Call it urban sprawl, call it exurban flight, but the latest federal census shows people are forsaking Montreal Island for the 450 belt in record numbers.

Fifteen-month-old Alex has a blast playing street hockey in front of école St-Thomas last Friday afternoon. Young families with children Alex’s age are the...

St. Lazare GP walks scheduling tightrope

A week ago Monday, hundreds lined up in front of the St. Lazare Medicentre for a chance to become one of Dr. Steve Harrison’s 500 new patients...

Court accepts Pincourt arena offer

PINCOURT— Quebec Superior Court has accepted the Town of Pincourt’s $3.25 million offer for the half-completed regional sports and cultural complex on...

Authentic Italian comes to Hudson

HUDSON— The local resto scene has been in an uproar lately, with the closure of the Halfmoon Café and now with the widely anticipated opening of Italian....

Frills and chills

A chilly weekend was no match for winter lovers....

SQ mourns young officer

Funeral services were held last week for Crystelle C. Vachon, a 24-year-old Sûreté du Québec....

Who should pay to pave Yearling?

ST. LAZARE — Saddlebrook residents were stunned to learn they’ll be on the hook for the cost of paving a small stretch of Yearling...

Evanov deadline Feb. 21

Comments and concerns about a proposed English-language FM radio station for Vaudreuil-Soulanges and the West Island...

Municipal aquatic centre funding dries up

ST. LAZARE —Despite the council majority decision to drop a proposed municipal aquatic centre from the triennial capital works budget...

Lorne Elliott: In Hudson he’s the mayor’s brother

HUDSON – Lorne Elliott, the Hudson-born Canadian comedian who looks as if he takes his hair advice from Albert Einstein...

Eugene Chaplin guests at Circus Fest

VAUDREUIL-DORION — Eugene Chaplin, the son of the legendary Charlie Chaplin, will be the official spokesman for this year’s eighth annual Festival de...

HMC: Birthplace of aspiring stars

HUDSON — If you want to be famous, everything starts local!
Eighteen-year-old John Abbott student Sam Breton will be one of the many...

Pardi will be free on appeal

Brandon Pardi has yet to exhaust his legal options in fighting the reckless-driving charge he faces in the 2007 death of Bianca Leduc....

Vaudreuil-Soulanges optimise l’accès à Internet haute vitesse

VAUDREUIL-DORION — La MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges et le CLD Vaudreuil-Soulanges ont travaillé de concert dans le cadre du programme...

That was then

From the early ‘40s comes this photo of Aldy Lane's Sunoco gas station in Como at what is now 307 Main Road. The man next to the pump is Aldy's son ....