Kirkland outlet mall faces tough times as shoppers go online and Off-Island
Centre RioCan Kirkland, the big-box shopping mall alongside the Kirkland Colisée theatres used to be a shopping destination for West Islanders and Off Islanders alike. When it opened in 2001, the now...
View ArticleRoad rage incident sends one man to hospital
A road rage incident in Dollard-des-Ormeaux last Sunday left one man covered in bruises and two other men under investigation. The incident took place at around 7:30 p.m. and involved two cars driving...
View ArticleArticle 0
Beaconsfield is one of 25 Canadian cities to be awarded a grant of up to $15,000 from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation to expand its urban canopy. The city will use the money for a...
View ArticleBill Tierney: ‘Larger-than-life’ Duchesneau will be missed
You have to feel for former Coalition Avenir Québec MNA Jacques Duchesneau, who recently announced that he is retiring from provincial politics. He wants to be a “free man,” his own man. According to...
View ArticleMarla Newhook: Too much at stake to be reduced to us versus them
Now that we’ll officially be heading to the polls in April, I urge everyone and anyone who cares about the future to get out there and make a difference where it really counts — at the ballot box. It’s...
View ArticleSte-Anne to encourage B&Bs
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue is amending zoning rules to allow tourist residences — like bed-and-breakfasts — along Maple Street just west of the grounds of John Abbott College and McGill University’s...
View ArticleLiberal hopeful spurred by ‘politics of exclusion’
The Parti Québécois government’s poor handling of economic issues and the divisive nature of its proposed Charter of Values are key issues cited by the Liberal party’s two new West Island candidates as...
View ArticleThe list of West Island candidates for the provincial election so far
The deadline for submission of candidature for the provinicial election is March 22. Here is the list, to date, of candidates running in the West Island in the ridings of Marquette, Nelligan,...
View ArticleRecycling day moves to Wednesdays in Ste-Anne in April
Starting in April, recycling pickup in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue moves to Wednesdays instead of Mondays. The change takes effect on Wednesday, April 7. Until then, collection of all recyclable household...
View ArticleHighway 40 eastbound closed overnight from Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue to Kirkland...
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue town officials are advising area motorists of a number of major road closures and detours that will be in effect this week. Starting Monday, March 17, there will be a complete...
View ArticleMore $7-a-day spots but not enough to go around: West Island daycare operators
Finding a $7-a-day daycare spot is tough and it’s unlikely it will get much easier even after the provincial government implements its plan to bolster the Quebec daycare network, including in the West...
View ArticlePointe-Claire elementary school goes IB
For the past four years, Clearpoint Elementary School in Pointe-Claire has been working toward becoming an International Baccalaureate primary school. Last week, students, teachers and parents learned...
View ArticleMoney and jewelry stolen from Pierrefonds home
Jewelry and money were stolen from a second-floor bedroom of a home in Pierrefonds, March 13. The thief or thieves gained entry through a second-floor bathroom window sometime between 6 a.m. and 10:30...
View ArticleIMAX comes to Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Cinemas Guzzo has opened an IMAX theatre in Dollard-des-Ormeaux. The Cinéma Des Sources IMAX theatre seats 400, features a digital screen measuring 23.8 metres by 12.2 metres and a 2,000-watts sound...
View ArticleJeffrey Gordon excels on the ice and in the classroom
He blushes when he hears the words spoken, but Jeffrey Gordon is both a role model and every parent’s dream. The 6-foot-3 17-year-old from the northern Quebec town of Kuujjuaq is in his second year at...
View ArticleInaugural Festival de la voix debuts Friday
The first edition of the Festival de la voix is a triple threat with star power. The three-day event, which begins with a concert at St-Columba-by-the-Lake Presbyterian Church in Pointe-Claire on...
View ArticlePromoting the love of English one French word at a time
“J’aime l’anglais” are the words. The meaning they take on during a provincial election campaign shaped, in part, by identity politics depends on the reader’s point of view. The man behind the words is...
View ArticleBeaconsfield shelves contest for new community centre
Beaconsfield has cancelled a contract awarded about two years ago to an architect to hold a design contest for a new community centre as the new council has shelved this project. In April 2012, the...
View ArticleOfficials seeks $36 million in extra health funds for W.I.
West Island officials are challenging provincial and regional authorities to address the historic shortcomings in healthcare funding they say have faced the network centred around the Lakeshore General...
View ArticleSte-Anne places reserves on gutted heritage site in north end
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue is placing a reserve on the Braerob farmhouse, a heritage site gutted by fire in late 2012, in order to study the possibilities of salvaging the remaining stone walls and...
View Article