Developer sues Ste-Anne over financial reserve action
As Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue council tabled a notice of motion to officially designate the Braerob farmhouse a heritage site, the owner, Grilli Property Group Inc. is taking the town to court over a related...
View ArticleSte-Anne reverses its policy: Dogs will no longer be welcome on boardwalk
Faced with resistance, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue is reversing a policy implemented a year ago that had allowed people to walk dogs along the boardwalk during certain hours. On Monday, council tabled a...
View ArticleSuzanne Korf: Children’s hospital is nearly complete
Once a year, I allow myself the privilege of writing an update on the construction of the new Children’s Hospital on the Glen site. The first time I wrote about this was in May 2010. The government had...
View ArticleBill Tierney: How do you feel about giving to beggars?
It doesn’t happen often, but I never know what to do about people approaching the car and begging for change at traffic lights. Do you? The approach is not like a polite letter of solicitation like...
View ArticleWork on gas pipe to block lane on Chemin Sainte-Marie
As part of the ongoing overhaul of Highway 40 between St. Charles and Anciens-Combattants Blvds. Gaz Métro will be working on pipe connections in front of the electrical- supplies business Cathelle,...
View ArticleIllegal Pointe-Claire PCBs storage site enters final stage of cleanup
The cleanup of a Pointe-Claire industrial site where an illegal stockpile of PCBs was discovered last fall, has moved into its final stage. This week, TechnoRem Inc., a Laval-based company that...
View ArticleMessage a loved one on a Dorval park bench
Dorval citizens can now honour a loved one in a new public way. The city of Dorval has launched an adopt-a-park-bench program. Participants are invited to write a dedication of up to a maximum of 20...
View ArticlePerennial sale raises funds for Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
The May long weekend has long been considered the official launch of the flower-planting season. The season kicks off in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue with a perennial plant sale benefiting the Canadian...
View ArticleDorval council green-lights extra city hall reno costs
It wasn’t expected to cost anywhere near $700,000, but an ongoing project to makeover the front entrance of Dorval city hall faced unforeseen structural issues that required spending additional funds...
View ArticleBeaconsfield asks Quebec to protect Angell Woods
Beaconsfield council, albeit with a lone dissenting vote, has fired off another resolution calling for the conservation of Angell Woods. On Monday, council tabled a resolution requesting Quebec adopt...
View ArticleLearn about mediating conflict at information sessions
Getting along can be tough. The neighbour plays loud music at 1 a.m. Your son is being deliberately rude and you fight constantly. You suspect your best friend is talking behind your back. Conflict is...
View ArticleVideo: West Island water polo player lands NCAA scholarship
Kimberly Watson began playing water polo at Lakeside Pool in Pointe-Claire when she was 7 years old. She’d watched her older brother, Shawn, play the game and wanted to try. But there weren’t any other...
View ArticleVideo: Cupboards bare at West Island food banks
It’s slim pickings on the shelves at West Island food banks these days. Donations running thin at this time of year is nothing new, but with food banks experiencing a steady increase in the number of...
View ArticleHomeowner served with injunction to fix pool fence
A homeowner in Pierrefonds-Roxboro was served with an injunction in Quebec Superior Court on Wednesday, May 28, ordering him to fix a broken fence around his swimming pool – the scene of a tragedy in...
View ArticleBill Tierney: Former residents proud of their West Island roots
There are a lot of people out there who are very proud of their roots in the West Island. And why shouldn’t they be? As a relative newcomer, I think I’m even a little jealous. Take Shelagh Daly who...
View ArticleMotorcyclist hurt in crash on St-Charles Blvd. in Beaconsfield
A 35-year-old man on a motorcycle lost control of his ride on St-Charles Blvd. in Beaconsfield on Thursday morning and hit a post. The accident happened at 8 a.m. as the man was travelling south on...
View ArticleRelais Rivière du Tour de la Route Bleue cancelled
The Relais Rivière du Tour de la Route Bleue has been cancelled. The 24-kilometre tour of the river’s shoreline in canoes and kayaks was supposed to set out from the Cap-St-Jacques Nature Park...
View ArticleVideo: Student attire: How short is too short? BHS student defies dress code
With a third of Quebec teenagers dropping out of high school and cyberbullying reaching epidemic proportions, wearing shorts to class seems a relatively minor affair. But when a Beaconsfield High...
View ArticleVideo: John Rennie students mark school board anniversary in an interesting way
Students at John Rennie High School in celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Lester B. Pearson School Board with a unique event on Friday, May 30. The students at the Pointe-Claire school set up 500...
View ArticleLBPSB initiative recognized as leader in education
A groundbreaking Lester B. Pearson School Board initiative has been recognized as a leader in education. The LBPSB’s Family and School Support Treatment Team (FSSTT) was presented May 24 with the...
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