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More French, less schools

Article online since December 23rd 2009
Jubilee Elementary in Pointe Claire and Purcell Academy in Pierrefonds/Roxboro will be closing their doors as of next July, Bishop Whelan in Dorval will merge with Meadowbrook in Lachine, and more French will be taught at several schools following a long meeting of the Lester B. Pearson school...

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Avalanche of complaints may snowball into lawsuit

Article online since December 14th 2009
Fed up with an apparent lack of service and little explanation six days after the first major snowstorm of the season hit the Montreal area, some West Islanders are mulling a class-action lawsuit against new snow removal company Avalanche. "They still didn't do the job. We've been told...

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The Olympic Torch: you may have missed it if you blinked

Article online since December 10th 2009
Thousands gathered in the light snow and wind in the West Island today to watch Olympic Torch bearers run along with the flame to different city halls in the area after it made a detour to Mont Tremblant yesterday following a celebration in Beaconsfield two nights ago. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime...

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Ward takes Labelle to court

Article online since December 8th 2009
Pierrefonds/Roxboro municipal councillor Bert Ward is asking for $100,000 in damages from election-campaign rival Michael Labelle for allegedly defamatory content the latter has been running on his blog since last August. "I can't comment on it much, it's a lawsuit," Ward, a veteran councillor...

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Pointe Claire:apartment fire leaves many homeless

Article online since December 3rd 2009
Eleven tenants of a three-floor apartment building on Delmar in Pointe Claire are left homeless this hour after a mysterious fire broke out at around 12:30 p.m.. "I'm pretty sure I have nothing left," said Nick Botazzi, a tenant who walked in with a friend into his second-floor room for...

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