Fugitive feline lost at Dorval airport finally found
Chester the cat, on the lam for almost a month and running free at the Montreal airport, was found on Wednesday and will soon be reunited with his owner. “Yesterday morning we were advised by the...
View ArticleHolidays will not affect garbage pickup in Dollard
There will be no change to the garbage collection schedule in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on la Fete National and Canada Day. The town issued a public notice stating regular Tuesday garbage collection will be...
View ArticleFairview Pointe-Claire makes parking lot safer
Fairview Pointe-Claire is undertaking a $250,000-upgrade of its parking lot and installing a new pedestrian walkway. The main road in front of the mall’s Old Navy-HomeSense entranceway on the southside...
View ArticleWest Island motorists ticketed for not wearing seatbelts
Montreal police issued more than 600 tickets for seatbelt violations during a one-week campaign earlier this month, including dozens to motorists on the West Island. From June 2 to 8, a total of 2,237...
View ArticleFête National celebrations postponed until Wednesday in Dorval
Dorval is moving its Fête National celebrations to Wednesday because of an inclement weather forecast. Environment Canada forecasts a 90 per cent chance of rain – up to 10 mm – for Tuesday, June 24....
View ArticleRainy weather cancels afternoon celebrations in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue but...
Bad weather has resulted in the cancellation of afternoon celebrations of the Fête nationale in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. Evening activities are set to go at Centre Harpell, 60 St-Pierre St. The program is...
View ArticleDollard-des-Ormeaux teenager training for Montreal/Toronto run
When Akshay Grover was eight years old he ran for the fun of it. When he was 12, he ran to compete. And now, at 16, he is running for a good cause. The teen from Dollard-des-Ormeaux plans to run 550...
View ArticleValleycrest municipal pool budget hits $5.4 million
Approval for the allocation of additional funds to finance the completion of the Valleycrest municipal pool in Pierrefonds-Roxboro squeaked through in a three-to-two vote during a morning borough...
View ArticleBeaconsfield wins prize for yield sign project
Beaconsfield was awarded the Prix Sécurité routière at the Gala des grands prix d’excellence en transport on June 18. Winners in 10 categories were honoured by the Association québécoise du transport...
View ArticleTeens in trouble get help through West Island YMCA Impact program
School is out. Teenagers have time on their hands and the temperature is rising. Hot weather has been known to trigger impetuous behaviour and a young person’s bad decision — be it petty theft, drug...
View ArticlePearson budget delayed; Provincial funding for board could be cut
The Lester B. Pearson School Board is holding back adopting its annual budget as it awaits potential funding reduction details from the province. Board officials said the budget couldn’t be discussed...
View ArticleFacility facing uncertain future hopeful of finding new location
Although a teen drug rehab centre catering to Quebec’s English-speaking community faces an uncertain future in the West Island, Portage officials remain hopeful since the province seems to be treating...
View ArticleTeens set to graduate from high school, drug rehab
A former teenage cocaine user has kicked his dependency and is set to graduate from high school. It’s all thanks, he says, to the Portage treatment centre in Beaconsfield which is facing an uncertain...
View ArticleSenneville zoning plan angers landowner; ‘They are devaluing the industrial...
The owner of the 59-acre former veterans’ lodge/golf course in Senneville is not pleased that town council is considering mitigating residential development on his property by pushing for increased...
View ArticleFairview mall upgrades parking, pedestrian facilities
Fairview Pointe-Claire is undertaking a $250,000-upgrade of its parking lot and installing a new pedestrian walkway. The main road in front of the mall’s Old Navy-HomeSense entranceway on the south...
View ArticlePine Beach tunnel to get spruce-up
Dorval has set aside funds for some summer housekeeping work at the Pine Beach Tunnel. Repairs will be made to the tunnel entrances on either side, doors, windows and some concrete. Last week, city...
View ArticleBill Tierney: Ste-Anne welcomes summer with music festival
You can sympathize with the people of St-Lambert who want those big concerts over on Jean-Drapeau Island to dip the decibels a bit. Even behind closed windows, St-Lambert citizens can hear what the...
View ArticleSuspicious package delivered to jewelry store
A suspicious package was delivered to a jewelry store in Pierrefonds on June 28. Montreal Police constable Daniel Maheu from Station 3 said the suspect, wearing what looked like a brown UPS uniform,...
View ArticleDogs bark, birds fly, bees swarm
Bee swarms have made the Montreal news twice in the last month. Seeing thousands of bees pushing to attach to one small space is an unsettling sight for many of us, but bee expert Alexandre Beaudoin...
View ArticleLatest improvements at Lakeshore General Hospital open for business
Minnie D’Amato, 88, sat snuggled under a soft-pink blanket in a comfortable treatment chair in a shiny new dialysis station at the Lakeshore General Hospital last Wednesday and smiled shyly at a group...
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