Lives & Legacy

Vaudreuil MNA Marie-Claude Nichols will not be seeking re-election in this fall’s provincial vote.

A group of homeowners in Vaudreuil sur le Lac is hoping to convince at least 121 residents of the small town to sign a register later this month to block the municipal council’s plans to buy a wooded area. But the residents are not opposed to the purchase — they simply  object to the price, a figure they claim is much higher than the market value based on the town’s own assessment commissioned last year.

The owner of the Hudson-Oka ferry announced yesterday that service on the lake crossing will be reinstated today — although only one ferry will be in operation.

Setting aside legal advice on a move viewed by many residents as unpopular, Hudson council last week deferred voting on a motion to ban swimming at Sandy Beach, effectively stalling the town’s ability to fine swimmers until at least the end of August.

What began as a leisurely family motorcycle ride last Friday afternoon in St. Télésphore ended in tragedy when two of the bikes collided, resulting in the death of a man in his 50s and serious injuries to another rider.

Police are crediting an off-duty nurse who was at the right place at the right time with providing a swift response to a 65-year-old pedestrian struck by a car while trying to cross an intersection in Rigaud on Sunday morning. The woman suffered minor head injuries.

Two spectacular fires on westbound Highway 20 in Les Cèdres on Saturday afternoon resulted in the destruction of three vehicles, including a large motorhome, creating a traffic nightmare that briefly prevented police and firefighters from reaching both fire scenes.

The latest wave of tariff threats from the U.S. against Canadian goods is being met with calm rather than alarm among the business community in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region, a reaction that is in stark contrast to the first wave of economic sanctions invoked by the Trump administration last year.

It is very likely that a swath of wooded land near a quiet neighbourhood in Vaudreuil-Dorion could become the site of a new residential development, residents were told during a public meeting organized by the city last week.

Described as “the largest federal investment ever made in Vaudreuil,” the Canadian government announced a $211-million contribution to the construction of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital earlier this month.