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• Toddler and mother hit by truck while crossing Sources
  A mother in her 30s and her 22-month-old son, in a stroller at the time, were struck by a garbage truck while crossing Sources Blvd. in Dollard ...
• Moonlight Girls return; Dorval gets festive
  Cinema:Frozen The kid who plays Iceman in the X-Men flicks (Shawn Ashmore) plays one of a trio of snowboarding friends stuck on a chairlift as ...
• The Parenting Olympics
  With the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics mere days away from kicking off, I thought there was no better time to bring to you, loyal readers, an ...
• Habs reward young hockey talent
  Three West Islanders and a Hudson resident were among the 28 young hockey players who were awarded $1, 000 scholarships by the Montreal Canadiens ...
• West Island MNAs need to make some noise
  Enough is enough. West Island taxpayers have sat by for too long and been passed over by the provincial government for too long, and we shouldn't ...
• January brings tantrums, hugs and stomach bugs
  I gently rubbed my daughter's back as she calmly threw the contents of her stomach up into the toilet and helped her brush her teeth again ...
• Five years gone like the blink of an eye
  In just a few short days, my daughter will be celebrating her fifth birthday, and I have mixed feelings about it. I remember walking down Atwater ...
• Win passes to the Kirkland premiere of When in Rome!
  The Chronicle has 25 double passes to the January 13 premiere of When in Rome, starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel. Want to get your hands on ...
• Drinking and driving destroys families
  The holiday season is a wonderful time for catching up with loved ones, family and friends. A large number of us can remember great, not-so-great ...
• Pearson to close schools, teach more French
  The Lester B. Pearson School Board voted last night to close two West Island elementary schools and merge two others in their major school ...
• Come support John Abbott athletes
  The first-ever Islander Comedy Night will be held Nov. 21 at John Abbott College in Ste. Anne de Bellevue. MC Neil Janna headlines a banner group ...
• Pointe Claire: Geller wins District 1
  Incumbent District 1 city councillor Rob Geller increased his hold on the district, which includes Pointe Claire Village and the Cedar Park ...
• Tierney, Benedetti ousted
  Ste. Anne de Bellevue and Beaconsfield will both have new mayors after incumbents Bill Tierney, who had been in charge since 1994 (with a sojourn ...
• Elections 2009: Belanger wins big
  To no one's surprise, incumbent Ile Bizard-Ste. Genevieve borough mayor Richard Belanger won big, gaining 61 per cent of the vote over the Vision ...
• Election 2009 results: Janiszewski, Geller win;...
  Some early results have come in so far and an upset is brewing in Beaconsfield. With two districts reporting, challenger David Pollock is leading ...
• Municipal election results available here!
  Keep checking westislandchronicle.com as our reporters fan out across the West Island to keep readers up to daye on all results. We're on top of ...
• Court made right call on Pardi case
  Every so often, courts and judges make decisions that on the level of common sense, make little to no sense at all — and then, there are other ...
• Second child slows things down for parents
  I am completely smitten with the little guy, and Sunday mornings, when my wife takes our four-year-old daughter to ballet class, he and I like to ...
• It's the most wonderful time of the year
  Now, as the calendar has burned another summer away, I find myself shifting that mindset just a little bit, and in the days following the Labour ...
• Teach your kids to swim: you'll be glad you did
  As a result, my daughter has been a regular visitor to the community pool near our home for the last five summers, with her first visit coming at ...
• Minor football roundup: Cheetahs, Isles win openers;...
  From my end, having been a die-hard football player, fan and coach for many years, I have rarely had the opportunity to see much football other ...
• Whitlock stands the test of time
  The Duffer's Guide made its first – and hopefully, far from its last – visit to beautiful Whitlock Golf and Country Club last week, and, ...
• The golden era of soul is back this summer
  The 1960s were a strange, wonderful time in North America – and the times, they were a-changin'. This summer, the Esquire Showbar Musical Revue ...
• St. Raphael Golf Club: a challenging course for any...
  If the greens at St. Raphael Golf Club in Ile Bizard last week were any indication at all, you duffers out there would be wise to invest in some ...
• St. Lazare Golf Club: beware the tricky greens
  There’s no such thing as a bad day on the golf course, but St. Lazare Golf Club’s greens can help you get a little cranky if you’re not careful. ...
• Hitting the reset button
  It's déjà vu all over again. My wife and I are expecting our second child (a boy, incidentally) sometime in the next month or so, and as you can ...
• Atlantide a nice early-season treat for golfers
  It's a long drive down through Ile Perrot to get to Atlantide Golf Club, located on the island's southern tip, but it is a trip very much worth ...
• NFL: Brett Favre coming back? Our experts debate!
  You watch: Brett Favre is coming back . . . .again *sigh* As I write this, Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress is on his way to meet ...
• Earth Day has outlived its usefulness
  April 22 has come and gone, and with it, a great deal of fanfare, brouhaha and other derring-do with tons of municipalities, schools and other ...
• Father loses appeal he never should've had to file
  A Gatineau father who grounded his 12-year-old daughter was once more a loser in court when Quebec Superior Court overturned his appeal of an ...