Fourteen-year-old William Wienand battled epilepsy his entire life, but nothing could stop the Pointe Claire boy from playing sports – whether it was boxing, track and field, snowshoeing or soccer. Sadly, William lost his fight against the disease last fall on the eve of yet another brain surgery, passing away at home in his sleep.
Montreal police are hunting for the driver of a heavily damaged SUV who fled the scene of a three-vehicle crash Sunday night in Pointe Claire that left a woman and her daughter bruised, shaken, and her car totalled.
It was another successful fundraising event setting another record for the Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence, as it collected $804,000 at its 27th Annual Valentine’s Ball earlier this month.
In the midst of a busy winter with high demand for beds and services, the West Island’s only homeless shelter is preparing for a major fundraising event this weekend.
Pierrefonds-Roxboro’s long-awaited $62.4-million aquatic centre is schedule to open this spring, according to borough Mayor Jim Beis, bringing a major community project to the finish line after years of anticipation.
If you didn’t have Olympic fever by the time Team Canada took off for Italy, you surely caught it somewhere between the drive-through at Tim’s and the early morning parking lot in the West Island artery of your choice. The 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games were nothing short of a dramatic, emotional, nail-biting spectacle. And our Canadian athletes gave us plenty to cheer about, and maybe even mist...
Second chances are especially splendid when they are not wasted. And that is the challenge the Quebec Liberal party now faces. Will it be able to propel itself into the position to be a viable option to form government between now and this fall’s election with its new leader, Charles Milliard?
I was in Quebec City earlier this month. It was cold in La Vielle Capitale, but Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette was on the hot seat at hearings studying the Coalition Avenir Quebec’s Bill 1, the so-called Quebec Constitution legislation.
With wind chill dragging the temperature down to minus-28 and a big snowstorm on the way, it was a bit of a lifeline. I had gone out to stock up on the usual siege food items for yet another bout of winter, and there it was: a colourful pop-up gardening display across from the usual shelf of windshield wiper fluid. Hundreds of packets of seeds for this summer...
GONE TO GROUND What do you get when you cross a wild fiery horse with a gentle declaration of love? You get the rare and auspicious occurrence of Valentine’s Day and the Lunar New Year, not three days apart. The Year of the Fire Horse dawns on Feb. 17, and it goes without saying that this rare combination should not go uncelebrated. Both holidays rely heavily on all things floral, and the rather lovely combination of horses and hearts...
New Ste. Anne councillor prepares to tour with Roch Voisine Known for a career performing with Canadian music stars that have included Céline Dion, Roch Voisine and Luba, musician Jeff Smallwood finds himself balancing his schedule these days with a new role — that of municipal councillor in the Town of Ste. Anne de Bellevue. And as he prepares to set out on several upcoming cross-Canada tours, his...
As the Societé de transport de Montréal officially unveiled its plan to overhaul bus routes in the West Island in advance of the opening of the region’s new REM light-rail line this spring, residents of Montrose Drive in Beaconsfield are divided over the prospect of buses driving up and down their quiet suburban street. Caroline Malcolm is part of a group of seven residents who have been vocally...
