Senior women’s team to defend gold at world dragon boat event
You can dragon boat for fun or you can dragon boat for the love of fierce competition. Magdalena Morawski clearly fits into the second group. The 56-year-old from Pointe-Claire and her compatriots on...
View ArticleTraffic flow gets upgrade around busy Douglas-Shand intersection
Measures being implemented by Pointe-Claire to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety along a busy section of Douglas-Shand Ave. are under way, just ahead of the new school year. The section of...
View ArticlePCBs once again leaking into storm drainage system in Pointe-Claire
This story has been updated. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were once again discovered leaking into the storm drainage system in Pointe-Claire earlier this month. The leak was uncovered by municipal...
View ArticleMarla Newhook: :DdO tween earns place at California leadership summit
She’s bright, personable, eloquent and so well-grounded for her 11 years. And it was precisely those qualities that garnered West Island tween Ayla Shanks a much-coveted spot at a North American...
View ArticleBill Tierney: This fall could see a lot of labour unrest
Well, the seasons are turning again and snow birds are beginning to check their flight plans. I hope everyone else who’s hunkering down for winter is doing some fitness training in preparation for the...
View ArticleVideo: Beaconsfield to hold town-hall meeting about emerald ash borer bylaw
Bruno Chicoine from Antidote Arboriculture knelt at the base of a mature ash tree in Beaconsfield’s Centennial Park on a hot and humid Monday morning. He was poised to demonstrate how the organic...
View ArticleVideo: Kirkland teen heads to Buffalo on NCAA baseball scholarship
When Cyrus Senior spoke with The Gazette last week, he was hours away from setting out on a road trip that will change his life forever. The teenager from Kirkland was awarded a four-year NCAA baseball...
View ArticleMissing West Island woman’s body found in Eastern Townships
Police have identified a body found Aug. 25 in Roxton Pond as that of a West Island woman who disappeared a month ago. A resident called police in the Eastern Townships town at 4 p.m. on Monday to say...
View ArticleReliance Power Equipment leaked PCBs into Lake St-Louis
Runoff contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) originating from the Reliance Power Equipment building on Hymus Blvd. in Pointe-Claire drained into Lake St-Louis, a spokesman for the city...
View ArticleAsh borer caught in Baie-d’Urfé detector trap; Presence of destructive insect...
Baie-d’Urfé recently came across an emerald ash borer in one of its detector traps in the Lakeview Rd. area, prompting town council to accelerate its response to the destructive beetle that has killed...
View ArticleBaie-d’Urfé writer-director took inspiration from her own anxiety disorder
Appearing on live TV could be nerve-racking for anyone, but for Patricia MacDowell on Monday morning, there was an extra layer to the challenge. The Baie-d’Urfé resident suffers from an anxiety...
View ArticleVideo: Cops help parents improve safety as school year starts
Parents of students at École Ste-Geneviève marked the first day back to school Thursday by launching an awereness campaign to improve safety, especially when parents drop off their children in the...
View ArticleWestbound Highway 40 to be closed overnight
Ongoing work on Highway 40 will force the complete closure of the westbound lanes of the autoroute during the overnight periods in coming days. All westbound traffic between the St-Charles exit in...
View ArticlePolice remind drivers to follow the rules in school zones
Last Thursday was the first day of school at École primaire Ste-Geneviève Ouest, on Ste-Anne St. in Île-Bizard-Ste-Geneviève. Children wearing shiny running shoes piled out of cars and ran to hug old...
View ArticlePublic-education veteran returns to the fold
Marcus Tabachnick is back in familiar territory. In July, he began his new job as executive director of the Quebec English School Boards Association. He replaces David Birnbaum, who was elected Liberal...
View ArticleStudent gets car stolen on first day of school
A young man borrowed his mother’s car to drive to Collège Gerald-Godin on Gouin Blvd. in Ste-Geneviève for his first day of classes on Aug. 27. But the day did not end well. The car was stolen from the...
View ArticlePolice chief killed more than 80 years ago finally honoured
On May 16, 1931, police officer John B. Lunt was killed in the line of duty on Lakeshore Road in Baie-d’Urfé while attempting to stop a car for speeding. As he waved for the offending female motorist...
View ArticleFight for school bus service comes down to 20 metres
According to the Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys, six-year-old Luke Labrèche lives 1.6 kilometres from École primaire Joseph Henrico in Baie-d’Urfé. According to mom Valérie Labrèche and dad...
View ArticleSuzanne Korf: The Ice Bucket Challenge: The good, bad and ugly
August 2014 will go down in the annals of history as the month of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. It is a testimony to the power of social media and the lookat-me generation that more than $100 million...
View ArticleBill Tierney: Art by the lake promises to be inspiring
There aren’t many events taking place around us that can be traced back 60 years. And if it’s lasted 60 years, it must be pretty solid and important. Which is what the Lakeshore Artists’ Association...
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