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St. Laurent

300 New Year's Eve revellers trash St. Laurent hotel

Took police two hours to gain control at Days Inn

Rowdy partygoers emptied fire extinguishers and broke furniture and windows at a Days Inn in St. Laurent... » Full Story

Rowdy partygoers emptied fire extinguishers and broke furniture and windows at a Days Inn in St. Laurent early yesterday after police were called in to quell a fight. It took police almost two hours to gain control... » Full Story

VCPA Holiday Supper

The Vanier College Parents' Association held their annual holiday supper Dec.10, and we invited the... » Full Story

The Vanier College Parents' Association held their annual holiday supper Dec.10, and we invited the international students to join us. The parents provided the food and we all enjoyed a wonderful multicultural... » Full Story

Vanier hosts cage tourney

Vanier College will host the third annual Canada Prep Challenge Basketball Tournament this weekend.... » Full Story

Vanier College will host the third annual Canada Prep Challenge Basketball Tournament this weekend. The tournament features cagers from Champlain-St. Lambert College, the National Elite Development Academy from... » Full Story

Vanier Cheetahs dominate Abbott on basketball courts

Men's ans women's teams collect four wins on weekend

It was a perfect 4-0 weekend for Vanier College’s Triple-A basketball teams. The Vanier Lady... » Full Story

It was a perfect 4-0 weekend for Vanier College’s Triple-A basketball teams. The Vanier Lady Cheetahs (7-2) got the ball rolling Friday with an 84-46 romp over the John Abbott Lady Islanders in the first game... » Full Story

With The Coach: Ruby Viray

Coaching is about respect for 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: Ruby Viray, 34-year-old physical education teacher at Vanier College and a LaSalle resident... » Full Story

Have you seen this dog?

Pug stolen from its owner in St. Laurent

Delphine Asl sari Kahdjoughe wants her dog back. And, she wants to let the group of young men who... » Full Story

Delphine Asl sari Kahdjoughe wants her dog back. And, she wants to let the group of young men who literally grabbed the 1-year-old pug from her hands to know that without proper medication, the dog risks losing an... » Full Story

Vanier Social Science Fest wraps up Friday

The Gazette Students at Vanier College are spending time this week discussing various topics from... » Full Story

The Gazette Students at Vanier College are spending time this week discussing various topics from the social sciences and how they are pertinent in today’s world. The annual Social Sciences Festival,... » Full Story

Cartierville /Saint Laurent - VOTE for ME, or vote for someone else.

I didn’t think about who I might vote for in the federal election, until the last couple of days in... » Full Story

I didn’t think about who I might vote for in the federal election, until the last couple of days in September. Most of the action and mud-slinging happens in the last two weeks, so why rush the decision? ... » Full Story

Teacher of the Week

She is proving that everything is possible

Teacher of the Week is a new weekly feature spotlighting a local... » Full Story

Teacher of the Week is a new weekly feature spotlighting a local educator. Name: Sheri Cameron, 31 School: LaurenHill Academy in St. Laurent... » Full Story

Preparing for a new year

Students at United Talmud Torahs celebrate Rosh Hashanah

United Talmud Torahs Beutel Campus principal, Michelle Toledano, encourages her students Avi Malka and... » Full Story

United Talmud Torahs Beutel Campus principal, Michelle Toledano, encourages her students Avi Malka and Nomi Rubin as they learn about the Rosh Hashanah and experience the blowing of the shofar. The shofar is... » Full Story

Missing child from U.S. found in St. Laurent

Child taken by mother last year

A baby boy who was reported missing from his San Diego home last year was found in St. Laurent last... » Full Story

A baby boy who was reported missing from his San Diego home last year was found in St. Laurent last week. Montreal Police Constable Martin Desmarais said the baby, then a few months old, was reported missing... » Full Story

CEGEP Student has learning experience in Africa

Summer for most CEGEP students consists of a job in a fast food restaurant or some time at a country... » Full Story

Summer for most CEGEP students consists of a job in a fast food restaurant or some time at a country cottage. Sara Brouillette, 18, of St. Laurent was neither paid for her work nor was she lounging beside a... » Full Story

Man hit by bus mirror

A man in his 70s is in stable but critical condition after he was struck by the mirror of an Montreal... » Full Story

A man in his 70s is in stable but critical condition after he was struck by the mirror of an Montreal Transit Commission bus in St. Laurent on Monday. The accident occurred at 2:45 p.m. on Côte Vertu Blvd.... » Full Story

St. Laurent turns the page on new $24-million library

Facility will boast large collection of foreign-language books

Mariana Haramita says the library near her St. Laurent home has been her lifeline in the three years... » Full Story

Mariana Haramita says the library near her St. Laurent home has been her lifeline in the three years since she immigrated from Romania. "It saved me," said Haramita, 54. "They have... » Full Story

Former Vanier cager invited to national camp

Former Vanier basketball star Damian Buckley has been invited to the Canadian senior men’s team training... » Full Story

Former Vanier basketball star Damian Buckley has been invited to the Canadian senior men’s team training camp next week in Toronto. The Concordia Stingers point guard joins a Canadian team, under head coach... » Full Story

St. Laurent greening its industrial park

A campaign to reduce urban heat islands by planting trees on the private grounds of St. Laurent’s... » Full Story

A campaign to reduce urban heat islands by planting trees on the private grounds of St. Laurent’s industrial and commercial park was launched last month. “Over the next few years, St. Laurent will be... » Full Story

St. Laurent chiropractor forced to move

After 57 years in the same location, offices undergo an adjustment

“Ah, yes!” Joe Kinelski, 55, exclaimed as he rode on his chiropractor’s surfboard-size treatment... » Full Story

“Ah, yes!” Joe Kinelski, 55, exclaimed as he rode on his chiropractor’s surfboard-size treatment table from its upright position smoothly down to a restful horizontal angle. Kinelski, a long-time patient... » Full Story

Union vows to fight closing of Flextronics plant

700 jobs threatened. Nortel to blame: Teamsters

Teamsters Canada says it will challenge the planned closing of Flextronics International Ltd.'s Montreal... » Full Story

Teamsters Canada says it will challenge the planned closing of Flextronics International Ltd.'s Montreal plant this September, in an effort to save 700 high-tech jobs. Teamsters said Flextronics is being... » Full Story

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Recent Police Blotter

Keep holiday purchases out of sight

Montreal Police are reminding shoppers to keep their purchases out of sight when leaving them in their vehicles. Constable Rachel Arselin said three men were arrested last week for breaking into parked cars and... » Full Story

Cars set ablaze

Four cars were set afire last week in the old section of Ville St. laurent. Montreal Police Constable Pierre Fauchier said the older model cars were parked in the area around Roy and Gohier Sts. “In... » Full Story

Armed men break into St. Laurent office

Four men who burst into the offices of a communications company on Côte de Liesse Rd. in St. Laurent brandishing guns last week have been arrested. Montreal Police Constable Pierre Fauchier said two were... » Full Story

St. Laurent girl assaulted in laundromat

A St. Laurent teenager was shaken up after fending off a sexual aggressor in her neighbourhood laundromat last week. The girl left her home at about 12:20 p.m. last Thursday and noticed that a man was following... » Full Story

Arrests made in stolen copper case

The arrest of five people in Laval on Aug. 11 following the theft of copper from a building in St. Laurent could help solve similar cases, police say. Police were alerted to a situation at about 1:15 a.m. when... » Full Story

Cat torched

A woman who had found a plastic bottle filled with gas next to her BMW was later sorry she hadn’t reported it to police because she looked out her window to find her car on fire. The woman, who lives on St.... » Full Story

Pot plants found in car

Police were called to a company on Montée de Liesse Blvd. last Thursday when marijuana plants were found in a car in the parking lot. The 1992 Honda Civic was spotted at around 8:30 a.m. It didn’t belong to... » Full Story

Students robbed outside Côte Vertu métro

Two students were robbed and assaulted outside the Côte Vertu métro station around midnight on April 15. The male and female victims, both 17, were waiting at a bus shelter on Edouard Laurin Blvd. when they... » Full Story

Suspicious car fires have police on alert

Police are hoping to get the public’s help in stopping a rash of suspicious fires on cars that have plagued the industrial sector of the borough in recent months. At least five cars have been burned near... » Full Story

Dollard man arrested

A 25-year-old Dollard des Ormeaux man was arrested early Saturday attempting to steal beer from a dépanneur on the Trans-Canada Highway service road. The incident occurred at about 1 a.m. when a man entered... » Full Story

Man arrested for attempted car theft

A 34-year-old Montreal man was arrested for attempted car theft after a witness saw him tinkering with a car in a parking garage. It was just after midnight on Tuesday when the witness went down to the garage... » Full Story

St. Laurent man killed in car crash

Speed seems to have been the cause of a fatal accident on Marcel Laurin Blvd. that killed a young St. Laurent man last week. The accident occurred last Thursday at 8:45 p.m. when the driver of a Mazda hit the... » Full Story

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