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Dollard gets a case of the blues

Article online since June 18th 2009
The sound of blues shook Dollard des Ormeaux Park and the surrounding area on Saturday as the sixth annual West Island Blues Festival rocked on until after dusk. Many acts, including Dale Boyle, Kevin Mark, and Late Night Blues enjoyed the several hundred who turned out to hear them play,...

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School aims to reach $150,000 goal

Article online since February 26th 2009
editor@transcontinental.ca It’s an ambitious project aimed at giving students a better schoolyard for activities. École St. Louis in Pointe Claire, with about 350 students, is working on raising $150,000 over the next few years to revamp the schoolyard and adjacent playground. “We want...

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Parliament should cool it

Parliament needs to take a deep breath, and calm down.

Article online since December 3rd 2008
Only two months after they decided it would be a great idea to spend $300 million and drag unwilling Canadians to the polls only to hand the Tories a few more seats, they're throwing another fit. Upset over last week's Conservative economic plan, its lack of immediate fiscal stimulus, and...

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The Possibilities of President Obama

Article online since November 3rd 2008
If anything, the presidency of Barack Obama holds the possibility of the rebirth of a United States that has been falling apart at the seams since 2001. There is surely a great deal that he promises, as most aspiring leaders do. Politicians rarely accomplish most of what they promise,...

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History written in stone of 300-year-old Beaconsfield home

Article online since October 27th 2008
In the midst of a discussion about the long history of her eighteenth-century home, Barbara Barclay gave an unexpected response to the notion that a local rumor had spread about her house being haunted. She did not claim that she was unaware of the rumors, nor did she quickly dismiss them...

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