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Dorval Launches its Winter Festival… Differently!
Despite the current context, the Dorval Winter Festival will not take a break this year and the City of Dorval will be presenting a revamped edition during which residents...
Ecomuseum Zoo’s Online Shop Supports Local Artisans
While the doors to the Ecomuseum Zoo remain closed until February 8th, 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions, their online shop is up and running to meet all your shopping...
Quebec Mental Health Services: Info-Social 811
If you're in need of mental health services in Quebec, you can call Info‑Social 811, a free and confidential telephone consultation service.
You can call 811 24 hours a day,...
4 ways to make use of Food Scraps
Tired of constantly throwing away food scraps? You can help yourself while helping the planet by reducing your household's daily waste. Composting leftover food is a good way to...
Montreal Heart Institute believes they have found a weapon against COVID-19
According to the Canadian Press, Quebec researchers say they have found an effective drug to fight COVID-19.
A team of researchers from the Montreal Heart Institute believes they have found...
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Montreal Heart Institute believes they have found a weapon against COVID-19
According to the Canadian Press, Quebec researchers say they have found an effective drug to fight COVID-19.
A team of researchers from the Montreal Heart...
Movies and TV Series shooting in Montreal this week
The film industry has been permitted to remain open during the most recent lockdown in Quebec despite the coming and going of hundreds of...
Lakeshore General Hospital COVID cases are at 57 with a capacity...
The Lakeshore General Hospital in Pointe Claire, has 57 patients hospitalized on January 14, at 1 p.m. due to COVID-19, 11 of which are...
Montreal’s Housing Market Performance During 2020 Pandemic
Montreal’s housing market faced a turbulent 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic sent shockwaves across the real estate industry and the economy. The pandemic caused...
West Island Shelter, Drop-in Warming Center Opening
Just in time for the frigid winter season, the West Island Shelter / Warming Center opens it's doors to the community's most vulnerable population!...
The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Canada.
Some of the country's initial 30,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines touched down on Sunday night, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Twitter, sharing...
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8 dead after Pointe-Claire’s Cambridge residence allows gathering
On December 25, the Cambridge in Pointe-Claire is next in the long lineup of seniors facilities to be struck by the COVID-19 virus. The exposure started with two cases...
Spread the Holiday Cheer with Cards by Zach Designs
The West Island Blog had the chance to chat with the mother-son duo behind Zach Designs, a local greeting card business. Zach Reisman is a talented illustrator and 3D...
Halle Berry is in Montreal preparing to film Moonfall
Halle Berry is quarantining in our beautiful city of Montreal as she gets set to film Moonfall directed by Roland Emmerich.
The star posted to Instagram two days ago saying...
6 Year old Clara saves the day as she prevented a deadly gas leak...
Beaconsfield August 5, 2020 - On Monday, two Beaconsfield residents were saved from a deadly gas leak after 6-year-old Clara alerted her dad of a weird smell. Emergency services...
A peak at safety protocols used in West Island day camps
Not all summer camps have opened this year, but the ones that did have been operating slightly different this summer.
Since COVID-19, it was feared that summer camps wouldn’t...
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