Some renters paying 80% of their salary for rent By Kevin Woodhousewww.thesuburban.com “Austerity measures by the government shouldn’t inc...
DDO condo associations lose out to Hydro-Québec’s ‘right of way’ policy
By Kevin Woodhousewww.thesuburban.com Since last week, representatives of the Glenview Green and Sunnybrooke Village Condominium Associations have bee...
WIPCR offers dignity and compassion
By Rhonda Massadwww.thesuburban.com The Suburban caught up with Niech’Elle-Simone Skeete while she was volunteering at the West Island Palliative Care...
Hydro-Québec asking customers to avoid heavy use during peak hours
Cold snap causes 50 percent of Hydro Québec use to heat homes By Kevin Woodhousewww.thesuburban.com With cold temperatures expected to stay well below...
‘Eat, Love, Live’ scores again
By Rhonda Massadwww.thesuburban.com Eat Love Live, the annual women’s only Valentine’s fundraising event put on by the West Island Cancer Wellness Cen...
Dollard youth wins piano gold after just four years of study
By Rhonda Massadwww.thesuburban.com Tracey Steele Music Academy (TSMA) in Roxboro consistently brings home medals from the Royal Conservatory exams in...
VOBOC grants wishes to cancer patients all year long
By Rhonda Massadwww.thesuburban.com Venturing Out Beyond Our Cancer (VOBOC) granted a special wish to Kristin Maither on Jan. 23, a trip to Boston to ...
BDC offers chances to young entrepreneurs
By Kevin Woodhouse www.thesuburban.com The backbone of any good economy is the strength of local medium and small businesses who can afford to expand ...
RBC Valentine’s breakfast for West Island charities
By Rhonda Massadwww.thesuburban.com For the 14th and final year, RBC has again raised a handsome amount towards West Island Community Shares annual fu...
Eleven-car accident at LGH parking lot
By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com A panicked driver caused an 11-car pileup—the kind normally reserved for highway tailgaters—at the Lakeshore Gener...