About Us
The 1510 West covers the news within the 151.0 square kilometres of the West Island region, telling the stories that are worth your time.
WHAT
The 1510 West is a new breed of community newspaper – with an emphasis on both news and paper. As the tagline on our nameplate explains, this is where West Island news lives. We are focused on covering the news that residents who live within the 151.0 square kilometres of the West Island region need to know. That means keeping you up to date on what is happening with your municipal and regional governments, providing fact-filled reports on issues of interest and concern, and offering thoughtful and reasoned debate and commentary. But that is not all. This newspaper will work hard to also reflect the community it serves. This is an essential quality that some media has quietly, and quite ironically, lost during the last few years in a rush to throw everything online and hope that you find it on Facebook in drips and drabs. It will also look to support and partner with local businesses and help community groups get their messages out. These stakeholders are a big part of our community.
WHO
BRENDA O’FARRELL
Editor-in-chief
A St. Lazare resident, Brenda O’Farrell is a former senior news editor at the Montreal Gazette. She is the president of the Quebec Community Newspaper Association and president of the Consortium of Official Language Minority Community Media. In 2024, she was appointed by the Governor in Council – the Governor General – to the Independent Advisory Board on Eligibility for Journalism Tax Measures. Previously, she was a member of the federally-appointed Journalism and Written Media Independent Panel of Experts. She runs her own media company and is the executive-director of the Quebec Farmers’ Association, a provincial non-profit. She is also a former columnist for Investing.com, which is published in nine languages around the globe, has written for Maclean’s magazine and Montreal Home magazine. She has also taught journalism at Concordia University.
MARC BEAULIEU
Director of Advertising and Marketing
Marc is a former advertising executive with Postmedia Inc and the Montreal Gazette, with more than 35 years of experience in sales and marketing across retail, national accounts and the automotive sector. Throughout his career, he has contributed to a wide range of advertising and sales initiatives. For the past 15 years, Marc has built a successful career in real estate with Groupe Sutton, earning numerous achievement awards along the way. A long-time resident of Pointe-Claire, Marc is a familiar and influential presence in the West Island community. His leadership includes serving as vice-president, president and director of the Pointe-Claire Oldtimers hockey league. His ongoing commitment has led him to play an active role in supporting charitable organizations, through fundraising and community-driven initiatives.
MIKE LAGUE
Sales Representative
A long time Kirkland resident, Mike Lague is a veteran in the print and web advertising industry, having spent 35 years at the Montreal Gazette. He has been part of the team at The 1510 West and The 1019 Report since 2020.
Elisa Shepherd
Sales Representative
Raised in the West Island, Elisa Shepherd is a veteran ad representative with close to 30 years’ experience in daily and community newspapers, including the Montreal Gazette, working with advertisers to help them reach audiences through print and web campaigns. She has been part of the team at The 1510 West and The 1019 Report since 2023.
Jody Kydd
Business Development
Info to come
ADAM STARKEY
Graphic/Web Designer
Also, a long time Beaconsfield and West Island resident, Adam Starkey has more than 25 years working with daily and community newspapers worked as a graphic designer with Postmedia Inc. and the Montreal Gazette. He is also an experienced website designer, maintains web platforms and is an agile logo and for-print creator and illustrator. He has been part of the team at The 1510 West and The 1019 Report since 2023.
Terry O’Shaughnessy
Gardening Columnist
Veteran writer and journalist Terry O’Shaughnessy writes Gone to Ground, which is not your ordinary gardening column. As a self-styled, but much researched, urban herbalista, she takes kindred-spirited gardeners down rows sprouting with tales of all things floral and vegetable, herbal and horticultural, in a juxtaposed array of what it is to garden in modern times.
Denise Duguay
TV Columnist
A longtime newspaper editor, Denise Duguay writes the TV Watch Report, which aims to help readers find something worth watching among the growing list of options on a wide variety of streaming and broadcast platforms. Capitalizing on a youth misspent way too close to the family TV set, she has been writing about TV since 1986, first as a TV critic for the Winnipeg Sun and then for the Montreal Gazette and the Winnipeg Free Press. If she is not writing about TV, she is watching it, sometimes even when she looks like she’s sleeping.
Tom Whelan
Columnist
Tom Whelan is a Hudson resident, veteran broadcaster and bon vivant. A regular weekend newscaster at CJAD radio, he has worked in radio and television for decades. He is also known to play a decent round of golf. His column offers his reflections on the world and events that shape our everyday conversations.
Andrew Caddell
Contributor
Andrew Caddell has been an adviser to government leaders, worked for the World Health Organization, served with UNICEF in Geneva, Bangladesh and Macedonia. He has held consular roles with Global Affairs Canada, and served abroad as Second Secretary at the High Commission in Delhi, India. He is also a journalist and a former municipal councillor in Kamouraska, a small town of just over 600 people on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, east of Quebec City. Today, he is a columnist with The Hill Times, which covers Parliament and the federal government, and president of the Task Force on Linguistic Policy, a grassroots group that was formed in the wake of Quebec’s Bill 96, which overhauled the province’s Charter of the French Language.
WHY
The West Island area is fortunate. It is distinctive from other areas of the province. It has developed a distinctive quality of community, an often difficult-to-measure, but nonetheless real spirit that lets us all feel like we are part of something. We have a stake in it. We chose to make our home here. And we are asking you to make another conscious choice. Pick up The 1510 West. Make it your meeting place to reflect on the consciousness of this community. Help us be the window through which the rest of the world sees this community. We can be the example that inspires others.
WHERE
Here is where to pick up a free copy:
BAIE d’URFÉ
BAIE d’URFÉ TOWN HALL, 20410 Lakeshore Dr.
MAXI BAIE D’URFÉ, 90 Morgan Rd.
BEACONSFIELD
BEACONSFIELD CITY HALL, 303 Beaconsfield Blvd.
BEACONSFIELD SHOPPING CENTRE, 50 St. Charles Blvd.
JEAN COUTU, 485 Beaconsfield Blvd.
METRO PLUS, 50 St. Charles Blvd., Suite 17
DOLLARD-DES-ORMEAUX
ADONIS, 3291 Sources Blvd.
AVANTI AUTOSPA, 3540 Sources Blvd.
DOLLARD DES ORMEAUX CITY HALL, 12001 Salaberry Blvd.
GALERIE DES SOURCES, 3237 Sources Blvd.
IGA, 11800 Salaberry Blvd.
MARCHÉ DE L’OUEST, 11600 de Salaberry Blvd.
MERCEDES-BENZ WEST ISLAND, 4525 St. Jean Blvd.
PHARMAPRIX, 3781 Sources Blvd.
ST-VIATEUR BAGEL & CAFÉ, 821 Tecumseh St.
UNIPRIX, 3708 St. Jean Blvd.
LE PETIT MANOIR, 4705 St. Jean Blvd.
DORVAL
DORVAL CITY HALL, 60 Martin Ave.
DUFFY’S BAR, 1060 Herron Rd.
ESSO PROXI DORVAL, 2855 Sources Blvd.
IGA TOPPETTA, 960 Herron Rd.
J & W BARBER, 352 Dorval Ave.
JEAN COUTU, 900 Herron Rd.
MACALLANS PUB, 2362 Hymus Blvd.
MAXI, 310 Dorval Ave.
ORIGINE MICRO-BRASSERIE, 222 Hymus Blvd.
PHARMAPRIX, 350 Dorval Ave., Suite 25
PINE BEACH MARKET, 445 Pine Beach Blvd.
SATELLITE BAR, 365 Dorval Ave.
TABAGIE RÊVERIES, 328 Dorval Ave.
TD CANADA TRUST, 890 Herron Rd.
LE VIEUX DORVAL, 444 Bord-du-Lac-Lakeshore
VOLKSWAGEN DES SOURCES,
2311 Pl. Transcanadienne
KIRKLAND
CALZONE, 3713 St. Charles Blvd.
CHARTWELL LE WELLESLEY, 230 Hymus Blvd.
CHARTWELL MANOIR KIRKLAND, 2 Canvin St.
COMPLEXE SOUTHWEST ONE, 204 Seigniory Ave.
ESSO, 3562 St. Charles Blvd.
IGA EXTRA CARON, 3701 St. Charles Blvd.
JEAN COUTU, 2900 St. Charles Blvd.
KIRKLAND ARENA, 16950 Hymus Blvd.
KIRKLAND MEDICAL CENTRE, 17000 Hymus Blvd.
KIRKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY, 17100 Hymus Blvd.
KIRKLAND TOWN HALL, 17200 Hymus Blvd.
METRO PLUS, 3801 St. Charles Blvd.
PHARMAPRIX, 3790 St. Charles Blvd.
PROVIGO LE MARCHÉ, 16900 Trans-Canada Hwy.
SUPER C, 3700 St. Charles Blvd.
UNIPRIX, 2963 St. Charles Blvd.
PIERREFONDS-ROXBORO
GENESIS WEST ISLAND, 4850 St. Jean Blvd.
JEAN COUTU, 4491St. Charles Blvd.
MARCHE AKHAVAN, 15760 Pierrefonds Blvd.
MAXI, 14875 Pierrefonds Blvd.
MÉDI-CENTRE DES SOURCES,
4465 Sources Blvd. #102
PHARMAPRIX, 4933 Sources Blvd.
PIERREFONDS LIBRARY, 13555 Pierrefonds Blvd.
PIERREFONDS-ROXBORO BOROUGH HALL, 13665 Pierrefonds Blvd.
SUPER C, 11851 Pierrefonds Blvd.
TD CANADA TRUST, 11701 Pierrefonds Blvd.
TD CANADA TRUST, 4840 St. Jean Blvd.
UNIPRIX, 1300 Gouin Blvd. West
POINTE CLAIRE
BOB BIRNIE ARENA, 58 Maywood Ave.
BRASSERIE HYMUS, 177 Hymus Blvd.
BRASSERIE LE MANOIR, 600 St. Jean Blvd.
CHARTWELL LE WELLESLEY, 230 Hymus Blvd.
CLIO, Plaza Pointe Claire, 261 St. Jean Blvd.
DÉPANNEUR CARTIER PC, 185 Cartier Ave.
DUBUC OPTICIEN, 256 Bord-du-Lac-Lakeshore
ÉPICERIE PRETTE, 251 Bord-du-Lac-Lakeshore
EPICURE MARKET, 323 Bord-du-Lac-Lakeshore
IGA EXTRA, 12 Place de la Triade
KELLEY’S ORCHARD, 88 Donegani Ave.
LF COIFFURES, Plaza Pointe Claire, 305 St. Jean Blvd.
LAKESHORE GENERAL HOSPITAL, 160 Stillview Ave.
MAXI POINTE CLAIRE, 6381 Trans-Canada Hwy.
McKIBBINS IRISH PUB 6381 Trans-Canada Hwy.
METRO PLUS (Plaza Pointe Claire), 325 St. Jean Blvd.
OLIVE-URQUHART CENTRE, 230 Brunswick Blvd.
PLAZA POINTE CLAIRE (Main entrance),
269 St. Jean Blvd.
POINTE CLAIRE CITY HALL, 451 St. Jean Blvd.
POINTE CLAIRE AQUATIC CENTRE, 60 Maywood Ave.
POINTE CLAIRE LIBRARY, 100 Douglas-Shand Ave.
SÉLECTION LE CAMBRIDGE, 340 Hymus Blvd.
SÉLECTION WEST ISLAND LUMIA,
15 Place de la Triade
STINGER SPORTS, 39 Donegani Ave.
SUTTON PERFORMER, 755 St. Jean Blvd., Suite 160
SWISS VIENNA, Plaza Pointe Claire, 297 St. Jean Blvd.
VACUPRO Plaza Pointe Claire, 285 St. Jean Blvd.
VALOIS VILLAGE LIBRARY, 68 Prince-Edward Ave.
VOLVO POINTE CLAIRE, 15 Auto Plaza Ave.
YE OLDE ORCHARD PUB, 322 Bord-du-Lac
SENNEVILLE
SENNEVILLE TOWN HALL, 35 Senneville Rd.
STE. ANNE DE BELLEVUE
CUNNINGHAMS PUB, 75 Ste. Anne St.
JOHN ABBOTT COLLEGE, 21275 Lakeshore Rd.
LIBRAIRIE STE. ANNE DE BELLEVUE, 40 St. Pierre St.
STE. ANNE DE BELLEVUE TOWN HALL, 109 Ste. Anne St.
UNIPRIX, 88 Ste. Anne St.
Newsroom: 514-246-2981 Advertising: 514-823-9779 Email: info@the1510west.ca
