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Wed June 16, 2010
By Martin C. Barry
Lobsterfest
About 530 people turned up for the popular $150-a-ticket evening, which is one of two major events the foundation holds each year as its principal means of fundraising.

By Martin C. Barry
Laval Liberty drama students
Senior students taking dramatic arts at Laval Liberty High School excelled recently in an end-of-year stage tradition, when they performed the challenging hit broadway musical Mame.

By Geneviève April
City Council Transport Recommendation
During the June 8 municipal council meeting, the council received a recommendation to authorize an Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) project to allow a connection of the Blainville- Saint-Jérôme train line to the Mont- Royal tunnel.

By Martin C. Barry
Laurier Senior students meet Italian delegation
Students from Italy and from Laurier Senior High School get to know each other a little better outside a Laurier
Senior classroom.




Published June 16, 2010
Wed June 2, 2010
By Martin C. Barry
ChildIDclinic
Missing Children’s Network held a child identification clinic at four Montrealarea shopping malls, including the Carrefour Laval.

By Martin C. Barry
CSI Leblanc
Nearly 35 secondary five students from École secondaire Leblanc in eastern Laval got a chance to be crime scene investigators last Monday when they took part in a simulated criminal investigation exercise organized by a Montreal-based company

By Martin C. Barry
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A new war veterans monument is the result of a collaboration between the Legion branch in Chomedey and in St. Marys, Ontario

By Martin C. Barry
Royal LePage Anne Shears raises $2,500 for women’s shelters in Laval
More than 120 Royal LePage offices across Canada, including Anne Shears in Laval, took part in a record-breaking campaign that day, sponsored by the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, and raising more than $300,000 for the cause of ending violence against women and children

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Laval Biotech City Forges Partnerships at the BIO International Convention in Chicago
After three productive days at the BIO International Convention in Chicago filled with fruitful business meetings, the Biotech City delegation has returned with promising partnerships for Laval’s biotech firms (BIOPOLE).

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marketingFraud
The International Mass Marketing Fraud Working Group has designated June 1st, 2010 as the International Day of Action Against Mass Marketing Fraud.



By Geneviève April
Vimont Competency Development Centre graduates
On May 20, the graduates of the Vimont Competency Development Centre (CDC) received their diplomas at the centre’s third graduation ceremony held at Chateau Royal.

By Martin C. Barry
Centre du Sablon launches ‘Sablon Para Fit’
Centre du Sablon is entering a new phase in the ongoing development of its Sablon Fit physical fitness centre — one that will deliver an exclusive service for a special clientele: Sablon Para Fit.

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Water shortage in Laval
City of Laval is asking that citizens reduce their water consumption for some outdoor activities. Wasting water may lead to a severe pressure in some neighbourhoods, which could result in a water shortage.


Wed May 19, 2010
By Martin C. Barry
Steve Bletas
EXCLUSIVE
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School board chairman Steve Bletas predicts there will be serious consequences for the quality of education if and when the merger happens.

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CLD de Laval organisers
In Laval this year, $19,300 was allotted for 33 prizes, for a total of 97 projects received by last March 15. Sixty-three projects were submitted in the category “student entrepreneurialism” and 34 projects in the category “enterprise creation.”

By Martin C. Barry
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Considering what the Centre d’assistance aux plaintes de Laval (CAAP) does for people and that it’s been around for 15 years, you’d think more people would know about it.




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By Martin C. Barry
New Armenian Church
Quebec’s Armenian Apostolics will soon have a place to gather and worship as a community, following the official ground anointing and consecration of Holy Cross Armenian Church on Souvenir Road in Chomedey

By Martin C. Barry
car auction parking
Consumers buying cars in Quebec sometimes faced confusion and uncertainty. They may find themselves resting a little easier from now on, knowing they are now under the protection of the province’s Autorité des marchés financiers.

By Geneviève April
The president of the Parti Québécois for the region of Laval, Michel Leduc, predicts that the Bachand budget, which was tabled by the Liberals on March 29, will take back everything that Quebecers have received over the past six years
By Martin C. Barry
Robert Carrier
The Bloc Québécois is pressuring the Conservative government to prolong employment insurance benefits for persons who have no choice but to be absent from work because of serious illnesses like cancer



Wed Apr 7, 2010
By Martin C. Barry
Although the Harper Conservative government claims it is more committed than ever to reforming Canada’s Senate, a Conservative Senator has told the Laval News that the government should proceed with the reform only in stages
By Martin C. Barry
Centre-ambulatoire-Laval
‘Residents will be polled on various aspects of services they receive at CSSS Laval, including the quality, courtesy and professionalism of personnel

By Martin C. Barry
LavalFoireEmploi
Business people from all over Laval got the opportunity on March 24 to touch base with thousands of students in search of summer employment during the seventh annual Montmorency College job fair



Wed Mar 24, 2010
By Martin C. Barry
street-kockey
‘When the kids are playing hockey, they’re not really disturbing anybody’ – Cst. Frank Di Genova
By Martin C. Barry
Bletas on Combined city/school board elections
‘This would cost money and it wouldn’t work,’ says SWLSB chairman
By Martin C. Barry
Laval Liberals hope to unseat incumbent Bloc Québécois in Alfred-Pellan
Federal Liberals from Laval say they are confident that Angelo G. Iacono, their nominee in the riding of Alfred-Pellan, will be able to defeat incumbent Bloc Québécois MP Robert Carrier in the next election.

By Martin C. Barry
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Quebec Education, Sport and Leisure Minister Michelle Courchesne is urging political and business leaders to forge stronger links with the education sector, with a view to encouraging economic improvements



Wed Mar 10, 2010
By Martin C. Barry
Public consultation planned for Mont Laval project in Ste-Dorothée
By Martin C. Barry
After swearing in new Canadian citizens, Judge Duguay himself was sworn in as an honorary member of the Scouting movement.
After swearing in new Canadian citizens, Judge Duguay himself was sworn in as an honorary member of the Scouting movement.



Wed Feb 24, 2010
By Martin C. Barry
Agape Breakfast fund raiser
The money was raised from our 9th Annual Holiday Community Breakfast and related activities.
By Martin C. Barry
Attorney Gen. and Justice Minister Rob Nicholson
But it's just "smoke and mirrors," insists former crown prosecutor
By Martin C. Barry
Robert Bordeleau
Sees a link between Metro trains in dark tunnels and "unhappy" transit users


Wed Feb 10, 2010
Martin C. Barry
Laval credit card bust
He would have been able to produce thousands of fake credit and debit cards, virtually indistinguishable from the real thing...
By Martin C. Barry
A promise made is a promise that must be kept. Students from several of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board's schools ...
By Martin C. Barry
Laval residents would have another bin to deal with " a brown one " in addition to the big blue receptacle they are already expected to have for recycling of solids, and the trash can for disposal of garbage.

By Martin C. Barry
Laval Suicide report
But we have lowest rate in Quebec, say prevention experts ...



Fri Jan 29, 2010

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Laval's fire department was called Friday 3:30 PM to a general alarm fire. The fire erupted at the south-east side of Saint-Martin Shopping centre (corner of Notre-Dame Blvd. and Labelle Blvd.) which lodges a fast-food sandwich restaurant, the Scratch billiard complex and a Royal Bank branch. At the time of this report firemen were still fighting the blaze in extreme cold temperatures of -28 Celsius.
Wed Jan 27, 2010
By Martin C. Barry
Held at the Palace banquet hall on Le Corbusier Boulevard on Jan. 14, the event attracted more than 500 people, the largest crowd ever to attend the gala. ...
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OLP elementary

A big hearted cycle three class at OLP Elementary wanted to help support Haiti in its need ...


By Martin C. Barry
"Most Haitians want to have some level of control over their economy, and they want to have some level of control over their political life" Yves Engler ...

By Silvet Ali
, members of the AGAPE-Network Partnership Initiative (NPI) will be meeting at the Laval Community Learning Center to discuss their 2010 agenda. The committee is made up of members from Santé Publique, CSSS Laval, the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, Laval Police, and other representatives from the community, working together for the common goal of providing better English services to the growing anglophone community of Laval.

By Martin C. Barry
The City of Laval has signed an agreement with the Quebec Provincial Provincial Police, allowing the QPP from the Laval-Laurentides-Lanaudière area to use Laval's Chomedey Boulevard prisoner detention centre.



Wed Feb 10, 2010
By George Guzmas
We continue today with what other manufacturers will be offering to consumers to replace their HD sets with 3D sets.





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-- EDITORIAL - Another “great honor” bites the dust
-- EDITORIAL - What a difference 50 years makes
-- Local athletes to compete in Worldwide Kickboxing championship
-- Laval’s population to reach 380 000 in 2011
-- Air-Powered car coming in 2009-2010
-- Laval Technopole hosts United Arabic Emirats business session
-- City going electric with NEMO
-- Road sign mischief on du Sablon Street
-- The Liberal Party of Quebec Youth Convention is set for August
-- Traditional music and food draws thousands to Armenian Festival
-- The Greek Festival

Published June 26, 2008
-- EDITORIAL - Summer and politics don’t mix
-- EDITORIAL - Aiding Afghanistan, doing ourselves a big favor
-- Laval police bitter after Parasiris acquittal
-- ‘Cheap oil is over,’ Dion says during Laval fundraiser
-- “AGAPE” thanks community for generosity
-- Laval musicians nominated for Grand Jazz award
-- Opposition PSC party announces first six candidates
-- CSSS Laval aiming to increase presence in region
-- CSSS Laval Users Committee meets in Saint-Rose
-- The looming world food price crisis

Published June 12, 2008
-- EDITORIAL - Thermometers are doing the talking
-- EDITORIAL - Who is responsible for addressing
-- John Limniatis is now the head coach of the Montreal Impact.
-- Quebec passes new rules for brokering real estate
-- ‘Delicacy of the Sea’ to raise proceeds for Laurier School Board schools
-- Groundbreaking ceremony for Armenian church
-- STL goes on Smog Alert!
-- New study looks into lifestyles of Laval youth
-- Youth send out strong message
-- 2008: The year of global food crisis
-- Bloc Québécois bill calls for changes in Old Age Security regulations
-- Laval’s partners tackle the issue of business succession
-- House of Commons votes to let U.S. War resisters stay in Canada

Published May 29, 2008
--International Business Centre (LTIBC) reports on its first Trade Mission to Mexico
--Over $135,000 in funding awarded to the Institut Armand-Frappier
--Eight students from Laval win Millennium Foundation Excellence Award
--Service Canada Centre for Youth - Laval - Open for Business
-- EDITORIAL - “Cherchez la femme” or “Berniergate”
-- EDITORIAL - The real reason behind high oil prices

Published May 15, 2008
-- EDITORIAL - Secrecy is a nasty virus that can lay low the body politic
-- EDITORIAL - Message in a Bottle

Published May 1, 2008
Vaillancourt blames Montreal for underestimating Metro use
--“We want a stronger Quebec in a more prosperous Canada,”
--Abandoned warehouse is a dangerous eyesore for residents of Churchill Street
--City of Laval adds 100 parking spots around Montmorency metro station
--Flood watch continues on banks of Laval
--New Opus fare system means STL users will be riding ‘A la carte’
--Bloc Quebecois promote law changes concerning Quebec on federal-level
--CDC Laurier Adult Education Centre in Vimont gets results
-- EDITORIAL Revenge of the bean counters
-- EDITORIAL The Iraq War: five lies, five years, and three trillion dollars

Published April 17, 2008
-- Emploi-Quebec’s Job Fair
-- Hydro-Quebec Launches Go With The Flow Campaign in Laval
--City Urges Public to Remain Vigilant as Temperatures Rise
--Municipal Council holds monthly meeting in Laval-Ouest
--Pont Viau Competency Development Centre helps individuals enter job market
--Blaze destroys Chomedey reception hall.
--John F. Kennedy Elementary School Launches Peacemakers Program
-- SPORTS -- Major clean up for three Vimont-area soccer fields

Published April 3, 2008
-- A SHOW OF HELLENIC PRIDE
--Double capacity recyclable bins
--Handheld cellphones in cars banned; heavy fines for speeders
--Chomedey Liberals’ Guy Ouellette says his first year went fast
--EDITORIAL It’s time to promote peace in Afghanistan
--EDITORIAL Canada and the recognition of Kosovo: They’ve got it wrong, Kosovo’s totally dependent
--Province marks Adult Education Week
--New service will allow adults to obtain official recognition for work experience

Published March 20, 2008
--Frustrated Notre-Dame resident takes action
--Grocers compensation for bruised cut baby is a $10 gift card
--Charity operator pleads for help after devastating fire
-- Was Vaillancourt rival Bordeleau ejected from meeting or asked to leave?
-- In Laval city politics, early bird could snag the worm
--Laval Technopole introduces new plan to increase Citys economic growth
--Caisse Desjardins de Chomedey rewards good social behaviour in schools
--Daffodil days are back
-- EDITORIAL - Will Barack Obama be the next U.S.A. president?
-- EDITORIAL - Why Canada should not recognize Kosovo

Published March 6, 2008
-- Laval needs womens full representation, says Councillor Jocelyne Guertin
--Race is on against labour shortage, with integration programs for new residents.
-- Dion hints at Harper involvement in furor over Cadman budget vote
-- High-speed Montreal-New York rail connection
-- Hillcrest Academy- School Kits for Uganda Project
-- The rise of pharmaceuticals: treating the human condition
--Laval Liberty Panthers to compete at Juvenile AAA level this year.
-- EA launches groundbreaking game ...
EDITORIAL - Will a new US foreign policy leave Canada behind?

Published February 21, 2008
-- SNOW JOB ON GIBBON STREET
-- LAVAL WILL GET A MINISTER, TORY POINT MAN MICHAEL FORTIER VOWS
-- LAVAL WOMENS GROUP 25TH ANNIVERSARY
-- Bloc incumbent fears February 26 budget could trigger springtime vote
-- Canadians gave more than $1 million in aid, following Greek wildfires
-- Surviving the health care system in the 21st century
EDITORIAL -- Tornadoes not a sign of global warming
EDITORIAL -- Canadians expect good quality of life in many respects but not regarding healthcare...

Published February 7, 2008
-- Quebec ups ante against tax evasion in restaurant sector
-- Elected PQ would draft new history of Quebec nation, says Pauline Marois
-- CAISSE DESJARDINS DE CHOMEDEY REWARDS SAFE SAVING HABITS
-- Combating Canadas most threatening infectious disease
EDITORIAL - -- Where do our leaders stand on science?

Published on January 10, 2008
Girl goalie ineligible on a boys team: GMAA
Remembering the 1998 Ice Storm
Video-lottery terminals to be relocated from poorer neighbourhoods
AMT increasing its capacity by 70%
Up to 68,000 Quebec seniors deprived of $6,600
Courchesne unveils latest policy on families
Vaillancourt underestimates Metro extension cost
EDITORIALS - Exploitation, social injustice and government sanctioned gambling
Destined to Fail: The Truth behind New Years Resolutions


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