Montreal region on Monday, including one involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in Pierrefonds. Several fire trucks and an ambulance were...
View ArticlePickpocket slices purse open and removes wallet
A woman had her wallet stolen in an unusual fashion while standing in a checkout line at a store in Dollard-des-Ormeaux at around 4:30 p.m. on Jan 5. Montreal police constable Leslie Potts from Station...
View ArticleFines will be levied for unlawful or incorrectly-installed winter carports
One is faced with a mix of municipal bylaws when the subject of temporary winter carports is raised in the West Island. A few West Island destinations love the temporary shelters for their practicality...
View ArticleChrist Church Beaurepaire concert series returns after Christmas break
Earl Wilson has been crazy about music his whole life. Visit his website and the first thing you see is the Friedrich Nietzsche quote “Without music, life would be a mistake.” Wilson is the music...
View ArticleWith the Coach: Jerdy Eastmond
With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Jerdy Eastmond, 44-year-old Pointe-Claire resident who runs a digital embroidery business Team: Pointe-Claire...
View ArticleSte-Anne hopes to keep control over conservation areas
With Montreal recently agreeing to invest about $2 million to expand the Anse-à-l’Orme nature park, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue is hoping to maintain control over conservation areas in its northern sector,...
View ArticleFamily overjoyed to have region’s first 2014 baby
A bouncing baby boy delivered at the Lakeshore General Hospital last Wednesday is reportedly the first baby born in the West Island this year. Stacy Andrade and her husband, Andrew Outar, welcomed...
View ArticleWest Island native Vlasic named to men’s Olympic hockey team
West Island native Marc-Édouard Vlasic has been named to Canada’s men’s Olympic hockey team, which will be heading to the Sochi Games next month. Vlasic, 26, was one of eight defencemen named to...
View ArticleBill Tierney: The end of an era of waiting for the mail carrier
Did you notice that we lost our postal service just before Christmas? Just before the first eggnog and the devilled eggs? Gone. No more mail at the door. Very cleverly done by the government’s media...
View ArticleMan shot in bar fight in Pierrefonds
Police are looking for two suspects in connection with the shooting of a 23-year-old man during a bar fight early Friday morning in Pierrefonds. The first suspect is about five feet seven inches tall...
View ArticleFirst homicide in 2014: Man, 27, dead after Lachine shooting
Montreal police are investigating a shooting in Lachine last Saturday night that left one man pronounced dead in hospital. Around 9:30 p.m., a 27-year-old was shot in an apartment at Sherbrooke St. and...
View ArticleHighway 40 westbound shut after chunk of concrete falls from overpass
A falling chunk of concrete that dented the hood of a BMW SUV paralyzed westbound traffic on Highway 40 in the West Island and triggered emergency inspections of an overpass. Transport Québec confirmed...
View ArticleDefeat of urban plan in Senneville gives developers green light to build
While curtailing development of two large lots was a hot-button issue in Senneville’s twinned election/referendum campaign last fall, town council is now acknowledging that the defeat of a proposed...
View ArticleSUV gutted by fire in parking lot
A stolen car was set on fire in a parking lot at the Cap-St-Jacques regional park in Pierrefonds-Roxboro on Jan. 5. Montreal police constable Daniel Maheu from Station 3 said a passerby called the...
View ArticleBorough taxes increase slightly in Pierrefonds-Roxboro
Local taxes in Pierrefonds-Roxboro will increase slightly, according to the borough’s $34.6-million budget for 2014 tabled Jan. 7. Spending will increase by 0.6 per cent, or $228,100, this year to a...
View ArticleCelebrate Robbie Burns for a good cause
It’s Robbie Burns Night on Saturday, Jan. 25, and the West Island Children’s Charity is hosting its 22nd celebration of the Scottish poet at the Hymus Resto Bar. All proceeds go to the Montreal...
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