Argenteuil, QC

It's been three months since Argenteuil MNA David Whissell resigned his position as provincial deputy, leaving behind an empty seat in the National Assembly - and an impending election.

According to Melanie Cayer, spokesperson for the Liberal riding office in Lachute, the election must be called within six months of Whissell's resignation. Alternatively, Premier Jean Charest may choose to call a general election, which is rumoured to be happening sometime this fall.

In the meantime, Lachute native Lise Proulx has emerged as the next Liberal candidate for Argenteuil.

Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel MP Mylène Freeman says the Conservative government's proposed changes to Old Age Security (OAS) are "unacceptable" and is urging Canadians to protest what she is calling a "government attack" on the program.

During an interview with The Review last week, Freeman said the government should be doing more to help Canadians instead of making changes that will negatively impact seniors.

A new study led by researchers at Queen's University shows that Canadian girls have more emotional problems and less emotional well-being than their male counterparts.

The Health Behaviour In School-Aged Children survey, which includes results from more than 26,000 students from 436 schools across the country, found that while the majority of young Canadians aged 11 to 15 rated their life satisfaction as "eight or higher" on a scale of 10, mental health begins to deteriorate as young people move through grades six to 10, especially for girls.

Grenville Mayor Ronald Tittlit has returned uncontested as Argenteuil's warden and Gore Mayor Scott Pearce secured a majority vote to return as deputy warden for another two years.

Tittlit has been mayor of Grenville since he was first elected in 1994. Prior to that, he was a member of council between 1987 and 1993.

Some residents in Argenteuil will soon be able to retire their dial-up connections and look forward to satellite internet.

The Quebec government announced Monday, November 28 it would subsidize the installation of Xplornet satellite internet receivers for residents living in certain rural areas.

Five months have passed since the election of Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel MP Mylène Freeman, and the 22-year-old student is slowly but surely making her voice heard in the House of Commons.

Freeman, one of the New Democratic Party's 59 MPs elected in Quebec in the last federal election, is also one of four McGill University students in their early twenties - dubbed the McGill Four - who now call Ottawa home.

Du 3 au 5 juin derniers, Marc Arseneau le promoteur du circuit de course Icar logé sur le tarmac de l'aéroport de Mirabel a présenté son premier Grand-Prix avec comme invités d'honneur les bolides de la série NASCAR Canadian Tire.

Tout au long du week-end, les amateurs de sport automobile se sont rendus en grand nombre afin de voir leurs pilotes favoris évoluer sur ce circuit routier de 3.72 km.

After 18 years of political leadership in the Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel riding, the Bloc Québécois was toppled and incumbent federal MP Mario Laframboise was replaced by a paper candidate from the New Democratic Party (NDP).

Mylène Freeman, who was notably absent from political debates and interviews, chose not to put up posters or advertise within the riding, would have been virtually unknown to the 25,268 people who voted NDP on Monday, May 2.

As part of its plan to return to a balanced budget by 2014, the Government of Quebec released a modest budget on Thursday, March 17, demanding a reduction in government spending in all departments other than health, education and senior care.

Spending in most departments will drop by 0.2 per cent and government employees will be subject to a wage freeze that went into effect last year, as a means to save the province $530 million.

The budget's overall growth has been limited to 2.4 per cent and administrative operating expenditures were reduced by 10 percent.