Montreal police arson investigators are looking into a fire that caused extensive damage early Monday morning to a building on St. Regis Blvd. in Dorval.

Beaconsfield residents whose homes are equipped with wood-burning fireplaces or stoves must declare these devices to the city by this fall, if they haven’t already done so. Residents with these devices have until Sept. 30 to file a declaration form with the city.

Heavily armed RCMP officers quietly stormed an apartment building at 55 Lakeshore Rd. in Pointe Claire last Thursday as the sun was rising and took away a man in handcuffs — one of seven raids in the Montreal region conducted that morning at the request of American law enforcement authorities as part of a massive three-year investigation into a West Island-based gang of scammers targeting elderly American citizens...

How does a homeless person in need of access to mental-health care access the system? Finding an answer to that question is what the West Island’s only homeless shelter is doing in May.

The body of 18-year-old Choui, a student at Cégep Gérald Godin, was located less than a kilometre east from where he and a fellow student, 17, fell through the ice on the afternoon of March 26 after leaving classes at the college.

A Lachine woman convicted last year of participating in the gruesome murder of her boyfriend inside her best friend’s home in 2021 was hoping she could serve a reduced sentence at her residence, but instead, a Quebec Court judge has sent her to prison for two years.

Casting his first tie-breaking vote of his new mandate, Pointe Claire Mayor John Belvedere last week signalled his supported for a zoning change that will allow a 249-unit residential building that could be as high as 12 storeys on the site of the former Bar B Barn restaurant at the intersection of Sources and Brunswick boulevards.

West Islanders are excited about next week’s launch of the Anse-à-l’Orme branch of the REM, according to a cross section of residents surveyed by The 1510 West earlier this week. And although a few concerns linger — like worries about parking and reliability — most are eager to try the new light rail commuter service.

The City of Pointe Claire is limiting on-street parking in the sector immediately around the Fairview REM station, a move designed to ensure the area is not overwhelmed by commuters looking to access the new light-rail service leaving their vehicles on these streets.