POINTE CLAIRE.
VAUDREUILDORION
$
279,900
434 Rue Graham. Flex living 3+1 bedrooms or 2+1 bedrooms + den, 2 baths. Finished basement. Forced air. Many upgrades. Car port. Two sheds Must see! Centris # 28012373
Claudine Whissell Certified Real Estate Broker
ROYAL (JORDAN) INC.
514-865-5761
Bright spacious cottage. 4+1 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms. Finished basement and more. #22517198.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
VOL. 14 NO. 4
Foundation problems, rising taxes, new town hall and festival spending dominate St. Lazare council question period John Jantak Your Local Journal
St. Lazare Mayor Robert Grimaudo and the town’s councillors faced a barrage of questions from angry residents concerned about houses with foundation issues, steadily rising annual property taxes, the town’s new $9.2 million town hall, and the $350,000 projected cost of this year’s Festival au Galop, during question period at the Tuesday council meeting, February 2. Resident Joanne Ackland, who faces a $60,000 price tag to stabilize her foundation on Rue Champêtre, asked Grimaudo whether he had spoken with Lucie Charlebois, the MNA for Soulanges regarding whether the provincial government has some sort of subsidy program available to help the residents with problematic foundations defray the cost of repairs. Continued on page 3
Inside PHOTO BY CARMEN MARIE FABIO
On thin ice Wild winter temperature fluctuations are wreaking havoc with the usually busy ice-fishing on Lake St. Louis, and the unpredictable ice conditions resulted in a death January 29. See story on page 9.
Hudson mum on suspension
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Vaudreuil-Dorion social housing needs
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Hudson singing sensation
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Happening Gala 2016
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