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Five years later
Article online since June 22nd 2009
This week marks the fifth anniversary of what many recall as Westmount's finest moment — the referendum in which local voters opted to demerge from Montreal by a whopping margin of over 92 per cent. "In spite of the fact that the PQ merged us against our will, we got our city back! In spite...
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Wayne Larsen
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What the Harel is going on?
Article online since June 12th 2009
Anyone living on the island of Montreal has certainly heard the news by now — Louise Harel is making a comeback. As unsavoury as that statement sounds, the worst of it is that she is attempting to come back as mayor of the very city she fought to solidify into one big unmanageable mess....
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Wayne Larsen
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Decisions, decisions
Article online since June 5th 2009
As I watched a discouraging TV weather report last Friday, I kept thinking, "I sure wouldn't want to be Mike right now…" For at that very moment, Sports & Recreation Director Mike Deegan was facing an annual decision — whether or not to hold Family Day outdoors. Most years it's easy. The...
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Wayne Larsen
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WMA keeps the spirit alive
Article online since May 28th 2009
In a city like Westmount, where blatant discord among organization members is usually kept to a minimum, it was refreshing to see some good old-fashioned verbal fireworks at Monday's annual general meeting of the Westmount Municipal Association. In a nutshell, the key players in this brief...
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Wayne Larsen
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The eloquent visions of Gabor Szilasi
Article online since May 27th 2009
The usually quiet town of Joliette was bustling with visitors last Sunday afternoon as well over 100 people converged on the local art gallery to help renowned photographer Gabor Szilasi open a major retrospective of his work. The 81-year-old Grosvenor Avenue resident spent several hours talking...
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Wayne Larsen
Other News
One heck of a piece of wood
( May 19th 2009 )
Scaling the big one
( May 13th 2009 )
Here comes Barney!
( April 29th 2009 )
Arena plans win favour
( April 23rd 2009 )
Born to be wild
( April 16th 2009 )
Calling all Earthlings
( April 9th 2009 )
Still embarrassing after all these years
( March 25th 2009 )
Dumont's out, for now
( March 12th 2009 )
Glen Yards plans remain to be seen
( March 5th 2009 )
Colby rhapsodizes the Townships landscape
( March 5th 2009 )
Prof. Strunk's parvum opus
( February 25th 2009 )
Great expectations
( February 25th 2009 )
Old battle wounds never healed
( February 18th 2009 )
From tragedy comes hope
( February 12th 2009 )
Westmount Winter Carnival 2009
( February 12th 2009 )
Gimme the shelters
( February 4th 2009 )
The faces behind the words
( February 4th 2009 )
Two peanuts that shook the town
( January 29th 2009 )
Planning and efficiency foremost in snow-removal operation
( January 15th 2009 )
2008 wasn’t all blah
( January 6th 2009 )
Media
( December 18th 2008 )
Landscape celebrated at McClure Gallery
( December 18th 2008 )
Tunnel of love
( December 8th 2008 )
Apathy rules
( December 4th 2008 )
Nutty bylaw serves the greater good
( November 26th 2008 )
Meet the candidates tonight
( November 26th 2008 )
Nutik throws in his hat, then the towel
( November 19th 2008 )
Is Oui the new Non?
( November 18th 2008 )
Aislin, Freed, Bowser & Blue skewer Canada
( November 13th 2008 )
Westmount’s finest
( September 25th 2008 )
Carrier helps book fair turn 25
( September 21st 2008 )
Oy vay, Mr. Harper!
( September 18th 2008 )
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