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Baie d’Urfé

Heroic act honoured with Medal of Bravery

Baie d'Urfé man saved neighbour from fire

Like many true heroes, Alexander Hrycyk says anyone would have done what he did in the early morning hours... » Full Story
Like many true heroes, Alexander Hrycyk says anyone would have done what he did in the early morning hours of Dec. 16, 2005. That’s when Hrycyk, then 21 years old, ran into his best friend’s smoke-filled... » Full Story

With The Coach: Kevin Figsby

After 25 years, it's one game at a time

With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local... » Full Story
With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Kevin Figsby, 49-year-old Baie d’Urfé resident Team: Concordia men’s... » Full Story

HUNTLEY ADDIE: When it comes to homes, size is not everything

As our homes age along with us, some own the rights to a facelift. However, it seems to me that in a... » Full Story
As our homes age along with us, some own the rights to a facelift. However, it seems to me that in a lot of these facelifting renovation plans, size is what really matters. In Baie d’Urfé, we have... » Full Story

Dancer’s injury proved a lifesaver for dogs on brink of euthanasia

Meet the woman behind Rosie's Animal Adoption service

More dogs are alive because Anne Dubé stopped dancing. And that’s a good thing – or at least... » Full Story
More dogs are alive because Anne Dubé stopped dancing. And that’s a good thing – or at least Dubé and I think so. We are dog lovers. She has three of them; I’m down to one after my daughter... » Full Story

Pointe Claire native wants his mom at movie premier in L.A.

The only thing is he plays a porno star

Zack and Miri Make a Porno is the highest-profile thing Ricky Mabe has done so far in Hollywood, so it was... » Full Story
Zack and Miri Make a Porno is the highest-profile thing Ricky Mabe has done so far in Hollywood, so it was only natural that the 25-year-old Montrealer would want to invite his mother to the film’s Los Angeles... » Full Story

Baie d'Urfé school celebrates 50 years

Dorset reunion is this weekend

Oliver Geurtsen was thrilled when his twin daughters started kindergarten this year at Dorset elementary... » Full Story
Oliver Geurtsen was thrilled when his twin daughters started kindergarten this year at Dorset elementary school in Baie d’Urfé – the same school he had attended in the 1980s. He found the layout of the... » Full Story

Inook and the Sun shines at German school

'Students learned about native culture'

A play about an Inuit boy that was written in English and translated into German may sound like an unusual... » Full Story
A play about an Inuit boy that was written in English and translated into German may sound like an unusual theatre experience, but Inuk und das Geheimnis der Sonne - Inook and the Sun - resonated with its audience at... » Full Story

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Recent Police Blotter

Graffiti vandals leave mark on garage doors in Baie d'Urfé

Police are asking for the public’s help with an investigation into a rash of graffiti on garage doors in the Baie d’Urfé area. More than 12 homes were vandalized during the evening of June 2. Police are... » Full Story

Don't be conned by bogus handymen

Beware the odd job man who asks for money up front. That is the warning from police this week after a Baie d'Urfé woman was robbed of $150 last Wednesday. A handyman showed up at her door... » Full Story