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Another petition calls for feds to take over veterans’ cemetery

15 April 2026

A petition calling on the federal government to honour an election commitment to take over responsibility for the veterans’ cemetery in Pointe Claire, the largest resting place for military service personnel in Canada, was presented in the House of Commons late last month. This is the second federal petition urging the transfer of control of the National Field of Honour in the last two years.

Reporter 1510 West Andrew Caddell

15 April 2026

The Bill 21 case is complicated, to say the least. It involves the question of “laicité,” or secularism, of the state in Quebec, and whether Quebec’s uniqueness gives it the right to ban religious clothing like hijabs or turbans for public employees, including judges, police officers and teachers. As Quebec used Section 33 of the Constitution, the “notwithstanding clause,” to protect Bill 21 from legal challenges, it was...

Population of W.I. surpasses 250,000 for first time

25 March 2026

The population of the West Island’s demerged suburbs has increased by 5.5 per cent in the last five years, with Pointe Claire seeing the biggest gains and pushing the region’s population above the quarter-of-a-million mark for the first time, according to the latest numbers released by the provincial government.

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