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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...