Kirkland expects new park to make a big splash
Kirkland is forging ahead with plans for a water splash pad for kids at Harris Park. On Monday, town council awarded a $447,814 contract to Terrassement Limoges & Fils to install the new splash...
View ArticleT-interchange will finally replace overpasses, reopen highway exit off...
t’s official, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue is proceeding with a T-style interchange to replace two closed overpasses at Exit 41 on westbound Highway 40. The town will also build a temporary access road to...
View ArticleSte-Anne running with dog park project
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue will be setting up its first official dog run this summer, as a pilot project to be re-evaluated by town council at the end of the year. On Monday, council approved spending up to...
View ArticleCommuters snapping up paid-parking at Roxboro-Pierrefonds station
While some commuters are openly embracing a new paid-parking initiative at two train stations on the Deux-Montagnes line, Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough officials have openly condemned the plan. As part...
View ArticleWest Island Blues Fest set for June 14
Mention the 12-bar chord progression and music lovers know you’re talking about the blues. Experts in 12-bar guitar wails and soulful singing shaped by spirituals and work songs of the 19th-century...
View ArticleMan charged in voyeurism case at West Island store washrooms
A man was arrested on Wednesday and charged with voyeurism after police allege he spied on women using the bathroom stalls in large West Island stores. Julio Cesar Tolentino Munoz, 34, was picked up...
View ArticleCity aims to strip curling club of its tax-exempt status
Pointe-Claire city hall is challenging the tax-exempt status held by a community-run sporting association that’s been around almost a century. Officials at the Pointe-Claire Curling Club say they are...
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Quebec to spend $1.4 billion on city’s provincial road network: Among top...
Quebec will spend $1.4 billion fixing provincial roadways in Montreal over the next two years. That’s almost 30 per cent of the $4.9 billion to be spent across the province, Quebec Transport Minister...
View ArticleThree men arrested following break-in in Pierrefonds
Three West Island men were arrested following a break-in on Julie St. in Pierrefonds on June 4. Police received a call that the alarm had been triggered at a building that was once a convent, but is no...
View ArticlePointe-Claire Horticultural Society celebrates its 80th anniversary
The West Island’s oldest garden club, the Pointe-Claire Horticulture Society is marking its 80th anniversary this week with a flower show and auction of rare plants. Tiny Tears, Itsby Bitsy Bikini,...
View ArticleDorval airport work creates winners and losers
Major work on the taxiway system at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport has increased the number of takeoffs and landings over some West Island neighbourhoods. Runway 10-28 is closed as a...
View ArticlePointe-Claire launches new municipal patrol
You live in Pointe-Claire and a barking dog is keeping you awake at 2 a.m. A neighbour is excavating for a new swimming pool on Saturday afternoon and there’s no permit posted in the window. Help is a...
View ArticleBylaws for ash trees on private property under consideration
West Island municipalities are looking at new measures aimed at slowing down the emerald ash borer’s progress now that the invasive insect’s arrival has been confirmed in the region. The West Island’s...
View ArticleWest Island business wins triple the Accolades
West Island businesses were honoured with Accolades Awards in 10 categories at the Montreal Airport Marriott In-Terminal Hotel in Dorval on June 12. The prizes, awarded annually by the West Island of...
View ArticleBeaconsfield Yield sign project on short list for prize
The idea was met with skepticism when first floated three years ago, but the installation of Yield signs where Stop signs once stood has landed Beaconsfield on the short list for an award. The Yield...
View ArticleWest Island’s biodiversity may help fight emerald ash borer
Although experts anticipate Montreal Island’s ash trees will be devastated over the next 10 to 15 years, there are some bright spots in the West Island when it comes to the fight against the emerald...
View ArticleIle-Bizard mayor moves to protect farm land
Saying he was elected on a green platform, Île-Bizard-Ste-Geneviève borough mayor Normand Marinacci vows to forge ahead with plans to preserve and enhance agricultural zones by seeking special status...
View ArticlePointe-Claire aims to strip curling club of tax-exempt status
Pointe-Claire city hall is challenging the tax-exempt status held by a community-run sporting association that’s been around almost a century. Officials at the Pointe-Claire Curling Club say they are...
View ArticleCity earmarks $1.7 million for windmill renovations
Pointe-Claire recently earmarked just over $1.7 million in a revised three-year capital investment program to the restoration of its iconic windmill in the village. Council adopted a revised capital...
View ArticleSources overpass repair plans put on hold
While Transport Quebec may have had tentative plans to replace the aging Sources Blvd.-Highway 20 interchange in 2014, this project has been put off for an undetermined period. Transport Quebec’s...
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