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The top elected official of the MRC of Vaudreuil-Soulanges has been given a pay cut, a move that slashes his base salary by just over 21 per cent — or $32,405 — reigning in his annual remuneration to $119,595.
With a promise to make sure that the residents of the provincial riding of Soulanges will be seen and heard in the National Assembly, the Quebec Liberal party unveiled its candidate for the riding yesterday — Olivier Bertin-Mahieux.
Towns across Quebec are facing a crisis: They can’t afford to pay to maintain their deteriorating infrastructure. Where will the money come from?
Major repair work on the Daoust overpass at Highway 40 — one of the main entrances to the Town of St. Lazare — began this week, narrowing the access route and contributing to rush-hour traffic slowdowns that are expected to continue until September.
How does a society lose sight of the big picture?
With all members of Hudson council in agreement last week, the town signalled it will expand its natural land holdings in the Sandy Beach area, and purchase a privately owned residential lot along the waterfront for $1.3 million.
Like the Habs’ win on Sunday night, Hudson’s new town councillor Andrew Dumas is celebrating his win and looking forward to the next round.
In a world where everyone is rushing to judge others, it is harder and harder to show courage of conviction. But every so often, this courage is put forward.
As Hudson council weighs its decision on whether to buy an additional lot in the Sandy Beach area, the owner of the land — who currently owes $1 million on the property — says the town should exercise its first right of refusal and purchase it for $1.3 million.
The team who publishes The 1019 Report and The 1510 West hosted back-to-back food drives in recent weeks — one in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region and one in the West Island and — and collected about 700 kilograms of non-perishable items.