Terroir: How the garden grows
For 30 kids and their parents, growing a community garden in the back yard of Vaudreuil sur le Lac’s Inspiration Montessori ensures that everyone gets their hands in the mud while getting to know their...
View ArticleSlide zones: Quebec now saying no immediate risk
Tonight the Ministères de securité publique and des Transports will be in St. Lazare to discuss landslides in Chaline Valley, while 25 kilometres away Notre Dame d’Île Perrot residents sitting is a...
View ArticleSnapper rescue
Last weekend found this snapping turtle trying to cross Main Road around the curve beyond the ferry. A passerby, Marc Couroux of Vaudreuil, gave the lumbering beast a lift with the aid of garden tools
View ArticlePine Lake assessment next week
The engineering assessment of the Pine Lake dam should be available by next week, says Hudson mayor Ed Prevost. The engineering assessment of the Pine Lake dam should be available by next week, says...
View ArticleDunes Lake land exchange includes Sanctuaire greenspace
Last week, the trees of Ardennais woods came down when development began in the Sanctuaire sector. The lots are part of the three-way land exchange deal to protect Dunes Lake. A 2010 map of the...
View ArticleTick-ing time bomb
Doctors are hesitant to act without hard proof of Lyme disease and as Graeme Ross and others have shown, even with incontrovertible evidence, sufferers are still searching for treatment and care. When...
View ArticleChaline Valley residents vent at slide zone meeting
Chaline Valley residents who attended last Wednesday’s briefing on landslide risks were reassured there’s no imminent danger and the town will apply to the provincial Cadre de prévention des sinistres...
View ArticleLittle beetle causing big problems for ash trees
As the emerald ash borer makes its way through the ash trees of Montreal and surrounding areas, the conversation about how to stop it has raised some questions- for example, is it necessary to do...
View ArticleWalk for a pipeline-free future
The citizens of the Peoples’ Walk for Mother Earth departed from Cacouna on May 10 have been following the paths of the TransCanada Energy East and Enbridge Line 9B pipelines. Their objective has been...
View Article#SaveTheBees Tees
Honeybees and other life-sustaining pollinators have been disappearing from fields all over the country, causing tremendous financial losses for Canadian beekeepers; more importantly, over 40% of the...
View ArticleThe forest for the trees
The residents of this region pride themselves on the green spaces that define Vaudreuil-Soulanges as far back as the time of the first settlers. They were the ones who were attracted to the region for...
View ArticleHow the urban garden grows
In a 600 square-foot garden in Verdun Tereska Gesing and her husband Shawn Manning, owners of Urban Seedling, are growing over 70 varieties of food to supplement their grocery shopping. After leaving...
View ArticlePipeline opposition grows on both coasts
As the debate over the future of big-oil dependence in Canada heats up, Quebec’s opposition is building in the eastern part of the province where TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline is proposing to...
View ArticleNeonicotinoids: Sierra Club demands COI probe
Sierra Club Canada Foundation has asked the Ethics Commissioner to examine the ruling under the Conflict of Interest Act with regard to Ted Menzies’ work with CropLife Canada. “A cabinet minister went...
View ArticlePeony Party at the History Garden
The ladies came to tea. They’ve been coming to the garden for many years. Your great aunt Pam sat beside my grandmother Molly, Kelway’s Bridesmaid arrived with a Laura Dessert, Madame de Verneville...
View ArticleWhen is a garden not a garden?
According to Webster’s dictionary a garden is a plot of land where flowers, vegetables, shrubs and trees grow. That definition doesn’t hold true for all cultures. The famous 11th century Japanese...
View ArticleQuinchien: From trout stream to open sewer
Searching for the source of the Quinchien is no easy task in wild, green St. Lazare. The river and the springs that feed it have an almost mythological quality to them. I traced the Quinchien over...
View ArticlePDZA toasted with Brasserie Schoune beer
Municipal representatives from the western part of Vaudreuil-Soulanges joined a crowd of MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges officials to launch the Plan de développement de la zone agricole (PDZA) at Ferme...
View ArticleNew St. Lazare development
Work at the Ruisseaux de Lotbinière subdivision at the corner of Cité des Jeunes and Ste. Angelique has begun right on schedule. Work at the Ruisseaux de Lotbinière subdivision at the corner of Cité...
View ArticleVaudreuil-Dorion and St. Lazare stay green
Correction In our Sept. 24 edition, photos and captions of two tree-planting events were reversed. We regret the mix up. Plantons Ensemble A chilling rain failed to dampen the spirits of the work...
View ArticleThe White Squirrel of Hudson
Madeleine L. Léger sent in these two photos of a white squirrel that often frolics on her property. She mentioned that when the squirrel crosses the road, drivers stop to take the time to admire him or...
View ArticleSmart move: Smart Greens containerize the farm
Kale in the winter, fresh basil and spinach too? If that sounds like your bowl of salad, two Cornwall entrepreneurs have a solution to that winter-long lack of fresh, healthy greens. Using shipping...
View ArticleSt. Lazare: A look beyond PMAD, concordance
With a population that grew 288 per cent since 1986, the MRC’s second largest municipality is looking at topping the 20,000 mark in the next five years with another development blitz. It has two major...
View ArticleTown calls for dam plan bids before referendum
The town posted a call to tender Sept. 19 on the SEAO, Quebec’s electronic public-tender billboard, calling for bids for plans and specifications for a rebuilt Pine Lake dam. Hudson residents will vote...
View ArticleRue du Boise deforestation begins
Early this morning, Ile Perrot resident woke up to a scene she has been dreading for months now. The trees in the forest at the end of Catherine Vincent’s dead-end street were being cleared for the rue...
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