The Laval News

Cold puts a damper on celebration of winter at Centre de la Nature
The City of Laval’s Centre de la nature in Duvernay was definitely not the place to be on the weekend of January 23-24-25.
A polar vortex assailing the region had the obvious effect of discouraging many moms, dads and children – who are usually eager to get outdoors during the winter – from attending Laval’s popular Laval en Blanc seasonal celebration....

A Laval resident who was sought by the RCMP in a cocaine trafficking investigation over the past three years led by the federal police force has been arrested in Mexico.
The RCMP’s Montreal branch confirmed on Monday that Adham Haouili, 43, the son-in-law of Montreal mob boss Raynald Desjardins, 72, was arrested in Mexico where he had been planning to meet his wife....

It’s all about gratitude, MUHC Foundation head tells fundraiser’s supporters
“Today is about gratitude, it’s also about community, and most of all it’s about celebrating an extraordinary group of people who continue showing us what is possible when compassion meets action,” Marie-Hélène Laramée, president and CEO of the MUHC...

Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal’s roots date back officially to 1906
Leading members of the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal (HCGM) returned last week to a place closely associated with their community’s 120 years of history.
The venue – now a downtown Montreal hotel – was chosen because of its profound symbolism, being the site where the first place of worship for Montreal’s Orthodox Greeks, the Church of the Holy Trinity, once stood....