Author: Benoit Leblanc

Banned for three years by the City of Montreal due to illegal dumping, and present on the blacklist of other municipalities, the company Beauregard Environnement was awarded a contract during the July municipal council at the City of Laval. Mayor Stéphane Boyer expressed that for him and his administration, there was no ambiguity and that the City has an obligation to award this contract to Beauregard Environnement, due to the rules obliging a municipality to choose the lowest bidder. in a call for tenders. Misunderstanding and anger For the opposition, this positioning of the Boyer administration and its public release…

The Nuits de Beyrouth restaurant was the scene of a third arson attack in nearly four months on Thursday night, March 9, in Chomedey. It was around 3:45 a.m. when 911 was notified of the incident by a fire alarm available to the establishment located on Curé-Labelle Boulevard, in Chomedey. The first of the 4 Laval Fire Department units required for the intervention, i.e., 14 firefighters, arrived on site at 3:54 AM. At this time, the sappers easily saw smoke coming from inside the restaurant whose sprinkler system had been activated. Suspicious details A window was found to have been…

The Mourelatos supermarket banner, which had a storefront on Notre-Dame Boulevard, no longer has a branch in Laval. This well-known supermarket for people from Chomedey and surrounding neighbourhoods is said to have closed its doors last fall. In the web search engine, Google, it is specified that Mourelatos supermarket has been permanently closed for at least 17 weeks. In Quebec’s entreprise register, it is indicated that the company is bankrupt. Contacted at his residence by Courrier Laval, the family of President Efthymios Mourelatos declined to comment on the closure. As the first shareholder, Efthymios Mourelatos would be the majority in…

A fire of still unknown cause, affecting four of the apartments in a large rental building, caused quite a stir on Saint-Marin Boulevard (west) in the early morning of Saturday, Dec. 10. It was 4:54 a.m. when 911 was notified of a fire in that residential area, located almost at the western end of Saint-Martin Boulevard, on the Sainte-Dorothée’s side. Arriving at 4:57 a.m., the first of the nine units of Laval’s Fire and Safety Department required for the intervention (34 firefighters), had no trouble figuring out the magnitude of the situation. At that time, flames were visible on the…

The Service de police de Laval (SPL) is currently carrying out numerous searches, targeting nine addresses, six vehicles, and the arrest of nine individuals, the vast majority of whom are on its territory. The major operation, related to urban firearm violence in recent months, is being deployed in collaboration with the police forces of Montreal, Deux-Montagnes, Saint-Jérôme and Longueuil. About 150 police officers are working on that case, carrying out the various interventions, some of which are taking place in Montreal, Saint-Jérôme and Deux-Montagnes. That’s the result of an investigation, initiated in August as part of the Centaur project, in…

This fall, Laval’s Fire and Safety Department organized a train derailment simulation practice with its members and partners. The activity took place in collaboration with the Public safety research and innovation centre (RISC Centre). “Bringing together many organizations that would be called upon to intervene and take decisions during a rail accident involving dangerous materials, the scenario for this exercise was developed on the basis of a very real risk on the territory,” said Claude Lussier, head of operations division of the Laval’s Fire and Safety Department. The initiative aimed to enable participants to better prepare, practice and update their…

A man lost control of his car, hitting a pedestrian and other people, before breaking through the glass front doors of the Marché Métro Plus Dépatie, located on de l’Avenir Boulevard. The scene occurred around 4:16 p.m., time of the 911 call, yesterday afternoon, in the busy sector of Laval-des-Rapides. An 81-year-old man, with a 54-year-old passenger by his side, was trying to park his car at the supermarket. Wanting to position himself to immobilize his car in a parking space, the man first backed into a car, already parked behind him, and inside which was a lady. In panic,…

About 60 hours after the gunshots that injured four people behind Collège Montmorency, the Service de police de Laval (SPL) says the investigation is progressing well, while the suspect in this shooting is still being tracked. For its part, the Fraternité des policiers de Laval came out publicly, first to direct its thoughts to the victims, families, as well as students and staff of the CEGEP, having lived through horrible hours in being confined after the discharge of gunshotsthat occurred on the evening of Nov. 11. It also mentioned “the great work, commitment and availability of its members during the large-scale…

Curé-Labelle Boulevard was once again the scene of an arson, targeting a restaurant yesterday morning. The fire allegedly occurred around 4:40 a.m. in a commercial complex, on Curé-Labelle Boulevard, located a bit north of Cartier Boulevard. Once at the scene, Laval’s firefighters and police officers found that the small strip of garden adorning the front of the Nuits de Beyrouth restaurant had flamed. An object would have also been thrown against the shop window, but the fire would have extinguished itself, even before the arrival of emergency services on site. Laval’s police indicate that this wouldn’t be the first event…

Empire Company Limited, which notably owns the Sobeys and IGA banners, has been affected by a computer problem that is believed to be of criminal origin. The attack would, in part, affect orders and deliveries, warehouses, and employee payroll. Let’s note that Laval has 10 IGA and IGA Extra banners on its territory. In a press release, Empire Company Limited maintains that “the Company’s grocery stores remain open to meet customer needs, and are not facing significant disruptions at this time.” However, some in-store services are operating intermittently, or are subject to delays, Empire Company Limited admits. “In addition, some…