Train service on the Vaudreuil-Hudson line will be free as of Monday
In connection with the bridge and road closures due to the Spring 2019 flooding, EXO in collaboration with the ARTM (Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain)is offering free service on...
Flood update
The city of Laval continues to concentrate its efforts in the most impacted areas and calls on all citizens affected by the floods to inform the 311 call centre...
Telus donates 200 emergency packs to West Island’s flooded
By Rhonda Massad
Three weeks into the flood crisis in three major West Island municipalities has flood victims, volunteers and community leaders tired but pushing forward. Two weeks ago Telus...
The Hidden Dangers of Flood Waters, dangers to avoid
According to the UMPC Health Beat, while floods can certainly destroy personal property, they can also have another, even more, dangerous effect — on your health.
There are several different...
Pierrefonds Flood Update with Councillor Benoit Langevin- Help needed
Reporting for West Island Blog, Nader G. Barsoum takes us through the streets of Pierrefonds. Councillor Benoit Langevin speaks to Nader about what is needed on the ground, today,...
“We have never been flooded – why is my property included in the Flood...
More than 3,000 homes in Quebec were flooded and another 2,300 cut off by floods in the Spring of 2019. Frustration rose high at the meeting held at the...
Stolen sandbags and Mother Nature leave dikes vulnerable in Pierrefonds and Ile Bizard
About 150 homes were saved from the waters after a dike gave way, leaving a gap of five feet in the dike, in Pierrefonds on Tuesday.
More than thirty men...
Canadian Army on alert. Stores to be open on Easter Sunday for...
With 50 to 80 cm of rain expected this weekend, The Department of Public Safety asked the Canadian army for assistance this weekend in Montreal the surrounding areas.
"The risk...
West Island mayors hopeful after meeting with CAQ government about flood map
"They took the time to listen to us. they knew their file. i think it will all work out," Mayor John Belvedere
Quebec's second draft of the province-wide map of...
Ile Bizard residents had a plan for Joly Street to prevent further flooding
by Rhonda Massad
with files from Nader G. Barsoum
Frustration was on the menu at the May, public council meeting in Ile Bizard. The question period was filled with flood-related questions...