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As opposition to a proposed high-speed train line from Quebec City to Toronto mount in a number of rural towns in Quebec and Ontario, officials in Pointe Fortune and Rigaud are demanding officials with the Crown corporation that aims to build the rail line answer questions about how their territories will be affected.
Vaudreuil-Dorion’s annual Festival de cirque will mark its 20th edition later this month, celebrating acrobatics, dance, juggling, street art and many more features of circus-inspired performances.
Amid growing concerns about pedestrian safety in Rigaud’s village core, the town is planning to install overhead flashing lights at crosswalks later this summer, with more safety measures to potentially follow, said Mayor Charles Meunier.
The MRC of Vaudreuil-Soulanges is asking Quebec’s Health Ministry and Santé Québec to change how 911 calls are treated in this region — returning to allowing local fire department first-responders to be dispatched when a call for medical help is made.
Plans for a 45-unit affordable housing project in St. Lazare are in motion, with the city hopeful shovels will be in the ground later this year to start construction, according to the mayor.
The lawyer for a couple who recently won a $62,500 settlement against a landlord in Hudson for a so-called ‘reno-viction’ scheme says it’s the highest penalty she has ever seen handed out by a rental board judge in the 25 years that she’s been practising law.
Saddle up! This Saturday, St. Lazare will celebrate its fourth annual Horse Day — a celebration of the majestic animals that have long been part of the town’s identity.
A long-time resident of the densely forested Oakridge Road in St. Lazare is calling for a group of centuries-old white pines to be preserved as the private road is set to be municipalized as part of a development project.
A man from Vaudreuil sur le Lac facing criminal charges in a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a Pointe Claire woman in 2024 remains behind bars as he awaits trial this month — not for this case but another crash in 2023, where he has been charged with impaired driving causing injury.
A resident of St. Zotique who worked as a firefighter in Vaudreuil-Dorion between 2018 and 2022, as well as in Coteau du Lac, is facing serious sex charges involving an underage victim, but will continue to be employed by the Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal until his case is decided by a court of law, according to a spokesperson with the City of Montreal.