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November-December, 2012, Vol. 40, No. 9
photo: Maurice Krystal
Montreal West Viewspaper
Remembrance Day 2012
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, blue
skies and Montreal West was there – young and old – to
honor those who have fought or are fighting for our
freedom and peace in Canada and the world. Thank you for
your participation.
Edgewood Florist:
now in Montreal West
by Maurice Krystal
INDEX
Environmentally yours . . . .14
Community Centre . . . .16-17
CRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Curling Club . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 12
MW Horticultural Society . . . . .2
MW Operatic Society . . . . .4
News from the pews . . . .12-13
Réunion du Conseil . . . . .19
Rotary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Schools . . . . . . . .6-8, 10, 11
Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Town Council Report . . . .18
Vôtre en environnement . . . .15
West End Quilters’ Guild . . . . .2
For 56 years Edgewood
Florist was a Côte Saint-Luc
landmark. On July 10, after
six weeks of renovations, the
new Edgewood set up shop in
our town on Milton. Located
in the industrial sector of
MoWest, it is in the dark
glassed building you see
when you take the first right
on Avon before taking the
overpass to Ville St Pierre.
The street running parallel to
the tracks is Milton.
What strikes you first is
the 24-foot high ceiling. The
second thing is the small
greenhouse built inside this
structure and the large refrigerator unit where certain cut
flowers are stored. There is
also a comfortable consultation area where clients can
see what different arrange-
ments can be made to suit
individual needs and tastes.
Though it seemed fairly quiet
when I was there, it can get
hectic around the holiday
periods such as Passover and
Easter, followed by the
Jewish High Holidays,
Valentine and Mother’s Day
and finally Christmas
In 1956, Dirk Van Egmond
and Hank Broekhuizen purchased some land and an
existing nursery from Pierre
Sarazin. Prior to Pierre Sarazin, there were a number of
previous owners, but it was
originally owned by the
Gougeon family who ran
farms in much of Côte SaintLuc at the turn of the century.
The two Dutchmen met in a
Montreal social club. In the
Netherlands Dirk’s father was
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12th Annual Steve and Rob Michelin
Memorial Hockey Tournament
Thursday December 27
Legion Rink
Once again, we
will pack all our
tournament fun into
one day of incredibly exciting fastpaced hockey.
Six teams will battle it
out in a series of round-robin
games. The team with the
best record will be crowned
champion. The first game
will be at 10 am with continuous play all day long. The
tournament party will be held
Thursday night at the Curling
Club where we will raise our
glasses to a great day and a
great event.
The tournament is held in
memory of twin brothers,
Steve and Rob Michelin.
Steve died in August 2001
at the age of 37 from complications relating to a series of
strokes. In June 2004, Rob
died at age 40 from
cystic fibrosis.
Since its inception in December
2001, the tournament has raised more
than $340,000 for local
charities.
Every year, more than 100
players and volunteers take
part in the tournament which
has become an important
event on the MoWest calendar. We welcome everyone to come and watch the
games.
BANQ – Fonds Conrad Poirier
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Participate
If you are interested in
participating or helping out
(volunteer or donate), please
contact Chris Kearney at
ckearney@montreal-west.ca
or Andy Michelin at
amichelin@rsmrichter.com.
November
Program Manager Chris Rasytinis and
members of the CRA’s youth hockey
league have committed to growing moustaches for the entire month of November
to help raise awareness about men’s
health. To find out more and support the
cause, please visit mobro.co/chrisrasytinis.
Santa’s Breakfast
Breakfast with Santa will be held on
Sunday, December 16 and will benefit the
CRA hockey program. Come with the
whole family for a fun-filled morning of
breakfast, photos with Santa, arts and
MoWest photographer Conrad Poirier (1912-1968) captured these
photos of Santa’s arrival on Westminster Ave. in 1949. The parade
wound through the Town and ended in the parking lot opposite the
United Church, where Santa handed out candies to the children.
crafts, Captain Catalyst and sleigh rides.
Big events like this are made successful by all of the wonderful volunteers. To find out how you and your
family can lend a hand to make this
year’s breakfast the best ever, please call
484-6186.
We encourage hockey and non-hockey
residents of MoWest and Hampstead to
come out and support our local minor
hockey association. More information
will be available on the CRA website:
mwcrasports.ca.
Holiday hockey party
Soccer uniforms should be washed
and returned to the CRA office ASAP.
Uniforms not been returned by December
31 will be deemed bought by the participant and deposit cheque will be
processed. They can be dropped off
during office hours (Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, from 4 to 7 pm).
For inquiries regarding CRA programming, Chris Rasytinis is reachable
by email or phone at: crasytinis@
mtlwestcra.ca or 485-8598.
Reminder: soccer uniforms
We are very excited to announce that
the CRA and the Montreal West/
Hampstead Minor Hockey Asso-ciation
are having a holiday hockey party at the
MoWest arena on December 16.
All of our single letter teams, from
Novice to Midget, will be playing games
all day from 10 am to 10 pm. Sponsors
will be providing refreshments for the kids
and a canteen will be set up in the lobby
offering refreshments for spectators.
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Congratulations to our
OPAM 2012 winner
Leia and Stanley Reinblatt of 217 Ballantyne
Avenue North have received
an award in the residential
category of Opération patrimoine architectural de
Montréal (OPAM) 2012, for
exemplary preservation of
their residence’s original
architectural features.
Furthermore, their home
has been nominated as one of
the top five houses in the
‘Maison coup-de-coeur’ contest, in which Montrealers
can select their favourite heritage home and can win a
prize in the process.
The nomination further
supports Montreal West’s reputation for rich architectural
heritage and the Town will
continue to encourage the
type of dedication for preservation that has been demonstrated by Leia and Stanley.
Reinblatt. Congratulations!
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Informerly yours
Prof. Laurie Hendren
of 240 Percival Avenue
was recently elected as a
Fellow of the Royal
Society of Canada. This is
the country’s highest academic honour.
Laurie is a professor of
computer science at
McGill University and also
serves as Associate Dean
of the Faculty of Science.
She was honoured for
her contributions to compilers where she is recognized as a world leader in
the area and for her unforgettable laugh. She is a
Fellow of the ACM and
holds a Canada Research
Chair.
She moved to Montreal
West in 1998 just after the
ice storm and has been
active in the community,
being a founding member
of the local women’s ice
hockey team. She has
given up hockey for music
and plays the bassoon for
the 306 Wing band that
practises at Royal West
Academy.
Congratulations, Laurie.
Bridge
217 Ballantyne Avenue N. This magnificent residence was built in
1913 as per the design of Wadsworth and Henderson Architects, well
known for their work on various CP hotels. Its brick cladding windows,
dormers and exposed rafters are all original and well-maintained. The
front door, transom and entrance canopy have all been reconstituted as
they were upon original construction.
Getting names wrong!
In the last issue of The Informer, we ran a photo and a caption
of the wedding of Andrew Dolan and Becky Hamilton.
Unfortunately, we had Becky’s mom Francie married to Peter
instead of her real husband, Paul. Apologies to Francie and Paul.
Day Ladies branch will be hosting their last luncheon bridge
for this year on December 5 at 12:30. Price for non-members is
$7. If you are interested in putting in a table, please contact
Cathy at 366-4584 or catherine.hughes@mcgill.ca.
West End Quilters’ Guild
West End Quilters’ Guild have had a very busy start to their
season. We have had some mini-workshops; a visit to
Courtepointe Claire, a wonderful quilt shop in Laval; spent a
very pleasant Saturday working on our raffle quilt for our 2014
quilt show and on some quilts to donate to “Quilts of Valour”
which is an organization that donates quilts to our returning servicemen and women.
If anyone is interested in more information about our group,
please email Mary at marysdogbob@hotmail.com or phone at
486-8979 or visit our blog at www.wequilters.blogspot.com.
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“And the music
keeps on ....”
MW Horticultural Society is happy to
announce that Dawn and Bob from
Smith Bros. Florists will once again
demonstrate the art of making festive
flower arrangements for the holidays. As
previous participants know, this is a truly
entertaining evening. Dawn has a wealth
of knowledge of the flower shop
industry, and she has a sense of humour!
A lot can be learned from simply
watching Dawn and Bob at work, and
their beautiful arrangements will be raffled at the end of the meeting.
Come early if you want a good seat and
stay late if you want some excellent
refreshments. This event will take place on
Wednesday, December 19, at 7:30 pm, at
the Town Hall. Everyone is welcome. Nonmembers pay $5 at the door or $15 for the
evening and 2013 membership combined.
January meeting
Horticultural Society will welcome
Christopher Buddle, insect expert and
Professor at the McGill School of
Environment. He will talk on Bugs in the
Garden – What’s Eating What and What
to Do About it. This presentation takes
place at the Town Hall on Monday,
January 21 at 7:30 pm. Again, everyone
is welcome, and non-members pay $5.
Christmas gift
Membership to the Horticultural
Society is still only $15 a year and could
make a very nice gift at this time of year.
Membership provides admission to interesting monthly presentations as well as
the spring garden show. Memberships
and guest memberships can be purchased
at any of the monthly meetings or by
contacting Membership Chairman,
Philippa Vikander at 489-3293.
This is going to be an exciting period
for all MW musicians and music lovers.
Rehearsals are going very well for our
December 10 concert (8 pm at MW
Presbyterian). The concert will begin with
the first movement of the 3rd Sonata for
Cello and Piano by Ludwig van Beethoven
and other gems of the cello-piano repertoire with Zhou Fang as the featured cellist and Earl Wilson at the piano.
The choir will round out the first half
with a lovely group of seasonal music set
by John Rutter. Mezzo Soprano Erica
Martin will open the second half and the
choir will complete the concert with an
extended group of beautiful seasonal music.
Please contact the church office,
mornings at 484-7913 or Earl Wilson at
486-9338 for tickets ($15 and $10 for 12
and under) or at the door. This will be an
outstanding concert that you and all your
friends will enjoy.
The music for the worship services
through Advent and Christmas has been
developed with a wonderful tradition of
reverent and musical services during this
important time in the Church year. Many
of the musicians that you have enjoyed
listening to over the years have agreed to
join with us again: Yubin Kim, Zhou
Fang, Mike Cartile, Felix del Trediciv,
Matthew Russell, amongst others. They
appreciate joining in the services with
you and sharing their musical gifts for all
of our benefit.
On behalf of MW Presbyterian Church
and choir, I would like to wish you all a
reverent, peaceful Advent and Christmas
season with just enough “awe and
wonder” to help us remember the real
importance and joy of this time we live.
Musically yours,
Earl Wilson b.mus., m.mus.
Montreal West
Operatic
Society
The Montreal West
Operatic Society presents
A Night of Stars: a gala
performance showcasing
23 of its brightest stars, offering you a
selection of songs from Baroque to
Broadway. December 1 (19:30) Victoria
Hall, Westmount. Tickets: 990-8813 or
tickets@mwos.org. Refreshments served.
Carolling in MoWest
MWOS will be carolling along the
streets of MoWest on Monday, December
17. Once again, we will be collecting
donations for the Montreal Children’s
Hospital Foundation. Please help us raise
money for this worthy cause. MWOS –
Great Music, Good Cause – since 1939.
www.mwos.org
Shop for the arts
The MoWest Operatic Society will be
partnering with Dix Milles Villages,
Monkland, for a week-long fundraiser.
During the week of December 2-8, shop
for fair-trade goods and gifts at 5675
Monkland Avenue. If you mention
MWOS, 15% of your purchase price will
be donated by the store to MWOS.
Pirates and seafarers
It is not often that pirates and seafarers have an amicable get-together, but
that’s exactly what happened recently at
the Windsor Hotel. The occasion was the
150th anniversary party for the
Seafarers’ Mission. Their benign ‘pirate’
guests were singers from the MoWest
Operatic Society who are putting on
Pirates of Penzance in the spring.
Soloists offered a few hints of the
coming A Night of Stars as well as pieces
from Pirates, Gondoliers and HMS
Pinafore. The thoroughly nautical
medley ended with a rousing chorus of
Hail! Poetry, the unofficial anthem of
Gilbert and Sullivan companies.
It was a beautiful musical experience
and a hint of great things to come. For
more information: www.mwos.org.
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MWCC
100 years of curling!
In 1912, Mayor James
Ballantyne and a group of
friends opened the Montreal
West Bowling and Curling
Club. The club opened at 17
Ainslie with two sheets of
natural ice for curling and a
lawn bowling green. Along
with James Ballantyne,
some other familiar names
have been club presidents:
W. Trenholme, J.D. Doherty
and John Wilson Bedbrook.
Natural ice limited the
length of the curling season.
In the 1920s, curling clubs
studied the feasibility of
investing in modern ice
refrigeration equipment. In
1930, three sheets of artificial ice were installed at the
club, extending the curling
season.
In 1964, fire destroyed
the original club house and
ice shed. A year later, it
reopened at the same location with major improvements – a modern club
house with a comfortable
lounge and bar, a dining
hall and a well equipped
kitchen, four sheets of artificial ice and an underground
garage. Today, the curling
club has 300 members who
enjoy curling, bridge, carpet
bowling and numerous social
events.
To kick off the club’s centennial celebrations, there
was a “white glove” dinner
on Saturday, November 3.
During the cocktail hour,
guests were entertained by
the NDG jazz quartet No
More Blues followed by an
elegant dinner in the club’s
dining room.
Oyster Party
Our annual Oyster
party was a big success.
All the usual shuckers
showed up and every-one
had a fun time and quite a
bit of money was raised.
Below is a list of Rotary
donation over the past fiscal
year ending on June 30:
• Aarohi Medical Clinic, India
$1,500
• Canadian Youth to Armenia
$2,000
• Chez Doris $2,000
• Montclair Seniors’ Residence
$2,000
• MW Community Serv.
(Canada Day) $2,000
• MW Greenhouse Committee
$1,500
• MW United Church (Christmas dinners) $500
• NDG Food Depot $2,500
• Old Brewery Mission $1,000
• Paroise St. Thomas Aquinas
(Peru Rotary medical clinic)
$5,000
• Polio Plus $1,000
• Rotary Club of Kololo Kampala
Uganda (heifers for women)
$2,000
• Rotary Club of Old Montreal
(Rotaract) $334
• Rotary Foundation Canada
$5,000
• Royal West Academy $ 600
• Salvation Army $ 100
• Ste-Justine Hospital Foundation
$1,000
Don’t miss
Bowzer and Blue!
On Saturday, December 1,
you are invited to enjoy an
evening of laughter with
Bowser and Blue. Everyone
(members and non-members)
is invited to attend. Tickets
are $50/person. Please call
the club at 486-5831 to purchase your tickets.
Christmas gifts?
Wondering what to get
someone for Christmas? A
curling membership is a great
gift! The second half of the
curling season begins January
7 and continues until the end
of April; plenty of time to
learn this fun sport and sweep
the winter months away!
For more information,
visit the club’s website (mtlwestcurl.org) or call the club
at 486-5831.
Michael Brooker
BMI Kontrols
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Rotary Club
Community
Service Award
Over the past 18
months our club has
honoured three community members with the
Paul Harris Fellowship for
exemplary community service. Paul Harris was the
founder of Rotary and the fellowship is named in his
honour. The three community
members so far honoured are
Janet King, Ann MacKay
and Joan Foster and their
names were submitted by
Town residents wanting them
to be so honoured.
To continue this community service award we invite
you to submit names of other
community members along
with a brief resumé of their
exemplary community service. Please submit any
names and resumés for consideration to me by e-mail at
doug@westendpiano.com.
Join us for lunch
Our club meets at noon
every Thursday at the Town
Hall for lunch. We often have
very interesting guest
speakers. Come check us out
sometime.
For further information
please contact Doug Yeats at
doug@westendpiano.com or
by phone 486-5373.
Total: $30,034
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Elizabeth Ballantyne School
Beginning of our intramural program
pions!), where he has been an assistant
coach for the last 15 years.
Both Tyler Eccleston-See and Denis
Pouliezos are cycle 3 students who are
looking forward to take part in what
might be a very exciting season.
As hockey is only one component of
this program, basketball is always
another favourite and is the first unit to
kick things off. This is a great way to
explore different games, develop good
sportsmanship and discover the hidden
athlete living inside you.
Later in the year, Newcomb ball is
introduced; a very high energy game,
played much like volleyball, responsible
for keeping many at the edge of their
seats. Finally, once the snow is gone and
the grass is green again, a few weeks of
soft ball in the field makes for a great
way to meet the spring.
With all this and the countless valuable resources at hand, intramural sports
at EBS offer something for everyone.
Multicultural music concert
Tyler (left) and Denis (right) with Stephane Fortin sporting his championship ring
Now with colder weather well upon us, Elisabeth
Ballantyne remains a hotbed of lunch hour activities
for its students. Our resident
P.E. teacher, Stéphane Fortin embraces
this opportunity to encourage keeping
active by introducing the start of our
intramural program.
Mr. Fortin has been teaching at EBS
for more than 23 years and has always
put an emphasis on the importance of an
active, healthy life style. In his time here,
he has opened the gym to all cycle 3 students and invited them to take part in
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various sports under his supervision;
teams are formed and compete against
one another, ultimately, to a final position where the winning team faces off
against staff members. Students v. staff
games are always seat-fillers and parents
and friends are welcome to watch their
kids in action, but what really gets
everyone’s attention is the launch of the
floor hockey season, and why not?
Mr. Fortin has been living and
breathing hockey since his early years
and when he’s not teaching at EBS, he’s
working with the McGill Redmen (who
just last year became national cham-
Elisabeth Ballantyne has many different students from many different parts
of the world and has benefited from a
sharing of cultures and there is no better
way to do this then by coming together
with music. Mr. Radu has been working
tirelessly with all students in putting
together a multicultural music concert
with different songs in several languages.
Cycle 2 and cycle 3 students have been
practicing long and hard on their
recorders and no ensemble would be
complete without a solid beat from cycle
1 on percussion. Please come and enjoy
our fine musicians at the school on
December 20.
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Edinburgh School
I am graduating from Edinburgh in
seven months, keeping all the good memories I had and would like to share with
you one of them: my Grade 5 French
teacher, Mme Geneviève.
Mme Geneviève started off wanting
to be a translator, but then realized this
was something she really didn’t want to
do and decided to be a teacher. For one
year, she moved to the UK to help teanagers in Sec 2 to talk in French. She
came back to Montreal and finished four
years of Bac French Second Language.
She taught French to immigrant kids in
kindergarten to Grade 1, to those who
couldn’t speak one word in French!
Later she got her diploma and was hired
by the EMSB.
Mme Geneviève’s first work at
Edinburgh was for two weeks as a
resource teacher. Then she had two babies
(she called one Arthur, he is four years
old now, and the other Edgar, he is two
years old), so of course she didn’t work.
This year Mme Geneviève has two
Grade 5 classes – of 20 and 21 kids. Her
favourite thing about Ebinburgh? – The
team of teachers. She says that everbody
works together and cooperates. Her
favourite subjects are French, history and
geography. She takes a lot of time talking
about Quebec and telling Quebec tales.
Now Grade 5ers are learning to write
their own tales - it’s their first year of the
Storytelling Contest!
Last month was
packed with exciting
events. For Halloween, a
haunted house was created by the two Grade 2
classes. The other grades
visited throughout the day. Rumour has it,
there were zombies inside, scaring the
visitors! Black garbage bags hanging
from strings served as “tunnels” going
through the rooms.
In November, we talked about remembrance and peace, with the whole school
gathering for the traditional Remembrance Ceremony.
On November 8, the Book Fair took
place, as well as Grade 6 Bake Sale. For
all the cookies, brownies, cakes and
goodies sold, we raised over $650.This
was the first fundraiser for the graduation
trip – this year Ottawa is the chosen destination. On November 22, the Home and
School held this year’s first movie night
– we watched Brave.
Open House
Wednesday
November 28
Mark this date in your calendar! Call
us to schedule a visit at 486-0981.
We have three times for appointments:
8:30 am, 10 am or 12:45 pm. Parents will
attend a presentation with the Principal,
Home and School, PSA, to be followed
with a guided tour of the school in small
groups. We will look at the gym, library
and some of the classrooms. Our goal is
to give our future students a really good
feel of what our school is about.
photo: Sasha Ross
From our student journalist
by Sasha Ross
who visited Grade 5,
talked with Mme. Geneviève
and took pictures
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l’École des Amis-du-monde
Un milieu scolaire enrichissant et inspirant
Quand diversité rime avec richesse
Madame Lina Fortin et son équipe
nous annoncent le lancement d’un projet
rassembleur célébrant la diversité de
notre milieu scolaire pluriethnique.
« Écrire à la manière de Laïla Héloua »
est un projet de rédaction réunissant des
élèves du préscolaire et de la 4e année
autour de la production de petites créations littéraires. Les enfants participeront
en tant qu’auteurs et illustrateurs et
seront guidés dans leurs apprentissages
par madame Héloua, une auteure de littérature jeunesse bien connue. Cette
dernière amènera nos élèves à la découverte des plaisirs de la table en parcourant avec eux ses propres albums de
la collection Mandarine et Kiwi. Ces
savoureux petits livres orchestrent leurs
histoires autour de thèmes associés à l’alimentation et instruisent les enfants sur
l’origine des aliments. Les histoires sont
couronnées par une recette délicieuse et
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Agence immobilière
Les animations que madame Héloua
fera dans nos classes aborderont la
richesse de notre monde pluraliste à travers la diversité culinaire qui s’offre à
nous de nos jours. En plus de travailler à
la rédaction et à l’illustration des albums,
les enfants participeront à de belles activités autour du thème de l’alimentation.
De nombreux acteurs du milieu scolaire,
incluant les parents, seront appelés à
RICK ISABELLE DAVID
LAVELL PAPINEAU DOUBT
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À mon école,
on s’amuse tous les jours!
Plusieurs activités sont maintenant en
marche afin de divertir les élèves après
l’école et sur l’heure du midi. Les mardis
en fin d’après-midi, les élèves inscrits
participent à des cours de hip hop, de
karaté, d’arts plastiques ou de loisirs scientifiques. Ces activités parascolaires
sont animées en collaboration avec ÉducAction.
Le midi, des équipes de soccer et de
mini basket sont dirigées par nos spéciallistes d’éducation physique. Notre spécialiste de musique a aussi lancé une
chorale pour mettre en valeur les belles
voix de nos élèves. Un projet d’animation dans la cour d’école se met également en branle.
Nous souhaitons à tous des célébrations de fin d’année remplies d’amour et
de joie. Revenez-nous reposés pour une
année 2013 remplie de nouveaux défis à
relever!
Par Brigitte Rivard, maman
d’Auréliane (groupe 401)
Alexandre Kelemen, B.A. Econ.
Financial Security Advisor
René Boucher
Real Estate Brokers . Courtiers immobiliers
office: 514 483-5800
www.rickandisabelle.com
1-800-260-1445
prendre part à ce projet délicieusement
emballant.
C’est dans le cadre du chantier « Vivre
ensemble en français », lancé le 5
novembre dernier par la Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys (CSMB) que
notre nouveau projet littéraire voit le jour.
La CSMB entreprend un travail de deux
ans qu’elle décrit comme « un vaste
chantier de réflexion et d’action », dont
l’objectif est de soutenir ses communautés éducatives dans l’intégration des
élèves de toutes origines à notre société
francophone. Les projets mis de l’avant
dans le cadre de « Vivre ensemble en
français » visent à promouvoir le français
tout en valorisant la richesse de notre
milieu cosmopolite seront réalisés grâce
au soutien de trois organismes-partenaires
de la CSMB : Vision Diversité, l’Institut
du Nouveau Monde et le Centre d’intervention pédagogique en contexte de
diversité.
1800 McGill College, Suite 1100
Office: 514-931-4242 ext. 2323
Cell: 514-572-9470
alexandre.Kelemen@f55f.com
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A big thank you to those who attended
our fundraising concert in honour of
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greatly appreciated.
Ever wonder what it would
be like to sleep over in the
library! Well, now you can
find out (sort of) with our
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are invited to come in on
November 30 from 4:30-5:30 to read
some bedtime stories with their stuffies
and then write them a note in case they
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get lonely in the middle of the night!
Then we tuck the stuffies in for a cozy
night’s sleep in the library.
The next morning you will be able to
log on to our Facebook page and see
what kind of mischief the stuffies get
into once they’re left alone! Registration
is free for library members, but register
in advance because space is limited.
If you enjoyed Spooky Tales then
you’ll love our Holiday Stories, taking
place December 15 from 1-2. Come in for
stories, a craft and a small snack, all in the
spirit of the holidays! The cost is $2 per
child and advance registration is required.
Are you still looking for a great gift for
your mother, grandmother, aunt or another
special woman in your life? Come to the
library to buy a copy of My Grandmother
Always Wore One by Diane MacLeod
Shink. A day planner that celebrates the
history of aprons in words and pictures; a
portion of the proceeds go to the library.
Used book sale
Come to our annual used book sale on
November 29 from 9 am - 7 pm, where
we sell books, CDs and movies for children of all ages. Everything is priced
between 50 cents and $1.
Does your child need help becoming a
research superstar? Call the library to
inquire about a one-hour private session
on online research skills, focusing on
safe, effective research. Sessions cost
$10 and are available on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The library is still seeking donations
of Lego pieces for a club we hope to run
this winter. Every little bit helps and is
greatly appreciated!
La Chorale Musicanto
The new community children’s choir,
under the direction of Mme Johanne
Poirier-Ledoux (Mme Jojo) is working
hard preparing for the holiday season.
Weekly practices mean that the children are almost ready for our concert –
Nos mélodies des fêtes. The show comprises 11 songs, sung in French and in
English, accompanied by a live band. We
invite you to come out and see the children perform on Tuesday, December 11 at
7:30 pm at MW United Church. Tickets
are $10 each, $5 for children under 11.
Contact: hmillerogden@gmail.com to
reserve your tickets or you can buy them
at the door. We are also looking forward
to performing during the MoWest’s tree
lighting ceremony and at the seniors’
dinner at the Town Hall.
For those children wishing to join us
for our winter session, we will have an
information and registration session at
Edinburgh School on January 9 from
6:30-7:30 pm. All children aged 9 to 16
are invited to participate. Practices for
Edinburgh students are Wednesdays from
2:25-4 pm and for all others on
Wednesdays from 6:30-8 pm. Practice
sessions are held at Edinburgh School.
If your child is not sure whether or
not he wants to participate, we encourage
you to come to the holiday concert on
December 11 to see what it is all about.
For further information, contact Heather
Miller at hmillerogden@gmail.com.
New books
Of course we have plenty of great
new books here! Young boys will love
Elizabeth Singer Hunt’s new series
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart about an ordinary kid who becomes a secret agent.
If you loved Raina Telgemeier’s
Smile you will love her latest book,
Drama, another graphic novel.
Once Upon a Toad is the latest by
Heather Vogel Frederick, author of
the Mother Daughter Book Club series.
This book tells the story of Cat, a young
girl who is forced to move in with her
father and evil stepmother, then starts
spewing toads!
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Courtier en Assurances de Dommages
Broker in Damage Insurance
68 Westminster Ave. N.
514-481-1134
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Holiday closure
The library will close for the holidays
at 5 pm on December 21 and will be
reopening on January 7.
For complete hours and details on
programs running in the new year please
check our website, our Facebook page or
come pick up a brochure at the library.
Groupe Sutton
Centre-Ouest Inc.
514-575-2419
mwilson@sutton.com
Mary Wilson
Courtier immobilier résidentiel
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Nursery Schools
MW Scout Group
www.mwsg.ca
Jardin d’enfants Curzon
Even on those blustery days that
autumn has given us, the Owls, Pussycats
and Piggywigs at Jardin d’enfants
Curzon are warm, cozy and happily busy
in their classrooms. Nathalie, Nina and
Pat have planned for December to be a
bustling workshop of holiday anticipation. Bells, candles, reindeer, Santa,
dreydls, trees, lights, menorahs, etc. will
ring in the Chanumas season... that’s
Chanukah + Christmas at Curzon! The
annual Chanumas show and party will be
a chance for the Owls and Pussycats and
their families to celebrate together before
the holiday break. And, rumour has it,
that even Santa himself may find time to
join the party for a little visit!
Mini Curzon’s Piggywigs will also
have their own “mini” Chanumas celebration! Linda and Kelly are so proud of
how much their two-year-old Piggywigs
have learned and grown, individually and
as a group of friends! Mini Curzon classroom is a cozy, safe haven of love and
laughter on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings!
A big THANK YOU to the families,
friends, alumni and neighbours who supported Curzon’s annual auction! As a
non-profit, cooperative pre-school,
Curzon relies on fundraising efforts in
order to keep tuition reasonable for their
exceptional programs. February’s
Informer will list all those businesses and
individuals whose generous contributions
and donations are so greatly appreciated!
If you are interested in learning more
about our incredible school, please visit
our website at www.curzonpreschool.com
or contact our registrar, Susy, at 993-2242
or susy.b@steam.ca.
Back Row (L to R): Katherine Lund (Leader), Dani Waldman (Leader), Joshua Manascu,
Doug Conover (Leader), Daniel Arrien, Beth Foster (Mother), Lesley Coles (Leader). Front
Row: Caleb Foster, Alex Halin, Mihai Neagu-Lund, Mathew Paterson-Cormier, Liam Massey,
Julianne Woo
On November 11, the Beavers, Cubs
and Scouts participated in Montreal
West’s Remembrance Day Parade and
ceremony at the cenotaph. In doing so,
we paid tribute to our fallen soldiers and
living veterans and continued to uphold
the tradition of remembrance in the next
generation.
October was a busy month for the
scouts; two major outings got us out into
the fresh air. Two of our scouts have
written their impressions:
Camping at Tamaracouta
The weekend of the October 3, 11
scouts and 3 leaders, along with a large
amount of gear, set off for two days of
camping at Tamaracouta Scout Reserve.
Despite cold conditions and multiple
equipment failures, we managed to survive. Because we forgot the water containers, we had to use small kettles to
hold water. This made getting water
harder than ever. However, all the patrols
pooled their resources and we managed
to make getting water a less difficult
chore. The temperature hovered around
the zero mark and both fingers and toes
got cold, but we were told to “Run up a
hill” if we complained, so pretty much
nobody whined. During the night nobody
was cold thanks to good sleeping bags
and body heat trapped in the tent.
We spent the majority of our time
clearing a campsite and the paths surrounding it, but we managed to squeeze a
scouting activity into our busy schedule.
We created a ten-foot tall tower out of
spars lashed together with twine. Despite
general disinterest in the project, a few
scouts worked on it and managed to
finish it. The tower is still standing in the
fort Chesterfield campsite where you can
see it today.
from Caleb Foster,
3rd year Scout
Zip lining!
On October 27, the MW Scouts went
to Arbraska, a high ropes course which
focused mainly on high up obstacles and
zip lining. The trip lasted a couple of
hours, from about 11 in the morning to
four. Starting out with some easy obstacles, such as thick ropes to cross and
short zip lines, it got progressively
harder and more exciting, culminating in
an extremely long zip lining course, the
longest of which stretched over the
length of two football fields. The courses
really tested your determination and your
coordination, and I had a fantastic time.
Many of the obstacles were very difficult
towards the end but by working hard at
them they could be accomplished. We
had a great time and I’d definitely recommend it to anyone.
from Joshua Manascu,
3rd year Scout
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Girl Guides of Canada / Guides du Canada
Nursery Schools
Little Red Playhouse /
Coco’s Place
The CBC recently ran a piece
on the Girl Guides
of Canada, suggesting that the
organization is making changes to
respond to a recent dip in enrolment. As
a newcomer to the Guiding world, I find
it surprising that changes are needed.
In my experience, the leadership comprises a dedicated group of women who
volunteer their precious time to help our
girls grow and thrive in today’s society.
They encourage girls to be confident,
thoughtful and self-motivated. They take
the time to help girls appreciate nature,
be involved in their community and learn
to work together.
The MoWest Girl Guides is a thriving
organization, as is evidenced by the
smiles on the girls faces and their sense
of belonging.
Sparks
The Sparks recently made their own
cookies. They learned about the history
and the differences between Halloween
and the Dia de Los Muertos through
games and crafts. They have also made
cards for the veterans at St Anne’s for
Remembrance Day.
Brownies
The Brownies planted tulip bulbs and
had a wonderful bicycle rodeo where they
learned all about bike safety. They are collecting toys and ornaments for the NDG
Food Bank. The girls will also roll pennies to help in the purchase of turkeys for
the MW United Church’s Christmas dinners. The Brownies will also be making
crafts for Meals-on-Wheels recipients.
Guides
The Guides have been busy too. They
made birthday boxes full of food and
birthday fixings for the NDG Food Bank.
They are also being very crafty while recycling by turning old shirts into tote bags.
All of the girls (Sparks, Brownies,
Guides and Pathfinders) were part of the
Remembrance Day parade on November
11 in remembering our fallen heroes.
They also had a sleep over at the church
followed by a fantastic trip to the science
centre.
Living in today’s society, I feel lucky
to have an organization like the Girl
Guides of Canada to help girls find their
way, make great friends and have fun
learning new skills along the way.
from Jennifer Morris
At the Little Red Playhouse, we like
to come up with little tricks to help us
remember the day of the week, the
month… or pretty much anything! (en
français aussi!). In “No!-No!-No!vember” we popped around like poppies
and made beautiful, bright poppy fields.
We talked about what it meant to be
brave and have courage.
With the chillier weather and need for
winter coats, we discussed how some
animals have their own fur coats. We
love talking about hibernation at the
LRP! We tracked paw prints on bear
hunts, froze food in ice cubes during science experiments, made pinecone bird
feeders and more! We even brought our
teddies and made them bear caves as we
wore our coziest pj’s for our teddy bear
picnic. From our chapeaux down to our
bottes (with a foulard in between!) we
are so good at getting ourselves dressed.
December is one of our favourite
months as we look forward to our holiday concert sing-a-long and maybe even
a visit from “you know who!”
We provide a balanced curriculum that
cultivates a love of learning and encourages empathic social interactions. Daily
activities from 7:30 am until 4 pm make us
flexible. Get to know that Little Red
school in your neighbourhood! For more
info contact us at 486-4032 or take a peek
at www.littleredplayhouse.com. For our
unique integration program visit
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to yours we wish you a healthy, happy holiday season full of love and laughter.
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News from the Pews
45 Westminster South
481-7441
Hours
Monday - Thursday
10 - 12, 2 - 4, 7 - 9
New books
We have all the Scotiabank Giller prize books.
Fiction
Gregory, Philippa The Kingmaker’s Daughter
Grisham, John
The Racketeer
Koontz, Dean
Odd Apocalypse
Morton, Kate
The Secret Keeper
Munro, Alice
Dear Life
Mysteries
Cornwell, Patricia
The Bone Bed
McDermid, Val
The Retribution
Rankin, Ian
Standing in Another Man’s Grave
Reichs, Kathy
Bones are Forever
Verdon, John
Let the Devil Sleep
Non-fiction
Hitchens, Christopher
Mortality
Mercer, Rick
A Country Worth Ranting About
Robertson, Lloyd The Kind of Life it’s Been
Rosebottom, Betty
Sunday Soup
Simmons, Sylvie
I’m Your Man (Leonard Cohen)
DVDs
The Closer – Season 7, Mad Men –
Season 5, Moonrise Kingdom,
Boardwalk Empire – Season 2
MW Presbyterian
St. Ignatius of Loyola
It just seems like yesterday that I was
writing about Christmas preparations at
our church, but, a whole year has gone
by. Once again, we are preparing for a
happy and festive season.
The St. Ignatius of Loyola Youth
Group was very successful in their recent
fundraiser for Fr. Victor’s former school
in Tanzania; their hotdogs went down well
with parishioners and they raised over
$1,100. The funds are on their way to the
school and they intend to purchase at least
one computer. Congratulations to the
Youth Group and many thanks to all those
who supported their fundraising effort.
Another event that took place recently
was the All Saints party, the Faith First
Parents hosted the party which was
attended by over 200 people. As a nod to
Halloween, the Youth Group organized a
haunted house, it was a scream …literally! Thanks to the Faith First Parents
and Youth Group, everyone had fun.
The weather has turned colder and the
shops are full of Christmas decorations.
Our minds are focused on the celebration
of the birth of Christ. To help us anticipate His birth we are holding a Service of
Lessons and Carols on Sunday,
December 23 at 7 pm. This will be the
third year that we hold this celebration; it
has proven to be popular and a beautiful
way to pause for reflection amidst the
“busyness” of the pre-Christmas rush.
Please mark your calendars.
Pope Benedict has designated this
year, running from October 2012 until
October 2013, as “The Year of Faith”. It
has been 50 years since the convening of
the Second Vatican Council and 20 years
since the new Catechism of the Catholic
Church. We will be marking this Holy
Year with various events, talks and discussions. Please watch the Parish
Bulletin for details.
Have a blessed Advent season.
Youth Group
A new “youth group” has been
formed. Its first activity will be a bowling
outing, including lunch, after church on
Sunday, November 25. The “young-atheart” segment of the congregation were
also invited – no doubt to show the
young-uns how it’s done!
French course
Professor Gilbert, who teaches French
at the Little Burgundy Employment
Centre, has offered to conduct a French
conversational class at MWPC starting in
the New Year. Likely Fridays at 4 pm.
This will be open to the community. Cost
to be based on the number of participants.
For information, please call the church
office at 484-7913, weekday mornings.
Roof repair turkey raffle
Three lucky people will each win a
turkey on White Gift Sunday, December 2.
Tickets ($5 each or 3 for $10) are available
at the church office (484-7913) or call
Janet Dimock, 484-2783. You don’t have
to be a church member or even attend
church on that Sunday, to be a winner.
Ongoing
Our weekly Sunday service and
Sunday school at 10:30 am. A social hour
follows. You are welcome to any and all
services and events.
from Janet Dimock
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News from the Pews
MW United
St. Philip’s
...the brick one
Thank you to all who came out to support this year’s edition
of our Christmas Bazaar. The day was a success, both financially and in terms of fun and fellowship.
December 1 is the NDG Food Depot’s annual neighborhood
food drive. Beginning at 9 am, we will be receiving, sorting and
packing the food in our Memorial Hall and storing the canned
goods in the basement for distribution to Food Depot clients
later in the spring. Collectors, including several teams from St.
Philip’s, will be going door to door. But if you miss them, donations to the Food Depot can be dropped off at St. Philip’s on any
Sunday morning or weekdays between 9 and noon.
Our Tuesday night Advent series will be entitled “Watch and
Pray,” we will start at 7:30 pm with worship in the style of
Taïzé, followed by discussion and prastice of a different form of
meditative prayer each week. The series begins December 4.
Our annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols will take
place on Sunday, December 16 at 4 pm. Our organist and choir
director, Hugh Cawker, will be leaving at the end of the year
because of added responsibilities at Marianopolis. We will pay
tribute to Hugh at the reception following Lessons and Carols.
Our Christmas services will be the same as in prior years. At
5 pm will be our service for children, and the young at heart,
featuring an interactive telling of the Christmas story as the children help in setting up the Christmas Crèche. At 11 pm we will
have our traditional service of Holy Eucharist and, at 10 am on
Christmas morning, we will have another Eucharist with carols.
The first phase of the work to restore the church tower began
at the end of October. Work has been financed by generous
donations from members and friends as well as by a small grant
from the Anglican Foundation. Look for a special fundraiser
early in the New Year as we start the second phase of work, the
restoration of the exterior stones and mortar.
What warms you in winter?
Is it candles casting their glow in a room? Getting together
with friends and neighbours? Good fellowship? The warm
laughter and gentle understanding that comes from watching children perform? Singing together or hearing new variations on old
familiar themes? Hearing a familiar story from a new slant?
Sharing good meals? All of this happens at MWUC in December.
We begin with our Fireside Dinner (turkey et al) at 5:30 pm on
December 2 (advance reservations SVP). December 9 is the
pageant presented with spirit and spontaneity by our Sunday
school. December 16 is our choral service with its seasonal words
and music. December 23 is a worship service with extra carols.
All of which brings us to Christmas Eve with the family service at
5:30 pm and the Communion service at 10:30 pm. Then
Christmas morning, it is time to deliver turkey dinners to those
who are housebound in our community, as inspired by Joan and
Bill Foster. Some traditions are too special to mess with....
January – the great leveller
Life returns to something approaching normal when January
arrives, doesn’t it? By then, we are ready for some reflective
space, a simpler lifestyle. Our meaningful connections carry us
along as we continue to come together with good folk, perhaps
adding some winter sport for good measure. And to enhance our
sense of peace, we have a Labyrinth Walk on Sunday, January,
27, 2-4 pm.
Join us then, on Sundays at 10 am, call us at 481-3210 or visit
our new website at www.mwuc.org.
Wishing you and yours the peace and promise of the season.
from MWUC and Susan Upham
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The first course of action should be:
provide traction. Eco Traction is a local
product, sold in Canadian Tire, Home
Dépôt and Métro stores which uses a volcanic mineral for traction and contains no
salt or salt compounds. It acts as a
sponge, absorbing water from the surface
snow and settling into ice. In the spring,
you can sweep up the remaining compound and sprinkle it over your lawn. It
can also be reused for other applications
such as absorbing household odours, or
moisture in damp basements.
Get-a-Grip is another alternative. It’s a
sand mix that can be used at all temperatures, it contains no salt.
And of course there’s ordinary sand
and gravel mixes that can be widely purchased and do the job quite nicely, especially on sidewalks and driveways.
You might complain that these alter-
natives are a bit messy when tracked into
the house but, in my house, we always
remove our shoes and boots, so that’s
rarely a problem.
De-icers
If you’re looking for a de-icer,
remember, the job of these products is to
loosen ice from below to make it easier
to shovel or plow. Don’t pile on the deicer thinking you’ll remove the ice completely. You won’t.
I don’t suggest using rock salt at all,
but if you do, please only use it at the
recommended application rate which is a
handful per square metre.
“Eco salts” are a de-icer alternative
you’ll see in stores, but read the labels
carefully. Many contain chloride compounds that are still a threat to local
water systems. As alternatives, they
should be used sparingly.
Eco Solutions, for instance, is a local
company that makes “organic melt”. It
contains chlorides, so isn’t ideal, but is
better than rock salt. Calcium chloride
requires a thinner application than rock
salt and will treat about three square
metres per handful. And one final thing
to look out for: if you do use a salt
product, choose wisely. Sodium chloride
(NaCl) may contain cyanide, and potassium chloride must be kept away from
landscape plants.
We all want a safe winter season. I’m
pitching for one that looks to the safety of our
plants and pets, our water supply and road
structures. So steer clear of salt if you can.
Elizabeth Ulin
Councillor for Recreation and Culture
Chair, Environmental Action Committee
15
Vôtre en environnement
On parle beaucoup du fait que le sel
augmente la pression artérielle. Mais le sel
fait plus que nuire aux artères de notre
corps; il nuit aussi à nos artères routières
ainsi qu’à nos jardins, à nos bassins versants et aux pattes de nos animaux domestiques. Puis, le fait de mettre trop de sel
peut laisser des tâches sur nos allées piétonnières, nos tapis et nos planchers
lorsqu’il est ramené sur nos chaussures.
Le gros sel ne coûte peut-être pas cher,
mais pensez aux dommages qu’il cause à
votre propriété et à l’environnement. Mais
que faire? Puisque l’hiver va bientôt faire
son entrée dans notre vie, voyons un peu
les solutions de remplacement.
D’autres solutions
La première action à entreprendre
devrait consister à procurer une bonne
traction. « Eco Traction » est un produit
local, vendu chez Canadian Tire, Home
Dépôt et Métro et fabriqué à partir de
minéraux volcaniques ne contenant
aucun sel ou composé salin. Il agit
comme une éponge, en absorbant l’eau
de surface de la neige en voie de se transformer en glace. Au printemps, vous
n’avez qu’à balayer les restes du composé et le répandre sur votre terrain. Une
autre solution, c’est « Get-a-Grip », un
mélange de sable ne contenant pas de sel
et capable d’agir à n’importe quelle température. Et bien sûr, il y a les mélanges
ordinaires de sable et de gravier qu’on
peut acheter n’importe où et qui fonctionnent très bien, surtout sur les trottoirs
et les entrées de garage. On peut trouver
que ces options sont un peu salissantes
lorsqu’on les ramène dans la maison,
mais chez moi, nous enlevons toujours
nos bottes et nos souliers ce qui élimine
pratiquement le problème.
Cherchez un déglaçant
Si vous cherchez un déglaçant, rappelez-vous que ce produit devrait
détacher la glace du sol pour la rendre
plus facile à pelleter ou à gratter.
N’exagérez pas les quantités de déglaçant
dans l’espoir d’enlever complètement la
glace. Cela ne marchera pas. Je ne vous
recommande pas du tout d’utiliser le gros
sel, mais si vous le faites, utilisez-le
strictement selon les quantités indiquées,
soit une poignée au mètre carré. Les «
Éco sels » peuvent remplacer les
déglaçants. Vous les trouverez en magasin, mais lisez attentivement les étiquettes. Plusieurs contiennent des composés de chlorure qui eux aussi posent
problème pour les réseaux d’aqueduc
locaux. Cette solution doit être utilisée
avec modération. « Eco Solutions », par
exemple, est une entreprise locale qui
fabrique un « fondant organique ». Il
contient du chlorure ce qui n’est pas
idéal, mais préférable au gros sel. On
utilise moins de chlorure de calcium que
de gros sel; une poignée couvre une surface de trois mètres carrés. Enfin une
dernière chose à surveiller : si vous
décidez d’utiliser un produit salin, choisissez sagement. Le chlorure de sodium
(NaCl) contient parfois du cyanure et il
faut éviter de mettre du chlorure de
potassium en contact avec les plantes de
votre aménagement paysager.
Nous souhaitons tous vivre une saison
hivernale sécuritaire. Moi j’en veux une
qui soit sécuritaire pour nos plantes et
nos animaux domestiques, nos réserves
d’eau et notre réseau routier. Évitez donc
le sel autant que possible.
Elizabeth Ulin
Conseillère Loisirs et culture
Présidente, Comité d’action environnementale
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Edgewood Florist
continued from page 1
involved in growing tulips, so he
came by his green thumb quite honestly.
The importance of location to attract
walk by business has diminished as the
florist business evolves. Today 80% of
Edgewood’s sales are conducted through
the telephone and Internet. There is
parking space provided right in front for
those who want to see and smell the
variety of arrangements offered.
The flower business has changed a lot
since Edgewood was founded. It started
as being primarily a small grower and
retailer. Over the years big growers built
big greenhouses and, in this day and age,
it is difficult to be both a grower and
retailer. Flower sales are also in flux for
a variety of reasons. Tougher economic
times hit luxuries first. There is that fourletter phrase that in the obits that is every
florist’s nightmare… in lieu of flowers.
And yet Corinne Van Egmond notes
that there are signs of a positive trend
also. There are more community gardens
each year, a dramatic increase in rooftop
gardens and an increased appreciation to
the benefits of growing flowers with
vegetables, especially as pesticides lose
favour.
Dirk’s two children, Corinne and
Murray, have taken charge of running
Edgewood Florist, though Dirk, now 88,
drops by every so often. Murray says he
did have other goals growing up, such as
becoming a professional scuba diver and
mechanical engineer, but he is happy to
be following in his father’s footsteps and
working with the family. He feels he
complements his sister. He tends to look
at the big picture and Corinne has a
better eye for the details.
The move to MoWest is close enough,
only five minutes by car, to serve a loyal
clientele. It’s near highways for deliveries and the space is big enough to
expand towards a full service florist.
They have always admired the Town’s
sense of community.
A wide variety of flowers, arrangements, pots, and vases are available.
Only the odd time an unusual request is
made that is impossible to fill, such as
the man who wanted a dozen dead roses
delivered. “It goes against the florist
code,” said Corinne. Her favourite flower
is the Gloriosa, from the lily family. She
loves its delicate beauty and various
shades of deep pink. Murray loves the
tulip. No other flower comes in such a
variety of shapes, sizes and colours.
Corinne lives with her family in
Kirkland, and her daughter, Jessica,
works in the reception area, making her
the third generation to work at
Edgewood.
Murray lives in Pointe Claire with his
wife Heidi and his sons Zachary (12)
and Eddie (9).
Edgewood Florist
9063 Milton
Tel: 484-2333
Fax: 484-3726
Email: info@calledgewood
MW
50+
Club
Outings and events
for December
4
Breakfast Club: Nothing
Else to Do: The Fenian
Raids, 1866 - 1870,
Speaker: Bruno
Stenson
6
Trip to the Marché de
Noël in Joliette
8
Upper Canada
Playhouse and Alight at
Night
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8h30-17h30
Saturday, 8h30-16h
10
Réveillon-style lunch and
Yankee Swap
NOVA Foot Clinics
14
Christmas dinner
December 12 & 19
January 9 & 23
17
Movie matinée:
The Polar Express
18
Bridge
by appointment only.
484-6186
January
8
Honesty
Integrity
Hardworking
Enthusiastic
Soup’s on: Two months
in northern Uganda,
Speaker: Aaron GluckThaler
11
Movie matinée:
The Best Exotic Marigold
Hotel
14
Diners’ Club:
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
23
IMAX:
Rocky Mountain Express
24
Members’ winter meeting
29
Bridge
17
Community Centre
Attention winter registration is on for all the adult and fitness programs. Classes
available are stretching (morning and evenings), cardio barre, chair fit, ball fitness
classes, drumming and dance fitness, yogalates and new jump sport trampoline. For
more info or to sign up, call the Community Centre at 484-6186 or visit our website
montreal-west.ca or facebook.com/montreal-west.
Winter Break
Pick Up Hockey and
Free Skating
December 28, 29, 30
Free Skate: 12:30 pm
10 & under Pick Up Hockey: 2 pm
11 to 14 Pick Up Hockey: 3:30 pm
15 & up Pick Up Hockey: 5 pm
Free Skate: 6:30 pm
Music and Movement
6-18 months and 18-36 months
Wednesday, 9:30 am and 10:15 am
Community Centre
Songs with fine and gross motor
activities using various instruments.
Winter session starts January 9 for
12 weeks
Cost: Residents: $105; Non-residents: $125
Parents and Tots
1-3 years
Tuesday and/or Thursday, 9:30-11 am
Davies Park Chalet
Socialize and play. Activities
include games, crafts and songs. Please
bring a snack. Winter session starts
January 8 for 12 weeks
Cost: Residents: $120 / $192; Nonresidents: $132 / $210
Bilingual Playgroup
2-4 years
Monday to Friday, 9 am - noon
Community Centre
An introduction to English and French
through play, crafts and stories. Small
class size. Winter session starts January 7
for 12 weeks.
Cost: 1x: $135 R/$145 NR, 2x: $218
R/$228 NR, 3x: $278 R/$288 NR, 4x:
$348 R/$358 NR, 5x: $398 R/$408 NR
Chess
6 years and up
Friday, 4-5:30 pm
Community Centre
Various brain games and chess.
Animator: Steve Rosenstein
Winter session starts January 11 for
12 weeks. Cost: R: $75 NR: $90
Ballet and Pre-Ballet
Saturday
4-5 years: 9:30-10:15 am
6-8 years: 10:30-11:30 am
9-11 years: 11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Town Hall
To teach the basics of ballet in a fun,
non-competitive environment and provides the child with endless health benefits, helps to improve poster and gain
flexibility.
Winter session starts January 12 for
12 weeks. Cost: R: $80 / NR: $90
Red Cross Babysitting
11 years and up
Saturday, 9:30 am - 4 pm
Community Centre
Learn the skills required to carry out
babysitting duties.
Winter session starts January 26 or
February 23. Cost: R: $50/NR: $62.
March Break Madness
5 to 12 years old
Monday March 4 to Friday March 8
Prices and details will be available
soon. Check our website for updates.
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Are you looking for something new
and exciting to add to your fitness routine? This maybe the workout for you!
Jump Sport class uses a mini-trampoline
and is a fun, exhilarating, total-body
workout and is for all ages. The classes
will be held at the Town Hall on:
When: Mondays, 4:30 pm/5:30 pm
Ages: 10-12 years/13-15 years
Cost: $90
When: Wednesday, 8:30 am/7:45 pm
Cost: $97
If you have any questions, please call
Paula at 485-8930.
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Town Council Report: October
by Carol Foster
Once again, dark rumours
have been swirling through
our pleasant little Town.
This time, they were travelling
by widely circulated e-mails and initiated
by just one resident who has described
himself as an “engineer with over 30 years
of experience in the public sector” and
who was aggressively questioning the
method in which contracts have been
awarded for work on MW streets.
The unsubstantiated criticism and the
innuendos prompted the Mayor to publish, in the previous issue of The
Informer, an explanation of the contractawarding process, mandated by provincial law, which is followed by Council.
A large group of people crowding into
the Music Room to attend the October
meeting, were offered coffee and homebaked goodies by a group of residents
determined to try and reduce some of the
hostility this situation had created.
The room fell completely silent as
Mayor Masella began his opening
remarks. He spoke emotionally of the
personal ordeal he has experienced as his
integrity was being questioned and stated
firmly that there was “no basis, imagined, contrived or otherwise” for any of
the defamatory allegations made by his
accuser.
The agenda then moved on to happier
topics. Congratulations were offered to
Barbara Farina for receiving a Queen
Elizabeth Jubilee Award for her work
with disabled children and to Demetrios
Georgiou for his permanent appointment
to Public Security Lieutenant. It was also
noted that an out-of-court settlement has
been reached with Burger de Ville.
Councillor Tasker-Brown announced
that a traffic-monitoring device has
finally been received and will enable the
implementation of the new TrafficCalming Policy. Work continues on the
revisions to the animal bylaws which
will shortly go back to Council for
approval. Scammers purporting to collect
donations for “The Montreal West
Handicapped Association” (which does
not exist) have been active in the Town.
Residents were advised to use caution.
Councillor Ulin cheerfully reported
that the air quality in the arena continues
to improve. Plans are under way for the
Remembrance Day ceremony, a flu vaccine clinic, Art etc. and Santa’s Breakfast.
Councillor Mazzone expressed his
personal view denouncing the recent
attacks on the Mayor and himself and
thanked all those who have demonstrated
their support.
Councillor McKenzie stated that the
infrastructure work on Brock North is
proceeding on schedule, more trees continue to be planted, equipment is being
readied for snow removal and a new,
very skilled foreman, Emmanuel
Fundaro, has been hired ensuring the
Town will now have to depend less on
outside expertise.
Public consultation has been held to
discuss the new bylaw concerning The
Site Planning and Architectural Integration
Program, and Council adopted this bylaw
with one abstention by Councillor TaskerBrown who had asked for the inclusion of
provisions that would encourage the creation of permeable surfaces.
Question period
Question period was unexpectedly
subdued given the rumours which had
prompted such an unusually large attendance.
No Council meeting escapes a discussion about dogs, traffic, crumbling sidewalks and the protocol surrounding blue
boxes, and this meeting was no exception.
In addition to the usual topics, issues were
raised about trees being cut down without
a permit, asphalt deteriorating on the
Strathearn parking lot, street safety in the
Town for Halloween and a damaged street
sign on Brock North.
A dog-owning resident asked for more
clarification concerning what the revisions to the animal bylaw would contain
and was told that Council had not yet
received the recommendations but they
were expected to clarify the current practice of permitting dogs to exercise offleash in certain areas at specific times.
The Mayor and his accuser, Asher
Waldman, held a brief, but heated,
exchange during which no new informa-
tion was added to the ongoing controversy.
It was suggested by one resident that if Mr.
Waldman still had questions concerning
contract awarding, he should take them to
the police or to the Charbonneau
Commission instead of harassing people in
the Town. This suggestion elicited some
applause from the room.
Several residents wondered if, given
the current circumstances regarding the
entire construction industry in the
province, it might be wise to delay any
further infrastructure work in the Town
until the dust from the Charbonneau
Commission settles.
The Mayor explained that the current
work is required to be completed in 2012
or else the government grant will be forfeited.
When asked where else Canbec, the
construction company seen most often in
Montreal West, does work, the Mayor
replied he does not know, but the rules
are clear that the work must always be
given to the lowest bidder for the job or
else no contract is to be awarded at all,
and this is the process that has been followed in the Town.
Rick Lavell then stood up and quietly
read a letter of firm support for the
Mayor and the Council members which
was followed by sustained applause and
the meeting was adjourned.
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Réunion ordinaire du Conseil : octobre
par Carol Foster
traduction par René Boucher
Encore une fois, de sombres rumeurs ont circulé dans
notre plaisante petite ville.
Cette fois, elles circulaient par
des courriels largement distribués et
émanant d’un unique résidant qui s’est
présenté comme un « ingénieur ayant
plus de 30 années d’expérience du
secteur public » et qui questionnait, de
façon agressive, la méthode utilisée pour
l’octroi des contrats de travaux dans les
rues de Montréal-Ouest.
Les dénonciations non corroborées et les
insinuations ont amené le maire à publier
dans l’édition précédente de The Informer
une explication du processus d’attribution
des contrats dicté par la loi provinciale et
mis en application par le Conseil.
Une cohorte de résidants souhaitant
atténuer l’hostilité que la situation avait
créée offrait café et gâteries maison à
l’important groupe de personnes s’entassant dans la salle de musique pour
assister à la réunion du Conseil.
Un silence total régnait alors que le
maire Masella a ouvert l’assemblée. Il a
parlé avec grande émotion de l’épreuve
personnelle qu’il avait vécue alors qu’on
attaquait son intégrité et il affirma fermement qu’il n’y avait « aucun fondement,
imaginé, fabriqué ou autre » au soutien
des allégations diffamatoires que faisait
son accusateur.
L’ordre du jour s’est ensuite poursuivi
sur une note plus heureuse. On a félicité
Mme Barbara Farina qui a reçu un prix
du Jubilée de la reine Élizabeth pour son
travail auprès des enfants handicapés,
ainsi que Demetrios Georgiou pour sa
nomination permanente comme lieutenant de la Sécurité publique. On a aussi
noté le règlement hors cour conclu avec
Burger de Ville.
La conseillère Tasker-Brown a
annoncé que l’on avait finalement reçu
l’appareil de surveillance de la circulation
qui permettra la mise en application de la
nouvelle politique d’apaisement de la circulation. Le travail se poursuit sur la révision de la réglementation concernant les
animaux qui sera prochainement acheminée au Conseil pour approbation. Des
escrocs prétendent recueillir des fonds
pour « l’Association des handicapés de
Montréal-Ouest », laquelle n’existe pas.
La conseillère recommande aux résidants
de faire preuve de prudence.
La conseillère Ulin a rapporté avec
plaisir que la qualité de l’air à l’aréna
continue de s’améliorer. Les plans vont
bon train pour la cérémonie du jour
du Souvenir, une clinique antigrippe,
Art etc. et le déjeuner avec le Père Noël.
Le conseiller Mazzone a exprimé son
opinion personnelle en dénonçant les
récentes attaques visant le maire et luimême et a remercié tous ceux qui les ont
appuyés.
Le conseiller McKenzie a indiqué que
les travaux d’infrastructure sur Brock
Nord avançaient comme prévu, on continue à planter d’autres arbres, on prépare
les équipements pour le déneigement et un
nouveau contremaître de grande expérience, Emmanuel Fundaro a été recruté,
garantissant que dorénavant, la Ville
dépendra moins d’expertise de l’extérieur.
Une consultation publique sur le nouveau règlement touchant le Plan d’implantation et d’intégration architectural a
eu lieu et le Conseil a adopté ce règlement avec l’abstention de la conseillère
Tasker-Brown qui avait demandé d’inclure des dispositions qui inciteraient la
création de surfaces perméables.
struction dans la province, s’il ne serait
pas sage de retarder tout travail d’infrastructure dans la ville jusqu’à ce que la
poussière soulevée par la commission
Charbonneau soit retombée.
Le maire a expliqué que les travaux en
cours doivent être exécutés en 2012, à
défaut de quoi l’octroi gouvernemental
sera perdu.
On demande au maire où, à part
Montréal-Ouest, Canbec, l’entrepreneur
le plus souvent vu en ville, exécute des
travaux. Le maire réplique qu’il l’ignore,
mais les règles sont claires : le travail
doit toujours être donné au plus bas
soumissionnaire ou le contrat n’est donné
personne, et c’est là la procédure que la
Ville a suivie.
Rick Lavell s’est ensuite levé et a
calmement fait lecture d’une lettre d’appui
ferme au maire et aux membres du
Conseil; des applaudissements soutenus
ont suivi et la réunion a été levée.
Période de questions
Contre toute attente, compte tenu des
rumeurs qui avaient attiré une assistance
aussi nombreuse, la période de questions
a été calme.
Aucune réunion du Conseil digne de
ce nom ne saurait éviter les chiens, la circulation, les trottoirs qui s’effritent et la
procédure concernant les boîtes bleues, et
celle-ci ne faisait pas exception. En plus
des sujets habituels, des points ont été
soulevés concernant la coupe d’arbres
sans permis, l’asphalte qui se détériore
dans le stationnement Strathearn, la sécurité dans les rues de la ville pour
l’Halloween et une plaque de rue abimée
sur Brock Nord.
Une propriétaire de chien a demandé
des éclaircissements sur ce que la révision
du règlement sur les animaux contiendrait;
on lui a répondu que le Conseil n’avait pas
encore reçu les recommandations, mais
que l’on s’attendait à ce qu’elles clarifient
la pratique actuelle qui permet de laisser
les chiens courir en liberté à certains
endroits et à des temps donnés.
Le maire et son accusateur, Asher
Waldman, ont eu un échange court, mais
animé, au cours duquel rien de neuf n’est
ressorti. Un résidant a suggéré que si M.
Waldman avait encore des questions concernant l’attribution des contrats, il
devrait en référer à la police ou à la commission Charbonneau plutôt que de
harceler les gens de la ville. Cette suggestion s'est mérité les applaudissements
de l’assistance.
Plusieurs résidants se demandaient,
compte tenu des circonstances actuelles
de l’ensemble de l’industrie de la con-
DR. SUSAN MCDONALD
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73 WESTMINSTER N.
MONTREAL WEST
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486-4411
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COMING EVENTS
Please call the Editor: Heather at 489-7022
e-mail: montrealwestinformer@gmail.com
Next deadline: January 6
N OV E M B E R
Sun 25 Labyrinth Walk, Wadsworth Hall. MW United. 2-4 pm.
Mon 26 Town Council Meeting. Town Hall. 8 pm.
Thu 29 Compte de taxe d'eau est exigible / water tax bill is due.
Curzon Pre-School Live Auction. Over $10,000 in items; easy
holiday shopping! Curling Club. Tickets $5 at the door. 7 pm.
DECEMBER
Sat
1 The Montreal West Operatic Society presents A Night of Stars.
Victoria Hall. Tickets: 990-8813. 7:30 pm.
Sat
1 Food Drive bag collection. NDG Food Depot. St. Philip’s. 9 am - 2 pm.
Bowser and Blue. Curling Club. $50/person. Tickets: 486-5831.
Festivals of lessons and carols. St. Philip’s. 4 pm.
Sun 2 White Gift Sunday. St. Philip’s.
White Gift Sunday. MW Presbyterian. 10:30 am.
Tue 4 Much Ado About Nothing. Royal West Academy auditorium. 7 pm.
Continues on Wednesday and Thursday. Tickets: $10 adults, $7
seniors, $5 students. Dinner theatre Friday, December 7: dinner at 6:30,
production at 7:30, tickets: $25 and must be reserved
Watch and Pray, Taïzé worship and meditation. St. Philip’s. 7:30 pm.
Wed 5 Bridge. MW Curling Club, Day Ladies branch. Please see page 3. 12:30 pm.
Sun 9 Christmas pageant. MW United. 10 am.
Christmas Communion. MW Presbyterian. 10:30 am.
Children’s Christmas party and pageant. St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Parish Hall. All are welcome to attend! Noon.
Mon 10 December concert. MW Presbyterian. 8 pm.
Tue 11 Holiday concert by La Chorale Musicanto. MW United Church. Tickets: $10
(adults), $5 (children 11 and under); contact Rusty (966-0881). 7:30 pm.
Fri 14 Tree lighting. Town Hall. 6:45 pm.
Sun 16 Choral service. MW United. 10 am.
Santa’s breakfast. Info on tickets and volunteering please call 484-6186.
Holiday free skating party. Music and fun for all! 1-2:20 pm.
Mon 17 MWOS will be carolling along the streets of MoWest, collecting
donations for the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Town Council Meeting. Town Hall. 8 pm.
Wed 19 MW Horticultural Society presents Dawn Smith's Christmas floral
arrangement demonstration. Non-members, $5. Town Hall, 7:30pm.
Sun 23 Christmas family service. MW Presbyterian. 10:30 am.
Service of carols and lessons. St. Ignatius of Loyola. 7 pm.
Mon 24 Christmas Eve Mass. St. Ignatius of Loyola. 4:30 pm and 7 pm.
Children’s Christmas Eve service. St. Philip’s. 5 pm.
Christmas Eve service. MW Presbyterian. 5 pm.
Christmas Eve Communion service. MW United 10:30 pm.
Festival Holy Eucharist (Midnight Mass). St. Philip’s. 11 pm.
Tue 25 Christmas Day Mass. St. Ignatius of Loyola. 10 am only.
Family service. MW United. 5:30 pm.
Wed 28 Author Roch Carrier will read his classic story The Hockey Sweater.
Royal West Academy. To order tickets: royalwestacademy.com/foundation.
J A N UA RY
Tue 1 Garbage Bowl. RWA field. 2 pm
Wed 9 La Chorale Musicanto registration and information meeting for the
January to May session. Edinburgh School. Information contact Heather at
hmillerogden@gmail.com. 7:30 pm.
Mon 21 MW Horticultural Society presents Christopher Buddle on Bugs in the
Garden. Everyone welcome. Non-members, $5. Town Hall. 7:30 pm.
Tree lighting
Friday, December 14
Town Hall
6:45 pm: singing around
the tree with La Chorale
Musicanto
7 pm: refreshments
will be served in the
Music Room and
a sing-a-long
with Sam and
Kent.
Santa’s Breakfast
Sunday, December 16
Town Hall
7:30 am - 12:30 pm
Includes: breakfast, photo
with Santa, arts and crafts,
face painting, Captain
Catalyst (10 am - noon),
sleigh rides (9 am - noon).
Reservations for 8 am, 9 am,
10 am or 11 am.
Tickets in advance: adult,
$13; child, $10. At the door:
adult, $15; child, $12. Tickets
available at the Community
Centre, cash only and no
refunds. To benefit CRA
hockey program.
INFO: 484-6186
Classifieds
F OR S ALE : Yamaha YTS23
tenor saxophone student model,
excellent condition; Dawson
first choice health science textbooks: chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, algebra, calculus;
winter tires: Bridgestone Blizzak
195/70/R14. Call 827-3026 or
email worldpast@Hotmail.com.
P IANO ACCORDION : Iorio
Accorgan 120 bass, with
reeds and electronics, F
series, model S-3, professional level. Excellent condition, very recent upgrade.
Magnificent sound. Available
with or without Yamaha
amplifier and/or Leslie rotary
amplifier. A one-of-a-kind
instrument. Reasonably
priced at $1,800. Can be
seen/tried in MoWest. Ray at
484-3873.