April 2, 1999
ORDER OF CANADA: "Examiner columnist Don Wedge recently added a new accolade to his list of honours — the Order of Canada. The self-confessed city council junkie was awarded the country's top honour for volunteerism, following several years of attending every city council meeting in Westmount and in most other municipalities across the island. Wedge was reportedly very late for the induction ceremony in Ottawa, having stopped along the way to sit in on town council meetings in Alexandria, Maxville, Moose Creek, and Casselman."
April 2, 1984
FIREHOUSE BAN ENDS: "'It was all a big misunderstanding…' That's how Examiner publisher John W. Sancton describes the 27-week-long ban on Examiner reporters from the Westmount Fire Station which led to a bitter 'freedom of the press' crusade by the newspaper. The ban ended this week when the Chief of Protective Services angrily clarified his position. 'I never said (Examiner reporters) couldn't come into the fire station," he said. 'I only said they couldn't use our washroom. Examiner people are notorious for not washing their hands afterwards and leaving the place in a mess. It's disgusting.' He also pointed out that the fire pole would also be off limits to Examiner staffers in the future."
April 6, 1964
BOMBS AWAY: "Westmount City Hall was once again the target of an FLQ bomber this week, but this time police were able to catch the culprit without much trouble. The would-be bomber said he planned to plant an explosive device in the basement of the building, then phone the main switchboard to warn occupants and give them time to evacuate. But when he reached the nearest phone booth and realized he did not have a dime, he delivered the bomb threat in person — providing City Hall staff with a vivid description for police, who arrested the man on Sherbrooke Street five minutes later. 'Gosh… and to think they want to separate!' a bystander was heard to exclaim."
April 4, 1939
GRANNY WARS: "Two constables from the Westmount police force were released from hospital with only slight injuries this Tuesday past following an altercation of alarming proportions involving several elderly Westmount matrons, some of whom were said to be visibly intoxicated, according to a group of unwitting witnesses which included several rather startled children, after being summoned to quell the fracas, which reportedly developed when an unruly group of older ladies climbed aboard the No. 24 tram as it stopped to take on passengers are the intersection of Sherbrooke street and Victoria avenue, and began striking the driver and several of their fellow passengers with handbags, umbrellas and other accessories."
