Dorval receives $5.4 million from renewed Gas Tax infrastructure fund
The city of Dorval will receive $5.4 million for infrastructure projects over the next five years under a renewed and renegotiated federal-provincial Gas Tax Fund. Conservative Senator Larry Smith...
View ArticleWork of Canadian film pioneer Colin Low celebrated in Pointe-Claire exhibition
A remarkable collection of sketches and creations by the celebrated Canadian documentary filmmaker Colin Low will be on display at a Pointe-Claire gallery during a one-week exhibition, starting Friday,...
View ArticleParole denied for man in Dollard impaired-driving death
A man who killed a pedestrian in Dollard-des-Ormeaux while driving after having consumed a combination of medication, narcotics and beer has been denied parole as he continues to serve a six-year...
View ArticleWest Island man missing, family fears for his life
Police have issued a missing person bulletin for René Campeau, a 64-year-old West Island resident last seen at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Campeau stands 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 178 pounds and has brown...
View ArticleRCMP Musical Ride in Pierrefonds this weekend
The RCMP Musicial Ride will be performing in Pierrefonds-Roxboro on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28. The famed horse show has been performed four shows so far this week in Pierrefonds for students from a list of...
View ArticleRCMP Musical Ride attracts big crowd under sunny skies
The RCMP Musicial Ride put on three shows open to the public in Pierrefonds-Roxboro on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28, attracting big crowds. All performances were held at a temporary 10,000-seat stadium set up...
View ArticleFatal crash on Highway 40 was accidental: Quebec coroner
A Quebec coroner has concluded that a West Island’s woman’s death in a crash on Highway 40 in Pointe-Claire this summer was accidental but that the woman was under the influence of a prescription drug...
View ArticleMontreal public health authority rules PCB leak poses no health threat
A PCB leak at the Reliance Power Equipment building on Hymus Blvd. in Pointe-Claire this summer did not pose a threat to public health, according to the Direction de santé publique — Montreal’s public...
View ArticleSuspicious fire guts luxury car in Pierrefonds
A luxury car was gutted by fire on Celtis St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, Sept. 28. Police are treating the fire as suspicous and an arson investigation has been launched. Neighbourhood Police Station 3...
View ArticleCity reverses decision, grants demolition permit for Pointe-Claire bungalow
The city of Pointe-Claire has approved a developer’s request to tear down a 60-year-old bungalow and to replace it with two, larger homes. The decision was rendered last week by the city’s demolition...
View ArticleWest Island officials say Bill 10 will improve access to health and social...
It would be a behemoth called CISS l’Ouest de l’Île and serve a population more than twice the size now served by the West Island’s existing health and social service agency, the CSSS l’Ouest de l’Île....
View ArticleMom says daughter bullied then asked to leave skating club
Hayleigh Abbott is 12 years old and already the provincial figure skating champion in her age category. Her sights were set on more podium visits until her training as an elite athlete turned sour this...
View ArticleCommission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys feeling the squeeze
Enrolment is increasing at such a rate at the Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys that the school board estimates it will need 157 additional classrooms by 2020. Last week, the French-language...
View Article28 vie for Pearson board seats; Two acclamations in school body elections
Despite having 28 candidates overall vying for 13 elected positions within the Lester B. Pearson School Board, two acclamations were recorded in Off-Island electoral wards. Daniel Olivenstein, who had...
View ArticleFormer Queen of Angels preps for reopening as private bilingual co-ed school
Extensive renovations are underway to remodel the former Queen of Angels high school building and turn it into a private bilingual co-ed elementary school. Sainte-Anne Academy, which is an offshoot of...
View ArticleDorval rezoning of QAA land gets green light
The Quebec Municipal Commission recently quashed a complaint filed by a group of Dorval residents regarding the rezoning process for a high-density residential project on a section of the former Queen...
View ArticleSmelly creek linked to pumping station woes
A pungent odour emanating from a creek that runs through the West Island into Lake St-Louis is linked with a faulty sewage pumping station in Kirkland – a facility that could cost $500,000 to replace,...
View ArticleSuzanne Korf: Death and taxes are certain, but so is change
We have all heard the expression that nothing is more certain than death and taxes. Last week, the Fraser Institute released a study saying that Quebecers pay more income tax than anyone else in Canada...
View ArticleBill Tierney: English school board needs your vote on Nov. 2
It’s not easy to love our school boards, is it? Even if they do speak English. After all, just at the end of winter, when you’re feeling that the way to summer is finally clear, the school tax bill...
View ArticleDiscover the Stars Scholarships awarded Oct. 7
More than two dozen bright young West Islanders will be honoured with Discover the Stars Awards, scholarships for higher studies in science or scientific technologies from the West Island of Montreal...
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