What property owners in West Island boroughs will see on their tax bill this...
When the Montreal budget was tabled last Thursday, Mayor Denis Coderre announced a $20-million reduction in the amount of money that will be transferred to the city’s 19 boroughs. In addition, borough...
View ArticleTwo Lester B. Pearson School Board teachers fired
The Lester B. Pearson School Board has fired two teachers. The dismissals were announced during a public meeting of the school board’s commissioners on Jan. 27. In an unusual move, the commissioners...
View ArticleDollard curling rink in national spotlight
The spotlight doesn’t often shine on curlers, and when it does it can be unfamiliar turf. When Allison Ross and her team went shopping last year in Kingston, Ont., during the Scotties Tournament of...
View ArticleWith the Coach: Dennis Leggatt
With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Dennis Leggatt, a 32-year-old Pointe-Claire resident who works as a welder with Custom Metal Team: Lakeshore atom...
View ArticleBeaconsfield council reverses decision on shed
Facing a legal challenge launched by a homeowner, Beaconsfield council has opted to reverse the course of action initiated by a building inspector last year regarding a new storage shed built along the...
View ArticleSenneville OKs $5.4M budget; average property tax hike to be 9%
Senneville homeowners will face an average property tax increase of about nine per cent, according to the town’s $5.4-million budget for 2014 approved by council Monday. The owner of a home valued at...
View ArticleSenneville to make 11th-hour bid for undeveloped lot
With the Canada Lands Co. selling off a 59-acre parcel of land in Senneville, town council has unanimously decided to prepare a conditional offer as a strategy to better control development. The CLC,...
View ArticleWest Island native will lace up in Sochi; Bantam coach proud of his former...
He doesn’t have flashy eye-popping moves or superstar status, but West Island native MarcÉdouard Vlasic possesses the defensive acumen that has vaulted him to the national limelight as a member of...
View ArticleBill Tierney: Under Bill 52, Quebec would be a good place to die
It’s not hard to come up with several good reasons for deciding to leave Quebec. According to a recent Gazette editorial, 28,439 people did so in 2013, for a net population loss of 11,887. That’s a lot...
View ArticleSnow budget woes in the West Island
If you believe the groundhog, we have six more weeks of potential snowstorm weather. This is not good news for some West Island municipalities already feeling the pinch of snow-related costs. So far...
View ArticleA Montreal cop many West Islanders will miss
When the Montreal police department in 1992 asked Const. Roberto Del Papa to implement a new program of “community” policing in the Pierrefonds neighbourhood of Cloverdale, many of his colleagues...
View ArticleStars Above: The February sky has some amazing cosmic pairings
While February nights are down-right cold, the crisp, clear skies offer some of the best stargazing of the year. Look for amazing cosmic pairings between some of the brightest objects in the night sky,...
View ArticleDollard mayor says agglomeration costs high
While property taxes in Dollard-des-Ormeaux remain relatively stable this year, Mayor Ed Janiszewski says demerged municipalities still face an ongoing uphill battle for a fairer agglomeration system....
View ArticleSte-Anne’s new administration will release report on closed overpasses
An engineering study and report used by former Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue mayor Francis Deroo to justify the closure of two overpasses on the north side of Exit 41 on Highway 40 in early 2011 will now be...
View ArticlePointe-Claire to test using webcams to record municipal council meetings
Pointe-Claire aims to test the possibilities of webcasting its city council meetings but don’t look for a streaming link just yet. For its March 4 meeting, the city has hired WebTV Coop, a non-profit...
View ArticleNew cell tower rules sit well with W.I. officials
New federal rules governing cell tower sites come as welcomed news for West Island municipal officials, though they point out Industry Canada still has the final say over the placement of wireless...
View ArticleMarla Newhook: Robotics brings students together
Let’s face it. We all have a fascination with robots and robotic technology. We can thank sci-fi writers like Isaac Asimov for that. For students at 28 high schools (both public and private), French...
View ArticleBill Tierney: Typical reader explained to Pierre Trudeau how he became a...
This is the fifth year I’ve contributed to the West Island Gazette. I have written 207 columns. You might be wondering who has been reading all my comments and observations about the West Island. You...
View ArticleMontreal hospital radiation centres to turn away patients from West Island,...
Montreal’s four university hospital radiation therapy centres will be facing tough new restrictions on who they can and can’t treat based on where they live beginning April 1 — but the McGill teaching...
View ArticleResidents urged to be on the look-out for emerald ash borer – the bug that...
With the first day of spring a month away, Baie-d’Urfé is offering its residents a peek of an emerald ash borer up close and personal. This beetle has become a scourge across North America as it...
View Article