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NEWS
Dramatic armed holdup in St. Lazare
The surveillance camera images are shocking and dramatic — from the moment the masked suspect enters the Sonic gas station convenience store in St. Lazare last Saturday evening armed with a rifle to the instant when 65-year-old Daljeet Singh suddenly grabs the barrel of the gun, initiating a struggle, a shot going off and the confrontation spilling outside with the suspect, suddenly unmasked, fleeing.
New hospital to open with only 40% staff
30 of 250 MDs secured so far BRENDA O’FARRELLThe 1019 Report – Local Journalism Initiative The new Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital will open its
Farmers sound alarm over high-speed rail line
Farmers and municipal representatives in a small corner of the 1019 region are sharing their concerns about the proposed Toronto-Quebec high-speed rail project, which they fear could see farms in Pointe Fortune and Rigaud cut off by the new train line.
OPINION
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Just when we thought we might be out of the winter woods, leave it to the Old Farmer’s Almanac to bring us back down to earth. “When March has April weather, April will have March weather,” their pundits cautioned recently. In other words, be careful what we wish for. It’s true that the month of March has been pretty agreeable so far, except for that pesky ice storm...
St. Patrick’s Day was yesterday. While being Canadian by birth, the Irish roots run deep in my family. So much so that traditions and ways of life have been passed from generation to generation — sometimes intentionally, sometimes just because nobody thought to question them. I grew up thinking that a roast beef wasn’t done until it was grey all the way through; that a little flat ginger...
I am a senior living at Manoir Cavagnal in Hudson, which faces the back of the Botté restaurant owned by ex-Hudson town councillor Peter Mate. I am and have always been a senior citizen advocate and, now at the age of 66, a senior. Never in my life did I think that I would be put in a situation where I am bullied on a daily basis, and...
Editorial This fall, this region needs to elect effective advocates In less than seven months, Quebecers will be voting in a provincial election. And the movers and shakers in this region are asleep at the switch. Do you want to dispute that assessment? Go ahead. But answer this question: Who are the candidates who will be vying for your support? The only declared runners are the incumbents — Marilyne...
I am a big fan of “lunch-bucket” science fiction, with themes like time travel instead of bizarre worlds. I read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells when I was a teenager, and was hooked on the theme in television shows. I fervently watched each episode of the short-lived 1960s series Time Tunnel, even though it was cheaply made and used Hollywood backlots as the stage for historical events....
