Amidst accusations from a Bloc Québécois MP and a Liberal MNA that Laval Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt tried to influence them with large campaign contributions, Vaillancourt is demanding both politicians retract — failing which he will sue them for libel.

Eye of the storm

Last June, the police departments of Laval and Terrebonne, as well as the Intermunicipal Police Force of Thérèse-De Blainville, sought the assistance of the media in trying to identify a fraud artist who was targeting senior citizens using a special sort of strategy.

Chose victims randomly

Supporters of the Fondation du Collège Montmorency, which does important fundraising for Laval’s main post-secondary college, got a sampling of some of the greatest musical hits to grace the Broadway stage over the last few decades when the foundation held its 17th annual theatrical gala at the Salle André-Mathieu on Oct. 26 — a show called Best of Broadway.

During Laval city council’s regular monthly meeting held on Nov. 1, Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt tabled his report on the city’s financial situation for the year 2010.
Once again this year, the noted U.S. credit rating company, Standard & Poor's, gave Laval its AA rating with a stable outlook.

Patients seeking health services at Laval’s largest hospital, the Cité de la Santé, will be gaining access to one of the world’s leading new medical imaging technologies — magnetic resonance imaging — thanks to a $2.2 million grant of money from Quebec and from regional health and social service officials in Laval.

The author of a new book that exposes the widespread extent of human trafficking in Canada for the first time takes aim at the government of Quebec for not cracking down on a branch of criminality he compares to “modern-day slavery” concealing itself behind escort services and violent street gangs.

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