Raffy Boudjikanian raffy.boudjikanian@transcontinental.ca There were no easy answers offered to Antonio Insogna, the St...

Raffy Boudjikanian raffy.boudjikanian@transcontinental.ca Montreal is due for a summons by the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal after not meeting an August deadline by the Quebec Human Rights Commission to award a Dollard des Ormeaux resident and two of her friends awards of $20,000 each in punitive damages for what the commission ruled were racial slurs against the three. "The city is awaiting to ...

Albert Kramberger editor@transcontinental.ca The term fashion police took on a serious tone on Tuesday when the RCMP seized a significant quantity of counterfeit clothes and fashion accessories from a home and vehicle in Dollard des Ormeaux and a warehouse in Pointe Claire. Police seized a large quantity of clothing articles, handbags, jewelry, shoes, sunglasses and other accessories bearing ...

Raffy Boudjikanian raffy.boudjikanian@transcontinental.ca Pointe Claire resident Peter Ascoli is claiming local police were negligent in not pursuing the matter of a dog owner on his street whose pet attacked him, his wife and their own canine. "Why did they not go give the guy a ticket?" Asked Ascoli...

Albert Kramberger editor@transcontinental.ca The Kirkland Meals on Wheels (MoW) program has new a locale for their kitchen ? in Pointe Claire. The volunteers running the Kirkland MoW had been using a kitchen in Beaconsfield for about a year but are now using the one located in the Church of St...

Some say Canada is a quiet nation, full of open space and silence, but the majority of this country's population knows better - we live in cities, and we know that cities are far from quiet.

Stephen Harper was a right-wing political pundit long before he became PM. Yet his extensive media experience is glossed over on his official campaign website , not included as one might expect in his "work experience and leadership competences" section, but rather relegated to the banal personal factoids page called "Ten things you might not know about PM Stephen Harper " (sandwiched cutely ...

Samira Laouni, the NDP candidate for Bourassa, made a media splash recently when she calmly endured a racist lambasting by a provocative radio talk-show host on 98.5 FM. But, she says, the interview allowed her to start moving beyond her status as the first veiled candidate to run in a federal election for Quebec and focus instead on the issues at stake for her riding.

In a world where image seems to be everything, and that image is often disheartening, it's good to know that plenty of young women have still heard of the word "feminism" and understand the movement's role in the fight for equality of all people.

Tory media office bans Hour reporter? Stefan Christoff Accessing the Conservative party's media schedule as a journalist proves a difficult task, even in the heat of a federal election.

A Clarke Avenue woman, whose eight-year-old son is autistic and not always aware of danger when out on the street, is blaming poor police enforcement of basic traffic regulations outside École St...

Issues of public safety and Westmount's own municipal force will be the focus of discussion next Tuesday when the Westmount Municipal Association holds its monthly meeting...

The Board of Directors of Batshaw Youth and Family Centres has announced that Margaret Douek has been appointed as the Westmount-based Batshaw Centres' new executive director. As the assistant executive director for the past four years, Douek has gained a strong knowledge of the organization and has worked well and effectively with Batshaw's partners in the community and the health and social ...

A milkman made a grisly discovery in a residential garage of a home on Westmount Avenue early Thursday morning. The bodies of a man and woman in their 70s were found in the garage. At the early hour, the milkman noticed light coming from the garage and saw fumes, said Montreal police Const...

Local Liberal candidate Marc Garneau lashed out at NDP leader Jack Layton on Sunday, charging that the party's newly released platform would impose a $50 billion tax increase on companies ? a plan that would drive jobs away from Canada, and cause further damage to Quebec's struggling manufacturing sector...

Geraldine Doucet and Lisa Forget will present their fifth and final cabaret for the benefit of The Roger Doucet Foundation, The Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, Generations Foundation, The Monique Mallenfant Pinizzotto Breast Cancer Foundation and The Montreal General Hospital Foundation.

A team of 46 amateur cyclists — all employees of Dorval’s Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada, arrived on Tuesday, Sept. 23 after completing a 600 kilometre, 3.5-day bicycle ride from Toronto on the Ride for a Cure tour to raise funds for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation through the CIBC Run for the Cure. The riders hoped to raise an estimated $100,000 for the cause, but topped their goal by ...

This column is called Rookie Mom, not because I’m young, but because I’m inexperienced as a mother. $"/> $"/>So far, I’ve got one child, so every new phase and development Thomas experiences is a new one for me as a mother.

IIt appears that federal Liberal leader Stéphane Dion’s plan for a carbon tax intended to cut down our use of energy is not going over well with voters planning to cast a ballot in the upcoming election. Perhaps Dion should have opted for something simpler.

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