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The start of spring is a time when most animals begin giving birth to their litters, but what should you do if one of these critters has chosen to create a nest or burrow on your property to care for its newborns?

One of the West Island’s top music festivals is returning for its 13th edition next week and will feature an eclectic mix of artists, groups and genres.

Describing the move as petty and ill-timed, the president of the English-speaking community advocacy group TALQ is critical of the Office québécois de la langue française’s plan to launch another survey on how retail workers greet customers, especially in predominantly English-speaking areas of Montreal.

West Islanders will be seeing an increase in the number of trains travelling along the REM line in the coming weeks, according to the consortium building the light-rail service, as testing of the line to the west end of the island enters its final phase before its official launch.

In a brief outdoor ceremony last Friday that harkened back to a period in Pointe Claire history that evoked a simpler and more carefree time, a horrible tragedy that claimed the life of a 6-year-old boy was commemorated, providing a community an opportunity to come together and giving a family a sense of closure.

After parting ways with its top civil servant two months ago, the City of Pointe Claire is this week launching the formal process of hiring a new director-general, said Mayor John Belvedere.

With the weather warming up, authorities are advising West Islanders not to walk on Lac St. Louis after a woman fell through the ice in Lachine on Monday afternoon and drowned.

The success and headlines generated by Canada’s curling teams during last month’s Winter Olympics is a step toward further growing curling culture in Quebec, say those involved in the sport. And the curling clubs in Baie d’Urfé and Pointe Claire Curling Club, the largest of its kind in the West Island, are noticing the increase in interest, especially among younger players.

The municipal election in Dorval last fall was the first time in 20 years since two registered municipal parties had gone head-to-head with a full slate of candidates. And when the votes were all counted, Dorval emerged as the only demerged West Island municipality with a city council made up of officials from two different parties. Would opposition parties be able to work together in a relatively small city?

Pointe Claire native reflects on experience playing hockey for host Italian team

A pilot project involving the testing of an innovative mixture that includes starfish bones to de-ice sidewalks in Dorval and Kirkland is yielding positive results, municipal officials say.

Paul-Henri Sylvain, who captured the hearts of West Islanders last November when he saved his Lachine neighbours from their burning duplex, but himself was severely burned and spent two weeks in a coma, has been honoured by local MNA Enrico Ciccone for his act of bravery.

David Duffey, a retired West Islander who split his time between his Pointe Claire condo and a short-term rental home in South Carolina, was brutally murdered last week along with his partner as they hosted a dinner for friends at Duffey’s residence in the South Carolina community of North Forest Beach.

Kirkland stands as the only West Island city on  the Top 100 Most Livable Cities across Canada, coming in 83rd  position, according to the ranking by The Globe and Mail.

Dorval is offering homeowners who have had to deal with flooding due to severe rainstorms in the last two years grants to help them protect their properties against future severe weather events.

The City of Beaconsfield plans to spend $1.2 million to reconfigure the Highway 20-Woodland Avenue intersection in an attempt to make it safer and easier to navigate.

Describing it as a landmark project, Beaconsfield municipal council Monday evening approved a notice of motion that it intends to borrow $18.6 million to build its much touted new cultural centre in Centennial Park.

Fourteen-year-old William Wienand battled epilepsy his entire life, but nothing could stop the Pointe Claire boy from playing sports – whether it was boxing, track and field, snowshoeing or soccer. Sadly, William lost his fight against the disease last fall on the eve of yet another brain surgery, passing away at home in his sleep.

Montreal police are hunting for the driver of a heavily damaged SUV who fled the scene of a three-vehicle crash Sunday night in Pointe Claire that left a woman and her daughter bruised, shaken, and her car totalled.

It was another successful fundraising event setting another record for the Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence, as it collected $804,000 at its 27th Annual Valentine’s Ball earlier this month.

In the midst of a busy winter with high demand for beds and services, the West Island’s only homeless shelter is preparing for a major fundraising event this weekend.

Pierrefonds-Roxboro’s long-awaited $62.4-million aquatic centre is schedule to open this spring, according to borough Mayor Jim Beis, bringing a major community project to the finish line after years of anticipation.

New Ste. Anne councillor prepares to tour with Roch Voisine Known for a career performing with Canadian music stars that have included

As the Societé de transport de Montréal officially unveiled its plan to overhaul bus routes in the West Island in advance of

It’s not exactly Hockey Night in Canada, but for youngsters playing hockey at two arenas in the West Island, seeing their games