Monthly Archives: December 2023
STL buses are on Christmas and winter schedules
The Société de transport de Laval (STL) is recommending that bus users carefully check the schedules since the transit agency has made changes for the Christmas holidays along with some seasonal adjustments starting on...
Warning issued over fraudulent texts demanding toll payments for A-25 bridge
The sub-contractor that collects tolls from motorists who pass between Laval and Montreal over the Autoroute 25 bridge is warning about a fraudulent text-based scheme targeting drivers.
Concession A25 operates the electronic toll gathering system...
Carrefour Laval Boxing Day disrupted by pro-Palestine protesters
Police and security guards could do little but look on without intervening at Carrefour Laval the day after Christmas as several dozen pro-Palestine activists staged a noisy protest against the Gaza War when the...
ICI Television throws a party to celebrate its first 10 years
Montreal’s sole independent ethnic station serves 17 cultural communities
The entrepreneurial family behind one of Canada’s most ambitious multicultural broadcast media ventures hosted a celebration for its many loyal clients and supporters in Montreal last...
LPD dismantles illicit cannabis network
The Laval Police completed a major recently involving a large network for the cultivation and sale of cannabis that was operating in Laval, Montreal, as well as on the North Shore and the South...
Fabre MNA Abou-Khalil helps make a constituent’s 102nd birthday special
Fabre CAQ MNA Alice Abou-Khalil played a key role recently in helping to arrange the vaccination of a constituent more than one hundred years old, in the comfort of her home, and just in...
Action Laval’s De Cotis and Piché delivered some Christmas cheer
Action Laval city councillors David De Cotis (Saint-Bruno) and Isabelle Piché (Saint-François) spent most of a morning and an afternoon one day just before Christmas helping to deliver food baskets to needy families all...
Agape says school strike impacted donations to Christmas drive
The Youth and Parents AGAPE Association says it struggled this year to gather enough non-perishable items for its annual Christmas food drive.
“We don’t have enough non-perishable items to help families that are in need,”...
Laval English-speaking Senior Wellness Centre Fundraises with Laughter
On Friday, November 10th, nearly 200 guests gathered at the iconic Embassy Plaza in Laval for an evening of comedy with a cause.
The event was organized to help raise funds for the Agape English-speaking...
Striking SWLSB teachers put disruptions on hold, at least until January
‘There’s definitely understaffing,’ says a union rep, outlining one of their grievances
For parents of children attending Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board schools where rotating teacher strikes have disrupted many families’ lives, there’s a promise...
