Lives & Legacy

Every person’s life contains an incredible story – one that deserves to be well told.
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Expect traffic snags as overpass gets overhaul at Exit 26 off 40

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.

Vaudreuil Sikh community hopeful to find new place of worship

When a Sikh place of worship was abruptly closed in Vaudreuil-Dorion earlier this month, members of the religious community were rocked, and left scrambling. But with assistance from city officials, they are now making progress in finding a new, more suitable location.

International scam suspects arrested in Vaudreuil, Île Perrot

Two residents — one from Notre Dame de l’Île Perrot and one from Vaudreuil-Dorion — were among seven individuals rounded up by the RCMP and the Sûreté du Québec earlier this month and who now face extradition to the United States for their alleged involvement in a so-called grandparent scam that netted a criminal organization of $21 million.

Exo aims to get you to W.I. REM

With the launch of the West Island branch of the REM light rail line less than two weeks away, the Exo public transit service unveiled its new bus network for the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region, which will include the creation of four lines that will bring commuters to and from the Anse-à-l’Orme REM station in Ste. Anne de Bellevue.

Mom at centre of massive search for abandoned child released

The mother of a three-year-old girl who was found not criminally responsible of abandoning the child on the side of an Ontario highway last June — a case that triggered a massive three-day search throughout the Vaudreuil-Soulanges area — has been released from a psychiatric hospital and now resides at a halfway house.

Hudson buys additional Sandy Beach lot for $1.3 million

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.

Vaudreuil sur le Lac faces pushback

The small town of Vaudreuil sur le Lac has witnessed significant pushback by residents through the past few months over a proposed overhaul of its urban planning regulations, culminating with the town’s promise last month to pause the project and “return to the drawing board.”

Les Cèdres woman who rented home for murder freed

A Les Cèdres woman who participated in the torture and killing of a young crypto influencer in 2024 by allowing the killers to use her basement for $3,000 is already a free woman, despite being sentenced last January to two years behind bars.