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Vol. 24 • No. 08 • April 16, 2016 • Tel.: 450-978-9999 • www.lavalnews.ca • E-mail: editor@newsfirst.ca • 34, 200 copies
Laval pays homage to 44 student volunteers
They gave 100 hours each of volunteerism in the past year
Seen here on the interior staircase at Laval city hall, a group of more than four dozen students from various schools in Laval who
did extensive volunteer work in the past year were honoured by the city last Sunday.
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concerned about
French/English
‘two-tiered’
system developing
SWLSB chairwoman Jennifer Maccarone,
right, speaks during a press conference
held last week for the release of a
joint brief by six Montreal school
commissions with grave concerns
about Quebec’s proposed abolition of
school board elections.
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Laval officials help launch Autism Awareness Month
A range of activities taking place to improve public’s knowledge
MARTIN C. BARRY
In Quebec, April is Autism Awareness
Month. To get it going properly, a number of
elected officials from the Laval region gathered
with representatives of the autism community at
the Centre de réadaptation en déficience intellectuelle et trouble envahissant du développement de Laval (CRDITED de Laval) on April
1 in an effort to make people more aware that
autism can be overcome.
Learning about autism
Vimont MNA Jean Rousselle is honorary
co-chair of the month-long slate of events along
with local Special Olympics swimming champ
Andrew Perez. Laval executive-committee
vice-president David De Cotis, city councillor
Ray Adams and CSDL chairwoman Louise
Lortie were also on hand for the launch.
“I’m sometimes not very sociable,” Perez said
in a short address, explaining some of the characteristics of his autism. “When I’m with a large
crowd or when it’s noisy I tend to get annoyed,
so I try to find some place quiet where I think
I’ll be alone. My time with Special Olympics
and the ‘I Can Dream’ theatre group helped me
learn to deal with other people and socialize
with them.
Adjusting to autism
“I’ve had to work hard to be the best in both
groups and thanks to swimming I’ve gotten to
travel to other places like L.A. and I somewhat
dealt with my fear of travelling on a plane,” he
continued. “Really I would never have made it
Special Olympics swimmer Andrew Perez (in red) helped get Autism Awareness Month off to a great start on April 1 with officials from
the city, from the province, school board and other organizations.
this far if it wasn’t for the love and support of
my family who are taking care of me, cheered
me on and encouraged me. And of course to all
my friends, coaches and teammates who have
been great as well, thank you all of you.” He also
thanked his mother for her love, understanding
and patience.
Ray Adams, who is responsible for municipal
dossiers involving handicapped persons and
who also deals with accessibility issues, said
including autistic persons in the activities of
the rest of the population is something that he
and others with the city work hard at.
“Laval places high value on making its
services and installations accessible in order
to encourage autonomy and the participation
in life of its residents,” he said, while adding that
the city has a role to play as a model and trend
setter in this regard.
Various activities planned
Autism Awareness Month is taking place
in Laval with a number of activities. On April
19, Regard9 is holding a lecture at the Pavillon
du Bois-Papineau, Room 109 on Saint-Martin
Blvd. East on ways to be calm, to concentrate
and to learn effectively. On April 22 beginning
at 9 am, Option Enfance is holding a day-long
conference ($100) on sensory problems in autistic children at home and in school at the Laval
Campus of the University of Montreal. And on
April 27, the Société de l’Autisme and des TED
de Laval is holding a free half-day conference
on better understanding sensory development
and autism spectrum disorders from 9 am to
noon at CISSS de Laval’s du Marigot branch,
34-J Cartier Blvd. West.
Laval’s Pet Adoption day is Back
ADOPT-A-PET
DAY
Sunday
Avril 24
11 a.m – 3 p.m.
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in Laval
Cats and dogs (neutered and vaccinated) are seeking
a loving adoptive family!
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Laval’s Pet Adoption and Microchip Day
will return for its 8th edition on Sunday, April
24th. Organized by the city in collaboration with
Berger Blanc de Laval, the event takes place
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at centre Accès de Laval
(6500, boulevard Arthur-Sauvé). Several pet
rescue shelters will be on site to offer attendees
the opportunity to adopt a cat or dog.
Adopting a Pet
All of the companion animals present at the
event have been vaccinated, spayed/neutered,
and are ready to be adopted. Prices are reasonable and vary depending on the animal. Even
if you don’t find the perfect pet to adopt, you’ll
be able to start the adoption process with the
rescue shelters. But be reminded adopting a
pet is a big responsibility for the owner and its
immediate family. It’s a long-term commitment.
Think about it! There’s about a week left before
adoption day. Take advantage of the time to get
well-prepared!
Dog Tags
During the event, dog-owners will be able to
purchase or renew a dog license from the city
for $27 (cash only).
Microchipping day May 15,
2016
Losing a pet is traumatic, for both pet and
pet-owner. No pet-owner wants to think of
their cherished animal companion roaming the
streets, lost, scared, hungry, possibly injured,
and completely alone.
Laval residents can have their pet microchipped during the event for $25 – cash only,
and proof of residence is required.
The microchip, which is inserted under the
animal’s skin in a quick and painless process,
contains information about the animal and
contact details for the pet’s owner. So if your
furry four-legged friend ever does get lost,
having that microchip helps ensure that your
pet won’t stay lost.
To take advantage of this opportunity, you
must register your pet at http://www.laval.ca/
Pages/Fr/Activites/journee-micropucage.aspx.
A limited number of microchips are available,
and registration is first-come, first-served.
An important reminder for everyone bringing
pets to be microchipped: Cats must be safely
secured in their carrier and dogs must remain
leashed.
Boards concerned about French/English ‘two-tiered’ system developing
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is one of
six French and English school commissions in
the Greater Montreal region which have issued
a joint brief saying they favour the government’s
proposal to increase the power of parents, while
warning that abolishing school elections “would
lead to demolishing a vital bridge between all
stakeholders.”
Among the top concerns of the coalition is
that the Liberal government may decide at some
point in the future to deploy a two-tier educational system, based on the fact that Article
23 of the Canadian constitution guarantees
Quebec’s minority English-speaking parents
the right to manage and control the education
of their children, but there is no corresponding
guarantee for the French majority.
“Since the deposit of Bill 86 we have been
clear about two important factors,” SWLSB
chairwoman Jennifer Maccarone said during
a press conference held on April 7 at Vincent
Massey Collegiate in Rosemount. “Section 23 of
the Canadian Constitution guarantees that the
minority language community in each province
has an unassailable right to manage and control
their own education system.
“Many constitutional experts have studied
the draft legislation and are unanimous that
this bill is unconstitutional,” she continued. “We
are committed to defending that right. This is
the last right we have as a minority community
and we have learned that if we give our rights
away or do not defend them fully, we never get
them back. We cannot let that happen with the
cornerstone right that guarantees the vitality
and renewal of the Quebec English community.”
Minority language right
Fears of two-tiered system
MARTIN C. BARRY
Laval reacts to
St-Hubert
“The English school boards will benefit from
democratic and pluralistic councils and on the
other, the French school boards will suffer in
the hands of a Ministry whose top leader has
been replaced on average every 18 months for
the past 10 years,” the school boards said in
their statement.
The coalition lists six principles they believe
should govern the joint actions of government
and elected school councils: education belongs
to the people; student success is at the heart of
every decision made by elected school councils; perseverance and achievement targets
must be achieved, public education in Quebec
is subject to change; the election law and the
mode of election for school commissioners
must be changed; and school commissioners
are working collaboratively with staff, parents
and principals.
Unpaid volunteer system
The coalition says it is favorable to the
government’s proposal of increasing the power
of parents, in particular by exercising the right
to vote at school board meetings. “But it is
important to remember that a large proportion of elected commissioners are themselves
parents and therefore have the motivation to
develop a school in line with the expectations of
local parents,” said the school board heads. The
abolition of school elections would replace them
“with volunteers saddled with a high expectation of participation in many dossiers and a loss
of independence,” they said.
Municipal/school board elections
The coalition’s members also say they
“question the effect the legislative gain from
the Quebec government will have, the rifts in
the courts and in the public domain and the
signal sent to francophone communities outside
Quebec who also have to deal with the realities
and fragile contexts.”
In addition, the six school boards are proposing a new governance model based on a system
they say has already proven itself in most other
provinces: it would link school board elections
with municipal elections held every four years,
the first Sunday in November. “The elected
school commissioners essentially advocate the
establishment of joint elections, school and
municipal,” states the joint brief.
acquisition by Cara
City wants company
headquarters to stay in Laval
(TLN) In a letter sent last week to the CEO
of the company which just purchased Groupe
St-Hubert, Laval mayor Marc Demers asks Cara
Ltd. to keep St. Hubert’s head office in Laval.
“The head office of Groupe St-Hubert creates
quality jobs for Laval residents and generates a
very important economic activity for our city,”
said Demers, adding that “we want St-Hubert
to stay in Laval.”
As part of the announcement of Groupe
St-Hubert by the Ontario-based Cara, the
company’s CEO Bill Gregson stated that the
acquisition gives Cara a foothold in Quebec,
as well as production facilities and a management team which will be overseeing the growth
of St-Hubert in the province and across the
country.
“I think that it is in the interest of Cara to
rely on the expertise of those running Groupe
St-Hubert and to invest in Laval,” added
Demers. “But we would like a specific commitment in that regard from Mr. Gregson. The
City of Laval is an area that is very
conducive to the development of a
company and we offer Cara all our
cooperation in order to support
its growth on our territory.”
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Opinion & Editorial
Governments love change, just not to the point of reform
The fact that officials won’t divulge key tax system information simply confirms the legitimacy of growing Canadian distrust
• Politicians and their parties solicit and
receive large cash donations from wealthy
people and businesses, and pretend there is
no ethical problem with doing so, as if these
gifts obviously come with no strings attached;
• MP Wayne Easter (speaking as a member of
the Liberal caucus and not in his role as chairman of the Commons Finance Committee)
says the government should fulfil its election
promise of reviewing Canada’s tax system
with an independent, arms-length committee,
not as a study by (and for) federal bureaucrats.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, who runs the
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), wants to
keep his options open - and probably keep
such a review under close control;
• Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis
Fréchette has been trying for years to get the
CRA to release data on the gap between how
much taxes our economy should be producing
and the revenue the agency actually collects.
Most of the world’s leading democracies
publish these ‘tax gap’ figures so people will
know how much revenue their governments
lose through offshore tax havens and other
dodges. A published tax gap would also
inform the 95 per cent of Canadians who duly
report all their income every year of what a
bunch of chumps they are.
• The CRA, under the direction of Morneau,
promises to study the concept of studying the
tax gap;
• The so-called Panama Papers, a massive
leak of secret documents from the offices of
Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca,
lists a trove of information on how the superrich, the super-famous and some superbly
powerful political leaders stash huge amounts
of money out of reach of their national tax
agencies. The papers purport to show that
offshore banking costs the Canadian treasury
billions of dollars a year (that lost revenue
must be made up for by the rest of us honest
taxpayers);
• Trust in our provincial and federal governments to manage our economy and social
programs fairly and equitably continues to
drop.
Is Bombardier’s CSeries jet worth $1 billion from Ottawa?
To hear certain members of the federal Liberal cabinet talk about their
looming decision on whether to front $1 billion USD to Bombardier
Aerospace, you would think it’s already settled. However, if the history
of the Canadian aerospace industry is an accurate indicator, a done
deal it most likely is.
While the federal government is supposedly still reviewing
Bombardier’s request for money – the latest news last week had Ottawa
spending $500,000 for an outsourced study of Bombardier – Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau among others has been extolling the virtues
of the company’s CSeries passenger aircraft.
“The CSeries jet is an exceptional jet that is going to show Canadian
innovation and quality manufacturing to the world,” Trudeau told the
Canadian Press last month. “That’s why it’s important to make sure
that the Canadian aerospace industry is strong, not just in the short
term, but in the medium and long term,” he added.
Transport Minister Marc Garneau was even more to the point while
lavishing praise on the plane recently. “It is the best airplane in the world
in its class bar none – it really is an extraordinary airplane,” he told
an audience of Rotarians last week in his home riding of WestmountVille Marie.
Late last year, Bombardier asked Ottawa for assistance when it could
no longer conceal its trouble trying to sell the CSeries. The Quebec
government promised last fall that it would give $1 billion to support
the company. In the meantime, global competitors have been stealing
away contracts that might have gone to Bombardier, while sales of
Bombardier planes have decreased in proportion.
In the meantime, some of Canada’s top financial experts are against
the prospect of the federal government using taxpayer dollars to bail
out Bombardier’s CSeries program. According to a recent Business
News Network survey, nearly 40 per cent of the respondents agreed
the long-delayed mid-range aircraft is a big strategic mistake that
shouldn’t be underwritten by the government.
As well, they said government support for Bombardier should only
be granted if the company’s controlling owners agree to abandon
Bombardier’s dual class share structure which places disproportionate
power in the hands of Bombardier and Beaudoin family members.
The Bombardiers and Beaudoins control nearly 80 per cent of
Bombardier Inc.’s Class A shares, which outvote Class B 10 to 1.
However, others have come out in defence of the dual-class share
structure, saying it’s the only reason Bombardier, which is Canada’s
biggest aerospace manufacturer, hasn’t ended up being broken apart
and sold in pieces to foreign interests.
All this being said, the global aerospace industry has long been known
for turbulence, with lots of ups and downs and periods of booming
prosperity, followed by depressing slumps and spells of unemployment.
It’s true at the same time that Canada’s aerospace sector would never
have gotten far at all were it not for an almost constant injection of
government funding.
Bombardier alone, according to one recent report, has received
around $1 billion in federal money since 1966, taking into account the
many subsidies Canadair received from Ottawa before Bombardier
acquired the money-losing company in the mid-1980s.
While global aerospace companies and elected officials in the
countries where they’re based constantly complain that government
subsidies from other nations violate trade agreements, the fact is
that governments all over the world consistently subsidize aerospace
manufacturing within their territory.
For this reason alone perhaps, Canada can’t get away from the practice, and this is also why Bombardier is more than likely to receive its
$1 billion assistance package. But in the meantime, depending on what
Ottawa chooses, at stake is the survival of a 73-year-old company that
employs 24,000 people in Canada and that contributes $6.5 billion in
Canadian dollars just to the Quebec economy.
In the unlikely chance that the Liberal government chooses not to
support production of the distinctly Canadian CSeries aircraft that
most agree is the best in its category, the Liberals would be following
a path eerily similar to the one former Conservative Prime Minister
John Diefenbaker chose when he opted to withdraw his government’s
backing for the Avro Arrow fighter. We will leave it to our readers to
judge whether the Liberals want to risk being remembered similarly.
– Martin C. Barry –
OK, maybe there are related.
Mostly, Canadians judge governments on
how they spend. We talk a lot about budgets and
debt levels. We chatter about stimulus spending
versus the need for balanced budgets.
Sometimes, we spare a thought or two about
the increasing wealth gap. But perhaps because
so many of us hope to be rich someday, we don’t
talk about that too much.
We don’t really look at whether our tax
system is fair at all, other than to gripe that as
individuals we pay too much in taxes or that
other people pay too little.
Without knowing that everyone pays their
fair share, how can we understand what a fair
share really is? When politicians and parties
appear beholden to their wealthy and influential
donors, how can we trust them to make big-picture decisions in our collective best interest?
The government tells us they will review
our total tax system and its myriad tweaks and
boutique breaks, but they will not inform us
of how comprehensive or effective this review
will be. It strains confidence that anything will
actually change, because one group of political
donors or another might become unhappy.
It should floor us that the CRA - under the
direction of both Conservative and Liberal
masters - will not share its data with the
Parliamentary Budget Office. Or that the
chairman of the Commons Finance Committee
cannot speak in his official capacity about a tax
system review. Aren’t we on the same team
here?
As a society, we are already too skeptical
about the people who hold power. There always
seems to be a hidden agenda. What deals have
been made to get the money to buy the ads
that promise us things in election campaigns?
The cries over the Panama Papers will
die down and meld into the existing background noise of distrust about government.
It will become part of the drone that includes
WikiLeaks, which told us how our every move
can be monitored by government authorities who will not tell us what they owe the people
who bought them their elections.
This is a worldwide phenomenon, not just
Canadian. But we should expect Canada to do
better than the rest of the world in producing
honest, open and transparent government.
If our tax system needs an overhaul, do it. Tell
us what parts we can really do without and then
make the changes. And help us be confident
that it applies fairly to everyone.
Greg Neiman
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Laval unveils revised Master Urban Plan
Downtown development to soar starting next year
Laval city manager Serge Lamontagne explains
aspects of the city’s revised Master Urban Plan.
MARTIN C. BARRY
Presenting the City of Laval’s revised Master
Urban Plan earlier this week following years of
preparation, Mayor Marc Demers said citizens
will very shortly begin seeing the city’s central
area blossoming into a true downtown core
worthy of a major municipality.
A vision for the future
“Basically what this plan is saying is this is
how we want to develop Laval for the next 25
years,” Demers said in an interview with the
Laval News following a press conference for
the unveiling at Collège Letendre in the heart of
the city’s education district on de l’Avenir Blvd.
The Master Urban Plan is being updated after
not being revised since 1990. It now goes to
local public consultation, following which it
will be examined by the Montreal Metropolitan
Community and finally by the Quebec government. Beginning late next year, the plan will
form the basis for further development in Laval
over the next quarter-century through municipal zoning and by-laws.
Development downtown
Happy Passover!
Preserving historic legacy
The Master Urban Plan will also be taking
into account the historic legacy present in
many buildings throughout the city. Vasilios
Karidogiannis, the councillor for the district
of Abord-à-Plouffe, sees this as a valuable tool
for the preservation of tradition not only in his
area but across Laval. “I’m very proud that this
is going to be the legacy of the administration
from 2013 to 2017,” he said of the plan.
Information about the revised Master Urban
Plan, including a complete version with details
and facts, can be seen at the web site www.
repensonslaval.ca. As well, the city will be holding public information sessions on May 16, 18,
24 and 25 at 7 pm, during which the plan will be
explained in detail and questions can be asked.
FAYÇAL EL-KHOURY
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Height restrictions coming
heights,” said Councillor Paolo Galati who represents the eastern Laval district of St-Vincentde-Paul. “Right now there’s no regulation as to
how high you can go. But soon each territory
will have a limit. And the only place that won’t
have a limit is the downtown area which is very
particular. We’re really focusing on rebuilding
the city and giving it a distinct image and a new
vision for the next 15 to 25 years.”
Planning the future layout of the City of Laval
is taking place in conjunction with a specific
principle the Demers administration adopted
shortly after being elected in 2013. It foresees all
future development occurring while taking into
account Laval’s basic rural, urban and industrial
components. The stance was taken to ensure
that development takes place in a balanced
manner, laying the ground for a city truly in
step with 21st century values.
April 16, 2016
According to the mayor, development in
Laval’s downtown – which is beginning to fill up
although there are still many bare patches – will
start accelerating in 2017 when the plan is finally
in place. “Within the next five years there’ll be
over $1 billion invested in the centre-ville by
private investors,” he told the Laval News.
“A strategic vision inspires the development
of a city, while a master urban plan demonstrates more substantially the major orientations
of planning, as well as the goals and the actions
needed,” said city manager Serge Lamontagne.
He said the major actions the city plans to make
include concentrating on Laval’s agricultural
areas, identifying the nature preserves which
need to be conserved, the consolidation of transit Oriented Development (TOD), determining
the crucial district poles and the downtown, and
fixing maximal heights for buildings.
From the left, Laval city manager Serge Lamontagne, Mayor Marc Demers and urban planning director Sylvain Dubois are seen here with
the fruit of years of intense labour – Laval’s Master Urban Plan.
BY SAVAS FORTIS
Request for financial aid from Quebec
With the abolition of the Regional
Conference of Elected Representatives of
Laval (CRE) by the provincial government
the city administration has inherited new
obligations like social and environmental
development which traditionally have been
responsibilities under provincial jurisdiction.
With the added responsibility come added
financial obligations therefore Laval’s Executive
Committee has authorized its Department
of Culture, Recreation and Sport and Social
Development (SCLSDS) to file applications
for financial assistance from several ministries
and ministerial programs.
The Executive Committee authorized the
Department of Culture, Recreation and Sport
and Social Development (SCLSDS) to file
an application for financial assistance from
the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Land
Occupancy under the (FIRM) initiative which
supports the development of a comprehensive
strategic plan for urban revitalization. The
amount of financial assistance that is requested
from this budget is $ 475,000. These FIRM
funds will enable Laval to support studies for
an integrated urban revitalization effort already
underway and would provide the catalyst to
draw up a comprehensive renewal plan of
action adapted to the most disadvantaged
areas in Laval, Saint-François and Laval West.
The Executive Committee also mandated
its responsible service to request interim
funding of approximately $ 200,000 from the
Department of Immigration, Diversity and
Inclusion (MIDI) under the Mobilization
Program addressing Diversity. This temporary funding will cover the period from April
1st 2016 till March 31st 2017allowing the city
to increase its involvement and leadership in
social development. The MIDI funds will be
used to enable the city of Laval services to cultivate and promote a welcoming and inclusive
protocol to help immigrants establish roots as
residence and citizens of Laval.
Also in the course of delegating the responsibility concerning the sustainable management
program of Forestry by the Department of
Forestry, Wildlife and Parks the executive
committee has signed an agreement in which
the ministry will provide it a grant of $ 90,000
over three years covering the period from April
1st 2015 to March 31st 2018. The projects that
can be funded under this grant must facilitate
the awareness, education and extension of the
development of wood as a renewable resource.
Support for the organization ALPABEM
A grant of $ 5,000 was given to the Laval
Association of Parents and Friends for Mental
well-being (ALPABEM) for support in realizing the project “Have you my number?”
This project targets youth 12 to 17 years of
age. This project hopes to consult teens and
solicit their inputs in order to design, host
and promote a website dedicated to providing
teens with pertinent information and support.
The material will address health, social and
community issues that affect teens and the
services available to them in Laval. This project
is an integral element in the municipal action
plan 2015-2017 to develop the mission of
Municipalities, the friend of children directive.
Sports Exposition Laval Youth event
Following the recommendation of Laval’s
community services (SCLSDS), members of
Dear friends,
On behalf of City Council,
I would like to offer the members
of Laval’s Jewish Community
Marc Demers
Maire / Mayor
my best wishes for Passover.
This religious tradition
gives us the opportunity
the executive committee approved a grant of $
1 500 for the Saint-Gilles school which hosted
a sports exposition of Laval’s youth. The thirds
annual edition of this event, Salon sports et
loisirs Jeunesse Laval, which took place on
Saturday 19th March was organized by Sports
Laval in partnership with local organizations.
Combatting Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
tree pest outbreak
Satisfied with the service offered by the
company Greenspace Services for the treatment of EAB with TreeAzin, a botanical
insecticide, the Executive Committee has
approved a first renewal of the contract in the
amount of $ 127,090 (before taxes) for 2016
. This amount will treat approximately 1,000
ash trees. In order to help retard the spread
of this pest the administration of Laval offers
citizens the opportunity to also treat their ash
trees with TreeAzin at a special rate negotiated
by the City. The company Greenspace services
can be contacted at 1 800 565-5296 from June
1st to August 31st 2016.
Agrilus planipennis, commonly known
as the emerald ash borer, is a green jewel
beetle native to eastern Asia that feeds on
ash species. In its native range, it is typically
found at low densities and is not considered a
significant pest. Outside its native range, it is
an invasive species and is highly destructive
to ash trees native to northwest Europe and
North America.
Collection, transport and composting
of organic materials
The City of Laval announced in the 2016
budget the addition of 10,000 doors in the
collection of organic waste which is compostable material as part of its waste management services. In 2016 this will mean local
composting sites will collect and manage about
4500 tons of organic compost material. This
volume is expected to rise to 6500 tons in
2017 and to 14 000 tons in 2018. The current
capacity of Laval’s composting site is not large
enough to handle this volume of compostable
materials.
This has prompted the executive committee of Laval to tender a public offer of service
in order to procure the services of a supplier
capable of providing not only the organic
material collection but to also transport these
materials to an external site for composting.
Civil Security Policy
Quebec’s minister of Public Security
published a new strategy to address growing
concerns of public security in Quebec. The
report tabled in February of 2014 described
the changing elements essential for insuring
the continued security of citizens. Considering
Laval’s demographics and crime profiles reflect
the Quebec reality the Police department has
asked the administration permission to develop
a plan of action to evolve the resources of its
service to better meet the growing challenges
of the public safety. A regional plan of action
to develop crime preventive strategies and the
coordination of public security measures has
been drawn up. The police department has
asked the executive to table its protocol for
approval by the city council and to approve
its disseminations to the municipal services
implicated in its application.
Our best wishes to the
Jewish community of
Laval, on the occasion
of your Passover
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to announce the launch of a new on-call shared
taxi service for the Eastern Industrial Park
between boulevards Lite and Leman. The Omni
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representing the area’s businesses.
“The STL is working in close collaboration
with local actors to find adapted solutions that
meet the needs of clients” explains David De
Cotis. “When the Chambre de commerce et
d’industrie de Laval and Omni Brokerage Group
Ltd contacted us, we listened to their needs and
developed a tangible solution”.
The route, stops and schedule for the taxi
service are all established in advance, allowing
for transfers to and from the regular STL
network. The service has over 80 departures
seven days a week. Clients who would like to
use the service must reserve a spot at one of the
scheduled stops by calling Co-Op Taxi Laval at
450 688-8700.
Reservations must be made at least 30
minutes before the departure time. To use the
service, clients must be at the stop location they
requested and show the driver their OPUS chip
card with a valid fare for public transportation
on the STL network. Information about the
on-call taxi service is available at stl.laval.qc.ca,
under the schedules and routes tab.
The issue of access to the industrial park via
public transportation was raised by Chantal
Provost following discussions at the Chambre’s
business members’ meetings held in the fall.
This collaboration between the STL and the
Chambre came about following reflections on
adapted transportation solutions to reduce the
costs associated with commuting by car and
to encourage greater accessibility for workers.
From left to right: Chantal Provost, President and Director General, Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Laval Nancy Salloum, Human Resources Director, Omni Brokerage Group Ltd Pierre Lavigueur,
Senior Director, Development, Commercialization and Innovation, STL Linda Geloso, President, Brasserie Belgh Brasse Aldo Geloso, President, Omni Brokerage Group Ltd Gilbert Dumas, Vice-President,
Board of Directors, STL
Nancy Salloum, Human Resources Director
for the Omni Brokerage Group Ltd adds that
“the implementation of an on-call shared taxi
service is a solution that suits us perfectly for the
time being. This service provides our employees
with the advantages of public transit and allows
us to determine the popularity of this type of
service by the project’s end in December 2016. “
Guy Picard concluded by stating that “our
mission is offering quality service to all taxpayers
in the City of Laval. We have a team that truly
understands how to implement optimal solutions that are best adapted to the specific needs
of our clients.”
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made to the local business community during
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knowledge,” Sauvé said in a statement. “One
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order to find solutions to problems.
Mouvement Lavallois has half its funding for 2017 election
Party of ruling administration
releases expense data
(TLN) According to records made public
last week on the Mouvement Lavallois’s funding, the party which currently has a majority
of seats at Laval city hall has nearly $100,000
saved up for next year’s election.
Positive financial outlook
“We are in good financial health,” Mayor
Marc Demers said of the party he leads. “We’ve
still got two years left, but we are already in
a comfort zone.” According to Demers, the
ML has already reached the half-way mark in
terms of what it will need for the November
2017 election.
According to the records, the ML’s principal
source of revenue comes from the reimbursement of research expenses for the party and
for its members who sit on city council. In
all, $429,750 was reimbursed to the ML in
2015, which is more than twice as much as the
year before. Demers said the reason for this
is that the councillors were in their first year
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Ceremony pays respect to those who fought for freedom
MARTIN C. BARRY
Elected officials from three levels of government in the Laval region gathered
at the war cenotaph near Laval city hall on April 2 to pay their respects along
with residents of Hellenic origin to Greek veterans and soldiers a few days after
Greek Independence Day.
Debt to fallen soldiers
“We are here to pay respects to those who really fought for their freedom and
established the modern Greek state,” Nicholas Pagonis, president of the Hellenic
Community of Montreal, said in an interview with the Laval News. “We owe a lot
to the fallen soldiers of that era,” added Andreas Crilis, the HCGM’s vice-president.
On March 25, 1821 in what was then Ottoman-dominated Greece, Bishop
Germanos of the metropolis of Patras blessed a Greek flag and proclaimed an
uprising by the Greeks against the occupying Ottomans. The event is considered
to mark the beginning of the Greek Revolution which continued until 1832
when the Republic of Greece was proclaimed and was recognized by the world’s
major nations.
On behalf of the Federal Gvt. Senator Leo Housakos, Vimy
MP. Eva Nassif and Laval-Les Iles MP Fayçal El-Khoury deposit commemorative wreath.
On behalf of the Quebec Gvt. Chomedey
MNA Guy Ouellette, and Laurier-Dorion
MNA Gerry Sklavounos deposit commemorative wreath.
An annual tradition
To honour those who gave their lives so that Greece would be free, Greeks
from Laval and from all over the Montreal region go each year to the cenotaph
outside Laval city hall to deposit commemorative wreaths and to spend a moment
in silent contemplation. In the Montreal region, Laval currently has the highest
concentration of residents of Greek heritage.
Immediately following the ceremony, those attending were invited into Laval
city hall where Laval executive-committee vice president David De Cotis invited
Greece Consul General Nicolas Sigalas and HCGM president Nicholas Pagonis
to sign the City of Laval’s “golden book” which is opened when special guests
visit. The book signing was followed by a reception with refreshments.
On behalf of the City of Laval executive-committee
vice-president David De Cotis accompagnied by city
councillors Bill Karydogiannis, Aglaia Revelakis and Aline
Dib deposit commemorative wreath.
Greek Consul General in Montreal Nicolas
Sigalas signs the City of Laval’s golden book
as executive-committee vice-president David
De Cotis watches.
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The Laval News • April 16, 2016
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NPI questions choice of non-Laval resident to CISSS board
‘They placed someone who didn’t have a clue about what’s going on in Laval’
MARTIN C. BARRY
With the Quebec Liberal government still
implementing a massive restructuring of the
province’s health and social services sector,
questions are being raised by some Englishspeaking Laval social services providers about
the government’s seeming decision to appoint
a non-Laval resident as an English-speaking
member of the new board at CISSS de Laval.
New CISSS structure
The issue arose during a meeting at North
Star Academy on March 31 of the Agape –
Networking Partners Initiative, which groups
together more than a dozen health and social
services organizations which have a stake in
assisting Laval’s English-speaking community.
Gary Stoopler, who was until two years ago the
executive-director of the Jewish Rehabilitation
Hospital, is now director of intellectual disabilities at the Laval CISSS. As well, Stoopler is
senior manager responsible for access to English
language services in the CISSs. He gave a presentation describing the new structure of the
CISSS and access to its English services.
According to Stoopler, the new 17-member
board of the CISSS has only been in place
since last October. Among those on the board
are some appointed by the provincial health
ministry. Stoopler said that prior to the dissolution of a previous regional access committee that
was chaired by Agape’s Elizabeth McLeod, the
ministry consulted a list of names submitted to it
and selected an individual named Jean Laliberté
to be the board member representing Laval’s
English-language community.
‘Ill at ease’ with choice
“They placed someone who didn’t have a clue
about what’s going on in Laval,” said Elizabeth
McLeod, who was among the more than a dozen
community social services reps present at the
NPI meeting, while adding that the former
committee protested the decision.
“We said that we would be ill at ease to accept
someone who is not from the area, who has
not lived these years with the access committee. Yes I am frustrated with this, because we
worked 20 years on the access committee and
you guys have been with us all these years trying
to get things done and all of a sudden there’s no
English representation per se. Mr. Laliberté, in
all respect, I have nothing against this man, I
don’t know him, but he’s not from Laval.”
Regarding the list of names submitted to
the ministry, Agape Daycare director Kevin
McLeod, who coordinates the NPI, said, “Betty
was on there, I was on there, I had submitted my
candidacy. I know that [SWLSB chairwoman]
Jennifer Maccarone also submitted. We were
not selected.”
Commenting on the selection process,
Stoopler said “it was a very stringent process.
There were interview processes. There were skill
sets that you had to acquire. And a multitude of
conflict-of-interest clauses, so it was very, very
difficult to get in there.”
NPI wants to meet him
Kevin McLeod added, “I think it’s imperative
that we need as an NPI to have Mr. Laliberté at
our meetings. We need to speak with him sooner
than later. We will take charge and try to get an
appointment before our next meeting and also
include him in the next meeting. I’ll revolve my
NPI meeting around his schedule if need be.
I think he does need to be here. In his defence
we haven’t met him yet. So we have to meet
Right, Gary Stoopler, senior manager responsible for access to English language services at CISSS
de Laval, is seen at the NPI meeting on March 31 with Laval NPI coordinators Ian Williams, left, and
Kevin McLeod.
him, we have to introduce ourselves, who we are
and what not. That’s something we have to do.”
Michael Campolieto, who attended the NPI
meeting as an Agape board member as well as
on behalf of the St. Paul’s Charitable Foundation,
said in an interview with the Laval News that he
agreed something was amiss in the government’s
selection.
“First of all, he’s not a resident of Laval,” he
said. “Secondly, we submitted some Englishspeaking people to represent the community
and the government appointed this gentleman.
I’ve nothing against him. Absolutely not. But
why are they saying they want English-speaking
people on the board? This is an issue that the
person should be from the community, their
mother tongue should
be English and they
should come from
Laval so that we have
a voice as Englishspeaking Quebecers.”
Michael Campolieto, who attended the NPI meeting as an Agape board
member as well as on behalf of the St. Paul’s Charitable Foundation, says he
agreed the government should have selected someone more representative
of Laval’s English-speaking community to sit on the CISSS de Laval board.
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players along with the goalie slide deep into
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Last weekend
thethem
Laval
novice
Blizzards
5-2 this gave
theLeague
title of regional
hockey
teams
hit
the
rinks
for
their
first
champions.
games
of
the
season.
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this
level,
players
Following the regional final the team gets
are 7 to
old, have
variedtoskill
some
bad8 years
news before
heading
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withtheir
energy
and love
HOCKEY.
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goalie
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filled
withthat
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from
prescheduled
of town
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be
the moment
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set foot
on the
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cancelled
and their
up goalie
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slipstoand
falls,
over him
but
able
fill in.
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team istopple
in a dilemma
because
the hockey rules prevent a team from calling up
another goalie that is not on their call up list.
Therefore, the team has no choice but to use a
player as a goalie. The next day Matias and Peter
tell the coach that they want to be goalie. In the
end, Peter becomes the team’s goalie. With two
days to go before the tournament starts, the
team rents the goalie equipment and schedules
a practice for Tuesday and Wednesday.
With a two hour, practice under his belt our
new goalie heads to Trois Riviere for his first
game. On Thursday, the team faces the winner
of Montreal division. Pumped with anticipation
and nerves knowing that they have to protect
their goalie the team plays with determination
and they win 4-3 against the Montreal Pioneers.
The next day with their confidence up, they face
the winner of Outaouais. At the end of the first
period, we are losing 1-0. The team comes back
in the second period to tie the game. Finally, in
the third period the team rallies together and
they win the game 4-1 against the Patriotes.
On Saturday, the team has to win in order to
advance in the tournament. The Mistral find
themselves playing against the Albatros from
Mauricie, the hometown favourites. At the
beginning of the game the Mistral come out
strong and take a 2-1 lead at the end of the first
period. In the second period the Albatros battle
back and tie the game 2-2. In a fluke situation
the Albatros score leading 3-2. Still fuelled with
determination the Mistral battle back but time
was not on their side and they lose 3-2.
The team that started the tournament with
a goalie that had 2 hours of practice time and
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Laval pays homage to 44
student volunteers
They gave 100 hours each of volunteerism in the past year
Laval student Alexander Cornea, who performed at least
100 hours of volunteer work
in the past year, signs the City
of Laval’s golden book last
Sunday morning at city hall.
Thank you Jerry for everything and also for giving us this
opportunity to work for someone amazing like you..
We will miss you good luck in the future!
Deadline
Isabella
April 25th
MARTIN C. BARRY
The City of Laval paid homage last Sunday morning to 44 teenage students who stood out
as exceptional over the past year through their volunteer activitism. The youths, ranging in age
from 12 to 17 years, performed more than 100 hours of volunteerism.
Samantha
Celebrations
Certificates for all
They were welcomed at city hall by Mayor Marc Demers and several members of city council.
The youths were each presented with a special certificate of municipal citizenship recognizing
their volunteer efforts. After receiving their certificates, each of the students also signed the
city’s golden book, which is a register opened on special occasions for dignitaries and guests to
inscribe their greetings and wishes.
“If the members of council are here this morning to honour you and to say thank you for what
you do, it’s because we believe deeply that changes in society generally come about through
youth,” the mayor said in an address.
The value of volunteers
The birthday girl is turning eight!
May your year be filled with blessings.
And may you know how loved you are!
Mommy, Daddy, brother Steven-Ace,
friends and family, near and far.
“One must to be rich to give and you are giving to society and in that sense I think we can
say that you are rich. You are rich with humanism, willingness to help and a desire to help your
society. And that for us is valuable. The secret to conserving the great wealth of the City of Laval
lies in its volunteers.”
Demers said Laval was built through its volunteerism and its community organizations, “and
the city wouldn’t have the means to pay the salaries and all the hours of volunteer work. Today we
are seeing the future – people who are devoting all their energy and imagination to do volunteer
work to help other members of society. So congratulations and thanks.”
Moments Précieux
Michael
Happy 8th Birthday Samantha
love you parents and brother Alex
Alexander
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I just read an email from a close cousin. She
Claudia, you can admire someone who
said, “What you did was too harsh.” She was
tries to intervene when they see another in
referring to me leaving my husband, a close
pain, but your cousin is reacting to his pain,
friend of her family.
not yours. Your cousin’s solution for his pain
I don’t know how to respond, but I’m think- is to put you in pain.
ing how do people decide when someone’s hurt
When kids are playing and wrestle or fight,
enough to do something about it? How do we
they understand they must respect the word
measure pain when it’s not ours?
“uncle.” When one says “uncle,” the other one
After a year and a half I left. He was shocked.
is supposed to stop.
I hugged him, kissed him, held his hand and
There has always been that give-way word.
told him to take good care of himself, then got
In
The Game of Thrones the expression is “I
on a plane back home to the place I left.
yield.” In the military it’s the white flag.
I didn’t leave for another man. Our marriage
You said uncle. You did the hard thing,
was strained from the outset, and we couldn’t
packed up and left. That has to be respected.
seem to get a grip. He’s angry; he doesn’t think
You don’t have to be hurt enough that you hate
he hurt me “enough to warrant leaving.”
him. You don’t have to allow him to hurt you
He cried when I left; those who saw are sorry
for this man who has been “abandoned.” These
more before uncle is respected.
are the same people I begged for a year and a
Mistakes get made. People marry the wrong
half to intervene and help us find a way.
person.
I don’t know if I should scream or go under
It doesn’t matter what your cousin’s motives
a rock.
are. She can feel as she feels. You don’t have
to respond.
Claudia
Wayne & Tamara
LPD blue
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Baby Dies in Laval-Ouest
Apr 13 – Police are investigating
the death of a baby that occurred
early Wednesday morning in LavalOuest. 911 received a call at 10:15
a.m. from the father who had found
the infant not breathing in their
home on 57th Ave. Paramedics
tried to resuscitate the baby, without
success. The child was pronounced
dead at the scene.
Bullet Hole in Chomedey Basement Window
Mar 31 – Police were called to Ribeira-Grande St. in Chomedey after
residents found a bullet hole in their basement window early in the morning,
after hearing gunshots the night before. At about 10:30 p.m. residents at 1601
Ribeira-Grande St. (near 100th and Souvenir) heard some loud noises, but
it was only with the light of day that they discovered the source was gunfire
aimed at their residence. Two shots had been fired. Investigators searched
the scene for clues to try and shed some light on the incident.
This was the third incident of gunfire in two weeks on the island of
Laval, following one in a Saint-François bus-shelter and another at a café
in Chomedey.
The area around Ribeira-Grande St. has seen more than its share of tragedy
and criminal activity in recent years, starting with the bloody murder of
a 60-year-old woman on November 18, 2008. She was stabbed 17 times
by a neighbour, Marc Décarie, who wanted to steal her purse. Later that
same day, just up the street from the first crime scene, another murder was
committed when a 34-year-old man was stabbed to death.
Less than six months ago, Ribeira-Grande St. was the site of a serious fire
that destroyed condos in two adjacent buildings, caused $300,000 in material
damages, and left 5 people homeless on November 5, 2015.
In the same vicinity, in March 2008, Jeremy Brick was killed in front of
his home on 100th Ave, and more recently, in July 2013, newly-released
ex-con Hiros Glonessian was also murdered on 100th.
Drug Dealers Diversify
into Postal Pilferers
Apr 7 – When Laval police
and SQ officers executed search
warrants early Thursday morning,
they expected to find drugs, which
they did, but they also discovered
that their suspects had taken up a
second line of criminal activity: mail
and identity theft.
About 50 officers from the SQ and
the LPD carried out search warrants
in Saint-François and Chertsey
which led to the arrest of 5 suspects
and the seizure of almost 350 marijuana plants, weapons, fraudulent
documents, and a vehicle.
Other evidence recovered at the
scene indicated that several of the
suspects were also involved in a
series of mail thefts that occurred
between January 27 and March 30 of
this year. The thieves targeted apartment complexes in Laval, Montreal,
and the North shore. According to
police, 75 different apartment or
condo complexes in Laval were
burgled of their mail, causing up to
500 potential victims. The stolen
mail was returned to Canada Post
and will be delivered to its rightful
owners.
8 men in Laval charged in
connection to underage prostitution
10 men in total arrested following investigation
into disappearances from youth centres
Eight men accused of seeking sexual services from minors appeared in court in Laval on
Wednesday to be formally charged.
They were among the 10 arrested on March 22
and 23 on suspicion of soliciting sexual services
in exchange for money from people under 18
years of age.
The remaining two will appear in court in July,
Const. Evelyne Boudreau of Laval polce said.
If they are found guilty of the charges, the men
could face at least six months in prison.
Laval police zeroed in on the
suspects on the web, Boudreau
said. No underage girls were
used to lure the accused, she
added.
The operation was launched
after a string of disappearances
of teenage girls from a youth
centre in Laval —127 in 2015,
according to Laval police—
that were thought to be linked
to prostitution rings.
The Quebec government
appointed an auditor to make
recommendations to address
the problem, but this operation preceded this report,
Boudreau noted.
Massive Police Operation Targets
International Smugglers
Mar 30 – Officers from the Laval police force
assisted the provincial police force in carrying
out nearly 100 search warrants on the island of
Laval, aimed at dismantling a complex criminal
network of drug trafficking and money laundering that spanned three continents. The target
was a highly-structured network of criminals
including members of biker gangs and organized crime operating in North America, South
America and Europe.
More than 700 officers were involved with the
massive operation dubbed MYGALE. All told,
nearly 60 individuals were arrested, and police
are still looking for three other suspects.
Operation MYGALE was effected across
the greater Montreal area, on the North shore,
the South shore, as well as in Ontario and on
aboriginal reserves. Close to 70 search warrants
were executed in residences or businesses
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Lanaudière, and Montérégie regions, as well as
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suspects arrested in Quebec and Ontario are
believed to be connected to aboriginal organised
crime or biker gangs.
The investigation into this crime network
began in August 2014 and culminated in March
2016. Investigators uncovered an extensive
tobacco smuggling network. Suspects would
purchase large quantities of tobacco in the
United States and smuggle it into the country
via border crossings at Lacolle, Lansdowne, and
Fort Erie. The tobacco would then be sold at
the Kahnawake reserve in Quebec and the Six
Nations reserve in Ontario.
Evidence indicates the smuggling ring
imported more than 2 million kilograms (2294
tonnes) of tobacco, which represents an estimated $530M loss for the government.
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as well as other family members and many friends.
KASSER, Baruch
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of Annie Wiseman for fifty-five years. Beloved father and father-in- law of Susan and Philip
Caplan, Elliot Kasser, and Julie Kasser. Proud grandfather of Michael, Megan and Brandon;
Tyler, and Jaimee. Brother-in-law of Irving and Janet Wiseman, Tillie and the late Morris
Beigleman. The family would like to thank all the caregivers at Manoir St. Patrice for their
compassion, respect and care. A very special thank you to Maria Martino, our angel, for the
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BIBEAU, Marianne
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Marianne Bibeau. She will be sadly missed by her children Linda, Dianne, Daniel, Christiane
and Julie, her grandchildren Michel Jr, Daniela, Marianne, Frédéric and Philippe, her two
great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held at Magnus
Poirier Complex 6825, Sherbrooke East, on Monday, March 28, 2016 from 2 to 7 p.m. A
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Gordon Johnson, as well as mother-in- law of Elisabeth Pinto and
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CENCI, Giacomina
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NOTRE DAME DE L’ILE PERROT Beautiful, custom
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CHOMEDEY PLACE RENAUD Well located
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CHOMEDEY Beautiful, large home ideal for a growing
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James Wallace Affleck October 25, 1928 - March 5, 2016 James
Wallace Affleck born October 25, 1928 in Ayrshire, Scotland, after a valiant six-year battle with diminishing wellbeing, passed away peacefully
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G | 1 hr 52 mins | Comedy |
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As their surrounding community has taken a turn for
the worse, the crew at Calvin’s Barbershop come together to bring some much needed change to their
neighborhood.
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The luckiest
this week:
Capricorn,
Aquarius & Pisces
Weeksigns
of April
17 to
23, 2016
ARIES
You improve your health by making
some changes to your diet. In matters of love, a gentle conversation
will help you avoid a conflict in your
relationship.
CROSSWORDS
TAURUS
You’re seen as a hero for saving
someone from a predicament, even
if it’s only by listening to him or her
for a few minutes.
GEMINI
If you’re planning on moving soon,
you start taking some concrete
steps. You find a home that suits
you perfectly.
CANCER
Your words are scathing and you
don’t beat around the bush in order
to express your disagreement. As
a result, you’ll be both feared and
respected.
LEO
It is important to break the routine
of your romantic relationship or else
you’re going to be unhappy. You
may also consider the idea of living
together, if you don’t already do so.
VIRGO
There’s no lack of stimulating action this week. You’re sure to be offered a new challenge, which motivates you in terms of your career
and your personal development.
ACROSS
PUZZLE NO. 817
43. Slanderous
remark
1. Great Dane, e.g. 46. Brood
48. Heats
4. Went first
50. Separate
7. Made crow
54. ____ food cake
sounds
12. Be obliged to pay 55. After taxes
56. Polite address
13. Iron source
14. ____ and beyond 57. Impoverished
58. Superman’s ini15. Bitter rivals
tial
17. Thick soup
59. Part of mpg
18. Story starter
19. Wait on
20. Retail establish- DOWN
ment
1. Buck’s compan23. Horses’ gaits
ion
26. Supply
2. ____ up to
28. Surface, as a
(admit)
road
3. Golly!
29. Have a look-see 4. Cut of pork
32. Military unit
5. Construct
34. Concert conclu- 6. The Sahara ____
sion
7. Baseball player’s
36. Existed
headwear
37. Meadow mother 8. Borders on
39. Sheet of plywood 9. Had on, as
40. Garnish
clothes
42. ____ parmigiana 10. Balanced
11. House document
16. Theme
20. Kitty’s sound
21. Bluish green
22. Furrows
24. Clod
25. Expedition
27. ____ Piper
29. Clear-thinking
30. Reason
31. Shriek
33. Pair number
35. Bellybutton
38. White-coated
weasel
40. Bearing weapons
41. Smelling organs
43. Graceful waterfowl
44. Swimmer’s path
45. Impulse
47. Pasta cookers
49. Tricky
51. Cleopatra’s snake
52. Gift for Dad
53. Mess up
LIBRA
Sometimes you have to take a step
back before you can go forward. By
taking a few initiatives, you manage
to put some balance back into your
finances or your love relationship.
SCORPIO
At work, your customer base grows
dramatically to give you a much
bigger income. Where romance is
concerned, your lover or a suitor
surprises you.
SAGITTARIUS
You may have a flash of inspiration
that shows you the path to achieve
your goals. You may also take the
first steps in setting up your own
business.
CAPRICORN
Whether it’s to broaden your personal or professional horizons, you
undertake some sort of training
that transforms you completely and
brings you a lot of happiness.
AQUARIUS
Emotions are running high. You may
experience some pleasurable excitement, or if your relationship is quite
new, you will be given a pretty clear
sign of commitment.
PISCES
Consider the consequences before
making a decision that changes
your life and the lives of your loved
ones. Your generosity engenders a
real feeling of harmony.
PUZZLE NO. 553
HOW TO PLAY :
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3
box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.
Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You
already have a few numbers to get you started. Remember: You must not repeat the numbers
1 through 9 in the same line, column, or 3x3 box.
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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:
for the weekPISCES.
of April 17 to April 23, 2016
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ON THE SCALE
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bathroom scale, sucking in his stomach. “Ha!
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“Sure, it does,” he said. “It’s the only way I can
see the numbers.”
MOTHER-IN-LAW
A husband and wife had a fight.
Wife called her mom: He fought with me again, I am
coming to stay with you.
Mom: No dear, he must pay for his mistake. I am coming to stay with you!
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