Profile of Elisabeth Faure

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• “Israeli Heroes in Haiti”
  Israel Ambassador Danny Biran painted a picture of horror and hope at the Segal Centre on Monday, June 20. Biran recounted his role in ...
• WWCA says bike path is safe
  Residents at 200 Lansdowne have raised concerns at city council meetings about the path. They argue there has been a recent increase in traffic ...
• Westmount Rec Centre will be eco-friendly
  Organized by the City of Westmount, the public meeting was called to bring those living close to the site up to date on the $37-million project, ...
• Tag the dog
  Sent by mail to Westmount license holders three weeks ago, the cards come with the purchase of a $20 dog license, and are available to ...
• Art is a family affair
  The family admitted they were surprised to discover how connected their works were. “As a painter I usually work alone,” said ...
• City can’t stop Oratory development
  “Everywhere we turn, we get the same answers,” stated the group Citoyens Westmount in an email to the Examiner. “(We get told) ‘There is ...
• Broken ticket machine leads to standoff
  “My girlfriend and I left work around 5:30,” says Steinberg. Both work across the street. They had dinner reservations and decided to ...
• Westmount takes a stand against roadside advertising
  Westmount city council recently voted to join the coalition group Alliance pour la valorisation des paysages du Quebec, which officially launched ...
• Garneau edged out of leadership gig
  “I’m feeling good,” Garneau told The Examiner following a May 25 caucus session that saw his rival Bob Rae snag the top job. “The caucus ...
• Garneau hopes to lead federal Liberals
  “It’s a decision that I made wholly on my own,” Garneau says. “It’s one that just sort of flowed out of the events of the election and the ...
• Westmount supports CDN-NDG plan to restrict spray...
  “There are just way too many holes in this thing for it to work,” says Ikeman, Westmount’s Commissioner of Public Security. He says the ...
• Garneau wins by 658 votes
  In a long night riddled with clichés, local MP Marc Garneau managed to snatch victory from the jaws of apparent defeat by slipping past NDP ...
• Bloc says no thanks
  However, sometimes getting all the candidates to participate is harder than it appears. This was true of Bloc Québécois candidate Veronique Roy, ...
• Haliburton leads the Rhino charge into Westmount
  “I think they’re the ideal political party,” Haliburton says. “They’re fun, they’re interesting, they’re amusing — and I can wear bright colors.” ...
• Carkner waves the Green flag in Westmount
  ”It’s taken me several years of reading up, and studying the issues, before I was ready to present myself,” says Carkner. “Now I am. I feel ...
• Corbeil is running on the NDP ticket
  “If people want to vote for a public figure, they can do so,” says Corbeil, referring to her heavyweight opponent, Liberal incumbent Marc ...
• 105 bus riders annoyed with shoddy STM service
  A petition circulating in NDG is asking municipal officials and the STM improve service on the 105 bus route. Titled, “105 Bus Service - NDG, ...
• Garneau launches campaign with strong Liberal agenda
  “You know, it’s funny, I’m actually really charged,” he says, citing positive feedback from voters and pundits. Reached by phone in ...
• Original Westmount arena was the cradle of pro hockey
  The facility’s story stretches back beyond its 1958 opening, as part of a larger history of sports in Westmount. There was once another Westmount ...
• City insists arena project stays on budget
  The planned arena/pool renovation is currently budgeted at $37 million, with $20 million of that amount coming from twin federal and provincial ...
• Residents lament indoor pool omission
  “A year-round pool would be wonderful for people,” says Melville Avenue resident Mavis Young. “There was never a community poll asking, ...
• The Westmount arena/pool project
  The City of Westmount and Selwyn House are defending a possible fundraising arrangement for Westmount Park’s new hockey arena that has ...
• Tensions grow as Glen Access Road remains closed
  The NDG Community Council has upped the stakes in their battle to get Westmount to open an emergency road to MUHC construction traffic. ...
• Wagner and friends gather for informal group show
  “I like the idea of art in a home environment rather than in a gallery,” says Wagner, of the “Art at Home” show. Wagner has been busy preparing ...
• ’I’m a Westmount boy!’ – Paul Almond
  Almond’s award-winning biography in Canadian and British television and movie-making is so expansive, there isn’t room in this article to list ...
• Westmount designer Eugenia Leavitt talks about...
  But the 29-year old Westmount native says she has no regrets about being on TVA reality show “La Collection”. “It meant facing some fears ...
• Mayor Trent in favour of BIXI, but says ‘it’s...
  A remark made by city councillor Helen Fotopulos has touched off a debate about who is responsible for the BIXI bike system spreading west ...
• Tempers flare during latest NDG council meeting
  While Bergeron downplayed his presence, saying that he tries to “attend the council meetings of all my councillors”, the message was clear: ...
• Jean Talon/Namur Revitalization Project to create...
  The redevelopment project aims to transform an industrial triangle of land, bordered by Jean-Talon, Mountain Sights and de la Savane Sts., into a ...
• Affordable housing, pedestrian safety and… skunks...
  Affordable housing and the redesign of the Jean-Talon/Namur area dominated the discussion. “I would like to know what exactly the percentage of ...