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inclusive, 533 total)
June 11:
Masonry work at city hall - StoryWalk panels - McEntyre Writing
Competition winners
June 4:
Moving forward on greenhouse - Incinerator to come down - January
transfers: Highest monthly average ever
May 28: City
reveals surprise surplus - Project to develop 8 ‘high end’
homes - Plant exchange ‘rescued’
May 21: New by-law for dockless
bikes, scooters - 2 outdoor courts for pickleball - Public Works gets
assistant director
May 14: Family Day May 25 - New zones to
help houses of worship - 12 years of Independent
Real Estate Spotlight - Special Section
May 7: Critics
question use of SCAOPI - RMR helps combat floods - Gymnast Castonguay,
YMCA Masters win provincials
April 30:
City to repay debt - Office use by-law adopted - Vendôme tunnel
April 23:
Midget A wins - École St. Léon extension - Edgehill
firebombing suspect arrested
April 16:
Controversial dog run surface - No expansion of Bixi -
‘Restoration’ of Westmount Park
April 9: 500
Claremont gains council’s approval, again - City/Cromwell meeting
- City's spring reception
April 2: City
‘desperate’ for soccer coaches - Remembering
Colonel Hart - Greenhouse work reassessed
March 26: New
bike-sharing services? - Tenders awarded - Beer Review - St. Catherine
rezoning
Real Estate Spotlight - Special Section
March 19:
Zoning changes for 1100 Atwater - Closure of de Maisonneuve delayed -
Earth Hour activities
March 12:
City offering Irish pub night - Grants to 7 non-profit groups -
Memorial benches
March 5:
Access to Public Works yard - Branding of commercial districts - Zoning
change meeting
February 26: Children’s
Tower 1 - Profile: Julia Gersovitz - Beer Review - Art Scene
February 19:
New film streaming service - Westmount Park dog
‘Scarfy’ - Replica additions
February 12: Narnia
relocating - Zoning change - City to improve permit times, service -
snow removal issues
February 5:
Sports and Rec’s sign-up - City seeking ‘better snow
cleaning plan’ - First winter StoryWalk
January 29:
New features set for Winter Carnival - Irvine Ave. ‘snow
warriors’ - Violent assault on building manager
January 22:
On-street parking permits hiked - Pool ‘needs study’
- Powers limited to protect heritage building
January 15:
Taxes up - Hillside demo gets okay - Mayor Smith looks ahead
2018
(45 Issues)
December 11: Last
2018 issue: Second SCAOPI process for 500 - City demographics - Budget
meeting December 17
December 4: Council
hikes pay - Demo hearing, Hillside Clinic - Community liaison for
super-hospital tunnel
November 27: Council’s
bike ride - PSOs help rescue baby & toddler - Holiday Gift Guide
Section
November 20: City wins back Cape Ann trophy
November 13:
City sees strong 2018 - Agglo share up 3.6% - Council adopts $19M
capital works budget
November 6:
City to spend $19M - Traffic
disruptions - Reader's support
October 30: Waste
management report from Agglo - School to close for 2 years - Southeast
sector vision
October 30 Real Estate Spotlight
October 23: Armoury
plans on hold - Cape Ann hockey tourney - Westmount wins Prince of
Wales prize
October 16:
The Four Mayors - New PAC by-law - ‘what they do in
California’
October 9:
City seeks bids for expert ‘needs study’ - Mountainside
Church sold to developer
October 2:
MTQ could fund 100% of highway sound barrier - Hiroshima saplings - New
ideas at the Library
September 25:
Hockey picks up steam - Greenhouse options - Prospect greenspace
September 25 Real Estate Spotlight
September 18:
City prepares for winter - Delivery of Independent in event of strike -
WMA candidates’ debate
September 11:
Pool problems, City negotiating - School Guide 2018 - Sports banquet
photos
September 4:
Daycare’s permit refusal being fought - Bike sharing - Candidates
- Beer Review
August 28:
Orphan lane acquisition is trial run - Balcony hot tub - Dust
complaints
August 21: No
new daycares? - Accessibility needs - Bon Voisinage meeting
August 14:
WYO to leave Vic Hall - AGIL report delayed again - Park maintenance?
August 7:
'All-Weather Friends’ - Expanded green bin pickup - Orchid
Society dissolves
July 10: Heat
wave at the pool - Smoking ban by law - Compost collection expanding
July 3: Greene’s
Bixi station - City to host 7 concerts -Community gardens
June 26: Y
Masters swimmers - It’s construction season! - Revised plan for #
51
June 19: Committee to update zoning - Plans
to reassess city incinerator - Trent portrait unveiled
June 12: Intercity
hockey faces choices - Mt. Royal road - 2 water incidents
June 5: Hillside
Armoury project - 2 new downtown French schools - WRC’s busy
summer
May 29: Court refuses
city request - two park water features - 2017 City financials
May 22: WRC to offer
the ‘latest craze’ - City Hall & Greenhouse
restorations - Family Day May 26
May 15: Indoor pool -
City surplus & dog by-law - Arts, birds, bikes
May 15 Real Estate Spotlight
May 8: Smoking
ban? - Day Camp waiting lists -Smith marks one year
May 1: Fire
station too small - Street reconstruction challenges - Winning Y
swimmers
April 24: WRC
gets cosmetic‘patch-up’ - Day camp sign-up
‘glitch’ - 350 city trees
April 17: Upcoming
construction - EHL division championship - First ‘Olympes
de la Parole’
April 10:
By-law for ‘dangerous dogs’ - Indoor pool meeting April 16
- Upcoming road projects
April 3:
WRC 13 banner games - Calm but unhappy Turcot meeting - Social Calendar
2
March 27: Building
activity in 2017 - Zoning - Anti-gun march - Blower By-Law
March 27 Spotlight on real estate
March 20: ‘No’
to 4898 de Maisonneuve project - Spring social calendar - St. Patrick's
Day at library
March 13: City
webpage unveiled -Updates on parks & ponds - Local Earth Hour
March 6: No
St. Patrick's contingent this year - Demo conditions at
ex-Children’s site - Gas blower ban rethought
February 27:
St.Catherine site demo OK'd - Mt. Royal road closure - Greene
still closed
February 20:
Indoor Pool - Increasing transparency - Sound barrier decision
February 13:
Gas leaf blowers banned - City’s ‘Turcot’ sound
barrier court case - 31 Women Painters
February 6:
Can’t levy foreign-buyer tax - 500 Claremont to go ahead - Sports
and Rec sign-up
January 30:
Winter carnival this Saturday - Council ponders change - City
pays departing officials
January 23:
Taxes up 3% on average dwelling - Proposal for de
Maisonneuve/Prince Albert project
January 16:
Surprise 6.7% agglo hike - New ‘hybrid’ plan proposed -
Capital Works program presented
2017
(45 Issues)
December 12: Unanimous vote on 500
Claremont
-Grosvenor work ends - Last issue of 2017
December 5: New commissionerships - New
daycare at Westmount Park Church - Pedestrian woes
November 28: Election delays city budget
& tax rates - 500 Claremont, final council vote Dec. 4
November 21: New council sworn-in &
inaugural session - New entrance at Vendome Metro station
November 14: Smith speaks to Plante, meets
with councillors - Police target cycling scofflaws
November 7: Smith elected - 6
first-time councillors -Fall/winter social calendar - New path on new
path
October 31: Victoria Hall packed to the
rafters - ‘Home Movie Day’ - Election, Letters &
responses
October 24: Summit micro-climate - Snow
removal changes - Councillor candidate debate
October 17: Walkability - Lots more letter
& election news
October 10: Election - Who's running? -
Lots
of letters - Agreements, donations & awards
October 3: Mayoral race down to 3 - School
district realigned - Greenhouse restoration, not rebuild
September 26: 2nd Claremont meeting -
Martin seeks mayoralty - Butterfly flutter
September 19: 15 candidates, 4 for Mayor -
Library Then & Now - ‘Park(ing) Day’this Friday
September 12: New one-way loop - Muzzle
order
on Grey Boy - Girl falls from monkey bars
September 5: Banner Soccer year -
Improvements St. Léons School - Election: 3 first-time candidates
August 29: Eclipse & storm havoc -
Extended swim? - New hockey ruling - "Opening Doors"
August 22: Community gardens - Speed control
- Recording lullabies - Teens found in dog run
August 15: Hillside Armoury proposal
community
oriented - Deegan looks back - Trapped blue jays
August 8: Pool-user surveys - Road
reconstructions - New generation of city councillors
July 11: Deegan to retire - Developer
reaches
out - Canada Day celebrations
July 4: Wajsman declares candidacy -
Charging
station use - Dropbike pilot
June 27: City trees - 7th ‘Secret
Garden’ tour - Neighbours rally
June 20: Considering new window criteria -
Upcoming municipal election - Boy freed
June 13: Library reno - New
Engineering
department - Turcot meeting
June 6: Murray Park play structures - Annual
Duck walk - Bruce branch hits car
May 30: Greenhouse structure may be saved -
Record city welcome tax - New graffiti reporting system
May 23: Interest for indoor pool - Vote for
Prince Albert square - Woman with airgun
May 16: Parking trends - 42nd annual Family
Day - Fence complaints
May 9: Highway sound court injunction -
Summit Woods dog run? - Sports & Rec. awards
May 2: 10 years of Westmount reporting -
Smith
begins mayorship - City to honour 6
April 25: After press time: Christina Smith
was acclaimed as interim mayor.
April 18: Decree orders MTQ - New record for
real estate - Smart Living Day
April 11: Election of interim mayor -
Road work looming - Power down 1%
April 4: Trent to resign - Spring
Social Calendar, Part 2 - Vimy Park
March 28: Trucking activity - Spring
Social Calendar - Westmount war hero
March 21: Southeast vision - Snow challenges
- Stevenson and Barkley
March 14:
Parking revenue up 10% - 1,010 dog permits - First non-conforming
project
March 7:
Riding unchanged - Armoury for sale - Car hits snowbank
February 28: Legal
action for sound relief - Trucks & more trucks - proposed reform of
electoral ridings
February 21: Council refuses permit -
Densely
populated - Remembering McLean
February 14: Route 136 height - a
‘sanctuary city’? - Boicel-inspired Davis concert
February 7: Greenhouse
challenges
- Sports & Rec registration - Sound barrier
January 31: Carnival
events & Celebrations - Preserve Glen arch name - Abuse
settlement
January 24: Future of St.
Stephen’s uncertain - Councillors speak on 2017 - Smith,
Lulham in – Forbes out
January 17: Agreement on Glen Site noise -
Outdoor Rinks & Snow Operations - Yimby
2016
(46 Issues)
December 14: Second year of tax
freezes - First local heritage site - Zoneless daycares
December 6: Claremont project - Rovers in
Nepal - Temple Hive
November 29: By-Laws have ‘sharp
teeth’ - Light pollution - Wintering Bees at WHS
November 22: Tax reprieve? - 3 year plan
for park - Loose dog, hiding beer & suspicious branches
November 15: Fire at Lavanderia - MTQ
outlines - Turcot construction
November 8: ‘historic’
$16M - Bike route trial continues - Library's Giant iPad
November 1: 2017 capital works budget -
Artistic photo project - Falling stones & lack of masons
October 25: ‘Celebration
Garden’ - Teal Pumpkins - Sold-out horror
October 18: ‘Mr. Fletcher’
retires - Dorchester‘eyesore’ - Fall Social Calendar
October 11, 2016: Roslyn school redo
disappoints some - Bike path consultation
October 4, 2016 : Summit Woods dog use -
Trent resigns - Airbags deploy & leaky hoses
September 27: Online dog licensing - Parking
spots disappear - Fall Events
September 20: Park Day - Splash Pad -
Abandoned Toys - new valuation roll
September 13: WRC Pool - Sports - Schools -
Beer - Westmount`s first bridge
September 6: City looks to Quebec for
strategy - Crumbling stone walls - Rib Fest too big
August 30: Construction values down - Bus
shelter and Westmount Park woes - English theatre
August 23: Sports programs need more
volunteers - Roslyn school grounds - Women's Rugby
August 16: Greenhouse reconstruction - Bus
shelter & phone booth disappear - Commercial uses at WRC
August 9: First PPCMOI project nixed
- Skate park opens - City hopes to limit collusion
July 12: Wood Ave. next up -
Residents oppose trailers - Usual complaints and animal stories
July 5: City projects $1M surplus - Bike
racks - Annual camp-out
June 28: Prince Albert ‘splash
pad’ - St. Léon solution - Workers rescue baby ducks
June 21: Narrowing of Dorchester -
Bike racks coming - Rec programs filling up
June 14: Council rejects
‘stumps,’ - Couillard keynote - Toddlers now allowed
June 7: Overhaul for Roslyn School -
City’s net worth - Victoria village street festival coming
May 31: More sound barrier delays -
Decarie Expressway closed for 3 July weekends - 9 letters to the editor
May 24: Compromise found for evening swims -
Indecent exposure in Summit Woods - Family Day this Saturday
May 17: 2015 financial results - Tulip
ceremony - winners of annual youth writing contest
May 10: STM launches
$5M
suit against city over 20-year pumping of hydrocarbons - City to phase
in bilingual parking signs, de-clutter
May 3: City reports $2.6M surplus -
Skatepark - pay-by-plate parking confusion on Greene
April 26: St. Léon students -
Enraged man & ‘aggressively’ begging teens - New bike
routes open
April 19: PAC centennial - 2015 Home Sales
- Greta & Aurélien on Luxury - Unleashed dogs & cold cats
April 12: Noisy WRC’s
compressors - PPCMOI zoning by-law adopted - RMR exhibits WWI
underground art
April 5: Metro Condos scuttled -Mountainside
United for sale - Rainbow Daycare to close- Inuit residence relocating
March 29: Ping pong, chess tables - Local
faith groups help Syrian refugees - another victim of
‘nephew’ fraud call
March 22: Adapted park play equipment -
Conservatory drone inspection - Disobedient drinkers
March 15: PPCMOI meeting - Parking limits -
HCP celebrates 25 years at Earth Hour
March 8 : Closure of Summit Circle -
Rovers’ Nepal project - Woman blown over
March 1: Superior Court rules for
city in Dubé case - Beer Review - ‘Learn to Skate’
school partnership
February 23: Flag protocol - Poet
laureate - 5 hour ambulance wait for 99-year-old
February 16:
Trial bike routes on CSA, Wstmt. Ave. - Summer Camps: Part 2 -
Train Station
February 9: Early public consultation for
all large projects - Mayor’s Column - Summer Camps: Part 1
February 2: New restrictions for
tree-cutting - Grocery store/seniors’ home nixed -
Councillor’s Column
January 26: Winter carnival at Murray
Park - WRC café opens - Map to follow hydro outages
January 19: Drones to assess
greenhouses - Plants watered & fish survived - Holman-Price
benches in situ
January 12: Power outages - bike path
cleaning - ‘Climate Café’
2015
(46 Issues)
December 16: City budget adopted - Tighter
tree rules - Bike route opponents
December 8: No tax hike for 2016 - Changes
to Tupper - Youth orchestras
December 1: New library website -
city’s agglo share - Book sale for library sets record
November 24: Council denies
superhospital’s request - ‘Giving Tuesday’ Dec. 1 -
Enough signatures for referendum
November 17:
Rates up 63% - ‘Holiday madnesss’ - 9 Lives - roaming gang
of teenagers
November 10: City
hikes capital works spending - Healthy City
stalwarts - Mayor’s comments re financial position
November 3: the role of
PAC - Police to meet Westmounters - ‘Wheels-to-curb’
campaign
October 27: 2016
capital works budget - Election win ‘fantastic news’ -
staying Independent
October 20: Greenhouse
closes indefinitely - Turcot work to
close Greene then Glen Rd. - Fall social calendar- Part 1
October 13: Trial bike
routes - Quarter Century Club - Dog run opens with adjustments to follow
October 6:
City’s ‘new-found’ regiment - Supermoon brought
people together at lookout - Retail Watch & Underdog
September 29:
Cannon in limbo - Response to Kay’s letter re: Pit bulls -
Croquet tournament on lawn bowling greens
September 22: Tennis
courts, dog run to be ready this fall - ‘pinpad fraud’ -
After-hours incidents
September 15:
New parking system set for April - WRC finds concessionaire - Raccoons
invade
September 8:
Concerns over planned project at Claremont - Wood-burning stoves
& fireplaces spared from ban
September 1:
Talks ongoing with super-hospital - Election Posters - Underdog
August 25:
Pool wheelchair ramp - Sherbrooke Street's history - Beer Review
August 18:
Hughes wins NDP nomination - Adult swimmers speak out - Westmount Art
Scene
August 11:
Bike routes - Dog run - New city clerk, archivist & treasurer
- SAQ responds
August 4:
Residents unhappy with proposals - student park workers - 9 Lives
July 7:
Cameras at lookout - Major impact from real estate - Missing teenager
returns home
June 30: 7
"worst streets" nominated - new cardiac clinic at Queen E - a gorgeous
Underdog
June 23: City
posts $12M surplus - Kids can swim ’til 7:15 - Local teen still
missing
June 16: E-cigs
banned in city buildings - Sports & Rec honoured with award - Greta
spies spring
June 9:
Parking, Bike Path, Dog Run, Family Swim - Skatepark, Sidewalks,
Speeding
June 2: Water
testing reveals lead - Park improvements - 40th Annual Family Day
May 26:
Children’s makes its move - Mount Stephen arking poll
- Dog run relocated
May 19:
Residents file class action - Family Day turns 40 on May 30 - Nine Lives
May 12: Mt. Stephen group protests - WMA
membership up - Radio station to move
May 5: Noise
"fix" now delayed to May 18 - Update on 5 condo developments - Legal
clinic closes at Y
April 28:
Super-hospital opens on Westmount’s doorstep - Residents
weigh in
Prince Albert plans - Teens caught by PSOs for breaking city streetlamp
April 21: M. Smiley's Highway - March
home sales report - Volunteer soccer coaches sought
April 14: Pay-by-plate parking - Earth Hour:
Beats last year’s results - Underdog Noushka
April 7: ‘Poetry
and Pastry’ - Gender neutral bathrooms at Dawson - Nine
Lives & Underdog
March 31: Services
on borderline streets - PAC’s 100th -Gilman Pavilion to stay
March 24:
Selby greystones - Council expenses drop, salaries frozen - island-wide
radio communications network
March 17: New
hydro hike - New rector at St. Matthias - Graffiti tagger arrested
March 10:
Parking changes approved - 180 frozen water services - Make your
own comet
March 3: Traffic
flow dominates citizen concerns - official LEED gold certification -
Merchants worried about disruption
February 24:
10-story ‘Claremont’ complex - ECS Midget girls - English
theatre - new process for Sports & Rec online sign-up
February 17:
Resident-only parking - Noise mitigation report Thursday - Speed up
sound barrier study
February 10:
New Public Works director - Reserved parking around Shaar - Heated
sidewalks?
February 3:
Plan to restore Summit Woods - Selby triplexes - Suspects tailed
January 27: Bill 3 pension reforms - Turcot
update meeting draws ire - International designer celebrates
January 20: City clarifies toleration of snow
removal - Energy savings at WRC reach $14.6 K - Remembering Douglas
Robertson (1937-2014)
January 13: First storm of the year - Power
holds steady as branches fall - City to pay Pomerleau $272K
2014 (46 issues)
December 17: Tax hike at 2% - Crime remains
‘low' - Hospital officials deny noise
December 9: New zoning in southeast -
Liberals wooed - User-friendly ‘nuisance, morals’ by-law
December 2: MUHC’s parade -
bullet-proof Public Security - Building permits & August transfers
November 25: Firefighters help foil armed
robbery - Blue collar strike - ‘Glee’-style showdown
November 18: Traffic trial set - Tree
removal at WAG - October sales: Sudden rush
November 11: Big zoning changes proposed -
30 new parking spots - itinerant issues
November 4: WRC wins half-million dollar
award - MUHC’s infrastructure won’t be ready for
hospital’s opening
October 28: Honey harvested from library
-Tickets for leaves on sidewalk - Scaffolding collapses
October 21: Permits may soon be needed for
removal of most trees on private property - Dog safe after hour-long
pursuit
October
14: Dog run site unveiled - "Nightmare on Metcalfe - Toddler freed
October 7: Fire at Public Works - Hydro
Westmount tests LED - Nature Pet Centre no longer sells puppies
September 30: 53% of garbage diverted in 2013
- City-wide test of CodeRED - House on Clarke hit again
September 23: Technical study of Greene
on-ramp - MUHC: Sound studies to be conducted - Signs of squatters in
Selby building
September 16 : Sound barrier options -
Noise from trains / hospital - New fraud scam alert
September 9: 10 new parking spots - new dog
run poll - WRC finalist for environmental award
September 2: Enrollment record at Dawson -
Lawn bowlers compete Saturday - New Faculty at schools
August 26: Dog run report raises
questions - New police commander - Back to School
August 19: 3 sites proposed for dog
run - New city website goes live -Record attendance at "Bouncing Boys"
August 12: Deegan named to run city -
tennis courts get okay - Ferrari party
August 5: More family-friendly hours at the
pool - Plan revealed for dead-end - Locals compete at World Masters
July 8: Oak leaf to brand new square -
Communities in Bloom evaluation on July 21
July 1: Metcalfe demolition - Rain
basin tested - 45 new trees at WRC
June 24: St. Catherine rezoning - Rehab of
Summit Woods - Local bank robbed
June 17: City’s 2013 surplus confirmed
- Hillside hit-and-run - Automated ticket system launched
June 10: Dog run mandate - Bees coming June
25 - Stolen $5,000 bike recovered
June 3: First water meter at City Hall -
Food Network signs Park - Pedestrians should wait for signals
May 27: Westmount rec centre wins UMQ
innovation award - 100 years later
May 20 : ‘Bibliomachine" at WRC -
Wayling wins award - Lawn bowling open house - Interlink concert
May 13: WRC café - Superstar
Italian chef - Campbell to retire - Colquhoun first woman to
senior PSU ranks
May 6: Cabot Square closure - Honey
bees - 50 city-owned properties
April 29: Trent hails Couillard’s new
ministers - Five council goals developed - Westmount's construction
values drop 10%
April 22: Resident trapped in a tree
rescued - $42,000 sound barrier study - Turcot project started
April 15: City emergency alerts with CodeRED
system - Election round-up - Sherbrooke St. trees fall to Dutch
elm
April 8: Average hydro hike 4.3% - Campbell
looks back - Short-sleeved man...
April 1: Hillside regiment, 67 years - Trent
on
CTV panel - Dodge's 2013
March 25: City freezes
commercial-to-residential conversions - Sports sign-up open -
Half-billion years of history
March 18: Candidates share refund of
election
expenses - Richard Lord (1929-2014) - Police ticket 80
March 11: Delay of 175 Metcalfe permit
-
New dog run targetted - Crime remains low
March 4: Wild temperature swings cause
burst pipes - City joins fight against end of home mail delivery -
Police ticket 135
February 25: Hydro identifies need for
investment - a 21-year hydrocarbon saga - Remembering Judy &
Marc
February 18 - Gold-level WRC runs on
electricity - Cottonwood’s stump - City settles claim with
Montreal
February 11: By-law to limit medical offices
'deemed approved’ - Provigo hopes to build at Claremont
February 4: Burglars steal $150k of valuables
from local shop - Taxes climb 3.4% - Capital Works spending
January 28: City to open zoning register -
Major renovations at Atwater Library - 3% to 4% tax increases
January 21: McBain to head Public
Security - Wiltshire wins Victor Phillips award - Beer Review
January 14: City budget deferred till
Jan 27 - Alexis
Nihon undergoing major renovations
2013 (46 issues)
December 17: Vic Hall policy challenged -
Library friends raise $700 for Megantic - Marianopolis’
O’Keefe
December 10: Harvey wins inaugural award -
5% tax hikes foreseen - Book Swap
December 3: Ta reinstated at HydroWestmount
- Centennial for Westmount Park School - Kippen honoured
November 26: Tax rates unknown till January
- Vic village retail news - Safdie’s plays
November 19: Controversial ‘advert
car’ on Greene Ave. - Pomerleau payments reach $36M (net) -
Gallery lauded
November 12: Opponents go to court to annul
church re-zoning - 72-hour survival kit - Pless recognized
November 5: RMR gears up to turn 100 -
Women take council majority - First ‘swim’ in pool
October 29: Rec Centre opens for ice
programs - New Prince Albert Square postponed
October 22: Gainey runs for president -
Election 2013 – Who’s running
October 15: Out-of-control teen party -
Electoral list revisions - Dreaming in Autism
October 8: Road rage against cyclists -
Maldoff receives ‘emeritus’ award - Election 2013 candidates
October 1: Redfern project to post $1M -
Rosen sculpture ‘Eternal Youth’ at Y - Forden house wins
award
September 24: 4 ‘exceptional’
past citizens - Election 2013 - Arena’s open house
September 17: Greene festival this weekend -
Obituary: Lloyd Gross - Kulaga retires
September 10: Council legitimizes Miss
Vicky’s operation - Council rejects neighbours’ demo appeal
September 3: 5 Saisons, city battle traffic -
Updates on safer railway ‘living’
August 27: Metcalfe condo scaled back -
District 5 in rapid change
August 20: Open house to tour new arena Sept.
22 - Only Côte Rd. zone against Miss Vicky’s zoning
August 13: Metcalfe residents appeal
Vanguard demo - Library to provide material for Lake Megantic
August 6: 5 Saisons to re-open soon -
Recreation centre time capsule - Checkers, shuffleboard
July 9: Councillors, mayor mum - Decision
deferred (dog run)
July 2: Empty lagoon & mystery pipe -
Delay work: residents tell AMT
June 25: Citizens query re-zoning process for
Miss Vicky’s - MUHC delayed producing tunnel study
June 18: City, Prospect-ors swing into action
against railway plans - Strike shuts down arena work site
June 11: Dog walking limit - Residents fail
to change move of dog run - Café terraces to be allowed
June 4: Hearing set for demolition of
Vanguard building - new range for arena cost - Local police video wins
‘coup de coeur’ award
May 28: Leja ceremony remembers - Public
Security rescues duck family - Major work starts to redo Greene
May 21: $600K upgrade of WAG - Building
activity hits record $109 million - Brickpoint to close
May 14: Reduced construction hours - Rezoning
for Miss Vicky’s? - Trent apologizes
May 7: Family Day May 25 - Summer sewer
rehab - Gas leak on Redfern
April 30: Ash borer forces changes - Pool
won’t open until August 30: - Last day of post office
April 23: Pretty Ballerinas held up - Megeas
recalls Boston Marathon - Temple’s interreligious role
April 16: Nolan runs through April snow -
‘Greening’ of Vic village
April 9: Pool excavation to start this week -
Hurtubise appointed to Hydro Westmount
April 2: Dog walker finds missing man -
Canada Post rejects appeals
March 26: 5 Saisons opening postponed -
Public Security skis for Leucan - Councillor ‘stunned"
March 19: Arena/pool project enters
'community' phase - Busy Clandeboye lane got busier this year - St.
Patrick's Day parade
March 12: Traffic plan tabled - Deliver pool
on time - Indie spring social calendar
March 5: NDG-Westmount’ chosen for new
riding’s name - CRITIQ of language laws - Earth Hour program
February 26: $4.5M raised for arena - New app
launched at Westmount High - Maggie Shaddick receives Bronze Wolf
February 19: Shapiros mark 70 years - City
served with only three flood suits - Nancy Gagnon to move
February 12: City adopts resolution - Snow
removal challenges - camps issue
February 5:
Commercial recycling comes to Greene Ave. - Martin to report on
Pomerleau arena payments
January 29: Winter carnival moves to
the WAG - Hydro use hits record high in Westmount Jan. 24
January 22: Snow contractors ask to
lift overnight ban - Prince Albert post office on chopping block
January 15: 5 Saisons scheduled
to re-open in May-June - Record storm costs city
December 19: Taxes up 2% on $93-million
budget - Cromwell’s impact on Vic village
December 11: Princess Christmas - East rink
roof coming soon - Learn Squirreleranto
December 3: Arena beams arrive - Garneau
announces for federal leadership - Cooper’s hawk sighted
November 27: Dec. 1 marks changes to laws -
Public Security reports - Automated ticket system
November 20: Vanguard to move - Nicholas
Hoare to close - de Maisonneuve bike path stays open
November 13: Outdoor refrigerated rink -
Selected excerpts from The Merger Delusion
November 6: Trent book - Victoria Village -
Dr. Woolhouse retires
October 30: photo radar, diagonal crossings,
parking, bike lanes - CIBC robbed
October 23: Young banded owl too weak
to survive outside - Healthy City recommends options for hydro meters
October 16: City demands night rail work
cease - ‘No surprise’Neuro may move here
October 9: Special exploratory attention of
flooding - Crime low but police target Cabot Square
October 2: Rains and flooding, a historic
problem - City being asked to expand Bixi service
September 25: Agglo tax hike suggests at
least 3% in Westmount - Westmount Y swimmer masters English Channel
September 18: Contractor allowed heavy
equipment at arena on Saturdays - New refrigerated ice rink to go in
Murray Park
September 11: Neighbourhood alert leads to
suspect in car break-in - Couple escapes injury as tree limb falls on
car
September 4: Familiar faces return to
front-line duty in Westmount - Geoff Molson named to lead $6-M
arena/pool campaign
August 28: Riverview could become
Westmount’s first green lane - Separation talk dominates
candidate Q&A
August 21: Meet the
Candidates for the upcoming election on Wednesday, August 22, 7:30
pm at Victoria Hall - Public Security’s power -
Juveniles armed
August 14: Council: Don’t wipe
Westmount’s name off map - Drainage problems deferred to
residents in short term
August 7: Officers warn 4 owners not to
leave
dogs in hot cars - Fire strikes house, cars - Duffield leaves Public
Works
July 10: City widens investigation in wake of
July 4 flooding - Anti-mask by-law passes despite questioning
July 3: Merchants seek vision based on
neighbours’ input - Public Works gears up to repair water mains,
roads, sewers
June 26: City
deluged with flood claims - Top court rules Rossy tree death was a car
accident - Demo hearing called for on 42 Belvedere Rd.
June 19: Cottonwood to come down - Bell work
closes bike path access through park - Club du Village to close
June 12:
Mismanagement alleged, city outlines flood action - Nicholas Hoare
bookstore gets stay of execution - Council tables anti-mask by-law
June 5: City moves to reduce water use -
Flood wreaks havoc - Building boom reaches new $80-million value
May 29: City moves to retain
‘viable’ commercial district - Fate of landmark cottonwood
hangs on experts’ report
May 22: Public Security recruits 8 more
patrollers - Family Day to be outside Saturday - Squirrel incidents
raise suspicions
May 15: Lansdowne dog run to stay
- Second rink to equal 200 feet
May 8:
Architect Grenier explains LEED gold for arena - Construction work
violations pile up, by-laws enforced - Plant exchange set for May 16
May 1: Tom Thompson is volunteer of year -
Andy Dodge joins Independent team - Work at Redfern site off on
‘wrong foot’
April 24: Arena work begins as judge rules
plans meet promised criteria - WMA has busy final meeting before AGM -
New soccer club forms
April 17: Court asked to put freeze on
arena/pool project - Parking inspectors struck - Remembering Virginia
McClure
April 10:
100 years ago this week: Westmounters die on Titanic - Bike path, Bixi
requests pick up speed - Dog run moving to wrong site, opponents contend
April 3: Full-size second rink still an
option, ‘Shakespeare’ goes to original dog run - Tuition
hike protests hit Westmount
March 27: Traffic study finds levels back to
pre-Ville Marie days - How did the car end up in the wading pool? -
‘Smart’ hydro meters
March 20: Nicholas Hoare shutting down on
Greene - Boots found far from home - Arena demo, new rec centre
unopposed at hearing
March 13: City studies criteria to launch
diagonal crossings - Alouettes visit Akiva - Marks portrait unveiled
March 6: Montreal wants whole MUHC territory
- Arena demo hearing set for March 14 - Aspinall ran city’s
finances like a ‘tight ship’
February 28: Library updates safety measures,
directives - Cllr. Lulham: City won’t be muzzling dogs -
Lansdowne traffic challenges continue
February 21: First Don Wedge awards this
spring - Worker rescued from crane - WMA endorses city’s
recreation centre plan
February 14: Overnight snow removal to be
allowed after 10 cm - City buys pool time at Y - Gas leaks force power
shut-off to 6,000 addresse
February 7: City, contractor agree on new
arena/pool plan - 345 Victoria tenants asked to go - Church properties
have new secular owners
February 1: Study of Vic village aims
to update city plan - Winter carnival begins Thursday - Westmount Y
kicks off centennial
January 24: Trent holds out hope for pension
relief - Council cracks down on ‘everlasting’ worksites -
Westmount, national historic site
January 17: Low snowfall spared city
some $400K,... till now - MUHC Glen facility to receive record-breaking
$10-million donation
January 10: Tax auctions fail to
materialize - 2012 to unfold as the ‘Year of Traffic’ :
Trent - Peewee A Predators, champs
2011
(47 issues)
December 20:
Pomerleau bids $36.4 million, a ‘historic moment’ -
Taxes up 3.3
percent in $93-million budget - Capital works to cost city $6.7 million
December 13: Church Hill accident a "wake-up
call", spawns other issues - City pledges higher dog run fences after
dog killed by car
December 6: Car looked like a bomb -
Residents seek garbage crackdown - Agglo increase smaller for Westmount
in 2012
November 29: Accident prone areas under
study - Naked woman caught in ‘indecent act’ behind city
hall - Jutras retires
November 22: Hope fades for agglo pension
relief in 2012 - Artisan festival generates $4K for PSU food drive -
Bike path rerouting launched
November 15: Are 7 fire incidents related? -
Sherbrooke bus lanes still pending - City’s 2012 budget expected
to rise at least 3 percent
November 8: Phase 2 now launched for
arena/pool bidders - City sounds alarm over potential ash borer
invasion - Bike path closure defended
November 1: By-law to ban recycling,
compostables in garbage - Metro grocery re-organizes shelves after 10
years - No underground stream
October 25: Close bike path this
winter,
says ATC - Plourde: Graffiti program 'starting to show’ results -
At a glance: NDG & Westmount's lanes
October 18: Phase 1: Six consortia vie for
arena/pool project - Library to hold eReader ‘petting zoo’
on Oct. 30 - Smart Living Day
October 11: Three
local boys quizzed on second park fire - PSU launches
‘wheels-to-curb’
campaign - Academy water, sewer work to start mid-month
October 4: Traffic study offers masses of
data to end first phase - Toddlers unhurt when struck by runaway car on
Church Hill
September 27: ‘Race is on’ to
find building consortium for arena project - Rotary starts up
collection again
September 20: Lemay out, consortium sought -
Reserved bus lanes expected to have huge impact - Suspects still
missing from Greene robbery
September 13:
Mayor’s response to arena skeptics dominates council meeting -
Argyle
Ave. fire - 16% of homes do not conform to smoke detector bylaws
September 6: Yay Arlington! - Westmount to
declare Sept. 24 as Car-Free Day - Four groups opt to present briefs to
traffic consultants
August 30: Bye bye
Irene! - City asked to
outlaw new wood-burning units - Education issue: See profiles, p. 8-10
and schools, p. 13.
August 23: Demolition: a rising trend? -
Controversial, unfinished Côte Rd. house for sale - Suburbs up
against a wall on agglo budget
August 16:
City to make first claims after graffiti arrests - Crime samplings show
overall rise - Pedestrian lights for Clarke/Sherbrooke?
August 9: Sally Aitken (1937-2011) -
Arena/pool delay to keep small rink in operation - Redfern demo
approval faces at least one appeal
July 12: On-street parkers win reduced fee
hikes - Licence plate scanner hits the road - City to renew SPCA
contract as last resort
July 5: Construction values soar in 2010, off
the chart this year - Water main replacement on Sherbrooke -
Driveway-challenged houses
June 28: Existing big rink to be open until
spring 2012 - Arena/pool construction: some piling, no dynamite,
facility to open in summer ’13
June 21: Real estate market cools, more snow
in 2011 - Bike patrol goes to rescue of baby and dog - St. Jacques exit
to open mid-August
June 14:
June 21 arena meeting to be for project’s neighbours - Four
Westmounters inducted into Order of Canada - On-street parking fee
doubled
June 8: Defective
valve cause of high water pressure - Victoria village street festival
set for June 10-12 - Mayor charges petition ‘misleading’
June 1: Three new sergeants make Public
Security history - ‘Safe Walk’audit results expected soon -
Jean-Pierre Goyer (1932-2011)
May 24: Water pressure increase affects half
of Westmount - Trent named to greater Montreal regional council - 5
Saisons takes a break
May 17: Boeckh
foundation creates Samarthji Lal award - MUHC piling to continue into
summer - Upcoming Family Day geared to changing times
May 10: City
hires arena/pool fundraising advisor - Genivar gets nod to prepare
city’s master traffic plan - Bixis hit the road in Westmount
May 3: Public input sought on sound barrier
proposals - Dawson’s Peace Garden planted April 27 - WMA to
honour Kiely May 18
April 26: City
names Genivar Inc. arena/pool project manager - Westmount to bill
Montreal for water-line breaks - Westmount Y hosts Blue Hounds
April 19:
City receives 9+1 bids for arena/pool project management - WMA's search
for volunteer of the year - PSO's respond to more than 5,000 calls
April 12: Two vote against Greene condo
permits, parking loss - R2 rezoning registers set for April 26 -
Election campaign underway
April 5:
City: New dog regulations to be strictly enforced - City poised to
receive 50 Bixis - Overview of candidates running in Westmount
March 29: Tenders called for city’s
arena/pool project manager - Crime levels remain low in February - Rain
leaks into library, again
March 22: New
SAQ outlet slated to replace two closures - Earth Hour comes to Vic
Hall Saturday - Residents pack council chamber over traffic plan
March 15:
Has Cromwell conquered Victoria village? - Sports & Rec targets
fall for online sign-up - MUHC site may generate more building
March 8: May Cutler 1923-2011 - Remembering
Cutler’s mayoral legacy - Merchants reveal recycling
woes, call for back-door service
March 1: Vanguard School, Nurses may both
leave Westmount - Pension plan seen as key to loyal service - 28 Devon
passes first hurdle
February 22:
Inuit health support centre moving to Westmount - Blasting, height
concerns unite neighbours at Devon hearing - Graffiti doubles, hits
record
February 15: Bixis could come to Westmount
soon - Move to curb ‘supersize’ houses goes down mountain -
Two loan by-laws up for approval
February 8: Pool may stay open this summer
-
City: Pension plan now unsustainable - McBain named to new #2 position
with Public Security
February 1: City hears back from public on
new building rules - Demo hearing set for 28 Devon - Antiques dealer
Henrietta Antony to close
January 25: Westmount’s outdoor rinks
buck closure trend - Westmounters receive awards - Carnival plans now
in high gear
January 18: Leash law clarified for
Summit -
First Montreal homicide of 2011 - Cyclist count begins as path snow
clearing queried
January 11: City chooses first hometown
Public Security director - Arena/pool to dominate city resources - 2011
issues rooted in the past
2010
(46 issues)
December 23: Taxes rise 2.16% on homes,
parking rates, fines also up - City of Westmount, Budget 2011 - Capital
works budget reduced
December 14: Cisterns, solar panels may be
coming to Westmount - Snow removal up to standards? - Budget meeting
December 20
December 8: Agglo tax hikes hit taxpayers -
City to review truck routes after Lansdowne complaints - Rash of upper
Westmount break-ins
December 1: Arena soil analysis now being
translated into design - Founder Gervais calls for more Public Security
powers
November 23: 5 Saisons demo to be approved,
neighbours fed up with ‘mess’ - City must add $1 million to
pension – for 15 years
November 16: Turcot revisions fuel new hope
- Car tax seen as benefit to Westmount homeowners - City: look out for
wire thieves in parks
November 9: Traffic heading for
‘disaster’? - Public Security frees trapped cats - Update
on city’s sustainability plan
November 2: Summit Park rebranded as
‘Summit Woods’ - 5 Saisons to be open all winter -
Westmount wins Communities in Bloom
October 26: 5 Saisons demo hearing Nov. 16
- Gallery to receive honorary degree -Westmount: a city changed by
mergers
October 19: Commercial recycling starts
this week - Library gate count rises to 1,000 users a day - Poet
Michael Harris shortlisted
October 12: Bike path open this winter -
Dog owners offer to pay more - City pushes for noise, dust control
October 5: No stampede against new
valuations - 13% lack working smoke alarms - Westmount caught off-guard
by work on The Boulevard
September 28: Sports and Rec. is booming -
City hall teams compete for cup - Community service enhances quality of
life, Pound tells Rotary
September
21: Tax
roll brings ‘slight relief ’ from past
‘excessive’ hikes - Westmounters
grill MUHC reps - Art Westmount, Celebrating art and architecture
September 14: Two pedestrians hit on
Sherbrooke only days apart - Cops trying to get Dawson massacre online
game removed
September 7: PSOs
crack down on safety as schools resume - Claremont area residents roast
Second Cup’s 24/7 test run - Council reviews Bixi sites
September 1: Kitchen waste gets big buy-in,
city closer to Que. goal - Greene Ave. work on time - City declares Le
4300 structurally safe
August 24:
‘Last hurdle’: No referendum for arena loan by-law - Hot
market, aging
buildings raise permits to new level - Westmount showcased
August 17: Sports registration guaranteed
for most activities, levels - Dawson reaches out to students on
iPhones, a Quebec first
August 10: - In memoriam: Don Wedge -
Citizens mobilize for Safe Walk - Arena loan register set for Aug. 17
August 3 - Special Edition:
Remembering Don Wedge (1930-2010)
July 13: Compromise ends hot issue - Bixi
program fraught with complexities - Hogg back in Westmount
July 6: Commercial recycling is coming -
Greene rezoning unopposed - City’s key priorities disclosed
June 22: $2-million Greene reno starts next
week - New Murray Park courts open - Trent welcomes Montreal’s
endorsement of CN route
June 15:
Tax relief in sight for entire island - 5 Saisons ‘rescue’
includes
village square, indoor parking - Lansdowners alarmed by looming traffic
increase
June 9:
Public Security returns to ‘ live ’ dispatch with new 911
link-in -
Condos planned for Hillside Ave. - Park was patrolled when attack
occurred
June 2:
Bike link to Lachine canal targeted for Aug. - Grafitti, hit-and-runs
up with increased reporting - Contactivity Centre planning for the
future
May 26: Arena analysis just released - City
council’s search to curb light pollution continues - WMA back to
more civil style
May 19:
Dawson peace garden to take root - Family Day goes zero-waste for
35th
anniversary - Landscaping in Prince Albert Park raises safety concerns
May 12: Residents question park safety
- Gascogne to be allowed 25 seats - Westmount studying details of
new Glen bike link
May 5: Green light for
arena
project - City reduces appetite for more restaurants in proposed by-law
- Honouring HMCS Westmount
April 27:
Next steps revealed as arena/pool vote continues - Selwyn House weighs
in on arena/pool plan - Community service medals to be awarded
April 20:
CEOs reach the pinnacle - Kings rule - Westmount to have input into
agglo budget - Underground arena proposal: reactions • added
information
April 13: Going underground!: Mayor asks
citizens to support latest arena concept - Cedar permit boils over -
493 Lansdowne approved
April 6:
Arena information delayed another week - Earth Hour results provide
conflicting opinions - New SAQ to allow both anglo papers
March 30:
Aberdeen, Lansdowne projects on tap for April 6 city council - Citizens
on new noise by-law - Council okays two major building projects
March 23:
City delays arena/pool information package to April - SAQ: Limit of 1
local paper, Westmount ‘allowed’ English one - Bike path
now open
March 16: Dark
Sky event kicks off Earth Hour stargazing March 27 - Anglo papers
banned from local SAQ - Anne Lindsay at Bon Appétit books
March 9: Westmount High paints for Haiti
- City council meeting: Environmental issues dominate - City to
clamp down on A/C noise
March 2: Oratory’s wooded
lots to become nature reserve - PAC: Cedar home still too large -
Council reviews another two projects
February 23: Green city conference
targets implementation - Construction at future SAQ scheduled to
end - Two newspapermen: many links
February 16: PSOs
return to regular patrols
- Bourdon takes over Public Security - Crime: Big decline
in new year
February 9: Council
rejects Cedar project in
historic public debate - Runaway dumpster on Argyle
February
2: Cllr. Price: ‘Serious concerns’ if agglo hikes
continue - City adopts $9.4 million in capital worksJanuary
26: Tax bite up 8 to 9 percent - Olympic spirit pervades
winter carnival - Victor Murciano and Virginia Elliott are off to the
Olympics
January 19: Westmount
‘guarantees’ residents a place in Sports & Rec program
- Cedar Ave. house controversy continues to boil - New fencing in place
at one dog run
January 12: Aberdeen
demo denied - Court won’t hear city’s $22-million claim -
Budgets from Y2K to 2010: Forced fusion, fights and fiscal hikes
2009 (46 issues)
December 15: On your
marks, Get Set, GO! - Lulham: ‘Streamlining’ building
permits in the works
December 8: Trent
becomes new head of suburban mayors - Arena project under
microscope - Westmount’s SWAT team storms the arena
December 1: City stops
park patrols at night - Reprieve for 5 Saisons - Westmount High paints
for Kenyan art school - The self-promotion issue
November 24: Bike
path to close for winter later than planned - Debt nearly $40 million -
Study honours Judy Berlyn
November 16: BAPE
report echoes city position on Turcot project -
PSOs won’t respond to panhandling - In November, we remember
November 9: Standing
committees gone, commissioners named - New life for microfilms - City
outlines H1N1 plan
November 2: Elected:
T. Price, K. Duncan, G. Ikeman, N. Forbes, C. Lulham, T. Samiotis -
Upsets, nail-biters and landslides - Cenotaph service on Sunday
October 27: Project
deadline pushed to 2015 - Sunday’s vote to decide new council -
Westmount’s spooky hospital
October
20 THE
REAL ESTATE ISSUE - Supremes: Westmounters can’t sue Montreal as
a class - Tony’s chief chairing $2M campaign - Passing the torch
October 13
Westmount’s soldiers volunteer to keep Olympians safe - Almost
there (Glen access for Superhospital) - Final season for 5 Saisons
October 6: Acclaimed:
mayor, 2 councillors - Swansong council meeting packed with business -
Full election summary
September 29: Surprise!
Arena grant almost $20M - Candidates slow to file for council seats -
Remembering Stuart Robertson - Little, but strong
September 22:
It’s a go: Trent running - New arena design ready- Profile: Julia
Deutsch
September 15: Four more
announce candidacy (Leahey, Hébert,
Price, Drury) - Arena planning costs now exceed $800,000 - Arlington
still partying after 40 years
September 9: City
preparing recession budget for 2010 - Thompson won’t run - Joan
Rivers at the Shaar
September 1: Reading to
young readers - Ikeman announces candidacy - Sustainability priorities
unveiled - Profile: Barbara Covington
August 25: City
election plans halt weddings, paper ballots return - Elfie retires
after 40 years in Westmount - July brings surge in thefts from cars
August 18: Local
militia regiment (RMR) plans family park events Saturday - WAG flyer
sparks more debate - Skydiving for charity - Profile: Aaron Fraser
August 11 - Trent
prepares to run - Arena tweakings on tap, no WAG study - Marks will not
seek re-election
July 14 - Arena/pool
decision unlikely by current council - Web audio coming for question
period - Mayor, Martin, Lulham and others on WAG arena site proposal,
p. 3-7
July 7 - Cllr. Martin:
Save $8 million, build new rinks at the WAG - Olympic torch coming to
Westmount, volunteers sought - Spreading the wealth of fresh produce
June 30: City looks
for bike path remedies - Water leak on Claremont unrelated to
Sherbrooke main - New citizens in time for Canada Day
June 23: Montreal
gives back but will take away again - Liberals and lovers of
architecture - WMA left rudderless in election year
June 16: Totem
unveiled in festive ceremony - MP Marc Garneau tables his first private
member’s bill - :Profile: Douglas Fales
June 9: City invites
farmer to share weekly harvests - Council tables 2008 audited financial
statement - What’s at stake? - Battle for WMA has been won
June 2: Healthy City
dives into arena/pool review - Family Day in Westmount - Two vie to
head WMA - Profile: Nigel Penney
May 26: New site for Family Day - High
hopes for more gas tax $ - Spring Soirée 2009 - Indie’s
2nd anniversary
May 19: Hogg, SAQ to switch locations -
Exclusive interview with MP Marc Garneau - City: Former Marianopolis
site could have spelled ‘disaster’
May 12: Police arrest 3 men linked to 73
break-and-enters - WMA chooses Centre Greene’s McNally for
volunteer award - Profile: Jenny Patton
May 5: Building activity reached new
heights before slowing - City reviews preparedness for flu epidemic -
Garneau supports Israel on its 61st
April 27: Back to the (arena)
drawing board? - Final green-bin area starts up for kitchen waste,
garden debris - Sports and Rec awards young athletes
April 21: Coronation of the Kings -
Banner year for hockey - Famed photographer Szilasi to exhibit 50 years
of work - Profile: Dr. Harry Rosen
April 14 Arena/pool plans revealed at
council Most applaud rollout, critics keep low profile - How many
should go to Whistler? - Honours founder helps celebrate
April 7: $30-million arena plan unveiled
- Flower show boasts green roof - Profile: Captain Mike Finner
March 31-April 1: 900 daily library users
recorded in 2008 - Architects argue new limits not needed - Profile:
Kathleen Duncan
March 24: Positioning of Bethune traffic
light questioned - WMA calls for arena consultation - Afghanistan
send-off for RMR
March 17: Building permit values drop
25% - Star gazing event set for Earth Hour - Archer freed in Darfur-
Profile: Patrick Martin
March 10: Arena design roll-out planned
for April 6 - Tax money slower than usual - Westmount in Africa, again
March 3: RMR to send 18 to Afghanistan -
New arena petition urges progress - Barbie celebrates 50th at the
library - Profile: Tony Moffat
February 24: Phase 3 of kitchen waste
pick-up starts soon - Paying Montreal for ‘gift’ of water -
Williams, Lord mark Black History Month
February 16: Police solve car break-in
spree - Changing face of Public Security - Arena parking being
re-costed - Profile: Cynthia Lulham
February 10: No more (recycling) sorting
- Carnival-time in Westmount - Westmount studying truck side-guards,
backs Jessica Campaign
February 3: Power demand hits record -
Arena wish list downsized, sustainability vision presented - Surrey
Gardens up for development - Profile: Louise Penny
January 27: Residents shocked by 7-year
rebuild of Ville Marie highway - Steele marks 30 years as a milkman -
Winter carnival features new events
January 20 ‘Rules are rules’:
neighbours lose demolition appeal - Anna Gainey returns to Roslyn -
Council pay rises 6%over 3 years
January 13: Library contest encourages
reviews - Glitches plague city council web postings over holidays -
Profile: Kenneth M. Near
2008 (37 issues)
December 17: Homeowners face 1 percent
tax hike to ease past burden - Council hails 6-year blue-collar accord
- Closing an era (Sgt. Robert Stringer)
December 9: Court upholds city’s
discretionary powers - Totem to be restored - Superhospital update: On
track to provide new types of care
December 2: Peanut allergies fuel curb
on wildlife feeding - Lexington Ave. dust-up - Draft unchanged by
agglom budget - Profile: George Bowser
November 25: Westmounters leave giant
eco-footprint - De Vries to Ahuntsic in staff shuffle - Horsing around
atWestmount Park - Profile: Nicholas Hoare
November 18: Hockey enrolment
‘explodes’ - New trial replaces arrest warrant - Food for
the holidays - Profile: Irene Marks
November 11: City pension plans well
protected despite crisis - Most join in new compostables pickup - Lest
we forget
November 4:
Local taxes likely to stay
at par - Local taxes likely to stay at par - Travis on child-raising -
Profile: Bruce Anderson
October 28: Haunted House becomes
daylong event - Council retreat explores governance - Profile: Guy
Charette
October 21: Get safe, go eco at
‘Live Smart, Live Green’ - Arena-plan skeptics go online -
Roadwork nears completion
October 14: Can suburban taxpayers sue
as a class? - Customer service a priority for 'new' Public Security -
Profile: Nicole Forbes
October 7:
Quebec’s only Reformed
Episcopal Church forms here - Who’s responsible for 172
‘orphan’ sidewalk trees? Federal election:
Candidates’ last leg
September 30: Hundreds appeal for
new
arena - St. Louis’ farewell - Spirit of Bill 22 dying? - Profile:
Mary Sancton
September 23: Citizens press for action
on rail line - Last council meeting for retiring Bruce St. Louis -
Westmount en-visioned - Profile: Gabrielle Pilot
September 16: Kitchen waste pickup
expanded to encompass half of Westmount - Council adopts 27 Bellevue
permit change - Profile: Commander Michel Wilson
September 9: City to be one big, open
studio - Bead Emporium closes - Westmount, Africa - Re-cycle your
bicycle and lend a helping hand - Profile: Stan Grossman
September 2: Election coverage: Meet the
candidates - Motion fails in rare 4-3 vote - Welcome tax drives 2007
surplus to $5 million - Profile: Lucy Stojak
August 26: Smart Living goes green this
year - City starts massive search for sustainability views and actions
- Profile: Tom Thompson
August 20: Changes bring two 'home' to
Westmount - We are Westmount, we are weekly (until October 1 at least)
- Profile: Christina Anderson
July 15: Hydro Westmount brings in $3
million - Lagacé Dowson, from talking to running - Profile: Jim
West
July 2: One island, one uniform? -
SUMMER on SPRINGfield - Selwyn teacher Nicoll retires to standing O -
Profile: Chil Heward
June 25: Public lane to be rebuilt -
School's out for students, retiring teachers - Fun Run raises money for
local YMCA - Canada Day in Westmount
June 17: One tax bill, less money to
agglom - Roslyn closes English stream, teacher Rill retires - Mayor:
Local control of security key - Profile: Men Who Read
June 3: Kitchen compost nears 2 tonnes -
Recycling the park bike path - LCC's new Chamandy arena - Profile:
Mayor Karin Marks
Addendum: Return
to Roslyn by Kristin McNeill
May 28-29: The Independent turns
ONE! - Family Day: Bigger than ever - Profile: Lesley Moffat
May 20-21: Soccer fever sweeps Westmount
- NOVA fills healthcare gaps - Westmount's new ERUV - Profile: Dramatis
Personae
May 6-7, 2008: Kitchen waste pickup
starts - There's always next year - Is Westmount Square tunnel no man's
land? - Profile: Wanda Potrykus
April 29-30, 2008: Argyle raises
funds for first time - 'Walking Wednesdays' gets kids ... walking -
jTeens wrap up successful first year - Profile: Barbara Moore
April 14-15, 2008 - Bronfman house aims
for new benchmark - Green bins on the way - Paris, Westmount
April 2, 2008 - Green roofs are coming! -
Tri-fecta for the Tri-llium - Profile: Jaspal Rangi
March 26, 2008 - Scouting trio fundraise
for charitable trip to Namibia - Garden group marks milestone -
Profile: Gabrielle Soskin
March 19, 2008 - Westmount ushers in
civil marriages - Flower show opens for Easter - Profile Dr. Mark Roper
March 5, 2008 - $3 million for water
work - Stanton becomes busy hub - Profile: Bill Smith
February 27, 2008 - We'll participate in
Earth Hour - Fire station becomes mini HQ - Profile: Healthy City
Project
February 20, 2008 - Exploring the secrets
of snow removal - Lots of change in '08 - Profile: Amy Felske
February 6, 2008 - Sustainability gaining
momentum - Year of the Rat - Profile: Dr. Henry Olders
January 30, 2008 - Bruce St. Louis
retires - Winter Carnival - Profile: Morris Shore
January 16, 2008 - Going green on
Grosvenor - Mt Stephen Fire - Profile: Echenberg
2007 (14 issues)
December 18, 2007
December 5, 2007
November 21, 2007
November 7, 2007
October 10, 2007
October 3, 2007
September 19, 2007
September 6, 2007
August 15, 2007
August 1, 2007
July 4, 2007
June 20, 2007
June 6, 2007
May 2007
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