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Cité des Jeunes Boulevard will be getting a major overhaul beginning this week, including the construction of two major round-abouts to accommodate easier traffic flow in anticipation of the opening of the new Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital.
Less than a month after taking formal title to seven lots in the Sandy Beach area, the Town of Hudson is considering expanding its waterfront holdings by purchasing an adjacent residential lot that is poised to be sold privately.
The population of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region has increased by 6.2 per cent in the last five years, with the largest city in the area, Vaudreuil-Dorion, seeing the biggest jump in the number of residents, according to the latest numbers released by the provincial government.
As the Town of St. Lazare gets set to begin work on a new $9.3-million park to provide a variety of recreational and sports facilities, municipal officials are asking residents to help choose a name for the planned public space.
Mounting pushback by car owners in the Montreal region against the tripling of vehicle registration fees received a boost last week when a petition was launched in the National Assembly by Vaudreuil MNA Marie-Claude Nichols.
The Sûreté du Québec is urging local residents not to fall victim to scammers posing as bank employees who call to claim that they are investigating fraudulent activities related to their bank accounts.
Mourners packed a Senneville funeral home last weekend to bid farewell to 15-year-old Eva De Wit-Blades, who died tragically March 20 when she was struck by two cars while trying to cross a busy street in Vaudreuil-Dorion.
The opening of this year’s Hudson Film Festival promises to be sweet!
When times are tough, when rising prices add to the financial pressures people struggle with, neighbours help neighbours. It is with that thought in mind that team who publishes The 1019 Report and The 1510 West have decided to host a food drive. In fact, we — along with our sponsors — are hosting two food drives. The first will be on Saturday, March 28, in the West Island to benefit West Island Mission. Please drop by McKibbin’s in Pointe Claire, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., to drop off any non-perishable food items or toiletries. Then, we turn our attention to helping Le Pont Bridging in Hudson and La Source d’Entraide in St. Lazare. On April 11, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the newspapers’ representatives will be at Cardinal Brewing in Hudson, McKibbins’ Vaudreuil and Duke & Divines in Vaudreuil-Dorion to collect food items. Hope you can join us. Let’s generate a few positive headlines together. You are unauthorized to view this page.
JOSHUA ALLAN The 1019 Report A bylaw aimed to prevent property owners in St. Lazare from letting buildings fall into disrepair has been narrowed in scope. Originally planned to apply to all buildings in town – including sheds, barns and detached garages – this legislation will now only apply to heritage buildings, commercial and industrial buildings, multi-residential buildings and buildings that have been vacant for more than three months. “The main complaint was that people were worried about how this would be applied and how it would affect them,” Mayor Geneviève Lachance said in an interview. “Now that we’ve removed all that, I think it will reassure people.” The bylaw, which was adopted at the March 10 council meeting, aims to ensure the structural maintenance of these buildings. The legislation gives the town the power to inspect the buildings and require the owners to repair any damage or deteriorating features of the structure. Owners who fail to comply risk facing thousands of dollars in fines. The original version of this bylaw, which had been tabled in February, had aimed to apply this standard to all buildings in St. Lazare, including single-family houses and any structures on private properties. Even old backyard sheds could have subjected to the requirements under this bylaw. The Quebec government requires municipalities adopt a bylaw on maintenance of local heritage buildings by April 1, but municipal councils have the option to expand this regulation beyond maintaining purely heritage structures.District 6 Councillor Lorraine Caron had denounced the broad scope of the initial version of the bylaw, being the only member on council to vote against it in February. “I thought there would be a social acceptability problem to subject all buildings” to this bylaw, said Caron, who voted in favour of the revised version last week. While she said she doesn’t perceive this issue as being especially pronounced in her district, Caron pointed to the fact that the town does not have an inventory of all buildings in the town. This, she said, would have presented an obstacle for municipal inspectors, who would have needed to investigate, verify and keep running tabs on each complaint they receive about any derelict building or structure. “Not to mention the hassle of having an inspector come to your home and tell you, ‘Well, you need to repair your roof, you need to repair your balcony, you need to repair your walls,’ and so on,” Caron added. A public consultation Feb. 24 saw several residents voice the same concerns as Caron. Some asked about a timeline for repairs, how low-income residents would be able to afford these repairs, and how it would be determined what qualifies as being dilapidated. This response from residents pushed the city to amend this bylaw, Lachance said.“We had a lot of debates internally about this to find the right solution. But I think it’s a good compromise for now.” Local Journalism Initiative You are unauthorized to view this page.