Every year it tastes different. Whatever herbs grew best during the summer are the ones that become the signature flavour notes of the yearly herbes de Provence blend that I make. As this summer’s harvest faces the mortar and pestle, you just never know. It may produce a very traditional mix. Or, it may be time to throw away the recipe and go instead with whatever herbs have...
Quick, stock up on snacks and call in sick. The September onslaught is about to take over your TV-watching life.
With the first leaders’ debate last night turning up the thrusters in a tight Quebec election race, the jostling for positioning in the campaign is heating up. And with the latest poll still showing a race too close to call, few are making predictions on the outcome of the Oct. 5 vote. In the West Island, however, there is far less suspense.
For the second year in a row, crime in the West Island has dropped, according to the Montreal police service’s 2025 report released Sept. 9.
Tucked far from the road, out of sight from passing vehicles along picturesque Senneville Road in the northwestern corner of the West Island is where you will find the most expensive piece of real estate on the market in the West Island.
A private daycare in Pointe Claire is at risk of becoming collateral damage in a proposed project that would see a small strip mall redeveloped into a site for 16 new townhouses.
A Roxboro man who witnessed an e-scooter accident last Thursday evening in Dollard des Ormeaux that left a 14-year-old boy seriously injured says he is outraged most motorists failed to stop and provide assistance, with at least one of them berating the victim for not wearing a helmet before driving off.
The driver of the car charged with fleeing the scene of a violent crash on the Trans-Canada service road in the West Island in 2024 that left a Pointe Claire woman seriously injured has changed his plea to guilty and will be sentenced at the Montreal courthouse on Sept. 28.
Not sure about you, but my arms are showing a nice degree of toning since falling into the routine of keeping my elbows up all the time — except when relaxing among friends, of course. The new routine is tough, but there is no arguing with the results. It’s a sharper, healthier look. And it bodes well for long-term stamina, a quality, at this stage, that no longer...
There are certain rules in life that deserve to be questioned. Take the one about wearing white after Labour Day. Who decided this? And, more importantly, who is enforcing it?
The trade war between Canada and the United State has been the focus of Canadian media and politicians over the last few months. We have been forced to react to the unpredictable and egregious actions of Donald Trump, who appears to want to turn our sovereign country into a vassal state. There is, however, a sub-plot in this disagreement: How it plays in Quebec.
It’s always the way. When the pots of colourful autumn asters come in, it’s literally time to take stock. Whether you prefer the yellow ones or the burgundy ones (or the beautiful blue ones with the yellow eyes), you have officially crossed the seasonal border of the year. September is here and you must now switch over from your inner-nurturer-gardener to your outer-cleaner-upper.
