Borough announces plans for $20 million in projects
Pierrefonds-Roxboro’s new three-year capital program calls for about $20 million in projects. The expenditures program for 2015-2017, which was to be approved by borough council on Tuesday night,...
View ArticleFight over pension reform bill will have effects on suburbs
Although much of the focus of Quebec’s proposed Bill 3 has been on embattled Montreal city hall, West Island mayors are also calling for fiscally prudent municipal pension plan reforms. Baie-d’Urfé and...
View ArticleLakeshore AAA girls crowned provincial soccer champions
The Lakeshore girls’ U14 soccer team were crowned Quebec AAA champions last weekend in Shawinigan. The team will now compete for the national title in Charlottetwon, P.E.I., in October. The Lakeshore...
View ArticleWestbound Highway 40 to be closed completely in construction site during...
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 ArticleDorval takes quick action against ash borer; Beetle has arrived
Now that the emerald ash borer has been snagged in a detector trap set by Dorval, city officials hope homeowners will take notice and help quell the spread of the destructive beetle on their...
View ArticleDiversify when replacing ash trees, expert says
A local forest ecology expert is advising West Islanders to consider diversification if and when they opt to replace their ash trees threatened by an insect infestation. Jim Fyles, the department chair...
View ArticleSt-Anne launches two more studies to find ‘magic mix’ for development
In advance of preparing a new planning program for a vast undeveloped area in its north sector, the town of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue has launched two more studies. On Monday, council awarded a $45,000...
View ArticleSte-Anne scraps plan to webcast public meetings
While Pointe-Claire readies to launch the webcasting of monthly city council meetings, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue has announced that after studying the idea it won’t proceed with its own live-streaming...
View ArticleRenovations in question in Pointe-Claire; Council moving to have work done...
Pointe-Claire is taking legal recourse over home renovations allegedly conducted without a building permit. After rejecting plans for exterior renovations at 31 Valois Bay Ave. last week, council...
View ArticleBill Young: Celebration of books returns to Hudson
Heads up all you book club members, library volunteers, bibliophiles and everyone else who loves a good read. The Greenwood Centre’s annual StoryFest extravaganza is coming back to Hudson. For a 13th...
View ArticleBill Tierney: In Quebec, dying can be both a right and a privilege
You know you must be growing old when you find yourself taking a more than usual interest in radio programs about euthanasia. And am I mistaken or are there more of them these days? I don’t like to be...
View ArticleDollard-des-Ormeaux tire store firebombed
Police have taken over the investigation of a fire in Dollard-des-Ormeaux early Wednesday at a tire store. The fire was started by a Molotov cocktail. At 5:31 a.m. someone broke the window of the...
View ArticleClock ticking at Cloverdale: Hundreds of families jeopardized by loss of subsidy
The Cloverdale Village housing cooperative in Pierrefonds-Roxboro is a nicer, safer place to live than it was 15 years ago, and borough officials want to keep it that way. To that end, the...
View ArticleTheir school career launched with a big welcome
Kindergarten students were greeted with a big welcome as the arrived at Clearpoint Elementary School in Pointe-Claire for their first day of school on Sept. 4. The 56 new students walked by the...
View ArticleVideo: Hip-hop duo delivers positive message to struggling teenagers
Both Adam “A-Sho” Shomer and James “J-Flo” Floreani felt the sting of being left out at one point or another while going to school. They also observed their fair share of bullying behaviour in school...
View ArticleLetter: Disappointed by the Charbonneau Commission
I have to admit the Charbonneau Commission did not do what most citizens thought it might do. It was nothing less than anti-climactic. Aislin’s cartoon of Justice France Charbonneau and the article in...
View ArticleThe RCMP Musical Ride comes to Pierrefonds-Roxboro later this month
The RCMP Musicial Ride is coming once again to Pierrefonds-Roxboro. And with all the planning done and the borough venue readied, Jim Beis and George Springate couldn’t contain their excitement. The...
View ArticleConvicted pedophile granted parole to a halfway house
A Pointe-Claire man currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a young girl and posting images of the abuse on the Internet will be released to a halfway house soon. The Parole...
View ArticleRetired pilot retraces path of historic transcontinental flight
When retired Air Canada pilot Christopher Brown was an infant in a crib, his father brought a flight-instrument panel simulator into the nursery. According to dad, baby Brown was fascinated by the...
View ArticleRiverdale High School students help author shape her latest book
This is a story about a group of Grade 9 students from Riverdale High School in Pierrefonds-Roxboro, English teacher Karen Scott and author Monique Polak and how their meeting of minds resulted in the...
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