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Raffy Boudjikanian
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More French, less schools
Jubilee Elementary in Pointe Claire and Purcell Academy in Pierrefonds/Roxboro will be closing their doors as of next July, Bishop Whelan in ... -
Avalanche of complaints may snowball into lawsuit
Fed up with an apparent lack of service and little explanation six days after the first major snowstorm of the season hit the Montreal area, some ... -
The Olympic Torch: you may have missed it if you...
Thousands gathered in the light snow and wind in the West Island today to watch Olympic Torch bearers run along with the flame to different city ... -
Ward takes Labelle to court
Pierrefonds/Roxboro municipal councillor Bert Ward is asking for $100,000 in damages from election-campaign rival Michael Labelle for allegedly ... -
Pointe Claire:apartment fire leaves many homeless
Eleven tenants of a three-floor apartment building on Delmar in Pointe Claire are left homeless this hour after a mysterious fire broke out at ... -
Students speak up at first public oratory contest
Seven CEGEP students gathered from different institutions at John Abbott College Monday afternoon to throw themselves on stage for the First ... -
Parking meters out:Ste. Anne
Though Ste. Anne de Bellevue's parking meters were already taped up by Monday afternoon with notices explaining fees are cancelled until Jan. 25, ... -
Nintendo's mixed messages
It's a legitimate question, but Fils-Aimé's attitude seemed to place the blame solely on third-parties. I don't think it's as simple as that. ... -
Beaconsfield unveils torch celebration
Award-winning concert performers, interactive sports simulation games, sustainable home exhibits, and some other surprises will be on-hand on ... -
Elevator installation pledge up, up and away
Concerned after the postponement of an elevator's installation to a seniors' community centre in Pointe Claire to help shuttle users up after the ... -
Divided Beaconsfield council refunds vine lady
A divided audience watched as an equally divided new Beaconsfield council chose to partially refund Pointe Claire resident Claire Sargent on the ... -
With better winter train service, AMT hopes for...
Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT) president Joël Gauthier and local MNAs announced a series of improvements to commuter rail services in ... -
Police Files
Assault suspect caught, Station 1Police officers at Stations 1 and 5 worked in tandem to quickly catch an armed assault suspect last Friday, ... -
Writer sets up shop in Pointe Claire
In person, Ryan Sohmer, the comic strip writer, looks quite a bit different than Rayne Summers, the hip, 20-something bar-hopper whose ... -
No regrets by former supporters as ADQ tumbles
Even as the Action Démocratique du Québec, which suffered large losses in the 2008 provincial election, seems now to be heading into a full-blown ... -
Beaconsfield blue-collars back to work
Beaconsfield's blue-collar workers went back to work yesterday, ending a seven-week strike to give the city's new elected officials some ... -
Hurry up and wait: H1N1 centres in the West Island
As several students in different West Island schools are staying home this week due to concerns they may have contracted the H1N1 flu, health ... -
Beaconsfield: landslide win for Pollock
Though he earned nearly twice the amount of votes as incumbent Bob Benedetti to become the next mayor of Beaconsfield, former councillor David ... -
H1N1:where to go and when in the West Island
As several students in different West Island schools are staying home this week due to concerns they may have contracted the H1N1 flu, health ... -
Mayoral incumbent alone on green space issue in Ste....
Ste. Anne de Bellevue's mayoral incumbent Bill Tierney was the only candidate in the town's election to call for some development on a 64-hectare ... -
Roxboro homicide suspect in critical state
A 68-year-old man who is suspected of having stabbed his wife to death at their home on Sixth Avenue in Roxboro on Saturday night is now in ... -
Minor jabs exchanged at Beaconsfield seniors' meet
The tone remained polite at a Beaconsfield mayoral candidates' meeting organized exclusively for seniors at the city's lawn bowling annex on ... -
Supreme Court strikes down legal limits on...
The Supreme Court of Canada struck down a 2002 law by the Quebec government that limits access to English-language schools for students of the ... -
Dealing with West Island genius
When Jack Szostak, who shared this year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol W. Greider, entered his ... -
Godin Park contaminated
Renovation work at Godin Park in Ste. Anne de Bellevue that may cost at least $400,000 in public funds first came to a grinding halt two weeks ... -
Pointe Claire police warns of child kidnapper
Two alleged kidnapping attempts of local students by a suspect with a similar description last month are now being called unfounded by the ... -
Cease and desist:Pierrefonds to Labelle
The battle for mayor of Pierrefonds/Roxboro may sweep off the West Island borough's streets and into a Montreal courtroom, with Projet Montreal ... -
No knives drawn at last Beaconsfield council meeting
Beaconsfield's current elected council ended its run last night during an unusually quiet meeting that appeared to be in sharp contrast to ... -
English-language CEGEPS play waiting game with MELS
Quebec's English-language CEGEPS are hopeful the provincial Ministry of Education, Leisure and Sports (MELS) will hear them out on proposed ... -
Police files
Marijuana seized, Station 3Police officers at Station 3, which covers Pierrefonds/Roxboro and Ile Bizard/Ste Geneviève raided an abandoned home ...
