Due to a
strike at Canada Post, we have not mailed any copies of the Independent
this week (November 19). We could not do so. Here is what we did do.
1) Regular drop sites around
Westmount (e.g. ATMs,
grocery stores, city buildings): No change
2) Houses and duplexes
Look for the paper at our usual
drop
locations around town
and, above Sherbrooke, at newspaper boxes at
- Côte
St. Antoine/Victoria (northwest corner),
- Sunnyside/Upper
Lansdowne (southeast),
- Entrance
to Summit Woods (at Oakland/Summit Circle),
- The
Boulevard/Aberdeen (southeast),
- Montrose/Mt.
Pleasant (northeast),
- entrance
to Murray Park (Montrose/Murray),
- entrance
to Murray Park (Westmount Ave. between Murray Hill & Belmont),
- The
Boulevard at the Roslyn/Upper Roslyn steps (north side),
- entrance
to Queen Elizabeth Gardens (Barat/Vignal).
3) Multi-unit buildings (condos
& apartments)
Condominium and apartment buildings should get
special drops
of copies to their lobbies (not their individual mailboxes).
Issues? Call David at 514.935.4537.
Founded: May
21, 2007
Last
updated: November 12, 2024
Current status: weekly
until December 10 issue, when our usual Christmas break begins
Next
update:, November 19, 2024
The Westmount Independent is an
independent,
Westmount-owned, weekly newspaper distributed free in Westmount,
Quebec, Canada. Westmount is an independent municipality on the island
of Montreal, just west of downtown, and a part of the
Montreal agglomeration.
The
Westmount Independent's
circulation is 13,500+
copies by Canada Post and at drops around town.
Our
experienced team of local reporters, columnists, photographers and
designers includes Laureen Sweeney, Jennifer Ball,
Veronica Redgrave,
Ted Sancton, Andy Dodge, Martin C. Barry and Ralph
Thompson
.
Recent
editions:
November 19: Province says
‘no’ to funding Marianopolis soccer field - Work begins at
former Rowntree Antiques/current Resilience building
November 12: Maintenance to
close both WRC rinks for most of December - Natural splash-pad rink to
replace Westmount Park’s refrigerated one
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2024
schedule (all dates are inclusive)
Publishing
dates (advertisement preparation is always the week before):
January 16
to July 9: issues
July 16 to
August 6: no issues – regular summer break
August 13
to December 10: issues
Early
(Friday) deadlines: March
29
(for April 2 issue), May 17 (for May 21 issue), August 30 (for
September 3
issue), October 11 (for October 15 issue), November 8 (for November 12
issue)
Spotlight
on Real Estate issues:
March 19,
May 14, September 17 & October 22
School
issue: September
10
Content & stories
David
Price, Editor, 514.935.4537, email: please type "editor",
then the
"at" sign, then
this website's
name without the "www"
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Reporter
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Contactivity
Distribution:
The Westmount Independent is distributed by Canada Post in
Westmount and at drop-offs around Westmount.
Most reliable pick-up: 310 Victoria Bldg. lobby (Victoria Ave. and
de Maisonneuve Blvd.)
2nd most reliable pick-up: Metro grocery store (Victoria Ave. &
Sherbrooke St.)
Also: Victoria Hall, Westmount city hall, Westmount Public Library,
Westmount Square tabagie, Atwater Library and at many coffee shops,
salons and waiting rooms.
Letters of Support
13,500+ physical copies
DW, plus
low-resolution email and web versions ● Distribution: Tuesday to Friday
(longer
when interrupted by postal holidays)
Letters for publication: We
welcome your letters but reserve the right to choose and edit them.
Please
limit them to 300 words and submit before Friday 10 am to be considered
for
publication the following week. Please check your letter carefully as
we may be
unable to make subsequently submitted changes. Letter writers should
not expect
to be published in every issue, or in back-to-back issues, or
repeatedly in the
same season or on the same topic. Please
include your name and street for publication (or borough or
municipality if you
do not live in Westmount), but not your address (unless you want it
published).
Press time:
Monday at 10:30
am (except before long weekends, Friday at 10:30 am)
The Westmount Independent is owned by
Sherbrooke-Valois Inc. 310 Victoria Ave., #105,
Westmount, QC, H3Z 2M9
Sherbrooke-Valois Inc. used to publish the Free Press and Vivva
Montreal, and hosts the website
of Price-Patterson Ltd.