Green ideas can receive up to $5K from Ste-Anne
Anyone with an interesting concept to promote sustainable development in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue can seek up to half of the $10,000 allotted by the city for such projects this year. As a carry-through to...
View ArticleDogs will be allowed to stroll on Ste-Anne boardwalk
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue’s iconic boardwalk will, for the first time, be open to dogs starting May 1. Although owners have to use a leash, dogs will be allowed on the boardwalk between May 1 and Oct. 31,...
View ArticlePointe-Claire plans to improve crosswalk safety
Pointe-Claire is launching a pilot project to improve pedestrians’ safety at several marked crosswalks not governed by stop signs or traffic lights. The city will soon place new pictorial signs in the...
View ArticleDrainage pipes to prevent flooding; Beaconsfield awards $179,000 contract
Beaconsfield plans to install new drainage pipes to prevent the flooding of several single-family homes on a street that jets into Angell Woods, a woodland currently under a contentious interim control...
View ArticleWest Islanders mobilize against smart meters
It seems a growing number of West Islanders are taking a stand against Hydro-Québec’s deployment of smart meters. About 70 people came out to a meeting held last Wednesday in Pierrefonds hosted by an...
View ArticleThe Gazette, ad agency win award for West Island, Off-Island campaign
The Gazette and advertising agency BleuBlancRouge have scooped up honours for the ‘We Cover the West’ campaign to launch the Off-Island Gazette website and re-launch the West Island Gazette. At the...
View ArticleNew parking restrictions good news for Pierrefonds residents, bad news for...
A new bylaw is set to introduce parking restrictions around two commuter trains in the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro. The Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough council will vote Monday night, May 6 on whether...
View ArticleDr. J. Roger Bider shared passion for nature and wildlife with wife and children
Dr. J. Roger Bider is perhaps best known to the public at large as the founder of the Ecomuseum in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. He served as the indigenous-wildlife zoo’s founding director for over 20 years....
View ArticleStars Above:Trio of planets will dance across skies in May
Hopefully those April showers brought clear skies in time for a rare meeting of worlds in the starry heavens this month. Skywatchers will get a wonderful opening act to the grand celestial finale later...
View ArticlePointe-Claire to study historic village area
Pointe-Claire is ready to launch a much anticipated study of its venerable village area. After revising some parameters of its tender since last month, council was set to award a $52,000 contract to...
View ArticleWith the Coach: Jeff Hamilton
With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Jeff Hamilton, 20-year-old university student from Kirkland Team: Pointe-Claire swim team Years coached: 5 Playing...
View ArticlePierrefonds okays study for new fake grass sports fields
The Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough has given the green light to preparing preliminary plans for two new synthetic grass sports fields at the George Springate Sports Centre which lies next to a high...
View ArticleMarla Newhook: Time flies when you’re a parent
As my son blew out his 13 birthday candles last week, it occurred to me that I am now officially the mother of two — count ’em, two — teenagers. Yikes! Could someone please tell me where the time has...
View ArticlePointe-Claire would limit size of homes in Lakeside Heights
Pointe-Claire is proposing new zoning rules to prevent “monster-sized” homes from mucking up the character of a particular modest residential area. Council is considering an amendment to reduce the...
View ArticleDorval not McHappy; takes fast-food restaurant to court
Dorval is suing the local McDonald’s restaurant outlet, claiming that it damaged the sanitary sewers with discarded grease. Just over two years ago, municipal inspectors discovered sewage lines near...
View ArticleJaniszewski to run for mayor of Dollard again in November
While a few incumbent West Island mayors confirm they will be seeking a new mandate in the municipal elections set for Nov. 3, several have yet to make a decision. Dollard-des-Ormeaux Mayor Ed...
View ArticleKirkland councillor Gibson to challenge Meaney for mayor
Longtime Kirkland city councillor Michel Gibson is planning to run for mayor against incumbent John Meaney, who has confirmed he will be seeking re-election in the Nov. 3 vote. While Gibson, 62,...
View ArticlePierrefonds will introduce parking restrictions around Roxboro commuter train...
Parking was already a nightmare and it just got worse for West Island commuters, who travel downtown on the AMT’s Deux Montagnes line from the Roxboro-Pierrefonds commuter train station on Gouin Blvd....
View ArticleSte-Anne-de-Bellevue farmers’ market is back in business
Ste-Anne’s Farmers’ Market opens this Saturday, May 11 on the Ste. Anne de Bellevue waterfront with a special event. Market organizers have pulled together a World Fair Trade Day to launch the market’s...
View ArticleNew performance hall for Dorval’s Jean XXIII
Dorval’s Jean-XXIII High School has received a federal government grant that will allow the 49-year-old school on Dawson Ave. to upgrade its never renovated auditorium. The $150,000 grant from the...
View Article