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Dorval

Holiday Memory: If only I had more time before Christmas

I have one Christmas tradition that I could do without. It is the tradition of not having enough... » Full Story

I have one Christmas tradition that I could do without. It is the tradition of not having enough time. Every December it’s the same story. Every year there is a bumper crop of Christmas concerts, parties... » Full Story

With The Coach: Les Lawton

Dean of women's universit hockey

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: Les Lawton, 51-year-old Dorval resident and associate athletic director at Concordia... » Full Story

With The Coach:Alex Robertson

HE aims to challenge his players

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: Alex Robertson, 49-year-old St. Lazare resident and account manager for a trucking firm... » Full Story

Ricketts has been selling trees for Sun Youth fo r 23 years

Sales and donations benefit Sun Youth

When Terry Ricketts was 31 years old, he started selling Christmas trees as a way to thank Sun Youth for... » Full Story

When Terry Ricketts was 31 years old, he started selling Christmas trees as a way to thank Sun Youth for the help the organization gave him before and after he quit drinking. Twenty-three years later, he has a... » Full Story

Rosie"s dog rescue is back in business

Story spurred donors to come forward and help

Three stray dogs flown to Montreal from an isolated northern Quebec community are symbols of better times... » Full Story

Three stray dogs flown to Montreal from an isolated northern Quebec community are symbols of better times for Rosie Animal Adoption, a West Island-based dog rescue group now back in business after new donors answered... » Full Story

Dorval petition on its way to Ottawa

Night flights at Trudeau airport cause too much noise: Mayor Edgar Rouleau

Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau is hoping new federal transport minister John Baird will have a sympathetic ear... » Full Story

Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau is hoping new federal transport minister John Baird will have a sympathetic ear to the plight of residents upset over noise due to the increased number of overnight flights at the... » Full Story

Rosie's not coming to the rescue

Dog shelter service is out of funds

Rosie Animal Adoption, a West Island-based non-profit service that has saved 1,300 canine in the past six... » Full Story

Rosie Animal Adoption, a West Island-based non-profit service that has saved 1,300 canine in the past six years, has stopped rescuing dogs because it is extremely low on cash donations, a reflection of the current... » Full Story

Police looking for man who raped teen

16-year-old assaulted at arty in Dorval

Police are looking for a man in connection with the beating and raping a 16-year-old girl in Dorval last... » Full Story

Police are looking for a man in connection with the beating and raping a 16-year-old girl in Dorval last week. The girl was at a party at a friend’s house on Dawson Ave. in Dorval at about 3 a.m. Nov. 1 when... » Full Story

Is wallabe Wendell in Dorval?

Kangaroo spotted near Dorval CIrcle on Monday

Was that Wendell the wayward wallaby wandering his way through the streets of Dorval? Cathy Faubert... » Full Story

Was that Wendell the wayward wallaby wandering his way through the streets of Dorval? Cathy Faubert sure thinks so. She spotted what she believes was the lost marsupial at the Dorval bus loop near the Dorval... » Full Story

It will be a while before changes are made at Dorval Circle

First phase of $224-million overhaul under way, though

The Dorval circle will remain in use until 2010 though work has begun to overhaul and redesign the... » Full Story

The Dorval circle will remain in use until 2010 though work has begun to overhaul and redesign the interchange linking Highways 20 and 520, Dorval Ave. and Trudeau Airport. The first phase of the $224-million... » Full Story

Auditor general weighs complaint

Transport Canada not enforcing terms of its lease for Trudeau Airport: group contends

A group battling the airport over night flights has taken its complaints to Canada’s auditor general.... » Full Story

A group battling the airport over night flights has taken its complaints to Canada’s auditor general. The Citizens for a Quality of Life have asked Auditor General Sheila Fraser to examine whether Transport... » Full Story

Study to determine if jet noise ruining health

Researchers have found link between night flights and hypertension

Residents of Dorval, Pointe Claire and St. Laurent have complained for years that the roar of jets... » Full Story

Residents of Dorval, Pointe Claire and St. Laurent have complained for years that the roar of jets flying in and out of Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport affects their quality of... » Full Story

Dorval's leaf pick-up begins Oct. 22

Dorval’s leaf-pickup program set to begin next week. Single-family dwellings will receive three... » Full Story

Dorval’s leaf-pickup program set to begin next week. Single-family dwellings will receive three special biodegradable paper bags before Oct. 20, according to city spokesman Sébastien Gauthier. “... please... » Full Story

Night flights still keeping us awake

residents decry delay in new airport plan, draft of revised path in the hands of Transport Canada, ADM says

Three months after Aéroports de Montréal announced that night flights over various parts of the... » Full Story

Three months after Aéroports de Montréal announced that night flights over various parts of the city would be cancelled because they failed to meet pre-set criteria, jets flying out of Trudeau... » Full Story

RVA Celebrates Challenged Artists

It is an unfortunate reality that those with disabilities are sometimes looked upon as limited, their... » Full Story

It is an unfortunate reality that those with disabilities are sometimes looked upon as limited, their identities based on what they can't do as opposed to what they can. Under the tutelage of volunteer art... » Full Story

Crematoriums now limited to industrial sector in Dorval

Lakeshore Drive crematorium set to begin operations this fall

Another crematorium will not be allowed in the city of Dorval’s commercial and residential areas.... » Full Story

Another crematorium will not be allowed in the city of Dorval’s commercial and residential areas. Following complaints over construction a crematorium earlier this year as part of an expansion of a funeral... » Full Story

Oct. 3 deadline set for airport noise petition

Dorval residents have until Oct. 3 to sign a petition against overnight flights at Trudeau airport.... » Full Story

Dorval residents have until Oct. 3 to sign a petition against overnight flights at Trudeau airport. “At that time, the municipal council of the City of Dorval will forward the petition to the federal... » Full Story

Dorval council meets Sept. 22

Crematorium by-law on the agenda

Items on the agenda at tonight’s (Sept. 22) city council meeting in Dorval include adoption of a second... » Full Story

Items on the agenda at tonight’s (Sept. 22) city council meeting in Dorval include adoption of a second draft of a bylaw to prevent any more crematoriums from being built in the city, except in the industrial... » Full Story

Revamping Dorval Circle hits cost overruns and work has even begun

Area will be a construction zone till 2013

After decades of delays, work is finally set to start on modernizing the Dorval Circle, and it’s already... » Full Story

After decades of delays, work is finally set to start on modernizing the Dorval Circle, and it’s already over it’s original cost estimates. The project to modernize the interchange and ease traffic flow was... » Full Story

Fluoride back in Dorval water

The City of Dorval has resumed water fluoridation after a five-year hiatus. Mayor Edgar Rouleau... » Full Story

The City of Dorval has resumed water fluoridation after a five-year hiatus. Mayor Edgar Rouleau said it was time to act on the matter since he had been receiving a lot of requests from citizens concerned... » Full Story

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Recent Police Blotter

Teen robbed at knife-point

A 14-year-old boy on his way to play hockey was robbed of $20 at knife-point last week. Montreal Police Constable Ann Mathieu said the robbery took place at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 6 at a bus stop on Bouchard Blvd in... » Full Story

Bank robbed in Dorval

Two men – one armed with a gun – robbed a bank on Dorval Ave. last week. The men entered the bank at 9:45 a.m. on Aug. 27, both wearing hoods. They ordered the tellers to kneel on the ground and... » Full Story

At least one injured in street gang brawl

Police believe a young man who was injured last week was involved in a brawl between street gangs, although he is refusing to co-operate or name his assailant. Police were called to Louise Lamy St. in Dorval on... » Full Story

Woamn arrested for theft

A 19-year-old Dorval woman was arrested after camping equipment stolen from her neighbour’s locker was found in her car. The victim went to her locker in her apartment building on Dorval Ave. at about 9 a.m.... » Full Story

Trucker hijacked at gunpoint

A truck driver was hijacked at gunpoint on Hymus Blvd. in Dorval last week. The driver was picking up cargo in Dorval to deliver to Laval on June 25 at 7:15 a.m. When he stopped at an intersection on Hymus, an... » Full Story

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