LOCAL NEWS
Pink in the City’s 20th anniversary gala raises funds for breast cancer support
Nearly 800 guests partied during a gala evening benefiting MUHC’s Breast ClinicIn an effort to continue the struggle against breast cancer, more than 800 supporters of Pink in the City partied the...
Laval takes the lead to advance case for Metro Orange Line extension
In an effort to advance the case for extending the western branch of the Montreal Metro Orange Line into Laval, the City of Laval has awarded a mandate to Systra Canada to...
Fire razes single-family home on Saint-Judes in Chomedey
A single-family dwelling on Saint-Judes Street in Chomedey was destroyed by fire during the early morning hours of October 23 during a blaze that culminated with the building being declared a total...
Laval woman arrested in Ontario on suspicion of trying to use a drone to smuggle meth into prison
Ontario Provincial Police in Gravenhurst Ontario have arrested a woman from Laval after finding her near a federal prison in an idling car with an aerial drone and a quantity of methamphetamine.The...
Correctional Services seizes contraband and unauthorized items at Federal Training Centre
Correctional Services Canada reports that on October 11, Federal Training Centre staff members seized contraband and unauthorized items at the FTC, which is a multi-level detention institution located in Laval's Saint-Vincent-de-Paul district.According...
Gunshots target men in Laval’s Sainte-Rose sector
Two men narrowly escaped serious harm on Wednesday evening last week when they were targeted by multiple gunshots fired at them in Laval’s Sainte-Rose neighbourhood.Operators at Laval’s 911 emergency service received several...
TCLCF launches women’s housing and homelessness project
Towards a better understanding of aging and women’s needsThe Table de concertation de Laval en condition féminine (Laval Women’s Issues Roundtable) launched the Women, Housing, Precariousness and Aging project at the Simonne-Monet...
Tax and cost pressures curtailing small business expansion, CFIB claims
A third of Canada’s SMEs say they aren’t growing, national lobby group maintainsOnly seven per cent of small businesses in Canada plan to grow or diversify significantly over the next 12 months,...
POLITICS
Action Laval laments acting mayor Khalil’s refusal to back move to greater transparency
‘Very worrying, especially in a city with a history of corruption,’ says opposition’s De CotisThe Action Laval opposition at city hall is drawing on the controversial record of a past Laval mayor...
Laval city council carries on, despite Mayor Boyer’s absence
Acting mayor Khalil hears complaints, congratulates Quebec election winnersLaval city council’s monthly meeting on October 7 opened with a minute of silence in memory of Monique Thibault Poirier, a 77-year-old woman who...
POLICE
Fire razes single-family home on Saint-Judes in Chomedey
A single-family dwelling on Saint-Judes Street in Chomedey was destroyed by fire during the early morning hours of October 23 during a blaze that culminated with the building being declared a total...
Laval woman arrested in Ontario on suspicion of trying to use a drone to smuggle meth into prison
Ontario Provincial Police in Gravenhurst Ontario have arrested a woman from Laval after finding her near a federal prison in an idling car with an aerial drone and a quantity of methamphetamine.The...
