{"id":17156,"date":"2016-05-03T18:46:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T22:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=17156"},"modified":"2016-05-03T18:46:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T22:46:38","slug":"lasalle-borough-meeting-last-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lasalle-borough-meeting-last-night\/","title":{"rendered":"LaSalle borough meeting last night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The LaSalle borough meeting took place last night. Citizen questions focused on a petition against a new dog park in L&#8217;Hereux Park, transport struggles for LaSalle residents due to the 5,000 unit development in Lachine East between 6th and the train tracks, perks such as parking, La Ronde and Oceaga tickets for elected officials,<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Pugliese congratulated Sonja Susnjar for becoming a Community Cares Leader. Congratulations Sonja!<\/p>\n<p>Borough officials awared more than $5 million in contracts and set up three public consultations that I&#8217;ll be covering in the Suburban next week.<\/p>\n<p>Other stories I noticed include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/affaires.lapresse.ca\/economie\/agroalimentaire\/201605\/03\/01-4977490-labatt-brassera-ses-boissons-aromatisees-a-montreal.php\">$50 million upgrades to Labatt plant<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"ttp:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/actualites\/montreal\/201604\/26\/01-4975284-les-personnes-agees-plus-vulnerables-aux-incendies.php\">LaSalle firestation received highest calls in 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/toronto-man-charged-murder-lasalle-1.3558963\">Man charged for stabbing death in September<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/local-news\/west-island-gazette\/building-upgrades-pearson-schools\">LaSalle Comprehensive to be upgraded this summer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/montreal.ctvnews.ca\/laval-police-searching-for-57-year-old-man-who-has-been-missing-for-a-week-1.2883597\">Laval searching for LaSalle man<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/arts\/television\/201605\/03\/01-4977499-patrick-labbe-sillustre-dans-quantico.php\">Patrick Labb\u00e9 profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journaldemontreal.com\/2016\/04\/30\/dimmigrant-fauche-a-millionnaire\">Hardeep Grewal profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecologieurbaine.net\/fr\/activites-et-projets\/activites\/promenade-de-jane\">Jane&#8217;s Walks<\/a>\u00a0also celebrate their centenary this weekend. There are tons of walks happening in Montreal, including one in Lachine East on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. (735 rue Notre-Dame at the corner of 7th Avenue au Regroupement de Lachine),\u00a0one on the St. Jacques Escarpment (Falaise) Saturday morning (cyclists depart from Metro Angrignon at 10 while hikers depart from Vendome Metro or they can meet at the corner of Madison\/St-Jacques at 11 a.m.) and\u00a0two in Verdun (the Friday evening waterfront walk by Marie-Andr\u00e9e Mauger is full, but the 10:30 a.m. Saturday walk through the Nun&#8217;s Island Forest by Nina Gould still has space.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LaSalle borough meeting took place last night. Citizen questions focused on a petition against a new dog park in L&#8217;Hereux Park, transport struggles for LaSalle residents due to the 5,000 unit development in Lachine East between 6th and the train tracks, perks such as parking, La Ronde and Oceaga tickets for elected officials, Joseph [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lasalleposts","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-4sI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15749,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lasalle-borough-hold-extraordinary-council-meeting-tuesday\/","url_meta":{"origin":17156,"position":0},"title":"LaSalle Borough to Hold Extraordinary Council Meeting Tuesday","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"May 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The borough of LaSalle plans to hold an extraordinary council meeting on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. to approve Quorum's\u00a0Stirling Woods Housing Project and extend the contract of Mario Vachon. For more information, refer to their public notice that appeared Thursday. Thanks to Sonja Susnjar\u00a0for letting me know.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LaSalle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LaSalle","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/lasalleposts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17178,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/sonja-susnjar-wins-community-cares-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":17156,"position":1},"title":"Sonja Susnjar wins Community Cares Award","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"May 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Congratulations to LaSalle resident Sonja Susnjar, who was selected as LaSalle\u2019s Community Cares Leader in 2016. This is our way of saying thank you from the community,\u201d said Community Cares Foundation Founder Denburk\u00a0Reid, who works as community relations manager for the Montreal Alouettes and lives in the LaSalle borough. \u201cThese\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Island Report&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Island Report","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/island-report\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/lachinecanalsmallvertical.jpg?fit=300%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16573,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/sirens-wanklyn\/","url_meta":{"origin":17156,"position":2},"title":"Sirens and Wanklyn","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"June 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Labatt Brewery in LaSalle was one of six Montreal companies to\u00a0test their emergency sirens this afternoon. I'm too far away to hear them, but if anyone else did, I'd love to know what happened. The tests are designed to train people to protect themselves from explosions and possible toxic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Journalism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Journalism","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/writing\/notable-nonfiction\/journalism\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WanklynZonechange.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":439,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lasalle-borough-sets-june-21-for-register-about-wanklyn-island-zone-changes-if-needed\/","url_meta":{"origin":17156,"position":3},"title":"Lasalle Borough Sets June 21 for Register about Wanklyn Island Zone Changes, If Needed","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"May 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"During the question period at their borough meeting on May 7, LaSalle Borough officials said that the proposed bylaw for three lots won\u2019t change, despite Merlin Immobilier\u2019s decision to lower the height of their buildings in their two projects. \u201cWe aren\u2019t changing the bylaw, but we are changing the heights\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LaSalle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LaSalle","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/lasalleposts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WanklynZonechange.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":573,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lasalle-borough-approves-wanklyn-vote-hospital-expansion-public-consultation-and-building-modifications\/","url_meta":{"origin":17156,"position":4},"title":"LaSalle Borough Approves Wanklyn Vote, Hospital Expansion, Public Consultation and Building Modifications","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"June 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"If 65 people sign a register at City Hall between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, the Wanklyn project will face a referendum, a reinvention or it could be halted entirely.\u00a0 The rules for the register and referendum, if needed, are overseen by Quebec\u2019s Chief Electoral Officer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LaSalle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LaSalle","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/lasalleposts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WanklynZonechange.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16939,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/rail-line-zone-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":17156,"position":5},"title":"LaSalle to consult about rail line zone change","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"February 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The borough of LaSalle plans to hold a consultation about changing the zones of 29 current properties, including the old railway line between Angrignon Park and Highway 138 in part to \u201cauthorize a multimodal link for public and active transport.\u201d The meeting takes place in Borough Hall on Monday, February\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LaSalle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LaSalle","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/lasalleposts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jan28Notice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17157,"href":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17156\/revisions\/17157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}