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  • Montreal moves to protect 8-hectare section of Ste. Anne woods
    Delevoper will be paid $5.2 million
  • 300 New Year's Eve revellers trash St. Laurent hotel
    Took police two hours to gain control at Days Inn
  • Dollard's Kohail family wants action to overturn execution order
    Son has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia
  • Lindsay Place students serve turkey at Old Brewery Mission
    'You don't understand the feeling you get from helping people in need,' 17-year-old says
  • Parents stunned by flood of money
    Strangers offer to pay Lakeshore Hospital bill for 'baby who didn't exist'
  • Drunk driver admits fatal hit-and-run
    St. Lazare man pleads guilty to hit-and-run death
  • West Island MNA bumped out of cabinet
    Geoff Kelley passed over for native affairs
  • Heroic act honoured with Medal of Bravery
    Baie d'Urfé man saved neighbour from fire
  • Seniors' homes get certified
    Provincial government wants to ensure all meet same standards of care and safety
  • John Abbott appoints new director general
    Sheehy to take over for retireing Keith Henderson
  • With The Coach: Les Lawton
    Dean of women's universit hockey
  • Lakeshore Tigers win novice tourney
    Team captures title in Buckingham
  • Sentencing delayed in child porn case
    Former John Rennie vice-principal might face new charges
  • Complaints double at Lakeshore General
    Biggest hike in non-medical grievances
  • A new ice age
    Beaconsfield test artificial ice surface
  • Santa arrives in Hudson
    Kids line Main Rd. to welcome jolly old gent
  • Polytechnique victims remembered
  • Engelbert Humperdinck in Kirkland
    Crooner stops by restaurant, entertains guests
  • With The Coach:Alex Robertson
    HE aims to challenge his players
  • Ricketts has been selling trees for Sun Youth fo r 23 years
    Sales and donations benefit Sun Youth
  • Teacher of the Week: Angie Apostalakis
    She brought music, two bands and a choir to St. John Fisher
  • 17-year-old girl dies in car crash in Pierrefonds
    Police rule out alcohol as a factor
  • Liberal red reigns on this side of the Main
    All West Island Liberal MNAs return to National Assembly
  • Police continue investigation into stabbing death
    Body of a 20-year-old Pierrefonds man found in field
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  • Sports Blog

    Meagher

    'Tis the season for sportsmanship

    Minor hockey often gets a black eye when parents or coaches go berserk at the local arena, attacking refs or verbally abusing opposing players. But this past week offered a couple of uplifting examples of sportsmanship at its finest. The Lac St. Louis Tigers and Lac St. Louis Royals of the midget espoirs league are fierce rivals on the ice, but the teams joined forces last Saturday by holding a charity food and toy drive at their game at the Dollard Civic Centre. ...
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    Lifestyle

    Parenting

    Its the Most wonderful day of the Year!

    And all you parents out there know what I am talking about - Say it with me! School is back in session! Lord Baby Jeebus - that was one long vacation. I was worried by this morning that Terrance and Emily might actually fall to the ground and begin to wrestle in earnest - That perhaps a thunderdome had been constructed in my living room and the cast of Mad Max was coming to cheer the two of them on. Two go in - One comes out. ...
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    Community Blogs

    Blue Notes

    Flying the Montreal Canadiens flag

    Lately I have noticed the flag of the Montreal Canadiens sticking up from the side of so many cars. I know that it is meant as a gesture of support for our hockey team, but it made me think: What flag would I fly? If someone asks me where I’m from, I never answer: Quebec. For me, the whole idea of Quebec has been hijacked. Even though I live in this province it is governed by representatives of something called “The Québécois Nation” of which I am not a member. In fact, I am...
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    Victor Schukov

    Why gas prices change every five minutes

      It used to be that the price of gas changed once a year. It used to be that someone in attendance would fill up your tank, clean your windshield, check your oil and give you a neck massage for free. Even if he didn’t work there. ...
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