As the spring launch of the REM’s 14.5-kilometre West Island line approaches, officials in the towns of Kirkland and Pointe Claire are still working out the details to provide parking options for commuters who would need to use a car to get to the stations. “Our parking situation will happen,” Kirkland Mayor Michel Gibson confirmed last week. The Kirkland REM station, located at the intersection of Jean-Yves Street...
As the West Island REM lines nears its launch, Beaconsfield’s mayor is keeping an eye on the future of the local EXO train line.Though there are currently no plans to reduce services to the commuter train line that runs through the south sector of the West Island, from Montreal to Hudson, Mayor Martin St-Jean said his administration will be paying attention to the file. “It’s something to keep...
Dorval’s Forest and Stream Club has held interest for generations Can you make a private piece of a city’s history part of its public future? It’s a question the mayor of Dorval says he hopes will be part of a conversation when the city gets down to public consultations to draft its cultural policy beginning later this year. The particular piece of history Mayor Marc Doret is focused...
Bad lane configuration at bridge hazardous to navigate at night Angelo Bottaro and his wife, along with another motorist, narrowly missed serious injury after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash late last month on westbound Highway 40 on the approach to the Île aux Tourtes Bridge — a crash that Bottaro is blaming on Quebec’s Ministry of Transport’s faulty warning lights, a lack of visible driving lanes and...
Train line will make W.I. more attractive workplace Dollard des Ormeaux and Dorval are the first de-merged West Island municipalities that will be joining the Bixi bike network this spring, while Pointe Claire is weighing the option. The West Island expansion of the bicycle rental service, which is now only available is Pierrefonds-Roxboro, is due, in large part, to subsidies provided by the provincial government. “The grant makes...
Train line will make W.I. more attractive workplace After a decade of preparation and several delays, the West Island REM train line is now slated to launch this spring. While touted as providing commuters with a direct link to Montreal’s downtown core, West Island business officials view it from a different perspective — it will make it easier for people from Montreal to work in the West Island....
GONE TO GROUND There is something about Christmas and our attachment to all its scented evergreens that reveals a remnant of our ancient selves, I think. Just stand in the room when a real Christmas tree is brought into the house. Children are beside themselves with excitement. But it’s the adults too who are somehow thrilled to be hauling the outdoors inside this way. Something in our bones seems to answer a...
TV WATCH REPORT Only one of these has anything to do with Christmas, and even that is more about death. The remaining viewing suggestions offer a variety of ways to soothe or celebrate as the holiday season overtakes our lives. Stay warm. And see you in the new year. GOODBYE JUNE (streaming premiere on Netflix on Wednesday, Dec. 24, after limited theatrical run) Just in time for the...
Pierrefonds—Dollard MP Sameer Zuberi was among the delegation of Canadian parliamentarians and envoys from charitable organizations who attempted to enter the West Bank on a humanitarian visit last week, only to be turned away by Israeli officials at the border. “It was a very tense five hours,” said Zuberi in an interview yesterday, describing the delegation’s experience waiting to be processed at the Allenby Bridge between Jordan and...
Former West Island MNA, MP will back Milliard if he opts to run again The resignation of Pablo Rodriguez as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party was the right decision for the sake of the party’s future, according to Clifford Lincoln, a prominent former Liberal minister and human rights advocate. “It takes a lot of courage” for a leader to admit when it’s time to step down, said...
DNA could solve 1999 murder of Pierrefonds mother of three Montreal police homicide and cold-case investigators believe they are a step closer to solving the 26-year-old murder of a Pierrefonds woman, and while they are careful not to reveal many details, they say recent advances in DNA testing may play a major role in eventually identifying the killer. Janet Kuchinsky was a 42-year-old mother of three who was...
A 75-year-old painter who lives in Beaconsfield failed to convince a Quebec Court judge last week that the more than 4,400 child porn images and videos found on his home computer were used for artistic inspiration. He was sentenced to 20 months to be served at home. The sentence came down last Wednesday at the Montreal courthouse, where Amneris Fernandez appeared before Judge Julie Riendeau, who told the...
