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• St. Patrick Elementary expands
  The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) and the Ministry of Education announced Monday the $6.46 million expansion of St. Patrick Elementary ...
• Enrollment goes down at Pearson
  A recent projection based on numbers provided by the Education Ministry indicates that enrollment at the Lester B. Pearson School Board will be ...
• Over $5 million in repairs for LBPSB schools
  The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) announced $5,355,577.91 worth of repairs to be done on 16 of its learning establishments in the spring ...
• Blanchette-Lamothe to chair status of women committee
  Pierrefonds-Dollard MP Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe was elected new chair of the House of Commons standing committee on the status of women last ...
• Pearson to dip into surplus to combat Education...
  A $2 million Education Ministry cutback will hit the Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) next year but the trim will be compensated by the ...
• Troubled waters in Beaconsfield
  Beaconsfield resident Earl Gardiner is frustrated his city isn’t able to notify him of the precise day the spring ‘flushing,’ the annual ...
• Pounding the noise-pollution problem
  :“Nothing is certain but death and taxes,” goes the old proverb. In Beaconsfield, one more certainty makes the shortlist: you can be sure Derrick ...
• Iron chefs square off at PCHS
  The grand finale of Pierrefonds High School Comprehensive’s (PCHS) Iron Chef contest saw four teams of dedicated teenage chefs compete in a ...
• Miller Highlife wins intermediate 'A' finals
  The Miller Highlife hockey squad composed of West Island players defeated the Westmount-based Red Wild Kings 2-0 Sunday afternoon during the 34th ...
• Lost dog in Pierrefonds has family worried
  A small shih-poo dog answering to the name of Ringo has escaped his Pierrefonds home on April 5 leaving his family of four very worried. He was ...
• John Abbott looks for new women's basketball coach
  Following the departure of long-time women's Islander basketball coach Harley Lawrence, John Abbott College has begun its search for a ...
• Lifelong learners honoured by LBPSB
  ”Learning is a treasure that will follow the learner everywhere,” goes a well-known Chinese proverb. This will certainly be the case for ...
• ”LED lights are the future” says Kirkland...
  Light emitting diode (LED) bulbs are the future for home lighting options according to the Kirkland Environment Committee which held a series of ...
• Robertson appalled by Quebec language debate
  Former CTV chief anchor Lloyd Robertson reacted strongly to the latest outburst of language debate nonsense during a visit at Kuper Academy in ...
• Oldtimers tournament lends hand to community
  The 44th Pointe Claire Oldtimers Tournament that ended on Sunday gave hockey players from the West Island and beyond the chance to have some fun ...
• Mission accomplished for WICS
  West Island Community Shares (WICS) executive director Caroline Tison announced Tuesday night that the organization achieved its fundraising ...
• Novice A Leopards are regional champions
  The Lakeshore novice A Leopards became 2013 regional champions after defeating the Ile Bizard Aigles 5-3 on April 7 at Kirkland Arena. The team ...
• CPR courses: a must says Red Cross instructor
  Did you know that drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death for Canadian children? According to Safe Kids Canada, an organization ...
• Legault blasts Bill 14
  Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault blasted the Parti Québécois' Bill 14 during a scrum last Friday as he was visiting his former ...
• Ste. Anne eyes different solutions to closed overpasses
  Ste. Anne de Bellevue is eyeing a roundabout as well as a T interchange as solutions to the two closed Highway 40 overpasses problem that has ...
• Peewee A Knights fail to win provincial final
  The West Island peewee A Knights lost the finals of the Hockey West Island novice-atom-peeWee 2013 Provincial Tournament last Sunday at Bob ...
• $8,639.34 for preliminary work on Ste. Anne town...
  Renovation works on the Ste. Anne de Bellevue town hall facade have begun on April 2 and already the first bills to pay are in for preliminary ...
• Lindsay Place alumnus organizes major library chore
  The Lindsay Place High School in Pointe Claire got a fresh new look last Friday thanks to an intern teacher, student volunteers and volunteers ...
• Local filmmaker brings feminism back to forefront
  When 34-year-old Montreal documentary maker Karen Cho released her latest work, the thought-provoking ‘Status Quo, the Unfinished Business of ...
• New tenants for Merck campus in Kirkland
  Broccolini Construction and Magil Laurentienne who are to redevelop the Merck head office buildings in Kirkland once the company leaves by the ...
• Riverdale students teach first graders about density
  Riverdale High School leadership teacher Michael Gabre and four of his students showed Springdale Elementary's Claudia Damiani's Grade 1 children ...
• Hydro-Quebec smart meters spark fears in West Island
  Citizens all over the West Island are mobilizing against the new smart meters Hydro-Quebec started installing in Montreal last year. West ...
• Blitz going for second championship in a row
  Despite losing 14 players including mainstays Georgina Paull, Roxanne Granger and Jade Abboud, the Montreal Blitz female football team looks to ...
• MPs call for lower business credit-card transaction...
  West Island New Democratic Party (NDP) MPs Isabelle Morin (NDG-Lachine), Lysane-Blanchette-Lamothe (Pierrefonds-Dollard) and Jamie Nicholls ...
• Stand-up comedy comes to the West Island
  Montreal-based humour web magazine The Scrib is launching a monthly stand-up comedy series in Pointe Claire in the hopes of bringing the laughter ...