Thursday, March 28, 2024
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...
Beaconsfield Garbage

“The right to be let alone…”

As printed in The Suburban on September 2, 2015 By Beryl Wajsman, Editor and Chief of The Suburban Newspaper Elected officials need not all be lawyers. In fact, sometimes it is...
Ron Massad Rhonda Massad

Grubs!!!

Grubs! June Bettle Larvae Your lawn has looked quite pitiful all summer and grubs are the culprits? It’s now time to fight fire with fire or, in this case, worms with...
Pointe Claire Beaconsfield

Heat wave brings maggots and vermin to Pointe Claire

by Rhonda Massad With Quebec squeezing municipalities to do better by 2020, with respect to waste management, residents in  Pointe Claire have started taking their garbage to off site locations.  “With...

Beaconsfielders balk at trashcams – City to keep imagery for years

By Robert Frank With files from Rhonda Massad www.thesuburban.com “Citizens have expressed concerns,” Beaconsfield Citizens Association president Al Gardner told city council at its Aug. 24 meeting, following reports that the city...
Mary DeSantis, Locker Solutions

The perfect locker shelf – Meet the business

by Rhonda Massad Locker solutions is a great way to help improve your chances of success in school.  They are easy to set up with no tools required.   For years...
Ken Ingram, business report

Is the world changing or are you changing?

By Ken Ingram Before we begin to debate this question, let’s start with the meaning of the word change: To become or make different. Substitute or replace. Transition from something....
Dorval Hazardous Waste Collection

Dorval household hazardous waste Saturday, August 22

The City of Dorval will hold a household hazardous waste (HHW) and information and communications technologies (ICT) waste pickup on Saturday, August 22, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 5...
Jim Beis, Denis Coderre

Pierrefonds gets tough with Canada Post

by Rhonda Massad with files from Kevin Woodhouse In a symbolic act last Thursday, Montreal Mayor Coderre took a jack hammer to a concrete slab installed by Post Canada at the...
Dollard Des Ormeaux lock on waste bin

Composting – Montreal, late to the party joins, the fight to save the planet

by Rhonda Massad Borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro will be joining the rest of the city of Montreal in an effort to reduce the amount of waste headed to landfill.  Many demerged...