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 14,500+
copies by Canada Post and at drops around town.
(13,500+ due to COVID
shutdowns at many of our drop locations (e.g. city buildings))
Our
team of local writers, designers and editors is diverse and
experienced. It includes Laureen Sweeney, Heather Black,
Veronica Redgrave,
Ted Sancton, Andy Dodge, Martin C. Barry and
Ralph
Thompson .
Summer Schedule:
June 15 & 22 – issues
June 29 – no issue (Dominion Day observance)
July 6 & 13 – issues
July 20 & 27 and August 3 – no issues (regular summer break)
August 10 until Christmas – weekly issues
Recent
editions:
June 8: Demolition hearing on 325
Melville to resume June 23 - Where does our food waste go? - Lansdowne
parking shift in effect
June 1: Mayor, 4 councillors intend to run
again - Pool readied to open June 14 - November 2020 Real Estate
Transfers
All
our past issues are online!
Looking
for older editions? Check out our archives.
Content & stories
David
Price, Editor, 514.935.4537, email: please type "editor",
then the
"at" sign, then
this website's
name without the "www"
Laureen Sweeney, Chief
Reporter
Advertising sales
Arleen Candiotti,
Advertising Consultant - 514.223.3567 - email: please type
"advertising",
then the
"at" sign, then
this website's
name without the "www"
Accounting
Beth Hudson,
Accounting, - 514.223.6138 - email: please type "office",
then the
"at" sign, then
this website's
name without the "www"
Classified ads: www.westendclassifieds.com
Westmount links:
City of Westmount
Westmount Public Library
Atwater Library
Westmount Historical
Association
Centre Greene
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
14,500+ physical copies
DW, plus
low-resolution email and web versions ● Distribution: Tuesday to Friday
(longer
when interrupted by postal holidays)
(13,500+ due to COVID
shutdowns at many of our drop locations (e.g. city buildings))
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, calendars and Vivva
Montreal, and hosts the website
of Price-Patterson Ltd.