http://www.westislandchronicle.com Articles : Complete list en 2007 Medias Transcontinental Fri, 9 May 2008 12:49:12 -0400 60 http://www.westislandchronicle.com/imgs/logos/gif_thumb/CH.gif http://www.westislandchronicle.com/ http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209915-A-numbers-game.html Thu, 8 May 2008 23:59:00 -0500 Arts & Life BY ALBERT KRAMBERGER editor@transcontinental.ca A local teacher is hoping her math puzzle book catches on with smart kids. Bogusia Gierus, who teaches at Kuper Academy, with the help of her husband Alex, launched the Hexa-Trex puzzle book last year. "It's for people who like both puzzles and math," said Gierus, 32, a Beaconsfield mother of two young boys... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-210927-Conference-Finals-playoff-predictions.html Thu, 8 May 2008 15:19:00 -0500 Montreal Sportlight MARC LALONDE SAYS:: Pittsburgh vs... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-210711-Prices-at-the-pumps-Time-to-put-up-or-shut-up.html Thu, 8 May 2008 11:26:00 -0500 Regional news I do not know how any of you can stand it... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-210691-Hit-the-Post-with-Rick-Moffat.html Thu, 8 May 2008 11:03:00 -0500 Montreal Sportlight Do you really think Mark Streit will pass up millions of dollars because his girlfriend's a Montrealer? He's a nice enough guy to consider it, but does anyone really think anyone in the NHL gives "hometown discounts" anymore, if GM's don't offer MORE to guys with roots in a certain city to be sure to keep them? Don't you wish proud Montrealer Jason Pominville was playing for Team Canada at Worlds? I guess if you can handle a few years living in Buffalo you deserve American citizenship... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209898-West-Island-girl-leads-the-way-to-Washington.html Thu, 8 May 2008 00:05:00 -0500 Education BY RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN raffy.boudjikanian@transcontinental.ca West Island youth Georgia Stavrakis, 12, is all set to represent her school, Dorset Elementary in Baie d'Urfé, at the prestigious People to People Leadership Forum in Washington D.C... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209838-A-fair-day-for-fair-trade.html Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Business BY ELYSE AMEND elyse.amend@transcontinental.ca You may have noticed it while standing in line for your morning coffee or passing that special section at the grocery store: more and more, fair trade products are popping up on store shelves... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209847-Hop-to-it-and-read-hip-book.html Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Arts & Life BY RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN raffy.boudjikanian@transcontinental.ca "The subway doesn't go there... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-210439-Flower-shops-blossoming-for-Mothers-Day.html Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Arts & Life BY RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN raffy.boudjikanian@transcontinental.ca Do you know your mother likes flowers and plants, but you can't tell a daisy from a daffodil? All worked up over what to get her on Mother's Day? Well, there is no need to be a wallflower... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209906-Crusade-Against-Cancer-run-this-Saturday.html Wed, 7 May 2008 23:59:00 -0500 Arts & Life BY ELYSE AMEND elyse.amend@transcontinetal.ca With over 120 people running through the streets of the West Island last year, organizers of the West Island Crusade Against Cancer (WICAC) annual run hope even more people will show up for this Saturday's event. Founded in 1995, WICAC is a volunteer-run organization that holds events all throughout the year to raise funds for organizations like the Canadian Cancer Society and Nova West Island. According to Steve Allen of the Phoenix Running Club, which is helping organize this year's event, he hopes people will recognize the community aspect of the run: Nova West Island and the West Island Palliative Care Centre will both receive donations from the funds raised. ?One of the things we're trying to bring out is the local charities behind this,? he said... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209903-Ste-Annes-resident-embarks-on-crosscountry-tour.html Wed, 7 May 2008 23:02:00 -0500 Local news BY ELYSE AMEND elyse.amend@transcontinental.ca Biking 50 kilometres every day, 265 kilometres on the weekends, and cycling all the way back to Montreal from Ottawa might sound like a daunting task to most... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209871-Positive-progress.html Wed, 7 May 2008 22:59:00 -0500 Columns BY ALBERT KRAMBERGER editor@transcontinental.ca I'm half way through my six weeks of training with Steve Frischman at The Power Co... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209848-Singing-for-Life.html Wed, 7 May 2008 12:05:00 -0500 Arts & Life The banquet hall at Dollard des Ormeaux Civic Centre is about to get very lively this Saturday, with two choruses filling the room with their voices as part of a Canada- and U.S.-wide effort to help blood organizations... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209921-Double-whammy-for-car-owner.html Wed, 7 May 2008 12:00:00 -0500 Local news BY ELYSE AMEND elyse.amend@transcontinental.ca It was a very bad case of déja-vu: a few weeks ago, Kirkland resident Marie-Andrée Rumanek's car was stolen while she was shopping at Fairview Pointe Claire ? the second time in about one and a half years. ?It's horrible,? she said... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209849-Canada-Post-appeals-to-dog-owners.html Wed, 7 May 2008 10:00:00 -0500 Local news BY ELYSE AMEND elyse.amend@transcontinental.ca In preparing for the dog days of summer, Canada Post launched a canine awareness campaign alerting pet owners to the dangers their furry friends may pose to delivery personnel... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209846-Dollard-WaterPolo-Club-hosts-womens-under18-club-championships.html Wed, 7 May 2008 09:59:00 -0500 Sports BY MICHAEL PIASETZKI The Chronicle The eyes of the local water-polo community were focused on the Dollard des Ormeaux Aquatic Centre last weekend as the Speedo Girls' Under-18 Championships came to the West Island. Hosted by the Dollard Water-Polo Club, the four-day double-elimination event featured many of the finest competitors in the country, some of who have been, or will be identified as candidates for the national program... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209919-Pavement-pains-produce-pothole-panic.html Wed, 7 May 2008 09:59:00 -0500 Local news BY RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN raffy.boudjikanian@transcontinental.ca Scenic Chemin l'Anse à l'Orme at the western tip of the island cuts through three West Island municipalities and a borough, weaving its gorgeous, made-for-biking shape around some small woods, but its divided jurisdiction is leaving some irate residents of the area up in arms... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-210179-Heres-to-moms.html Wed, 7 May 2008 09:49:00 -0500 Regional news There is no relationship so complicated, so close, so caring and so able to frustrate us as our relationship with our mothers. Oscar Wilde wrote: "All women become like their mothers... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-210155-Solution-to-a-sniffly-situation.html Wed, 7 May 2008 09:11:00 -0500 Columns After a long but relatively healthy winter, I thought I was pretty much off the hook from nasty, lingering colds... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209837-The-less-he-says-the-better-it-gets.html Wed, 7 May 2008 08:59:00 -0500 Columns Quebec Premier Jean Charest is sitting pretty after polling figures published recently saying if an election were held today, it is likely that Charest's Liberals, who now hold power in a minority government, would win a majority... http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-209843-Motherdaughter-duo-takes-to-the-web.html Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Business BY ELYSE AMEND elyse.amend@transcontinental.ca When Dollard des Ormeaux resident Lynda Lubin was diagnosed with breast cancer six years ago, she and her daughter Amanda were able to take a tragedy and turn it into a productive and positive venture. The Myhealthspot.ca directory idea came to the mother-daughter duo when they set out to search for complimentary health care service providers on top of the medical treatment Lynda was receiving from her doctor...