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A centuries-old wetland acquired by the Town of St. Lazare just over two decades ago in an effort to preserve it is slowly drying out, studies show, prompting the municipality to take action. But it needs help from Quebec.
The future of the small town of Pointe Fortune is doomed. It will not survive the construction of the proposed Alto high-speed train, said Mayor Sandra Lavoratore following a meeting late last month with officials with the consortium planning the passenger train line between Quebec City and Toronto.
Flames ripped through a house on Blueberry Forest Street in St. Lazare on Oct. 22, gutting the residence and claiming the lives of the homeowners’ two dogs.
Already investigating nearly 70 drive-by-shootings in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region in the past month, the Sûreté du Québec is now also busy probing the vandalism and theft from public mailboxes in St. Lazare — acts that have been denounced by local municipal representatives who are calling on police and public security to do more to quell the crimes.
The husband of a St. Lazare woman killed when she was run over by a vehicle near her home a year ago, was in court last week, where Quebec Court Judge Pierre Olivier Gagnon set the date for his preliminary hearing — Oct. 25, 2027.
The little town of Vaudreuil sur le Lac is going to borrow $2.57 million to buy a second tract of woodland to add to its holdings, creating a public forested park that spans 50.5 acres.
The 1019 region’s two rookie MNAs are looking forward to holding the Parti Québécois government to account in the upcoming parliamentary session, pointing to their new roles in the Liberal shadow cabinet highlight their professional backgrounds.
The Parti Québécois government’s commitment of $28 million in emergency funding to homeless shelters to prepare for the coming winter is a positive step, said Vaudreuil MNA James Hughes, the recently appointed Liberal critic on the file. However, he added that his party is pushing for the government to get these funds to the shelters as soon as possible.
The bereaved family of Codey Daly, a popular local bar owner who died tragically in the summer of 2024 when he was crushed by a boat trailer against the garage door of a residence in Les Cèdres, will have to wait until at least next spring to find out if the man charged with causing his death will go to prison or serve his sentence under house arrest.
With St. Lazare Mayor Geneviève Lachance calling for calm, the Sûreté du Québec has launched a major investigation into nearly 70 reported incidents of drive-by shootings in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region – incidents that have instilled fear and anger among residents of at least seven municipalities.