Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Quebec – #1 in Social Distancing

Here are the highlights from Premier Francois Legault's April 5th press conference: Legault started with sharing data from Google showing that Quebec is practicing social distancing most effectively out of...
The Hidden Dangers of Flood Waters, dangers to avoid

Committee seeks your input on how floods impacted your property or business

2019 saw record and near record high water levels in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Basin. With that in mind Canada and the United States created the International...
Assisted dying

Letter to the Editor: A West Islander’s Take on Assisted Dying

Submitted by Francis Winters Canada has an ageing population; my generations’ parents are reaching their final years whether we want to admit it or not.  Modern medicine can and has extended...

Video release by the New York Times shows missiles hit Ukranian passenger plane.

https://youtu.be/6B5C_Y5BX-0   The New York Times has released a new video which shows, that the Ukrainian plane was hit by two missiles. According to the NY Times:   The New York Times has verified...
Montreal Agglomeration budget, Rhonda Massad, West Island Blog,West Island News, Association of Suburban Municipalities,ASM, Beny Masella, Maria Tutino, Michel Gibson, Edgar Rouleau, Dorval, Pointe Claire, John Belvedere

If Montreal won’t budge on agglo process we expect Quebec to intervene, Mayor Beny...

In response to the tabling of the 2020 urban agglomeration budget tabled by Montreal's municipal Administration earlier this week, the mayors of the related cities of the agglomeration have...
Liberals launch new program to encourage young people to volunteer

Canada and the West Island elects the Liberal Party of Canada – AGAIN

The Liberal Party of Canada will form a minority government having won, at the time of publication, 157 seats of the 170 seats required to be positioned as majority...
Why vote in your municipal election? What you need to know about voting early in the Federal Elections 2019 Rhonda Massad, West Island news, West Island Blog, Elections, 2017, Quebec, Montreal

You can vote at any election office before October 15, here is how

What you need to know about voting early in the Federal Elections 2019 There are over 500 Elections Canada offices open across Canada. Vote at any one of them before Tuesday,...

Racist Graffiti on West Island election posters causing upset for all parties

Mariam Ishak, a Conservative candidate in the Pierrefonds-Dollard constituency, has filed a police report regarding the recent racist vandalism to her election posters.  Gary Charles, a People's Party of...
Pierrefonds-Dollard, Sameer Zuberi, Rhonda Massad, Liberal Party of Canada, Lac St. Louis MP Francis Scarpaleggia,

Sameer Zuberi – the next Liberal Candidate in Pierrefonds-Dollard

After a more than 24 hour wait, the Liberal Party of Canada finally announced their candidate for the Pierrefonds-Dollard riding late Monday evening. On Sunday, the night of the...

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier

WEST ISLAND BLOG EXCLUSIVE Interview with People’s Party of Canada leader and founder Maxime Bernier. Interview by West Island Blog’s Rhonda Massad and Dario De Felice.