The team who publishes The 1510 West and The 1019 Report hosted back-to-back food drives in recent weeks — one in the West Island and one in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region — and collected about 700 kilograms of non-perishable items.

With no firm timeline for when the City of Pointe Claire will unveil its long-awaited urban plan and despite a building freeze still in place across large swaths of its territory, elected officials last week signalled they are willing to see two major development projects go ahead — a 249-unit residential building at the former Bar B Barn site at Sources and Brunswick boulevards and a hotel project...

With trains travelling along the REM line in the West Island becoming more frequent as the final phase of testing on the network’s Anse-à-l’Orme branch continues in preparation of the official spring launch, Pointe Claire residents are asking elected officials more questions, but there are still few answers. What is clear, however, is a rising level of frustration with the lack of information.

Many West Islander motorists have likely noticed an increased presence of potholes on the roads this year, and they’re not alone. Local mechanics and municipal officials alike have taken notice of the upped number of sizable cracks in the roads.

With the ceremonial puck drop on Monday, the Pointe Claire Oldtimers Hockey Club kicked off its 57th edition of its annual week-long tournament, one of the largest oldtimers events in the country.

The City of Pointe Claire’s proposed building maintenance bylaw goes too far, according to one city councillor who is raising a red flag, urging changes should be made to the proposed regulation before it is given final approval next month.

A petition calling on the federal government to honour an election commitment to take over responsibility for the veterans’ cemetery in Pointe Claire, the largest resting place for military service personnel in Canada, was presented in the House of Commons late last month. This is the second federal petition urging the transfer of control of the National Field of Honour in the last two years.

Some of Canada’s most decorated military members were laid to rest in this cemetery. Among the most familiar names is Léo Major, whom Sullivan lists as “right at the top” among most accomplished of soldiers in Canadian history.