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After securing the purchase earlier this month of the site where it has operated from for the last two year, the West Island’s only homeless shelter is setting in motion a project to create 59 affordable housing units for West Islanders with modest incomes who find themselves on the verge of homelessness.

Nearly two years after barely surviving a horrific hit-and-run crash — Pointe Claire resident Angela Clark finally came face to face with the man from Vaudreuil sur le Lac who allegedly struck her car at 170 kilometres per hour but then fled on foot, leaving the 64-year-old injured and trapped inside the wreckage of her car.

A dramatic police manhunt that began in east-end Montreal spilled into the West Island early Sunday morning, as a Sûreté du Québec helicopter was used to sweep Lachine, Dorval and Pointe Claire, waking up startled residents – many who called 911 to find out what was happening.

Officials with the Town of Ste. Anne de Bellevue prepare to launch a consultation process with the aim of drafting a special planning program for the village. In the process, it will also seek to revitalize its main street that defines its popular village hub.

Six years after a naked woman died of her injuries after falling out of a sixth-floor window of a Dorval hotel, a Laval man faces a charge of manslaughter leading Crown prosecutors to praise the painstaking work of Montreal police major crimes investigators for bringing the young woman’s suspicious death before a judge.

MDA Space, Canada’s largest space technology developer and one of the largest private employers in the West Island, has landed a major federal government contract expected to create up to 100 jobs.

The Pointe Claire Canoe Club hosted its annual summer canoe polo tournament last Saturday.

Eighteen-year-old Kirkland resident Elliot Lennon got to experience last month what many young hockey players often dream of, but very few get to see come true — hearing his name called in the NHL Entry Draft.

Almost 1,500 homeowners in Dollard des Ormeaux and Pierrefonds-Roxboro who suffered flooding damage in the June 20 rainstorm have signed on to be part of two proposed class-action lawsuits filed in Quebec Superior Court last week, according to the lawyer spearheading the legal action.

Dollard des Ormeaux resident Charlotte Gibson is among the roughly 1,500 residents who have so far signed up to be part of the proposed class-action lawsuits alleging the City of Dollard and the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro did not do enough to mitigate the flooding damage caused by last month’s torrential rainfall.

Beverley Denobrega will never forget the early morning hours of July 13, 1992. As the sun was rising, two police officers knocked at her door in Pointe Claire. One of the officers cradled a damaged yellow Walkman portable music device. Denobrega recalls one of the officers asking her if the Walkman belonged to her 15-year-old son, Trevor.

An enormous sense of frustration, wisps of fear and fatigue, glimpses of disillusionment, strands of desperation and a few flares of anger were part of the emotional cocktail offered to members of Pointe Claire municipal council last week as homeowners — many of them forced to deal with a third incident of flooding in their homes in as many years — came armed with questions and suggestions about how to deal with “the next time” torrential rains overwhelm the city’s drainage system.

A total of 371 people died on Quebec’s roads last year, according to the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec’s Bilan routiere 2025 released last month, with six of these fatalities recorded in the West Island.

Has the excitement around this year’s World Cup spiked the interest in the beautiful game for more young West Islanders? Early signs say yes.

Just over 650 homes were sold in the West Island during the second quarter of 2026, which ended June 30, representing a significant drop in the number of transactions in all municipalities and boroughs in the region, according to figures released by the Centris.ca.

Details are emerging of a Montreal Police undercover operation that has landed an Île Perrot man in jail for selling two illegal weapons in Pierrefonds and luring a teenager to help him commit the crime.

It is still not known just how many homes in the West Island were flooded in last Saturday’s torrential deluge that saw about 150 millimetres of rain fall within two hours, but for those who were among its victims, the extent of the damage is coming into clearer view as piles of soaked furniture and waterlogged appliances are dragged to the curbs.

The Bixi bike-share service is expanding to the West Island’s demerged municipalities, with stations expected to open later this summer.

It is not yet clear how the deal struck between the Quebec government and the province’s three English universities last week to teach more out-of-province students French will impact courses at McGill University’s Macdonald Campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue.

Kirkland’s ambitious $850-million Lacey Green residential development project, touted by developer Prevel as a “human-scale neighbourhood, destined to evolve naturally over time” with more than 1,000 housing units and spanning 1.6 million square feet by the end of 2027, has been a busy construction zone.

The Canadian Party of Quebec, a fledgling provincial movement that has yet to elect a representative to the National Assembly, unveiled a slate of 21 candidates who will run in this fall’s provincial election at its annual convention in Pointe Claire last Saturday, including three candidates who will run in the West Island.

Crown prosecutors had hoped to send Dollard des Ormeaux resident Philippe Clément-Laberge to prison for 30 months for threatening to kill Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, but last Thursday, a Quebec Court judge instead sentenced him to 150 hours of community service.

John Abbott College says support from several municipalities and local organizations has provided much-needed momentum as it seeks government assistance in renovating the arena on its campus.

Despite seeing a small drop in rental prices in the last six months, Pointe Claire had the second-highest rental rates in Quebec last month, according to the latest statistics released by Rentals.ca.

It appears that every corner of the country has caught World Cup fever, and the West Island is no outlier. Fans of various ages have been gathering in pubs and watch parties to witness the beautiful game being played by the world’s best players these past weeks.