By Kevin Woodhouse www.thesuburban.com The recent municipal elections held across the province in early November saw democracy in action with more Wes...
Mayors fall like dominoes
By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com Montreal has gone through three mayors in a span of less than a year. Laval has gone through four. Gérald Tremblay...
School board elections present hope for progress in 2014
By Joel Ceausu and Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com Quebec will at last hold much-postponed school board elections, Nov. 2, 2014. The last time we wen...
Hospital corruption could be hazardous to your health
By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com Even without the high-profile allegations of egregious defalcation, the McGill superhospital currently under const...
Laval’s golden door
City growing stronger, more diverse, despite the scandals “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched r...
Charbonneau commission to turn its eye on Parti Québécois?
By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com Quebecers are generally more relaxed about personal habits and bodily functions than their brothers and sisters in...
Trusteeship: Whose decision was it?
By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com Did Laval city council jump, or was it pushed? Laval’s trustees framed their final report with a synopsis of the e...
Ambulance union threatens pressure tactics
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Revelers to ride buses free, Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve
Laval transit authority tries to discourage drunken driving By Robert Frankwww.thesuburban.com Once again this year, Société des transports de Laval (...
What went on in trusteeship
By Robert Frankwww.thesuburban.com Free at last, Laval’s elected representatives regained control of the city, Dec. 9, after more than six months of p...