by Rhonda Massad With the help of social media and a dedicated community, for the third year in a row, the Michaels family set up a lemonade stand and raised a whopping $1,225 for the Neonat... Read more
Pointe-Claire has won two Plumes d’excellence awards from the Association des communicateurs municipaux du Québec (ACMQ) for the children’s book, Leonard’s Composting Adventures. “These awa... Read more
By Rhonda Massad The West Island is a tight-knit community that stands as one when tragedy strikes. This week it has chosen to show their support to the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team w... Read more
by Rhonda Massad Sensei, Meghan Greig, is a martial arts instructor with a second-degree black belt. She believes in giving back and teaches her students the same. Greig was recently inspire... Read more
by Sarena Miller, special for West Island Blog Despite the bitter cold and wind, on Friday March 16th, dozens of caring citizens gathered in Baie Durfe to protest. It has been a year since C... Read more
By Rhonda Massad Farah Hayat took 40 hours to deliver her first child, Noah who today is 15 months old. She thought it was premature to rush to the hospital when her contractions were five m... Read more
By Rhonda Massad Tyler Goldsmith is a ten-year-old boy of action. When he decided to grow his hair this past spring with the idea of shaving his head to raise funds for cancer he was not ki... Read more
by Rhonda Massad “People are happy when I knit for them, and they give me hugs. I like hugs,” Sarah Benchimol, ten years old. Is knitting the new Yoga? On the West Island, the tr... Read more
by Rhonda Massad A West Islander from the get-go, 27-year-old, Lauriane Rougeau skated off with a Silver medal in women’s hockey at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. On Thursday,... Read more
by Rhonda Massad Ile Perrot’s Theodore Gallant dreams of going to the Paralympic games one day to compete on the Canadian National Sledge team. Theo is eight years old. “I love p... Read more
