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Almost 1,500 homeowners in Dollard des Ormeaux and Pierrefonds-Roxboro who suffered flooding damage in the June 20 rainstorm have signed on to be part of two proposed class-action lawsuits filed in Quebec Superior Court last week, according to the lawyer spearheading the legal action.

Dollard des Ormeaux resident Charlotte Gibson is among the roughly 1,500 residents who have so far signed up to be part of the proposed class-action lawsuits alleging the City of Dollard and the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro did not do enough to mitigate the flooding damage caused by last month’s torrential rainfall.

Beverley Denobrega will never forget the early morning hours of July 13, 1992. As the sun was rising, two police officers knocked at her door in Pointe Claire. One of the officers cradled a damaged yellow Walkman portable music device. Denobrega recalls one of the officers asking her if the Walkman belonged to her 15-year-old son, Trevor.

An enormous sense of frustration, wisps of fear and fatigue, glimpses of disillusionment, strands of desperation and a few flares of anger were part of the emotional cocktail offered to members of Pointe Claire municipal council last week as homeowners — many of them forced to deal with a third incident of flooding in their homes in as many years — came armed with questions and suggestions about how to deal with “the next time” torrential rains overwhelm the city’s drainage system.

A total of 371 people died on Quebec’s roads last year, according to the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec’s Bilan routiere 2025 released last month, with six of these fatalities recorded in the West Island.

Has the excitement around this year’s World Cup spiked the interest in the beautiful game for more young West Islanders? Early signs say yes.

Just over 650 homes were sold in the West Island during the second quarter of 2026, which ended June 30, representing a significant drop in the number of transactions in all municipalities and boroughs in the region, according to figures released by the Centris.ca.

Details are emerging of a Montreal Police undercover operation that has landed an Île Perrot man in jail for selling two illegal weapons in Pierrefonds and luring a teenager to help him commit the crime.

It is still not known just how many homes in the West Island were flooded in last Saturday’s torrential deluge that saw about 150 millimetres of rain fall within two hours, but for those who were among its victims, the extent of the damage is coming into clearer view as piles of soaked furniture and waterlogged appliances are dragged to the curbs.

The Bixi bike-share service is expanding to the West Island’s demerged municipalities, with stations expected to open later this summer.

It is not yet clear how the deal struck between the Quebec government and the province’s three English universities last week to teach more out-of-province students French will impact courses at McGill University’s Macdonald Campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue.

Kirkland’s ambitious $850-million Lacey Green residential development project, touted by developer Prevel as a “human-scale neighbourhood, destined to evolve naturally over time” with more than 1,000 housing units and spanning 1.6 million square feet by the end of 2027, has been a busy construction zone.

The Canadian Party of Quebec, a fledgling provincial movement that has yet to elect a representative to the National Assembly, unveiled a slate of 21 candidates who will run in this fall’s provincial election at its annual convention in Pointe Claire last Saturday, including three candidates who will run in the West Island.

Crown prosecutors had hoped to send Dollard des Ormeaux resident Philippe Clément-Laberge to prison for 30 months for threatening to kill Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, but last Thursday, a Quebec Court judge instead sentenced him to 150 hours of community service.

John Abbott College says support from several municipalities and local organizations has provided much-needed momentum as it seeks government assistance in renovating the arena on its campus.

Despite seeing a small drop in rental prices in the last six months, Pointe Claire had the second-highest rental rates in Quebec last month, according to the latest statistics released by Rentals.ca.

It appears that every corner of the country has caught World Cup fever, and the West Island is no outlier. Fans of various ages have been gathering in pubs and watch parties to witness the beautiful game being played by the world’s best players these past weeks.

Nearly a month after the West Island branch of the REM was put into service, commuters who are eligible to park at the Kirkland station say the cost of parking is preventing them from opting to use the new light rail system.

Despite being the demerged suburb with the largest population in the West Island, the needs of commuters in Dollard des Ormeaux have largely fallen on deaf ears when it comes to accessing the Des Sources REM station, city officials say.

Property owners in Pointe Claire who have suffered flood damage in recent years during heavy rainfalls will be offered financial assistance to renovate their homes with the aim of safeguarding them from future flooding, as the city becomes the second demerged municipality in the West Island to roll out a flood-mitigation grant program.

Officials in Ste. Anne de Bellevue are scheduled to be joined by representatives of nearby Kahnawake tomorrow morning for a public ceremony to formally rename a local park in honour of the Mohawk community.

The Village of Senneville is urging motorists to slow down and smell the flowers – and not run over its turtles.

A Pointe Claire woman seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in 2024 says she is shocked to learn that the man charged with the incident is slated to appear in court later this month on similar charges related to a drunk-driving crash in 2023.

A pair of vigilant Sûreté du Québec officers on patrol on Highway 20 quickly put an end to a Lachine man’s joyride early May 30, charging him for driving 142 kilometres per hour in a 70 zone and for overcrowding his car with seven passengers.

Following a public register that failed to collect enough signatures to put the issue to a town-wide referendum, the construction of a three-storey residential building along Elm Avenue in Beaconsfield is expected to roll ahead this summer.