Montreal Free Press 2013-06-11 - English Montreal School Board

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Battling bullying
Rabbi for Women of the Wall
Fiddler on the Côte
NDG: Students from six schools, including Marymount and Royal
Vale, were honoured May 29 for completing the Beyond The Hurt
program. See story, p. 10.
Photo: Michael Moore
HAMPSTEAD: Rabbi Julia Appel is coming to the Dorshei Emet
synagogue. See story p. 26.
Photo: Dorshei Emet
CÔTE ST. LUC: Councillor Mitchell Brownstein with wife, Elaine,
at the Fiddler preview. See Social Studies p. 18. Photo: Veronica Redgrave
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June 11, 2013
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NDG
Hampstead
Côte St. Luc
Strip mall serves NDG and Côte St. Luc
Editorial p. 6
Nancy Snipper p. 14
Sports p. 22
24-hour drive-through McDonald’s draws
concerns from residents, businesses
By Isaac Olson
Residents and business owners are
expressing concerns about safety, loitering, health and odour over the Côte St.
Luc-approved plan to establish a 24-hour,
drive-through restaurant in the Côte St.
Luc Shopping Centre’s parking lot.
Côte St. Luc resident Saverio Servello
says he is considering moving away
because he doesn’t want to raise his
young daughters next door to an
unhealthy, all-night, fast-food joint and
his neighbour, David Bouquet, said he is
starting a petition against the project.
Bouquet and his wife Carole Gélinas
recently wrote to the mayor to say, “We
are appalled at this decision that is inconsistent with the tone of our town, its
beautiful parks, wonderful library, good
schools and great service.”
In a phone interview, Bouquet said he
and his neighbours are concerned about
where people are going to fill up the shopping centre as the lot can pack in without
a restaurant filling a number of the
spaces. He said he is worried about the
smells and litter that accompany a fastfood restaurant — litter that attracts birds
and other pests.
continued on p.18
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NDG NEWS
Artful exhibition
A boy and his crow
Art work was presented by deaf and hard-of-hearing clients, as well guest artists at the MAB-Mackay
Rehabilitation Centre on May 16. The art included painting, drawing, photography, poetry, sculpture
and more. During the day-long event, guests also heard a presentation by two auditory specialists, Dale
Bonnycastle and Dr. Jean-Pierre Gagné. In the photo, MAB-Mackay Foundation’s Theo Brinckman
(centre) smiles alongside participating artists.
Photo: Isaac Olson
NDG-resident Brendan Walsh celebrated the official launch of his first novel, The Boy and the Crow,
on May 25 at the NDG Sports Centre. The book event drew dozens of people to listen to the author read
from his self-published book. Walsh is a freelance writer and lecturer in communications and writing
at McGill and Concordia universities. According to the author’s website (theboyandthecrow.com),
“This gripping and fast-paced coming-of-age book tells the tale of 16-year-old gang member, Danny
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By Isaac Olson
Three years after opening a location in
Plateau Mont Royal, Ta Pies, a food outlet
influenced by the traditional foods of the
land down under, has opened a second
location — in NDG.
While sitting in her new shop located at
5525 Monkland Ave. just west of Girouard
Ave., Melanie Des Lauriers said her classically trained, New-Zealand born chef of
a husband, Don Hudson, has more than
25 years of experience in the kitchen.
After living together for nearly a decade
in Australia, the couple decided to bring a
taste of the southern hemisphere back to
her home town.
The mostly meat-filled pies are a traditional meal eaten on the go or at home in
Australia and New Zealand.
Every neighbourhood has a pie shop,
she said, but her husband is putting a
gourmet spin on the traditional delicacy,
with 20 different flavours. Enveloped in a
flaky crust, fillings range from the classic
ground beef and gravy to butter-chicken,
she said.
Along with the pies are salads, soups,
veggie pies, side dishes and desserts.
The couple chose NDG, she said,
because, when planning to open another
store, she surveyed her customers on
Park Ave. to find out where they were
from. A large number came from NDG,
she said, so they opened on Monkland
Ave. on March 7.
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people know us already and are happy to
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McQueen wants more reserved resident parking
borough round-up
NDG district councillor Peter
McQueen said it’s time the borough
starts systematically adding reserved
parking to the area around the incoming
McGill University Health Centre
(MUHC) to ensure residents still have
street-side parking once the facility is up
and running.
During
the
June 4 borough
council meeting,
Northcliffe Ave.
resident Anthea
De Silva told
councillors parking is tight on
her street as people head to the
nearby
Metro
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paign for change
Photo: Isaac Olson three years ago
that
included
submitting a petition signed by all the
residents, nothing has improved.
“We have called constantly and we
haven’t had any updates,” said De Silva.
“We’re also increasingly worried as the
new super-hospital is going to be built;
we will have even less room to park the
cars.”
McQueen said he strongly supports citizen parking and he offered to look into
the case. He also said transversal streets
along Sherbrooke need more reserved
parking before the new morning and
evening bus lane is added this summer.
Mauro Petraccone, owner of Pasta
Casareccia on Sherbrooke St. and Draper
Ave., expressed serious concerns with the
westbound evening bus lane planned for
Sherbrooke St. He asked the council to
reconsider a plan that he said does not
acknowledge that morning traffic is
busier than in the evening.
Responding to McQueen’s suggestion
of more reserved parking on transversal
streets, he said merchants are going to
lose customers if there isn’t any parking
during the busiest times of the day.
“We’re asking that we look at this with
a bit of a finer brush to fix this problem,”
said Petraccone. “The westbound lane
traffic is non-existent at night … so you’re
taking away parking for something that’s
not needed.”
Perez said while the borough is generally favourable to the bus lanes, a final
determination has not been made yet.
The borough has asked the transport
agencies in charge for more information
but “the belief is yes, we should be doing
it and from what we have seen thus far, it
is something that should be encouraged.”
Snowdon councillor Marvin Rotrand
noted the bus lane is a federal Transport
ministry project designed to reduce the
amount of headaches caused by the traffic
displaced by the Turcot overhaul project
starting this summer.
Northcliffe Ave. residents want speeders
thwarted
Korin Bobrow told councillors
Northcliffe Ave. is plagued by speeders
and while the city has installed bollards,
residents want speed bumps.
“Every year it seems like we have more
traffic, faster traffic and there are a lot of
young kids on our block,” said Bobrow.
“I’m just worried something is going to
happen.”
Borough mayor Lionel Perez said
something needs to be done on that street
and he put Bobrow in touch with his
political advisor to get the ball rolling “as
quickly as possible.”
McQueen said there are issues with
putting speed bumps on hills but regardless, he is going to carry out a survey on
Grey and Vendôme avenues (above
Sherbrooke St.) to see if the residents
want one-way streets, which could help by
allowing parking on both sides and narrowing the street.
Bobrow said there is already parking on
both sides of his street, but “it doesn’t
seem to help.”
Resident wants a cleaner NDG
As a Monkland village resident, Kate
Zinszer said she is “really bothered” by
the overflowing trash bins and accumulated litter in the area. She said NDG
should be cleaner.
Perez said very often residents and
even some merchants use the public bins
as a dump. He has raised the issue with
city services and the borough will soon try
different techniques to mitigate the issue,
such as adding smaller garbage cans that
have a smaller opening, which would
allow people to only throw away small
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Editorial
24-hour drive-through coming
Busy parking lot at CSL Shopping Centre needs safety policy
The Côte St. Luc Shopping Centre is a
quirky little strip mall built in 1956 to
serve the southwestern sector of Côte St.
Luc, as well as the parts of neighbouring
NDG along adjacent streets like
Coronation, Westmore and St. Ignatius.
The original mall had a Steinberg’s —
which was replaced by IGA in 1992 —
and over the years the centre has seen
many enterprises come and go, including
a bowling alley, movie theatre, a Rona
hardware store and more recently,
Blockbuster video.
Shopping centres have a heartbeat of
their own; in a way, they are like community centres where locals go to not only
shop for essentials, but to hang out,
socialize and kill some time.
The Côte St. Luc Shopping Centre is no
different, and with its interesting selection of retail tenants and its clean, wide
hallway, it’s become a busy place. On any
given day of the week, by noon, the parking lot is filled with cars, both stationary
and moving, as well as a constant flow of
foot traffic, pedestrians who live nearby
and prefer to walk to shop.
With four separate entry points from
the street, it takes a certain level of concentration and care to manoeuvre safely
on foot in the parking lot, as many drivers
ignore the rules and proceed diagonally
across the asphalt to get to an empty spot
as close to their destination as possible.
Few stop at the stop signs that are in
place, although some roll slowly through.
Families with small children in strollers,
on foot or on bicycles, and seniors using
walkers or canes contribute to the overall
mayhem, along with pedestrians who text
message or talk on their cell phones as
they walk.
So one has to consider the impact of
Côte St. Luc’s decision to allow for a zoning change that brings a drive-through
restaurant into the mix. It doesn’t really
matter what kind of establishment it is;
people can decide what kind of food they
eat.
But in terms of safety, even if the drivethrough is located behind the shopping
centre, its existence will increase the traffic flow in the parking lot, possibly creating dangerous scenarios for pedestrians,
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especially for the many seniors who live
in the area. It is already difficult for them
to cross at the intersection at Côte St. Luc
Rd. and Coronation St. (see letters below).
But according to a 2011 police report, it’s
not just about drivers. The majority of
seniors are negligent about their own
safety; people over the age of 55 account
for two thirds of the pedestrian deaths in
Montreal (see story p. 8).
It will be interesting to see the plans
surrounding the new drive-through,
where it will be located and how and if the
safety issues will be met to the satisfaction of locals residents and users of the
shopping centre.
Other concerns, such as the noise and
increased pollution created by a 24-hour
restaurant in a residential neighbourhood, as well as its effect on business for
the other eateries and stores located
inside the mall, may only be addressed
CSL Shopping Centre.
Photo: Isaac Olson
once construction is completed and the
cars start driving through.
Marlene Eisner is the editor of the Free
Press and a part-time instructor in the journalism department at Concordia University.
Letters to the Editor
No to McDonald’s
An open letter to: Anthony Housefather,
Dida Berku and other Côte St. Luc city
councillors:
As proud residents of Côte St. Luc, we
are extremely disappointed to learn that
approval has been given to build a drivethru MacDonald’s restaurant in the Côte
St. Luc Shopping Centre.
We are appalled at this decision that is
inconsistent with the tone of our town, its
beautiful parks, wonderful library, good
schools and great service.
Côte St. Luc is a good place to raise a
family as it features the best of the suburbs while being close to downtown. And
it has been a “leader in health and safety
issues” (your website) with its ban on pesticides, promotion of bicycle helmets and
first responder service.
We are concerned that a city that wants
to attract young families accepts a fast
food restaurant that will cause litter and
traffic problems, and that promotes
unhealthy eating.
Today’s parents are concerned with
nutrition and would most definitely welcome any other type of restaurant, one
that promotes healthy and wholesome
food.
We are worried that a McDonald’s will:
• target children, teenagers and people
with low incomes,
• cause traffic congestion, parking
problems, pollution and safety issues,
• harm the environment due to litter
noise and smells,
• attract local gangs,
• endanger the safety of the large number of old people who drive and walk with
difficulty through the existing parking lot.
Côte St. Luc deserves better and we
hope that the decision will be reconsidered.
Carole Gélinas & David Bouquet
Elgin Ave.
Côte St. Luc
Danger at Coronation St.
continues
Nothing has changed between St.
Ignatius and Coronation St. on Côte St.
Luc Rd. It is still a dangerous stretch of
Côte St. Luc Rd. because drivers are
delayed 15 seconds before they can head
towards the signals at Coronation, whereas drivers from Coronation to St Ignatius
have a full 40 seconds to make their signals. This leads to speeding and danger at
Coronation. With the new McDonald’s set
to open soon in the Côte St. Luc Shopping
Center, the potential for car accidents at
Coronation will be even greater.
Norman Sabin
Bessborough Ave.
NDG
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NDG NEWS
More education needed: Kreaden
Seniors demand road, sidewalk safety
By Isaac Olson
The leaders of two local organizations
say more needs to be done on the borough’s streets and sidewalks to ensure
senior safety.
Montreal’s Commission sur le transport et les travaux publics held a public
hearing in the borough May 21 to give
residents a chance to speak out about
infrastructure concerns. Jerry Kreaden,
representing the Cummings Jewish
Centre for Seniors, which has a transportation committee, submitted the concerns of the organization’s members to
the commission.
Kreaden said there needs to be more
education of the public. Existing programs, he said, are not far-reaching
enough as is evident in the number of
accidents and violations; people over the
age of 55 account for two thirds of the
pedestrian deaths in Montreal, according
to a 2011 police report.
“The pedestrians know nothing. This is
not just about the drivers, but at least
drivers get some instructions when they
go to get their licence,” said Kreaden, an
NDG resident, noting education can
reach out through social media and sending animators to schools. “There seems
to be a complete lack of responsibility
among pedestrians.”
Photo radar needs to be installed at
busy intersections and enforcement
needs to take priority, he said. Plowing
and snow clearing is vital and the crossing times, where there are pedestrian signals, needs to be extended.
Karen Urtnowski, of the NDG Senior
Citizens’ Council, had similar sentiments. She said the city needs “the three
E’s: Education, enforcement and engineering.”
With the reserved bus lane coming to
Sherbrooke St., she said the council
wants careful measures taken to ensure
safety before the lane is installed.
Keeping cyclists off the sidewalks, said
Urtnowski, is a big issue because one
small bump of a senior citizen can knock
them to the ground and lead to serious
injury. Seniors can’t get out of the way as
easily as younger people and many are
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by.
Photo: Isaac Olson
terrified of the sidewalk cyclists.
Loyola district councillor Susan Clarke
said she is tired of seeing adults riding on
the sidewalks, and as a member of the
city’s public security commission, will
again ask the police to enforce the rules.
Traffic lights, she continued, are gradually being replaced, and when they are, in
many places, the crossing time for pedestrians has been adjusted.
Clarke said there are parking issues in
other parts of NDG and the borough, but
not so much in her area.
“If a senior has health or mobility
issues, it is usually a good idea for them
to get the tag that allows them to park in
reserved spots,” she said.
NDG district councillor Peter
McQueen said adult cyclists should not
be riding on sidewalks and, like Clarke,
he noted special handicapped parking
spaces exist and are important for some
elderly drivers.
“I will see what we can do to ensure
there is one on each block so that they do
not have to cross a street after exiting
their cars,” said McQueen, noting he is
involved with trying to have longer crossing signals at bigger intersections.
Borough mayor Lionel Perez said there
is no one “magic solution” to the issue of
senior safety.
“We could always look to improve and
that is something we all strive towards,”
said Perez.
“We always need to listen to the different stakeholders to ensure that we can
make our streets and intersections as safe
as possible with what is in the best interest of our residents.”
Two suspects arrested on
tip from resident
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The Police Report is intended to
inform readers of recent police activity
in the community. The articles are
written from information taken from
police reports and given to the reporter
by a Station 11 constable.
According to Station 11 constable Peter
Mandelos, two men were arrested on St.
Jacques St. earlier this month after a
keen-eyed citizen spotted the pair testing
car doors as they strolled down the street.
On June 1, just after 1 pm, the two men,
both in their 20s, were seen tugging on
door handles. Within two minutes of the
concerned citizen’s 911 call, police were
on the scene and it didn’t take long for
officers to find the two suspects, said
Mandelos.
As soon as the two men identified
themselves, the officers discovered the
pair is well known to police, said
Mandelos. They had been released from
custody on strict conditions not to be in
the area, and not to be together.
The two men, who don’t live in NDG,
have had seven recent altercations with
Montreal police, including assault on an
officer, said Mandelos. These incidents
have been under the jurisdictions of
continued on p. 9
NDG NEWS
Renaissance opens used
book and donation centre
Arseneault challenges Clarke
on graffiti issues
By Isaac Olson
By Isaac Olson
Stations 11 and 24.
The men didn’t have any stolen items
in their possession, but were charged
with violating the conditions of their
release.
Bat-wielding NDGer arrested after attack
At 2 am on June 2, police received a call
about an assault with a baseball bat after
a domestic dispute turned into an attack
on an intervening neighbour, said
Mandelos.
The victim was walking to his car on
Hampton Ave. near Upper Lachine Rd.
when he noticed a neighbourhood couple
deep in a hostile argument. He tried to
intervene and calm the couple, but
instead, he received a death threat from
the man. The victim left and the suspect
followed.
The victim was just getting home when
the suspect attacked him with the bat, hitting him on the back. The suspect then
smashed the victim’s car window and fled
the scene.
Police were called and while interviewing the victim, the suspect returned to the
scene with his bat in hand. The 39-yearold suspect, well known to police, cooperated. He was arrested for assault with a
weapon and vandalism.
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Police continued from p. 8
During the June 4 council meeting,
Christian Arseneault, who will run under
the Projet Montréal banner in the
November 3 municipal election, asked
Loyola district councillor Susan Clarke
why the borough is still covered in illegal
graffiti so far into the “cleaning season.”
Citing Clarke’s press conference last
month where she promoted new graffiti
removal kits for residents, Arseneault
said there remains a lot of illegal tagging
throughout the borough that is not getting cleaned by the city, including the
Villa Maria Metro station, park chalets
and more.
“Why, already one month into the
cleaning season, is the borough not leading by example when it comes to cleaning
graffiti?” asked Arseneault.
Clarke said some of those places have
been cleaned at least once, if not more.
City crews clean park benches and
chalets, but the city also relies on residents to call in and report vandalism, she
said. Call it in, she said, and it will get
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Renaissance, a non-profit
organization that turns
donated homewares and
clothing into an employment
training
program,
has
opened a donation centre in
NDG to attract more contributions and to show the community that the organization
is not just another faceless
donation box in the street.
Located at 4001 Decarie
Blvd., corner of NDG Ave.,
the storefront is for people to
come in, learn about the
organization and donate
goods. It is also a bookstore
where people can buy affordable used books or peruse a
small selection of donated
furniture.
This donation centre just opened up on Decarie Blvd.
Renaissance has had a
Photo: Isaac Olson
Fripe-Prix store on St.
Renaissance operates 90 bins around the
Jacques for six years. The non-profit gets city but for the moment, there are none in
20 percent of its funding from the NDG as borough officials have been havprovince and the rest comes from sales. ing bins on public land removed since the
Director general and founder Pierre Free Press first covered the issue in the
Legault said it is a means of recycling March 12 edition.
clothing and selling affordable items to
Legault said all the Renaissance bins in
the community, and the store also serves NDG were put there with verbal permisas a training centre for unemployed sion from a borough representative years
adults who otherwise rely on welfare.
ago, who never demanded the organizaIt turns people who don’t pay taxes into tion pay for a permit. His said his organitaxpayers, said Legault, with over 200 zation places the bins in locations only
successful participants finding a job or with permission.
going on to school each year. About 50
Legault said people throughout the
percent of the staff in each store is perma- Montreal region have grown weary of the
nent, he said, whereas the rest are rotat- countless donation bins cropping up all
ing through the program, getting first- over the city in recent years. These other
hand job experience.
bins, he said, have cut 40 percent of the
Along with the donation centres, Renaissance’s donation stream.
cleaned.
“Unfortunately,
it usually has to
take place quite a
few times over
the
season
because there is
recidivism,” said
Clarke, noting the
borough is coor- Projet Montreal
dinating clean- candidate, Christian
ups with police to Arseneault. Photo: Isaac Olson
help track down and catch vandals.
While noting the effectiveness of prevention, Arseneault asked if the city has
considered newer, preventive measures
such as a spray-on adhesive that is
designed to keep paint off buildings.
Without recommending a specific
brand, Clarke said there are some companies putting out better products than others but regardless, she does mention this
to people. Another pre-emptive measure,
she said, is getting developers, when
building condos or other buildings, to use
materials and designs that are not seen as
a big canvas to taggers.
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Kensington Church
divides property
By Isaac Olson
In a continued effort to sell half of its
sanctuary, the Kensington Presbyterian
Church, located at the corner of Godfrey
Ave. and Grand Blvd., was awarded a
minor variance that divides the property
into two.
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measure during the May 6 meeting, to
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give the church a better chance of selling
the sanctuary. The variance might be
approved, but according to the minister,
there is still more work to be done, such
as establishing separate utility entrances
to ensure the western portion of the property is fully separated from the old sanctuary.
Selling the building is more a question
of efficiency, said Rev. Roland De Vries,
both environmentally and community
wise, than it is about declining church
membership. He said the congregation
has found the church hall to be a better
lit, more intimate setting for Sunday services.
Clerk of session Gerald Auchinleck said
the membership base has been growing
in recent years rather than dwindling.
The church has about 125 formal members and about 65 who regularly attend
Sunday services, said De Vries.
The main sanctuary, which is expensive
to heat and maintain, was built in 1948
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By Michael Moore
High school students from Marymount
and Royal Vale were honoured on May 29
for their commitment to end bullying,
each earning a certificate indicating the
completion of the Canadian Red Cross’
Beyond The Hurt program.
“When the program was presented to
us, right away we thought it would be a
success and it was,” said Royal Vale principal Nathalie Lacroix-Maillette.
“The feedback that we got was unbelievable, but it’s still just the start of something that can get even bigger.”
The two schools are among a half
dozen English Montreal School Board
institutions that this spring introduced
Beyond The Hurt, signalling the program’s start in Quebec.
Created by RespectED, the violence prevention wing of the Canadian Red Cross,
the program attempts to resolve bullying
issues by training students to become
youth peer facilitators to help change the
culture of harassment in their respective
schools.
In March and April, RespectED’s
provincial head, Nicolas Nadeau, travelled
to each school to meet with 10-15 students
using a series of educational activities
over two days to teach them non-confrontational methods to resolve and prevent bullying.
“Everybody in this room has power. It
might not be the same amount of power,
but we all have power,” said Nadeau.
In the second part of the program, each
of the newly trained facilitators will deliver a bullying prevention presentation to
his or her classmates.
“It’s great when you have the information yourself, but you need to be able to
share it with the rest of your school,” said
Nadeau.
The program’s implementation coincides with last summer’s provincial Bill
56, which instructs every Quebec school
to create and adopt a comprehensive antibullying and anti-violence plan.
During the ceremony in Royal Vale’s
mini-auditorium, Nadeau handed out
individual certificates to each student
who completed the program, as well as
one for each school to hang in its hallway.
The ceremony was complemented by a
medley sung by Royal Vale’s Glee Club,
including a performance of Aretha
Franklin’s version of “Respect”, and a
slide show chronicling Royal Vale students meeting with Nadeau.
Youth facilitators from LaurenHill
Academy, Vincent Massey Collegiate and
Westmount High School were also honoured at the ceremony.
Students from the final EMSB school to
complete the program, James Lyng, were
unable to attend.
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NDG NEWS
Resident concerned new school may contribute
to St. Raymond neighbourhood’s isolation
By Isaac Olson
A handful of residents attended the
May 27 public information session that
outlined plans for St. Raymond’s new
incoming elementary school, with some
of them raising concerns over issues
ranging from train noise to the potential
increased isolation of St. Raymond.
The vacant building at the corner of
Oxford Ave. and Upper Lachine Rd. will
be destroyed and replaced with a larger,
two-storey, L-shaped school with a gym,
16 classrooms and a small library overlooking Georges St. Pierre (Oxford) Park
across the street, according to school
commissioner
Marie-José
Mastromonaco.
The building, to be built without air
conditioning or an elevator, will cost
about $7.8 million and house about 300
students. Commission scolaire de
Montréal (CSDM) officials say only two
trees will be cut down to make room for
the school and a planned, 11-space parking lot.
The main entrance will be on Oxford
Ave. A wood theme will be used throughout the structure, with exposed wooden
beams decorating the exterior and interior.
One resident asked if anything can be
done to help reduce noise for the kindergarten classrooms because the northernmost section of the building is close to
the train tracks. Officials said there are
plans to do some sound cancellation, but
the efforts are limited by resources and
technological capabilities.
Action Communiterre’s communitybased, youth-focused Garden of Thyme
will no longer have a place on the property, said Mastromonaco. Instead, there will
be an effort to provide access to the borough’s community garden behind the
school’s neighbouring senior home. The
CSDM, she said, will leave space for truck
access.
The meeting was held at the St.
Raymond Community Centre and those
who attended questioned the lack of publicity inviting the neighbourhood to the
CSDM officials present the new elementary school
in an information session.
Photo: Isaac Olson
meeting. Jill Precesky, a St. Raymond resident, said on her way to the meeting she
asked people if they were going, but
nobody was aware that it was happening.
She said more information needs to be
circulated in the area.
As her children attend the nearby NDG
School, Precesky expressed concern that
the new facility will further the divide
between St. Raymond and the rest of
NDG.
A large portion of the students at NDG
School speak French as a first language,
she said, and by sending St. Raymond’s
largely allophone and anglophone population to NDG School, the students get
more exposure to Quebec’s official language. She suggested the new school create a focus or vocation, such as music or
art, to attract more students from around
the region.
“I think it’s very good that a school is
coming to St. Raymond,” she said. “But I
think a specialized school would help prevent the isolation and ghettoization of the
neighbourhood that some residents are
worried about. We need more francophones at the school to teach all the other students how to speak in French.”
Mastromonaco said the first step is to
build and establish the school. Then parents and staff can work on finding vocations or planning to run the school a certain way. At this point, she said, the
school is being constructed for students
in the St. Raymond district from about
Decarie Blvd. to about Cavendish Blvd.,
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Bonnie Soutar is the Food Depot’s new director of development
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Dignity and respect are themes that
come up in almost any conversation with
Bonnie Soutar, director of development
for the NDG Food Depot. She is passionate about respecting the worth of all people, the right to live one’s life with dignity
regardless of fortune, and the role communities play in making these notions
reality.
Soutar has lived with her family in
NDG since 1990 and loves the “nice trees
and green space.”
“It’s a great neighbourhood to walk or
bike around; everything is accessible.”
Most of all, Bonnie appreciates the fact
that we live in a “tight knit community
that is attentive to what is going on”
around us.
“With 30 percent of all NDG residents
living below the poverty line,” community organizations and how they treat their
clients play an important role in improving people’s lives. Over the years, Soutar
has held a variety of jobs at the Food
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Depot — coordinator of the Good Food
Box program, outreach coordinator and
as of last week, director of development.
She comes to her newly-created post at a
pivotal time for the organization.
Forced out of its long-time home on de
Maisonneuve Blvd. and Oxford Ave., the
Depot “simply has to find a permanent
home, and needs funds to renovate whatever space” they settle upon. Along with
the core task of supplying emergency
food baskets to those in need, the Depot
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food due to accident or disability.
Soutar sees the Food Depot becoming
“an integrated food resource” offering
cooking classes, a collective kitchen, community meals, gardening, and food and
nutritional information in the future.
Bonnie also founded and coordinates
the Boomer Café, held every Monday
from 11 am to 5 pm at the Montreal West
United Church on 88 Ballantyne St., corner Curzon. A joint project of the Food
Depot and the NDG Senior Citizens’
Council, the Boomer Cafe is a place
where people from 50-65 can go for coffee and conversation and fight isolation
while networking with other locals.
The café is another initiative that helps
people to live with dignity and respect for
themselves and others. Thanks for all
your efforts Bonnie!
The Food Depot is holding a fundraising concert and party on Saturday, June 15
at 5:30 pm at the Wheel Club, 3373
Cavendish Blvd., corner Sherbrooke St.
The evening will feature live music from
Goodbye to Charlie Hindley
NDG lost a true community standout
last week when Charlie Hindley passed
away at the age of 77. As the obituary on
the NDG Baseball website observes: “If
you’ve hung around NDG baseball fields
long enough, you would have had the
pleasure of running into Charlie Hindley.
Known on the baseball diamond as an
affable and competent umpire. Off the
field, he was a gregarious kind-hearted
man with a larger-than-life personality.
He always had a good story to tell and we
would gather around him like little children soaking in every detail of his tales of
baseball follies and what-have-you’s from
yesteryear. At the same time, he was a
man who was down to earth and very
humble, a set of qualities that are unique
in this day and age.”
Remember, if you know a community
standout, or would like to see your event or
activity appear in a future column, please
send me an email at least three weeks in
advance: rogerhaughey@ gmail.com.
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St. Luc students take a
stand on genocide
Sebastien
teacher
Phaneuf, who helped
with the class this year.
“They were really deep,
meaningful,
philosophical debates about
why humans are capable of doing this, why
people aren’t doing
more to prevent it and
what more can be done
to prevent it. It was
really high-level thinking that I wouldn’t
have
necessarily
expected from 14- and
15-year-olds.
In an English-language interview with
several of the students,
St. Luc students are taking a stand against genocide in their English class. many expressed frusPhoto: Isaac Olson tration over the lack of
interest so many people show about genoBy Isaac Olson
cide as they go out to collect pledges and
signatures. People, they said, don’t want
Rather than learning English in the tra- to take time out of their lives to help.
ditional style of reviewing vocabulary and When asked how we are supposed to help
grammar, a group of NDG-based, fran- from Canada, the students agreed that
cophone high school students are master- passing on certain values to youth is a key
ing the language by studying and taking a place to start.
stand against genocide.
“I think it’s very important for kids and
Many Hanphiboune, an English teenagers to learn about genocide so we
teacher at St. Luc high school, asked her don’t make the same mistakes in the
students what they want to study and future,” said Juan-Sebastian Alba. “You
after holding a vote last year, the pupils don’t really think how far humanity can
decided they want to learn more about go with hate. It makes you think and it
genocide. It’s a way, said Hanphiboune, makes you a better person too, because
for students to have some control over the you know you’re never going to particilesson planning, and giving them that pate in that.”
control helps to keep them engaged and
Jourie Istiytieh said it’s important that
interested in the studies. Plus, she said, people, be it citizens or politicians, get
they learn two things at once: English and involved in discussing and fighting
history.
against these problems rather than leavThis year her new group of grade 9 stu- ing it up to somebody else.
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Few professional performers can boast
the longevity that marks Pierre Lenoir’s
career. He’s been working in the “biz” for
38 years, performing in French and
English. Part of this success is due to an
enviable versatility that shines every time
he steps into the limelight — on a stage
and a film set.
Blessed with a natural baritone voice
with a touch of the tenor, he has put it to
good use as an actor, emcee and singer.
His ear for music has him playing keyboard pop pieces, and he has also composed songs for musicals. His ability to
keep in tune with the times is buoyed by
his ebullience and love of the whole
lights, camera, action thing, especially
when there’s music in the air.
“I started playing piano when I was a
wee one,” said Pierre, whose mother
showed him the basics when he was four
years old. “When I say basics, I mean
boogie-woogie. I like to say I moved from
her lap to the piano bench and later onto
the stage.”
Indeed, his entertainment experience
crosses over into playing characters such
as Herr Schultz in Cabaret at the Centaur
Theatre, Juan Peron in Evita for the Lyric
Theatre, and Gerald in The World War II
musical Till We Meet Again, which toured
Quebec and Ontario and had a triumphant finale at the Oscar Peterson
Hall here in Montreal. He’s performed in
over 100 plays here and abroad.
Lenoir uses the piano not just as a vehicle for his own voice, but for others, too.
He’s composed seven musicals that were
all performed in Montreal. One of them,
Pourquoi Dracula was shown in
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sheet
music
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phone rings, and it’s this small company
somewhere in Switzerland and they want
to put on my musical. This sort of thing
doesn’t happen every day.”
Speaking of the unusual, Lenoir didn’t
set out to become a professional actor.
“There was this place in the Longueuil
Metro called Le Moutier. I ended up playing the piano there, and was approached
by a young woman who asked me to take
on the role of her husband in a play she
was performing in at CEGEP Édouard
Montpetit. I got the theatre bug right then
and there, and became a regular member
of that theatre group. I actually wrote and
directed a musical for them.”
Taking his acting to a more serious
level, he decided to study the craft at Le
Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique de
Montreal. He spent three years in the program, but was hungry to go from Molière
to musicals.
“I managed to convince everybody that
we needed a musical. It worked. Our
graduating exercise was a musical comedy commissioned especially for us.”
Pierre Lenoir is a big bundle of energy
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his belt, he’ll be around entertaining the
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NDG NEWS
Group looks to help the world through local initiatives
By Isaac Olson
A global network focused on inspiring
and training communities to self-organize around a “transition model” has come
to NDG.
Kathy Aitken, Marina Guba and Sonya
Girard, coming from organizations like
the
Food
Depot
and
Action
Communiterre, are three of several residents who have teamed up to bring the
Transition Network to NDG. The group
tries to connect people, organizations,
businesses and eventually, policy makers
in an effort to provide a foundation for
people to share ideas and combine
resources to establish local communitybased projects and policy. The goal is to
try to help improve global problems such
as economy and environment.
“It’s about what we can do instead of
feeling powerless to what’s happening
globally, it’s finding the solutions locally,”
said Girard. “It’s about getting people that
want to and can work in different capacities together. Everybody has something to
contribute. It’s very inclusive. It’s not
about environmentalism or any kind of
separation between organizations. It’s
about oneness.”
From left: Marina Guba. Sonya Girard and Kathy Aitken are some of the founding members of
Transition Town NDG.
Photo: Isaac Olson
Girard said that the local chapter of
Transition Network, dubbed Transition
Town NDG, has already been holding
events such as a material exchange (eg.
clothing, books, tools). This Guba
explained, pulls support away from lowwage factories overseas, the waste that
factory production produces and the oil it
takes to ship clothing, and it recycles
unwanted items. Other events may
include anything from establishing a
community solar panel power station to
starting a local currency that keeps
money local, said Girard.
Regardless of the initiative, she said the
local network will be in place to bring the
right minds or connections together to
make a project materialize. Six members
have already been trained to help grow
this local, voluntary, citizen-led movement.
“There are thousands and thousands of
transition initiatives around the world
and there are about five different levels
around Montreal right now,” said Aitken.
“We’re not trying to replace any other
organizations, because everybody is really
doing great work, but in a way, we’re just
trying to bring the community together
and maybe focus in on some areas that
haven’t been focused on before.”
Aitken said the community response
has already been very positive and there
have been dozens of participants in the
various programs the group has hosted
since September 2012. Aitken said there
are close to 200 “likes” on the Transition
NDG Facebook page and the recent film
screenings were well attended. Now, said
Guba, the goal is to “turn this growing
interest into tangible projects.”
Guba said the hope is to get support not
only from citizens but also businesses
and local government as the network
builds. People, she said, can join the
Facebook page and visit transitionnetwork.org for more information, but the
best way to learn more is to attend events
such as the upcoming June 13 “Inspiring
Technology, Entertainment and Design
Talks” at the Co-op la Maison Verte (5785
Sherbrooke) at 8 pm.
New to the community
Gift shop brings items of
the world to NDG
By Isaac Olson
A globe-trekking couple from France
has teamed up with a local resident to
open a specialized boutique that showcases and sells unique, authentic art and
products from around the world.
Souvenirs de Voyages, located at 5035
Sherbrooke St. near Grey Ave., opened its
doors in late March, offering jewellery,
wooden flatware, perfumes, soaps, furniture and more.
Laurence and François Sailly currently
live in Tunisia, but were in town for the
face-to-face interview with Free Press.
They teamed up with Montreal native
Claude Brodeur to open the store that
largely focuses on selling European products and art the couple finds in their travels.
“We have travelled a lot and we are
always interested in artists and creators
that produce authentic, unique, beautiful
products,” explained Laurence, noting
this is the couple’s first such store. “So,
we decided to open a store for people who
share that same passion for unique products from around the world.”
An example is the Tunisian fouta that is
made of a highly absorbent material and
is an oversized, intricately woven towel
that in its home country, is used for everything from drying off to acting as a table
cloth.
It might be worn around the waist, she
said, or used to cover a lawn chair. It’s
also, she added, used in the bathroom
like every other towel.
When asked why they chose Montreal
to open a store, François said they enjoy
the multicultural diversity and atmosphere of the city. Right on the edge of
Westmount’s Victoria village, he said the
couple also saw the location as a place
that has clients who share a passion for
the world.
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Pre-play party attracts attendees from adjacent towns and communities
Fiddling around pre-Fiddler on the Roof
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It was a dark and stormy night, a dramatically darkening sky and great gusts
of rain, when the city of Côte St. Luc and
the Côte St. Luc Dramatic Society hosted
a VIP reception, premiering the worldrenowned play Fiddler on the Roof.
The cocktail was held at the Côte St.
Luc Aquatic and Community Centre and
then guests braved the wet to cross over
to the Giovanni Palatucci facility, where
the play was performed.
Côte St. Luc mayor Anthony
Housefather and Mitchell Brownstein,
city councillor responsible for parks and
recreation, greeted arrivals. Also appearing on stage later in the evening were
CSL councillor Sam Goldbloom and
Hampstead councillors Michael Goldwax
and Bonnie Feigenbaum.
Guests perused the sushi buffet table
and admired the platters of sweets,
including delicious chocolate brownies.
Noted in the packed room were Mike
Cohen, with his wife Ilana Spector in red,
McDonald’s continued from p. 1
“I kind of get the feeling that the Côte
St. Luc council sort of writes this part of
Côte St. Luc off,” said the Elgin Ave. resident. “When you walk along that sidewalk in front of the shopping centre,
there are four exits and it’s really quite
dangerous.”
Gélinas said the city doesn’t have a lot
of restaurants and if there is going to be
a new one, it would be nice if it had a
healthy selection of food, but in the end,
her primary concern is the drive-through
aspect.
There are a lot of senior drivers and
walkers and she worries this drivethrough is a recipe for disaster.
She also questions how security in the
area will be enforced since fast-food
restaurants often attract loitering.
Servello questioned the type of customers who may frequent such a place
between midnight and 5 am.
He said as it is, his wife can just run
over to the IGA late in the evening without any worries, but having a
McDonald’s blocking the way may end
Seated: Ilana Spector, Alex Cohen and CSL councillor Michael Cohen. Standing: CSL councillor
Mitchell Brownstein, Michael Polak and former CSL councillor Richard Schwartz, who now lives in
Toronto and came in for the show.
Photo: Veronica Redgrave
Hampstead residents Barbara and Donald Seal.
and daughter Alexandra Cohen; Elaine
Brownstein, smart in black; Donald and
Barbara Seal, lovely in a spring-bright
fuchsia blazer; Abe Gonshor, Annie
Young, in black edged with lace; Free Press
and Westmount Independent publisher
David Price; Marcy and Sam Stein, (who
played the lead role of Tvye); Michael
Ludwick and Jacquie Kaufman-Ludwick;
Lauri Betito, from CJAD; Diane DupuisKallos, production manager for the play;
David Taveroff, Côte St. Luc director of
parks and recreation; and honorary consul general of the Netherlands in
Montreal, Michael Polak, and his wife
Penelope, whose stylish Hermès hotorange outfit matched her husband’s
checkerboard tie.
those trips.
Côte St. Luc’s mayor, Anthony
Housefather, said he welcomes the new
restaurant and noted a public consultation was held before the necessary zoning changes were made in August 2012
to allow for a drive-through.
No one came forward with any serious
concerns or took the opportunity to submit a referendum. Since the project’s
May 13 approval and subsequent press
coverage, the mayor said he has heard
from a Côte St. Luc couple and an NDG
resident.
Jason Patuano, a McDonald’s
spokesperson, said his company has
answered questions from a concerned
residents’ association of an NDG-based
condominium located just south of Côte
St. Luc Rd. near the Coronation Ave.
intersection.
He said McDonald’s is working closely
with Côte St. Luc to ensure compliance
with local laws. There will be modern,
state-of-the art features such as a smellreducing ventilation system and indoor,
refrigerated trash collection to mitigate
odours.
Yu Kang, who, with his wife owns the
Pik-Nik eatery in the shopping centre,
said he took over the 40-year-old business some four years ago and in the
short time he has been there, he has felt
the economic effects of new restaurants
opening in the mall.
Looking ahead, he’s sure that the new
McDonald’s will take customers from his
business.
He questioned why the mall’s owner
would want to pull clients away from the
mall where rent-paying merchants are
trying to manage business in an already
competitive climate.
Kang said he and his clients are worried about the safety of the parking lot as
there seems to be at least one accident a
week.
The city does not choose which businesses the shopping centre rents to, said
Housefather.
“We have had a McDonald’s at
Cavendish Mall for many years and
McDonald’s and the city have a long history of cooperation with our winter carnival, generating monies for Ronald
McDonald House.”
When asked how this restaurant integrates into the recent health policies, he
said, “While the city is proactively
encouraging healthy eating through our
urban agriculture program, we also are
not going to ban other foods. Our goal is
to provide people with enough information to make healthy choices, not to ban
other foods or to pass judgment on different restaurants.”
He said the city does not monitor or
control the parking lot, but he has found
it to be as safe as “we can make it” and “I
do not understand how anyone can pass
judgment on something that has not
opened and unless you have gone to the
city’s engineering department to see the
plans, you do not know the configuration
and nor does whoever you have spoken
to.”
Patuano said the drive-through and
parking have been carefully designed
and will be safe. Security is handled on a
case-by-case basis, he said, and if there is
an issue, a security guard could be hired.
A voicemail message left with Gregory
Menzies of mall-owner First Capital
Realty was not returned.
For more information about Bouguet’s
petition, contact him by email:
bouguet@videotron.ca.
Photo: Veronica Redgrave
CôTE ST. LUC NEWS
Textbooks will become digital
Bialik students to get
iPads in classrooms
By Isaac Olson
JPPS Bialik High School students are
soon to be equipped with iPads.
The school will refurbish classrooms to
allow a full integration of the devices into
the learning experience. This move is part
of the school’s redevelopment plan that
will include adding smart projectors and
Apple TVs to technologically integrated
classrooms, according principal Ken
Scott.
Teachers, through programs on a
device of their own, will be able to see and
control the students’ iPads in class, he
said.
“The whole process of dealing with distraction is virtual management,” said
Scott when asked if the new devices will
distract students.
“Just the fact that through a very simple
command on the teacher’s iPad, it’s possible to see what each student is doing
with the device, really makes management very simple.”
Text books will eventually be reduced to
digital format and students will be able to
store digital information, ranging from
essays and presentations, on a “cloud”
that can be accessed from any device, he
said.
This, he continued, does not increase
the price of tuition nor does it demand
that students buy the device, said Scott, as
it is worked into the operating costs of the
school.
When they graduate, students can take
the devices with them. This replaces what
has been a laptop program, noted Scott,
which once equipped all the students
with laptop computers.
At first, it will be grade 7 and 8 students
with iPads. After the higher grades graduate with their laptops in the next two
years (bringing an end to the school’s lap-
Clarification
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The correct phone number is 514489.4909.
top program), the entire student body will
have the slim, touch-screen computers.
The teachers, he added, will be trained
to use the new technology effectively in
the classroom. Scott said there have been
no concerns expressed by parents or
teachers.
Today’s young students look to a future
immersed in technology and it is important that they are familiar with these
devices, he said. If students don’t get this
kind of hands-on experience, he said they
will be far behind by the time they move
on to future education and professions.
Scott said it was no quick decision to
outfit the student body with iPads.
Officials researched thoroughly how well
they work in other institutions, including
some area schools that already have
them.
Councillor Glenn Nashen has one
daughter in grade 7 at Bialik and two
planned Bialik students currently in elementary school. He said he sees iPads as
“a necessary initiative to ensure that our
kids are on the cutting edge of information and communication technology
within their educational paths.”
Nashen said the school is proving its
ability to adapt to changing times and that
is vital when looking to the world ahead.
On the shelves
at the CSL Public Library
English Adult
Inferno by Dan Brown
In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor
of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn
into a harrowing world centered on one
of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces—Dante’s
Inferno —as he battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle.
No Joke: Making Jewish Humor by Ruth
R. Wisse
In this book, Ruth Wisse evokes and
applauds the genius of spontaneous
Jewish joking while at the same time,
draws attention to the precarious conditions that call Jewish humour into
being—and the price it may exact from its
practitioners and audience.
Children’s
Bink and Gollie: Best Friends Forever by
Kate DiCamillo
Ages 7 to 8
Gollie is quite sure she has royal blood
in her veins, but can Bink survive her
friend’s queenly airs — especially if pancakes are not part of the deal? Bink wonders what it would be like to be as tall as
her friend, but how far will she stretch
her luck to find out? And when Bink and
Gollie long to get their picture into a book
of record holders, where will they find the
kudos they seek?
French Adult
L’enfant qui savait parler la langue des
chiens par Joanna Gruda
Voici une enfance hors du commun qui
commence à Varsovie à l’orée de la guerre
et qui s’achève dans Paris libéré.
Vivi et les cadeaux : Un souper d’enfer!
par Paule Corriveau
Pour les 7 à 8 ans
Depuis que sa maman est décédée, Vivi
n’a le cœur à rien. À coups de bons conseils et de biscuits au chocolat, madame
Pelletier, la psychologue de l’école, essaie
de lui remonter le moral. Vivi cherche à
être heureuse, et c’est en mettant du
soleil dans la vie des autres qu’elle y
parviendra. Elle a donc une idée: offrir
des cadeaux!
Vieillir avec grace par Denise
Bombardier
L’auteur scrute l’univers des cosmétiques dans un essai sur la beauté et le
vieillissement
CDs
The Great Gatsby
Music director Jay-Z mixed the jazz of
Gatsby’s 1920s setting with popular styles
of today, such as hip-hop and alternative
continued on p. 20
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Royal West rebuilds eco-garden
with Park N’ Lot 2.0
By Michael Moore
With a cursory glance, Royal West
Academy’s Park N’ Lot 2.0 eco-garden
project appears to be little more than an
empty muddy asphalt slab.
However, few hobbies preach the virtue
of patience more than gardening, so
when the school’s first attempt at transforming the barren lot stumbled, the
school’s
25-student
Environment
Committee (EC) decided to rebuild it
from the ground up.
“We put it to a vote, to repair or rebuild,
and the students voted to rebuild,” said
social science teacher and EC leader
Xavier Désilets. “Every single idea has
come from the students and [been] voted
on as a group.”
Last year, Désilets and the EC started
the Park N’ Lot project to transform the
school’s Chemin Ainslie parking lot into
an eco-paradise. The 27-planter garden
flourished last summer and fall under the
EC’s green thumbs, allowing them to use
the produce in the school’s Green Bean
Café and donate it to the NDG Food
Depot.
However, during the winter, the repurposed maple desktops used to build the
planters bowed and cracked, forcing
Désilets and his students back to the
proverbial drawing board, sparking Park
N’ Lot 2.0.
The EC’s first step will be to remove the
parking lot’s asphalt via a company first
contacted by the students. Originally
intending to plant directly into the
ground, the students had to re-think the
project when testing on the parking lot’s
soil revealed toxins from the asphalt had
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“The project has taught us about things
like the impact asphalt has on the soil,”
said Tori Musacchio, who lives in Côte St.
Luc. “It makes you realize the environmental issues around the school that you
see every day.”
Moving to plan B, the EC opted to purchase rot-resistant cedar and high-quality
soil to rebuild over 25 planters that had
been lost during the winter.
“The plan for this year is to make the
parking lot a green space, instead of just
a green space in a lot,” said grade 9
Daniel Bloomberg, who lives in NDG.
Setting a budget of almost $20,000,
the EC has adopted a multi-pronged
On the Shelves continued from p. 19
rock, to create a unique, eclectic vibe for
the film. Artists include Jay-Z, Beyonce,
Florence + the Machine, Lana Del Ray,
Andre 3000, The xx, Gotye, Jack White,
Sis, and will.I.am
DVDs
The Imposter
How could a 23-year-old, raven-haired
French-Algerian man pass himself off as
a 16-year-old blond, blue-eyed boy from
Texas? This documentary about a truelife crime from the 1990s involving the
real-life serial con artist Frederic
fundraising effort, with students filling in
proposals for provincial and English
Montreal School Board grants, holding
in-school raffles and sales, and accepting
donations on a fundraising website,
where they have already raised $3,000 of
the $5,500 goal.
“Everybody has been incredible in giving us a helping hand,” said Désilets.
“This wouldn’t have been possible without Royal West, the school board, [NDGbased community group] Action communautaire and the whole community supporting us.”
continued on p. 21
Bourdin is quite possibly one of the
most bizarre, fascinating and entertaining stories you are ever likely to see—
and that’s no hyperbole!
The Impossible
Few thrillers are as completely compelling as this fact-based story of a vacationing family at a Thai resort caught in
the mayhem of the Asian tsunami of
Dec. 26, 2004, which killed almost a
quarter-million people in 14 countries.
It’s a life-affirming tale of love, courage
and human endurance, wrenchingly
acted by stars Naomi Watts and Ewan
McGregor.
CôTE ST. LUC NEWS
Social media enhances our
roles as municipal politicians
Councillor
Mike cohen
CSL corner
In the seven plus years since I was first
elected as the city councillor for District 2
in Côte St. Luc, the growth of computer
technology and social media has represented the biggest change in municipal
politics.
I oversee the Communications portfolio on council. We work very hard to make
our website (www.cotesaintluc.org) user
friendly and a “go to” place for residents
and visitors to find the answer to most of
their questions. Statistics show that more
people are logging on.
My own personal website (www.mikecohen.ca) provides constituents with an
ongoing update on developments in my
district and within the city at large.
Besides breaking news and previews and
reviews of city events, I also upload videos
and photos. While city councillors can
certainly be reached by telephone via city
hall, we each make our email addresses
very visible. Mine (mcohen@cotesaintluc.org) keeps me very busy. This is
an excellent mode of communication as
constituents can provide me with very
useful details about their concerns. Some
even include photos. We can maintain a
continuous dialogue and the time of day
or night is not an issue. We provide
courses at the Eleanor London Côte St.
Luc Public Library for any resident who
wants to learn how to surf the internet.
I also Tweet a lot of information, sometimes while public council meetings are
in session. I urge everyone reading this
column to please follow me @mikecohencsl. If you are not registered, go to
www.twitter.com and sign on. You will
find this mode of social media full of
interesting comments and information.
The Côte St. Luc Cats Committee,
which I oversee, has been doing some
excellent work since its humble beginnings less than three years ago. The
group has a Facebook page and a section
on the Côte St. Luc website (www.cotesaintluc.org/cats), which includes the
link to an interesting blog. If you are a cat
lover, give the site a look and send me an
e-mail. The group needs more volunteers
as it continues to rescue homeless cats
and promote their first ever cat licensing
by-law. Very recently, a resident sent me
an e-mail. A homeless cat landed at her
door. She placed it in her garage and
asked us to pick the cat up. While our
committee looked for a solution, this lady
introduced the cat to her dog. They got
along. After determining that there was
no cat license or chip to allow us to track
down a possible owner, we were able to
convince this lady to adopt the cat. The
entire process was carried out by e-mail.
Golden-aged art
It seems you can teach old dogs new tricks, according to the Côte St. Luc Men's Club’s art teacher, Phil
Goldberg. The 84-year-old artist has been hosting art classes through the senior men’s club, attracting
37 students, including some in their 90s, doing art for the first time. During the club’s breakfast on May
30, over 200 members turned out to see the art on display. In the photo from left: Ed Surkes, 83, Phil
Goldberg and Martin Causley, 89, stand in front of art created by Surkes and Causley. Photo: Isaac Olson
Royal West garden continued from p. 20
Though built by students for students,
the EC is also hoping the garden will be
used by Royal West faculty as a teaching
tool and have already set up seven U-Pick
planters outside the lot for locals to enjoy.
“It’s a constantly evolving project. We
are always changing things, we always
have new ideas, so I don’t think it’s ever
going to stick to one final design,” said
Musacchio.
Learning.
Tickets: $3 in advance, $5 day of event.
Community Calendar
It’s ON!
The Bloomsday Irish Cabaret
At the Eleanor London Côte St.Luc
Public Library, 5851 Cavendish Blvd.,
Thursday, June 13 at 7 pm. An evening of Irish literature, storytelling and song. Sponsored by
the McGill Community for Lifelong
Annual Cancer Survivorship Day
Hope & Cope’s Presents Guy
Corneau: Revivre!
Monday, June 17 at 7 p.m., at the
Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Côte-SteCatherine Rd., Block Amphitheatre,
Room B-106
Presented in French with simultaneous translation into English. Free, but
reservations are a must: 514.340.8255
or 514.340.3616.
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AVIS
AVIS PUBLIC
RÈGLEMENT NO 2403
PUBLIC NOTICE
BY- LAW
BYLAW NO. 2403
AVIS
AVIS PUBLIC est donné par le soussigné,
greffier,
gref
fier, que le conseil municipal de
Côte Saint-Luc, à sa séance du 13 mai 2013,
a adopté le règlement 2403 suivant :
PUBLIC NOTICE is given by the Undersigned,
City Clerk, that the following by-law 2403 was
adopted by the Côte Saint-Luc City Council at
its Council Meeting held on May 13, 2013:
« Règlement 2403 pour rendre obligatoire le
port du casque protecteur »
‘‘By-Law 2403 Rendering Obligatory the
Wearing
Wearing of a Helmet’’
L’objet du règlement est de mettre à jour les
définitions du précédent règlement 2103 et de
ses amendements relatifs au port obligatoire du
casque protecteur,
protecteur, qui ne visaient que des
activités comme le cyclisme et le patin à roues
alignées. La définition de Vélocipède a maintemaintenant été ajoutée et est assortie de l’obligation
de porter un casque protecteur pour les utilisa
utilisa-teurs de dispositifs à propulsion humaine
comme les planches à roulettes. De plus, toute
bicyclette électrique ou assistée, tout cyclomocyclomoteur,
teur, scooter ou véhicule semblable qui n’est
pas assujetti aux dispositions du Code de la
sécurité routière du Québec sera considéré
comme un Vélocipède.
The object of the by-law is to update the
definitions of the previous by-law 2103 and its
amendments rendering the wearing of a helmet
compulsory which had relegated the obligation
to wear helmets to activities such as: cycling or
in-line skating. The definition of V
Velocipedes
elocipedes
has now been added which includes the obliga
obliga-tion to wear a helmet while propelling additional
human-powered devices such as skateboards.
Moreover,
Moreover, any electric or power assisted
bicycle, moped, scooter or similar device not
already subject to
o the Quebec Highway Safety
Code, shall also be considered a velocipede.
Ce règlement entre en vigueur le jour de sa
publication.
This by-law comes into force on the date of its
publication.
Ce règlement est disponible pour consultation
à l’Hôtel de V
Ville
ille situé au 5801 boulevard
Cavendish durant les heures normales de
bureau, soit du lundi au vendredi de 8 h 30 à
16 h 30.
This by-law may be consulted at the City Hall
located at 5801 Cavendish Boulevard during
regular office
office hours, said hours being Monday
through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and
4:30 p.m.
DONNÉ à Côte Saint-Luc, ce 11
11 juin 2013
GIVEN at Côte Saint-Luc, on this 11
11th day of
June 2013
Maître Jonathan Shecter LL.B.
greffier
greffier
Maître Jonathan Shecter LL.B.
City Clerk
Pour plus d’information, veuillez me
contacter au 514-485-6800 ou à
jshecter@cotesaintluc.org
For more information, please contact me at
514-485-6800 or at jshecter@cotesaintluc.org
NDG SPORTS
Exiles kick off season with all-day, all-ages Rugbyfest
By Michael Moore
The Montreal Exiles, NDG’s open-to-all
rugby club, christened its new season on
May 25 with an all-day celebration at
Confederation Park in some fittingly traditional rugby weather—cold, wet and alltogether miserable.
“It wasn’t the best day for it because of
the weather, which impacted the fan
turnout, but it was a success. We did get
some NDG families that live in the area to
come around,” said club co-founder Alex
Karen.
Undeterred by the adverse weather, the
club’s second annual Rugbyfest included
a barbecue for locals willing to brave the
rain, a high school rugby season finale
between
LaSalle
Community
Comprehensive
and
Monseigneur
Richard and a pair of Exiles senior squad
games, plus a training session for the
new Mini Dragons youth program.
A founding goal of the three-year-old
club, the youth training program will run
on weekends throughout the summer,
teaching the rules of the game to U6, U8,
U10 and U12 age groups.
Led by former NDG baseball organizer
Alain Spitzer, the Mini Dragons will also
play in a series of non-contact jamboree
tournaments around Montreal, allowing
them to showcase the skills they develop
in practice.
Almost a dozen youngsters turned out
for the May 25 session and registration
The Montreal Exiles’ division C senior squad was shutout by Kingston on May 25 at Confederation
Park.
Photo: Michael Moore
for the program is still open on the Exiles’
website,
www.montrealexiles.com.
“It’s not often at the elementary school
level that kids are introduced to rugby, so
we’re trying to get younger kids in the
community to get to know about the sport
before they enter high school,” said
Karen.
The Exiles also saw significant growth
in its flagship senior men’s program after
winning the 2012 Roy Harvey Quebec
Cup. Building on that success, the club
has swelled to 42 senior players, enough
to field a team for each of Rugby Québec’s
C and D divisions.
Karen credited the growth to an influx
of players who have grown too old for the
Exiles’ U18 team.
“A lot of players that I coached on the
U18 team the last couple of years are now
19 and 20-year-olds and they’re playing
with me on the Exiles,” said Karen.
Rugbyfest proved more successful off
the field than on it for the Exiles C and D
division teams who were shut out by
Kingston and Montreal Irish III, respectively.
Karen said he believes the club can
reach its goal of winning the C division
league title, which would allow the Exiles
to move its two teams up to the B and B
Reserve divisions next year.
Public notice
Invitation
COUNCIL MEETING
Lionel Perez, Borough Mayor, Helen Fotopulos, Councillor, Côte-des-Neiges
district, Peter McQueen, Councillor, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district, Susan
Clarke, Councillor, Loyola district and Marvin Rotrand, Councillor, Snowdon
district, invite you to attend the next meeting of the Côte-des-Neiges—NotreDame-de-Grâce borough council,
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 7 p.m.
at 5151, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
At the meeting, you will have the opportunity to ask questions or submit
requests on any issue concerning your borough or the municipal
administration (30 minute period). A period of registration will be held from
6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. for that purpose.
The agenda is generally available (in French) in the Borough Hall section of the
Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough Website (ville.montreal.
qc.ca/cdn-ndg) as well as at the Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Accès Montréal office, located at 5160, boulevard Décarie, ground floor (311 –
Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough), on the Friday before the
borough council meeting, in the afternoon.
Please note that the FINAL agenda is the one adopted by the municipal
councillors at the beginning of each meeting.
Geneviève Reeves
Secrétaire d’arrondissement
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NDG NEWS
Senior Mimi young at heart
The
Underdog
Club
Jayme Wilmann
Mimi is a pretty 12-year-old flat-coated
retriever cross. What this happy girl lacks
in youth she makes up for with a generous heart and a robust enthusiasm for
life.
An easily managed dog, this senior has
a happy-go-lucky attitude, and is game for
just about any adventure, proving age
truly is just a number.
While Mimi has been at the Frontier
Animal Shelter for some time now (people seem to gravitate toward puppies and
younger dogs), she still views the world
with hopeful eyes and remains optimistic.
Anytime someone walks past her cage,
Mimi wags her tail; whether it’s in anticipation of being adopted and brought
home or just for one of the volunteers
stopping by to take her out for a stroll.
Mimi’s favourite activities include
going for long, leisurely walks in the forest behind the shelter and going to the
dog park and rolling in the grass. She will
happily jump in the car and look at you
with her bright and mischievous eyes that
say “Where to?”
With a bounce in her step, this spry
senior still has so much to offer a new
family.
Mimi would do well in a home with a
fellow active retiree who has a lot of time
to spend with her, although she could fit
in quite well with just about any family
that has love, affection and walks to give.
Mimi is friendly with everyone but a
home with dog-savvy kids over the age of
eight would be best for an older gal such
as herself. Mimi is fantastic with other
dogs and with cats.
If anyone would enjoy making Mimi’s
golden years glitter and save her from
spending another long winter in the shelter, please contact Frontier at 819.
876.7747 or frontieranimalsociety@gmail.com.
Underdog update
Shawna, now named Scotia, has found
joy again. A retired Westmount resident
who read about her in this column (“Sad
Kensington Church continued from p. 10
Rev. Roland De Vries and clerk of session Gerald
Auchinleck in front of the church hall, which is at
the corner of Kensington and Godfrey avenues.
Photo: Isaac Olson
Mimi
but sweet is Shawna,” Westmount
Independent, April 9, p. 19) took her home
a few weeks ago. “Basically, life is fantastic,” according to Frontier Animal Society,
who rescued her.
The young boxer mix Gaby is still
needing a home, according to Sophie’s
Dog Adoptions (“Gaby ready to roll,”
Westmount Independent, May 26, p. 17).
and is no longer in use. De Vries
explained that in the 1800s, the original
church property and tennis courts were
divided into several lots and with time,
became a single lot. The tennis courts, he
said, were sold last year.
There has been interest in buying the
sanctuary but, “in order to sell it, it needs
to be two separate lots,” he said, adding
that a potential buyer would have to
respect the zoning of a religious heritage
site.
The New Hope Senior Centre and the
church have for many years shared the
west side of the facility. The plan, said
Auchinleck, is to continue serving the
NDG community for many years as it is
an established church on which people
have come to rely.
Auchinleck has been involved with the
church since 1957 and said, “Of course, in
that many years, you make an emotional
attachment to the building. But, in that
sanctuary, the attendance was scattered
around the large room.”
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4001 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD WEST
•
SUITE 2G.1
•
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
•
H3Z 3G4
Former Hampstead
resident celebrates first
year as tearoom owner
A year ago June 12, Donna Malin
bought the Gryphon D’Or Tea Room
from her longtime employer Peggy
Regan. Regan continues to own the
adjoining Gryphon Bakery, which supplies the Monkland Ave. tearoom with
scones, shortbread and pie dough.
“I love serving people,” said Malin, who
grew up in Hampstead, Westmount and
downtown Montreal, but has spent most
of her adult life in NDG.
“I love seeing people eat. It makes me
happy.” Malin, 36, started at Gryphon
D’Or as a baker in 2001, before the tearoom opened.
She’s long been the Celtic-themed tearoom’s friendly face, acting as hostess,
server, baker and dishwasher.
“When I took over, we were open six
days a week and our main focus was
lunch Monday to Friday,” Malin said.
An afternoon tea “with a three-tier tray”
has always been a big part of Gryphon
D’Or, Malin said.
“Nothing’s really changed. The menu’s
stayed the same.”
Gradually, Malin is putting her stamp
on Gryphon D’Or. The 28-seat restaurant
serves brunch all weekend and Malin
recently extended the restaurant’s hours.
“Now we’re open till 10 o’clock
Wednesday through Sunday nights, “she
said.
The first year of owning Gryphon D’Or
Teenage girl punched in face
during home invasion
Police Report
Station 9
The Police Report is intended to
inform readers of recent police activity
in the community. The articles are
written from information taken from
police reports and given to the reporter
by a Station 9 constable.
Donna Malin, who in 2001 began as a baker at the NDG-based Gryphon D’Or on Monkland Ave.,
purchased the tearoom a year ago.
Photo: Stephanie O’Hanley
By Stephanie O’Hanley
HAMPSTEAD NEWS
has been “really, really challenging and
rewarding and busy,” said Malin. “But it’s
a learning experience.”
Lately she has been working from 8 am
to midnight as she’s trained staff for
evening shifts.
Some challenges included running out
of food one Sunday, forcing Malin to rush
out to buy groceries, and getting an air
conditioner installed proved more complicated than she expected.
In order to meet the needs of her
changing clientele, Malin has expanded
her repertoire in the evenings to attract
families with young children.
This includes a summer kid’s menu for
the under-12 crowd, and for the first time,
the tea room has added an ice cream
menu with sundaes, banana splits, ice
cream sodas and milkshakes.
“We play classical music during the day
but I think we’re going to play a little
more rock ‘n’ roll at night,” said Malin,
who once worked in an ice cream parlour.
“I’d like it to be a little more like an oldschool ice cream parlour, a different experience.”
Malin’s background as a kids’ party
organizer and Hampstead day camp
counsellor is a factor in her decision to
offer free activities for kids, such as
colouring and jewellery making.
“We want to make sure you can come
and have some activity you can do while
you’re waiting. It’s just so kids can have
an experience as well.”
A Hampstead home was invaded by
two masked, armed men who duct-taped
a teenage girl’s hands together to drag her
around the house in search of money and
valuables, according to police.
Station 9 constable Vincent DeAngelis
said it was 9:20 am on May 23 when
someone rang the doorbell of a Cressy St.
home. A 19-year-old girl was home and
without checking to see who it was,
opened the door enough for two men to
shoulder their way in, said DeAngelis.
Wearing red bandanas over their faces,
one man was armed with a handgun and
the other with duct tape.
Speaking in a mix of French and
English, one man started to duct tape the
girl’s hands together, but she broke free
and tried to escape by running toward the
basement door, said DeAngelis. The suspect caught her and punched her three
times in the face while the other man ran
upstairs to search the master bedroom for
valuables. After searching for a bit, he
came down, got the girl, and led her from
room to room demanding she tell him
where the money and jewellery is kept,
the officer said.
After searching the place, they made off
with some jewellery and money, said
DeAngelis, but, before they left, they told
the teenager not to phone the police.
After a few minutes she left through the
garage and ran to a neighbour’s home for
safety. The neighbour called 911.
The suspects are described as Frenchspeaking, white men with brown hair.
One was about 165 centimeters tall, 81
kilos and about 20 years old. The other
was 72 kilos and about 175 centimeters
tall.
continued on p. 26
WESTMOUNT LIVING AT ITS FINEST
INDULGE YOURSELF
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from 1500-4500 Square Feet
85% SOLD
OPEN HOUSE: Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 - 4:00 pm
SHOWROOM: 4152A rue Sainte-Catherine O.
By appointment only 514 515-1977
HAMPSTEAD NEWS
Hampstead Day June 12
Hampstead
Happenings
Courtesy of town of Hampstead
Community centre office hours
Beginning on Tuesday, June 25, the
administrative offices at the Irving L.
Adessky Community Centre will be:
Monday’s from 8:30 am to 8 pm; Tuesday
to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Reminder: Hampstead pool follows weekend schedule and rules on Monday, June
24 & July 1.
Join your friends and neighbours in
Hampstead Park on Wednesday, June 12
at 4 pm for the biggest event of the year.
Look forward to events and activities of
all kinds, including inflatables, a petting
zoo, live performances, exhibitors of all
types and fireworks. You can also get a
slice of Hampstead’s giant birthday cake
as we celebrate our town’s 99th birthday.
Fireworks at 9:40 pm. Rain date:
Thursday, June 13.
Register today for summer day camp
Hampstead has many camp options for
your children and registration is ongoing. This year’s day camp program features new and exciting themes and trips!
The first session begins June 25. Don’t
miss out. Register today!
Closures
The administrative offices at town hall,
the community centre and Public Works
will be closed Monday, June 24 & July 1.
In case of emergency, contact Public
Security at 514.369.8250 (24 hours).
Hampstead Pool now open
Hampstead’s heated pool is now open
for the season. Please consult
www.hampstead.qc.ca for the complete
schedule of swim periods or call
514.369.8260.
Police continued from p. 25
Man leaves unattended car full of
valuables, loses everything
On May 5 at around 7 pm, a 49-yearold man parked his BMW on
Hampstead’s Finchley Rd. and left it
there for three hours full of valuables.
When he came back, Station 9 constable
Vincent DeAngelis said the victim discovered his car had been cleaned out.
“The burglar or burglars broke the
window on the passenger side and were
able to steal a leather jacket, sunglasses,
a Blackberry and many CDs,” said
DeAngelis. “The estimated value of
everything stolen totals about $4,000.”
“Citizens need to be careful,” said
DeAngelis. “Don’t give these opportunistic thieves a reason to target your
vehicle.”
Isaac Olson
PUBLIC NOTICE
RÈGLEMENT NO 803
PUBLIC NOTICE
BY-LAW NO 803
AVIS PUBLIC est par la présente donné par la
soussignée, que le règlement no. 803 intitulé « Règlement autorisant une dépense de 1 609 000 $ pour le coût
de réhabilitation des conduites d’eau potable dans la
ville, sujet à un emprunt de 816 019 $ sur 20 ans et
financé partiellement par le fonds général pour la somme
de 500 300 $ et par les soldes disponibles de règlements
d’emprunts de la ville pour la somme totale de
292 681 $ » a été adopté par le Conseil municipal lors
de sa séance du 4 mars 2013.
PUBLIC NOTICE is given by the Undersigned, that the
following By-law No 803 entitled: “By-law authorizing the
spending of $1,609,000 for the cost of rehabilitating the
Town’s water mains, subject to a 20-year loan of
$816,019 and financed partially by the general fund for
an amount of $500,300 and by the balances remaining
in the Town’s closed loan by-laws for a total amount of
$292,681” was adopted by the Municipal Council at the
sitting of March 4th, 2013.
Ce règlement a été approuvé, le 3 avril 2013, par les
personnes habiles à voter et par le Ministre des Affaires
municipales, des Régions et de l’Occupation du territoire
et ministre des Transports le 28 mai 2013.
This By law was approved, on April 3rd, 2013, by those
persons eligible to vote and, by the Minister of Municipal
Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and Minister of
Transport, on May 28th, 2013.
Ce règlement entre en vigueur à la date de sa publication
dans le journal et toute personne intéressée peut en
prendre connaissance à mon bureau durant les heures
d’ouverture de l’Hôtel de Ville.
Appel joins congregation in August
Dorshei Emet welcomes new
synagogue educator
By Martin C. Barry
While the duties of Dorshei Emet’s new
synagogue educator, Rabbi Julia Appel,
will include helping with congregational
holiday programming and alternative
high holiday services, she might also be
keeping an eye on the progress of Israel’s
Women of the Wall movement.
“They’re seeking to be able to actually
lead their own services and to be able to
wear talleisim,” Appel, 30, said in an interview with the Free Press, referring to the
prayer shawls usually worn by Jewish
men during prayer services.
(She’s been posting Women of the Wall
updates on her online blog: http://rabbijuliaappel.wordpress.com.)
Since the late 1980s, Women of the
Wall has waged a campaign to secure the
rights of women to pray, read from the
Torah and wear religious attire at what is
arguably Judaism’s most sacred site, the
Western Wall in Jerusalem.
The group made international news on
May 10 when they were able to pray at the
wall for the first time, following a court
ruling a few weeks earlier that affirmed
their right.
“A lot of my friends who are in Israel
this year doing their studies for the rabbinate have been attending Women of the
Wall services and have been really supporting the group,” Appel continued. “It’s
something I very much support and I’ve
been following closely.”
Having served for the past two years as
the outreach rabbi at Temple Emanu-ElBeth Sholom in Westmount, Appel joins
the staff at Hampstead’s Dorshei Emet, a
Reconstructionist synagogue, in August.
A native of Boston, she was ordained at
the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College,
a non-denominational rabbinical institution in Boston.
She
graduated
from
Harvard
University with a bachelor of arts in social
studies, for which her undergraduate thesis focused on feminist reclamations of
Jewish ritual, and she has a master’s
degree in Jewish studies.
While it’s been 40 years since the first
female rabbis were ordained in the
Reform and Reconstructionist movements,
followed
later
by
the
Conservatives, Appel noted that the first
wave of female rabbis is now reaching the
age of retirement.
“As women have had full access to religious leadership and learning, we’ve seen
a lot of involvement of Jewish women
who are really taking up the mantle and
learning to become Jewish leaders,” she
said.
AVIS PUBLIC
Démolition d’un immeuble
PUBLIC NOTICE
DEMOLITION OF AN IMMOVABLE
AVIS PUBLIC est par les présentes donné aux
résidants de la Ville Hampstead et À QUI DE DROIT :
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the residents of
the Town of Hampstead and TO WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN:
QUE conformément aux dispositions de l’article 5.1 du
Règlement Nº 759, le Comité d’étude des demandes de
permis de démolition de la Ville de Hampstead a reçu
une demande de permis de démolition pour la propriété
située au 20, Chemin NORTHCOTE, sur le lot 2 089 460
aux Plan et Livre de renvoi officiels du cadastre du
Québec.
THAT as required by provisions of Section 5.1 of By-Law
Nº 759, the Demolition Review Committee of the Town
of Hampstead has received a request for a demolition
permit for the property located at 20 NORTHCOTE
Road, bearing lot number 2 089 460 on the Official Plan
and Book of reference of the Cadastre of Quebec.
This By law comes into force the date on which it was
published in the newspaper and any person wishing to
do so may consult the By-law during regular business
hours at my office at Town Hall.
QUE toute personne qui veut s’opposer à la délivrance
d’un permis pour ladite démolition doit, dans un délai
de dix (10) jours suivant la publication du présent avis
public faire connaître, PAR ÉCRIT, son opposition
motivée à la soussignée à l’adresse suivante: 5569,
chemin Queen Mary, Hampstead, Québec, H3X 1W5.
THAT every person wishing to oppose granting of a
permit for said demolition must, within ten (10) days of
publication of the Public Notice, make his objections
known IN WRITING to the undersigned at the following
address: 5569 Queen Mary Road, Hampstead, Québec,
H3X 1W5, giving the reasons for his objections.
Donné à Hampstead, ce 11 juin 2013
Given at Hampstead, June 11th, 2013.
Donné à Hampstead, ce 11 juin 2013.
Given at Hampstead, this 11th day of June, 2013.
(s) Me Nathalie Lauzière, avocate
Greffière de la Ville
(s) Me Nathalie Lauzière, Attorney
Town Clerk
(s) Me Nathalie Lauziere
Greffière de la ville
(s) Me Nathalie Lauziere
Town Clerk
Bunny
Berke
514.347.1928
bunnyberke@remax-ducartier.qc.ca
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Large newly renovated 1bdr condo. $325,000
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Beautiful stone front cottage rebuilt w/ext. $1,745,000
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services, 105 bus,
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all conveniences. 2 x 5½,
finished basement, garage.
$370,000
DORVAL: 9 unit shopping
mall. tenants include car
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available at this time.
Current Revenue $178,464
Rental Bright 3½ bachelor, fully renovated,
4 appliances included, storage. Close to transportation
in a great location. Close to transportation. Ideal
location. No pets, non-smokers please. Available in July.
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