Friday, March 29, 2024
LIGHTNING DETECTOR,GREATER SAFETY, City of Pointe Claire, Alexandre-Bourgeau Park, West Island Blog, Rhonda Massad

A LIGHTNING DETECTOR FOR GREATER SAFETY

The City of Pointe-Claire would like to inform citizens that Alexandre-Bourgeau Park is now equipped with a lightning detector to warn users in the event of storms. “The purpose of...
PCB, Pointe Claire, Morris Trudeau, West Island Blog

Pointe Claire Illegal PCB storage – Final step soon to be completed

The final step will soon be complete in the matter of the former illegal polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) storage site in Pointe-Claire, as contaminated lots are fully rehabilitated under the...
Beaconsfield, Charging Stations, Electric Vehicles, The Electric Circuit, Rhonda Massad, West Island Blog, West Island News, News

Beaconsfield Is Now Equipped with Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

Thanks to a partnership with Electric Circuit, the City of Beaconsfield is pleased to welcome its first two 240 volts charging stations to the Christmas Park parking lot on...
Centennial Park Beaconsfield, Rhonda Massad, West Island Blog WIB

Beaconsfield residents invited to talk about future land development- April 4

Here is a message from Beaconsfield City Councillor Wade Staddon - Chair of Land Use Planning and Development Advisory Committee inviting all Beaconsfield residents to be heard on the future...
City of Pointe-Claire, 2017 Budget, Services, Rhonda Massad, West Island Blog, Imporoved Services Pointe-Claire, news, West Island News

Quebec Waste Reduction Week –POINTE-CLAIRE IS CONTINUING ITS COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The City of Pointe-Claire and the members of City Council, are proud to recognize once again residents’ actions related to sustainable development for the benefit of current and future...
Beaconsfield Garbage

Beaconsfield trashcams raise privacy concerns

By Kevin Woodhouse Following last week’s decision by the Beaconsfield council to allocate the necessary funds to purchase garbage bins with RFIDs (Radio Frequency Identification) and install a camera on the...
Ash trees to come down

Beaconsfield offers discount on EAB pesticide treatment

By Kevin Woodhouse No help for citizens who want to cut trees instead The city of Beaconsfield is offering citizens who have ash trees on their property and who will have...
PCB, Pointe Claire, Morris Trudeau, West Island Blog

PCB’s in Pointe Claire no longer a danger to the public

Between 800 and 1,200 litres of oil containing PCBs were discovered to be  stock piled at an illegal storage facility at Reliance Power Equipment in 2103. Since then the...

Will we be saying goodbye to our Ash trees?

by Rhonda Massad www.thesuburban.com In the early 1900’s there was the chestnut blight, an exotic pathogen that altered the hardwood forest forever. A few decades later Dutch elm disease, an exotic...
Emerald Ash Borer, West Island Blog, Rhonda Massad,

Fighting the emerald ash borer – Grants for property owners for the treatment or...

The City of Pointe-Claire wants to bring back the grant program implemented last year to help ash tree owners protect the trees by reimbursing them for up to 50%...