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Martin C. Barry
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TRANSPORTATION
Wed June 30, 2010
BUS TRANSPORTATION IN LAVAL: A FAMILY'S BEST CHOICE
On weekends and holidays, children under 12 years of age have free access to the bus network if accompanied by an adult paying his or her own fare.Wed June 16, 2010
The STL launches the 3rd Edition of “Operation Smog Alert”:
The STL’s cash fare is normally
$2.75; the special $1 fare granted to riders
on smog days therefore corresponds to a
discount of nearly 64% on the regular price.
Operation Smog Alert will be in effect
every smog day in the summer, June 1 –
Labour Day, September 6, 2010.Wed May 19, 2010
STL:new look with visual and voice technology
The Société de Transport de Laval has started giving its fleet of buses a new green and blue look. But something much more practical is also being added — the vehicles are being fitted with cutting edge technology to tell riders out loud when there are transfers to connecting bus lines and upcoming stops.Wed Feb 24, 2010
Public transit ridership up 15 % in five years
A new "origin-destination" study released by the Agence Métropolitaine de Transport suggests that the number of drivers using their vehicles to travel around the Montreal region has dropped for the first time in four decades.
Wed Feb 10, 2010
Launch of STL Synchro
Last week marked the launch of
the electronic display units that the
Société de transport de Laval (STL) has
installed at the 80 busiest stops on its
network.YOUR HEALTH
Wed June 2, 2010
Social Reflection on end-of-life care
Over the last few weeks, hundreds of
residents of Laval have been participating
in interviews at home, before visiting
a mobile medical clinic set up in
the parking lot outside a hotel just off
the Laurentian Autoroute.
Wed Feb 10, 2010
Open wide and say "ahh," Laval
Over the last few weeks, hundreds of
residents of Laval have been participating
in interviews at home, before visiting
a mobile medical clinic set up in
the parking lot outside a hotel just off
the Laurentian Autoroute.
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Thu. July 15, 2010
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The Mille Îles river reduced water levels forces the city of Laval to imposes a ban on all outdoor use of drinking water throughout its territory as of July 15.
Wed July 14, 2010
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On the morning of July 8, Alexandre Duplessis, a member of the executive-committee and city councillor for the district of Saint-Martin, was able to see for himself the fun the kids were having in the city’s day camps.
Martin C. Barry
Agape is providing more than food, clothes and other physical essentials, but also emotional support and spiritual nourishment, say many of its supporters.
Wed June 30, 2010
TLN
If the situation worsens or if the
community effort is not sufficient,
the City could be forced to take special
measures and ban all outdoor
use of drinking water throughout
its territory.
By Martin C. Barry
Agape expects to see a dramatic increase in community needs in the coming year, according to the Chomedey-based charity’s annual report. From January to April in 2009, Agape received 33 new families. During the same period of 2010, 60 new families were added to Agape’s list of urgent needs
By Martin C. Barry
‘This initiative is not just for the Armenian community, but for all society and all persons’. The Armenian Genocide is the second most studied case of genocide, after the Holocaust of World War II. According to some western scholars, up to 2,500,000 Armenians perished in the ordeal.
By Martin C. Barry
It is important for our government to create quality of life environments for all the citizens,’ says Quebec senior citizens minister Marguerite Blais. She said she was pleased to be able to support the City of Laval in its wish to go further in facilitating better living conditions for seniors.
By Martin C. Barry
Also known as Autoroute Papineau, it goes from Montreal across the Rivière des Prairies by the Papineau-Leblanc Bridge, but currently ends in Laval just north of A-440.
By Martin C. Barry
Laval’s eastern
sector, has been awarded a $126,000
start-up grant by the provincial government
to create a new 30-unit housing
project in a former automobile dealership
on des Laurentides Boulevard.
Wed June 16, 2010
By Martin C. Barry
About 530 people turned up for the popular $150-a-ticket evening, which is one of two major events the foundation holds each year as its principal means of fundraising.
By Martin C. Barry
Senior students taking dramatic arts at
Laval Liberty High School excelled recently
in an end-of-year stage tradition, when
they performed the challenging hit broadway
musical Mame.
By Geneviève April
During the June 8 municipal council
meeting, the council received a recommendation
to authorize an Agence métropolitaine
de transport (AMT) project
to allow a connection of the Blainville-
Saint-Jérôme train line to the Mont-
Royal tunnel.
By Martin C. Barry
Students from Italy and from Laurier Senior High School get to know each other a
little better outside a Laurier
Senior classroom.
Senior classroom.
Wed June 2, 2010
By Martin C. Barry
Missing Children’s Network
held a child identification clinic at four Montrealarea
shopping malls, including the Carrefour Laval.
By Martin C. Barry
Nearly 35 secondary five students from École secondaire Leblanc in eastern Laval got a chance to be crime scene investigators last Monday when they took part in a simulated criminal investigation exercise organized by a Montreal-based company
By Martin C. Barry
alt="war cenotaph honours Canada’s fallen veterans" title="war cenotaph honours Canada’s fallen veterans" />A new war veterans monument is the result of a collaboration between the Legion branch in Chomedey and in St. Marys, Ontario
By Martin C. Barry
More than 120 Royal LePage offices across Canada, including Anne Shears in Laval, took part in a record-breaking campaign that day, sponsored by the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, and raising more than $300,000 for the cause of ending violence against women and children
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After three productive days at the BIO International Convention in Chicago filled with fruitful business meetings, the Biotech City delegation has returned with promising partnerships for Laval’s biotech firms (BIOPOLE).
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The International Mass Marketing
Fraud Working Group has designated
June 1st, 2010 as the International
Day of Action Against Mass Marketing
Fraud.
By Geneviève April
On May 20, the graduates of the Vimont
Competency Development Centre (CDC)
received their diplomas at the centre’s third
graduation ceremony held at Chateau Royal.
By Martin C. Barry
Centre du Sablon is entering a new phase in the ongoing development of its Sablon Fit physical fitness centre — one that will deliver an exclusive service for a special clientele: Sablon Para Fit.
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City of Laval is asking that citizens reduce their water consumption for some outdoor activities. Wasting water may lead to a severe pressure in some neighbourhoods, which could result in a water shortage.
Wed May 19, 2010
By Martin C. Barry
(TLN)
In Laval this year, $19,300 was allotted for 33 prizes, for a total of 97 projects received by last March 15. Sixty-three projects were submitted in the category “student entrepreneurialism” and 34 projects in the category “enterprise creation.”
By Martin C. Barry
/>Considering what the Centre d’assistance aux plaintes de Laval (CAAP) does for people and that it’s been around for 15 years, you’d think more people would know about it.
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