Wednesday-Night

March 30
Sadly, Montreal was not one of the iconic cities for Earth Hour, as is clearly shown in the panorama taken from Mount Royal by Jean-Pierre Lavoie. Councillor Marvin Rotrand is quoted, but nowhere do we see mention of the Mayor of Montreal. We were not impressed with Westmount citizens’ participation either - […]

March 18, 2008
Westmount Examiner
By Martin C. Barry
If omens and the luck of the Irish have anything to do with election outcomes, the Conservatives’ Guy Dufort will be Westmount-Ville Marie’s next Member of Parliament.
Dufort’s nomination was confirmed during a riding association meeting at the Atwater Library on Monday afternoon, St. Patrick’s Day.
Dufort is a lawyer with […]

February 27, 2008
(Westmount Examiner) Local clinics merge to form Queen Elizabeth Family Medicine Group
Health professionals and elected officials from Westmount are hailing the accreditation and merger this week of four medical clinics into a single family medicine group as an important step towards improving local access to health services which are available through medicare.
Under terms […]

Having all been on our best - and most diplomatic - behaviour last Wednesday, we can now revert to type, indulging in some vigorous debate of a number of items that were not on last week’s agenda.
But before we do, on behalf of Holly Jonas, we would like to call to your attention a […]

Train comes full circle, back into vogue
Airport transit line, high-speed T.O. link suddenly feasible
ANDY RIGA The Gazette
January 15, 2008

CREDIT: JOHN KENNEY THE GAZETTE

Bumper-to-bumper traffic on Highway 20 near Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport last night

To understand why two long-mulled train megaprojects are suddenly in vogue again, visit Dorval at rush hour.
Streams of cars arrive and […]

A bit of dignity
Fondation de la Rue… a la Réussite
By P.A. Sévigny, The Suburban

Pierre Anthian, Brian Morel, Sue McDougall and Serge Fournier

While thousands of homeless continue to wander the streets of Montreal and hundreds wonder what can be done about it, some know what it takes to make the difference between a life well lived […]

December 12 2007
Planetair is proud to announce that it is supplying offsets for the National Hockey League Players’ Association’s (NHLPA) Carbon Neutral Challenge for the 2007-2008 season. The Challenge is the largest player-driven initiative in the North American professional sports world to tackle global warming. It is a joint activity of […]

As of January 1, 2007, according to the Ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions of Quebec, the population of the City of Westmount was 19,701 residents.
Westmount - Ville Marie - Population: 97,226
RIDING PROFILE

This is an affluent central Montreal riding. It spreads from the St. Lawrence […]

We encourage all Wednesday Nighters to support our good friends of Infinitheatre (Guy Sprung, Natasha Fotopulos, Michael Judson, John Mavridis … to name a few)  by attending their annual fund-raising event.
Performances Sunday, January 6 and January 8 - 10 at the Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre.
For information and tickets call 514-987-1774

Montréal Idle! A musical murder […]

Introduction
The crowded room was pervaded by an atmosphere of genial good humour in contrast to the proposed discussion of the ‘dismal science’. Using the presence of Peter Trent as the perfect segue, Diana mentioned that during the first week of January, Infinitheatre will perform Prescription for murder set in Westmount and cleverly featuring cameo appearances […]