Creative Kingdom brings West Island hip-hop to Rialto Theatre
West Island dancers Sarah Steben, Aleisha Williams and Jessica Cummings met and bonded while dancing for the Studio A all-girl hip-hop crew Aftermath. The trio wanted to forge their own path, and in...
View ArticlePicnic for Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada’s 100th birthday
There was a time when Big Brother Jeffrey Magid was big and “little brother” Raz Priesler was little. Twenty-five years later, the mentor/child relationship has blossomed into a best-friends forever...
View ArticleWeekend of activities honors Rabbi Dr. Mordecai Zeitz and wife Charlotte Zeitz
When Rabbi Dr. Mordecai Zeitz and wife Charlotte arrived in Dollard-des-Ormeaux as newlyweds in the dead of winter 49 years ago, there was little more than frigid winds, snow-covered fields and 20 or...
View ArticleIndian eatery faces fines after inspections
A Pierrefonds restaurant has been repeatedly fined for infractions in relation to food inspections conducted over the past few years. Pushap, an eatery offering vegetarian Indian cuisine and sweets on...
View ArticleOverpasses didn’t need to be closed, Tierney says
Stating it went beyond what was required, a former Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue mayor says condemning two Highway 40 overpasses, which triggered the closing of Exit 41 more than two years ago, was an error...
View ArticleBevan Jones, vocal critic of his brother, Earl, dies; He was duped, like so...
Bevan Jones, brother of convicted felon Earl Jones and himself a victim of the financial fraud, has died. After repeat bouts of cancer, he died in hospital on Monday. He would have turned 74 in July....
View ArticleOne man’s crusade to bring back tree swallows meeting success
It is probably safe to say that if there is one Montreal-area family that has done more than any other for the beleaguered tree swallow it would have to be the Beauvais family. For years, Ron Beauvais...
View ArticleLakeshore General receives record donation from Montreal family trust
The Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation has received the largest donation in its 49-year history, a $10-million donation from the Trottier Family Foundation. On Wednesday, Michelle LeDonne, a LGH...
View ArticlePointe Claire swimmer Steven Bielby’s swan song
McGill University student and competitive swimmer Steven Bielby is the most decorated swimmer in the school’s history, with 13 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) medals. After one last hurrah this...
View ArticleBill Young: Beloved drama teacher gets wonderful gift
Three years ago today, at a party celebrating the culmination of Louise Chalmers’s 35 years at John Rennie High School, the esteemed teacher of English and drama was presented with the granddaddy of...
View ArticleBill Tierney: All roads led to questionable decisions in Ste-Anne
It is odd to have an exit on a major highway closed for more than two years. We’re all used to temporary closings, lots of them these days. But the closing of Exit 41 on Highway 40 is a peculiar case....
View ArticleMen in their mid-twenties charged for Dorval graffiti
Four West Island men in their mid-twenties were arrested late last week after police were called by a citizen who reported seeing four people carrying paint cans, climb on the roof of a Dorval...
View ArticlePolice investigate assault of 11-year-old St. Laurent girl
This story has been updated. An 11-year-old St. Laurent girl was in hospital in stable condition on Monday as police continued to investigate a possible sexual assault of the girl by a 41-year-old male...
View ArticleDespite the rain, marchers hit streets in support of Kidney Foundation
Several West Islanders pulled out their umbrellas Sunday and hit the streets in Dollard des Ormeaux for the annual Kidney Foundation of Canada walk. The event, which aims to raise funds for kidney...
View ArticleDorval announces lawn watering restrictions
You can still water your flowers, trees and garden by hand but don’t pull out a sprinkler if you live in Dorval. Dorval is the latest West Island municipality to introduce lawn watering restrictions...
View ArticleLakeshore General receives historic donation of $10 million from West Island...
The Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation has received the largest gift in its 49-year history, a $10-million donation that will go toward modernizing the West Island hospital’s emergency department...
View ArticleCentraide allocates an extra $112,200 to West Island outreach agencies and...
Outreach initiatives in the West Island will benefit from an additional $112,200 in funding from Centraide this year. That brings the total in Centraide allocations to West Island community agencies...
View ArticleWoman wakens to sounds of someone trying to break into her house
A woman had a rude awakening at her home on Lachapelle St. in Île-Bizard, last week. Montreal police constable Daniel Maheu, of Station 3, said the homeowner was asleep in her bedroom when she was...
View ArticleWest Island rugby players head to Russia
Brianna Miller and Caroline Suchorski are two young women from the West Island who have played a whole lot of rugby together. They played together at John Abbott College, at McGill University and at...
View ArticleSte-Anne needs new rules for planning committee
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue must redo policy on the formation of its urban planning advisory committee after a resident member successfully filed a complaint with the Quebec government. Resident Michel...
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