The Montreal Transit Corp.’s announcement two weeks ago that they would increase service on several bus routes across the island has done little to appease a Rivière des Prairies resident who has petitioned the MTC to improve express bus route 148.

It was a happy Canada Day for the C.S.R.D.P. Stingrays as they downed their local rival, the Sharks, 4-1 in U11 boys soccer action Tuesday night at Lorenzo-Prinze Park.

Since I began in the fitness industry 28 years ago, many people have approached me who want to lose body fat. Sure they also wanted to improve their fitness level, be more toned, more flexible and build muscle, but usually they grab their “area” of discontent and exclaim, “help me!”

That 1 Guy’s show is a must-see when it comes to originality. $"/> $"/>The musician, whose real name is Mike Silverman, put on an awe-inspiring performance of rhythmic, vocal and comic ability over the past few days at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

There is still time left to catch some of the action at the 29th edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival which comes to a close this Sunday.

American folk music artist Pete Seeger and his grandson Tao Rodriguez-Seeger are set to perform with bluesman Guy Davis in a matinee, family-oriented concert on Saturday July 5 (3 p.m.) at the River’s Edge Community Centre (350 Côte St. Antoine) in NDG.

For the third year in a row, women’s groups from local congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently came together to lend a helping hand. More than 100 women gathered at a local church building to work on humanitarian aid projects.

When the highest court in the land releases a ruling involving the largest and most widely held company in Canada, Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE), you have to stand up and take notice. OK, maybe you don’t, but I do.

Macleans Magazine recently reported that before Maxime Bernier got in such hot water and was still the flavour of the day in Quebec, an interesting switch was being plotted.

What is it with the fools running NDG? They shut down one library in spite of community protest and demonstrations on the pretext that there were not enough readers, not enough money and whatever. Then they announce the introduction of a new library, virtually around the corner from the first.

Good articles last week about the bureaucratic and fining ways of our current administration in CDN-NDG ( Borough inspectors seek to crush criminal garbage elements and editorial Enough is enough ). Well, we should be fining them for neglect and unfulfilled green promises: I take my daughter to our local Oxford (Georges St. Pierre) park here in St. Raymond and the water fountain beside the ...

It is with building annoyance that I read articles and letters to editors about the Quebec government being responsible for the lack of English textbooks in our schools. Who exactly makes up this faceless government? Who are the real “responsables” behind this educational ineptitude?

Re. David Lisbona’s The amazing disappearing Anglo media (June 25). I am saddened about 940 changing formats. The reason I changed from CJAD is because 940 News was a lot more interesting.

The words of Jim Duff and Beryl Wajsman that are examined in “Ahead of the curve” are as starkly relevant today as they were when they were written. $"/> $"/>Among the critical questions they raised, and that remain unanswered until today, is why certain people were never called as witnesses.

What was André Menard thinking? That was my first reaction when I heard that Public Enemy (PE) would be making an appearance at this year’s Montreal International Jazz Festival.

It’s not uncommon to hear adults say that children drive them crazy.

Until the 1950s, the children of so-called “upper classes” in England underwent an annual ritual. It was known as “coming out”, a season of dances and parties. There were no intellectual demands made of these young people; the entire emphasis was on the social components of life.

Australian musician Stewart D’Arrietta has found the right kind of outlet for his talents. $"/> $"/>In The Belly of a Drunken Piano: A Show Celebrating Tom Waits , With Stewart D’Arrietta, he leads the audience on a journey through the music of American boho songwriter Tom Waits from 1973 to the present.

Led by the play of pitching ace Danilo Cordoza, the N.D.G. Lynx steamrolled over the Orleans Red Sox 11-1 in their second game of the Senior Summer Baseball Classic held at Trudeau Park over the weekend.

The City of Beaconsfield will not be going ahead with a controversial restoration project this year at the Lord Reading Yacht Club after it was refused a grant to help fund the renovations, according to Mayor Bob Benedetti.