Work on water pipes may cause slight drop of water pressure in Beaconsfield
Water pipes are being cleaned in Beaconsfield. The work will begin every Friday at 9 p.m. and end every Sunday at 6 a.m. until June 1. The process may cause a slight drop in water pressure and the...
View ArticleIce from Lake St. Louis runs ashore
Piles of ice from Lake St. Louis have been pushed up on the shore in Dorval on Friday, April 18. The piles of ice have knocked over garbage cans and park benches at Valois Bay.
View ArticleBeaconsfield High School rock out for Dans La Rue
A group of Beaconsfield High School students rocked the house earlier this month and raised $1,350 for charity. Two different local bands made up of BHS students as well as a warmup band featuring...
View ArticleEggs benefit to raise money for West Island Palliative Care Residence
Eggs any way you like them will be served Friday at a Pointe-Claire restaurant as part of a fundraiser for the West Island Palliative Care Residence. Now in its ninth year, the annual eggs benefit...
View ArticleYoung author came to terms with his sexuality while writing first novel
The biggest hurdle 17-year-old author Jamie B. Laurie faced when coming out as gay was not dealing with the reaction of his mom or dad or his friends or schoolmates. It was coming to terms with...
View ArticleHome under renovation robbed of tools
Tools were stolen from a home undergoing renovations in Pierrefonds some time between last Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The house on Cherrier St. was undergoing extensive renovations by the...
View ArticlePublic pool maintenance and management costs raising eyebrows
The cost of running the new public pool in Pierrefonds-Roxboro is raising some eyebrows in the borough. A two-year, $309,867 contract was signed with SODEM Inc. to manage and maintain the public pool...
View ArticleKirkland homeowner resists pipe inspection
Although the bulk of Kirkland homes found to have cross-connected storm/sanitary pipes have had repairs completed, there is at least one homeowner who is refusing to permit the city to inspect his...
View ArticleNew cell-tower protocol unveiled in Baie-d’Urfé
Baie-d’Urfé recently adopted an antenna system siting protocol that essentially encourages wireless communication companies to set up cell towers in the small town’s industrial park north of Highway 20...
View ArticleHomeowner, borough reach deal over condos
The Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough has reached an out-of-court settlement with a homeowner who took issue with a new condominium project being built next to his backyard. Earlier this month, the borough...
View ArticleLe Manoir ‘never going to move,’ owner says as he preps for another court...
Real estate mogul Peter Sergakis has launched another legal action against the City of Pointe-Claire over Brasserie Le Manoir which he purchased five years ago. Sergakis is seeking a declaratory...
View ArticleThree of four West Island MNAs named to Couillard cabinet
Premier Philippe Couillard has named three of the West Island’s four MNAs to his cabinet. Jacques-Cartier MNA Geoffrey Kelley is aboriginal affairs minister. Kelley held the portfolio under Jean...
View ArticlePublic to elect school board chair for the first time
For the first time in the history of Quebec school boards, the chair will be elected by universal suffrage this fall, and retired teacher Chris Eustace has kicked off the race by announcing his...
View ArticleSeven young men sought after attack with baseball bat
Two young men were taken to hospital and seven others are wanted after a melee broke out early Sunday morning just after 3 a.m. outside a restaurant in Pointe-Claire. Police say the fight began as an...
View ArticleQueen of Angels plan approved despite protests
Despite a barrage of protests from nearby homeowners, Dorval city council adopted zoning changes paving the way for almost 250 housing units to be erected by a developer on the western portion of the...
View ArticleThe ins and outs of election spending in Beaconsfield and Kirkland
Based on municipal election expenses recently made public by Beaconsfield and Kirkland, candidates who spent the most on their particular campaigns were not necessarily guaranteed a victory. Mayor...
View ArticleBeaconsfield asks Quebec government to protect Angell Woods
Beaconsfield has officially asked Quebec to recognize forest ecosystems running through private property in Angell Woods, but the two main landowners are unimpressed after being left in the dark....
View ArticleSenneville takes step on traffic flow issue
Senneville has hired an engineering firm to prepare plans as part of an effort to improve traffic flow heading to and from Highway 40. On Monday, town council adopted a resolution to mandate a firm...
View ArticleHoarders: Help is available to regain healthy, safe lifestyle
Spring is here and many of us feel the urge to purge the home of clutter and give it a good scrub. Old paint goes to the Ecocentre. Old clothes to a charity. Canned goods to the food bank. Books to a...
View ArticleConfessions from a real-life hoarder
Rosalyn Williams-Ness has been a hoarder all her life. The 48-year-old, who lives in a one-bedroom condo in Dorval, was born with cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. “I guess I’m kind of middle of...
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