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VOL. X XIII N O 1
Editorial: Strong candidates make voting decisions tough
With storm clouds signaling economic meltdown
hovering over the United States, the debates in the
Canadian general election seemed liked a passing
sun shower.Add to that the drama of Obama versus
McCain, and his risky choice of Sarah Palin as running mate, and you have all the makings of drama,
even if at times it resembled a daytime soap opera.
But we have a real battle going on right here,
with all the opinion surveys pointing to a renewed
Conservative victory under Stephen Harper. Still,
his vision of the role of government has yet to win
him a seat in Montreal or Toronto.
The ridings where The Senior Times is distributed
are solidly Liberal and many of our readers reflect
this reality. But some fine candidates are running
for the NDP, Conservatives and Green Party who
are attracting attention and would make excellent
MPs. Green Party leader Elizabeth May urges
Canadians to vote with their hearts, but some are
calling for strategic voting, to support whomever
is strongest to prevent a Tory majority.
Some may feel that Liberal leader Stéphane Dion,
an honest, hardworking, principled and brilliant
man, has been pilloried for not being as good with
soundbites as others. But the past week has shown
him to in fact have an exemplary capacity to articulate his ideas in both languages.
The NDP hopes to repeat their byelection win in
Outremont and to pick up Westmount–Ville-Marie
as well, where CBC broadcaster Anne Lagacé Dow-
son is waging a high-profile campaign. Former astronaut Marc Garneau is the Liberal star candidate
there – certainly a man of honour and achievement,
who has proved his dedication to the common good.
The NDP’s Peter Deslauriers, former head of the
Dawson College teachers’ union, is also an attractive candidate for NDG–Lachine, up against Marlene Jennings, who has become a well-known
advocate of minority rights. It goes without saying
that we fully support Stéphane Dion in St. Laurent,
and human rights advocate and former Justice
Minister Irwin Cotler in Mount Royal.
We know many of our readers will have difficulty
choosing this time due to the unusually high
calibre of candidates running across the island.
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Campanelli’s campaign cachet contagious
Adam Desaulniers
Carmela Campanelli got her first taste of grassroots politics in 1957, volunteering for Louis
Saint-Laurent’s Liberals in their battle against
John Diefenbaker.
Now putting her formidable people skills to work
for NDG–Lachine MP Marlene Jennings’ 2008
campaign, she has the capacity to ruin a cynic’s
skepticism in minutes, and enough perspective to
soundly trounce the notion that politics can’t
change things in the long run. Since before there
existed a Charter of Rights, Medicare, EI, or official
bilingualism, she’s soldiered through fair weather
and foul on behalf of three successive generations
of Parliamentarians.
Campanelli relocated to Montreal from Italy after
the Second World War, leaving behind a town where
ordinary people had little say in the running of their
affairs. Being able to get involved in the democratic
process made Canada seem full of possibilities by
comparison. “When I talk to people I tell them how
lucky we are in this country,” she says. “Here you
count.” Those who disdain the political scene have
little right to grumble in her opinion. “Apathy – it’s
no good. Don’t just sit home and criticize,” she says.
“Don’t be a complainer. Be a doer.” This year marks
her seventeenth straight time leading by example –
“I’ve never, ever missed an election.”
Working the phones on a busy afternoon at campaign headquarters, she finds her canvassing beat
to have changed little over the years, encountering
familiar voices and familiar themes again and again.
“You talk to a lot of the same people and you get to
know them,” she says. “They feel like someone’s listening to them. Sometimes they have a lot to say.” In
spite of public hand-wringing over declining participation and mounting disillusionment, she sees
neither more nor less cynicism towards politics
than when she started. “This is something that’s
been said for centuries,” she notes affably. “Times
change. Be patient. When the time comes, the
young people do exactly what they have to do.”
“This is an exciting time,” she says of the current
race, noting climate change in particular as an impetus providing new blood. “I see young people getting more involved… it’s very busy.” As she shows
new volunteers the ropes, her depth of experience
puts issues in a more philosophical context. “We’ve
come a long way. The young people, you have to let
them know we had to fight for these things we take
for granted now.”
In one of the reddest ridings in the country, many
of Campanelli’s conversations with voters would
make volunteers elsewhere green with envy. Her
candidate is exceptionally popular. “There’s something special about NDG! We’ve been very lucky.
We’ve had amazing MPs.” She warmly relates having worked alongside Warren Allmand during his
tenure as Justice Minister, when he toiled against
stiff opposition to abolish the death penalty, an
issue predating the political memories of most
Canadians. “I really admired Warren,” she recalls.
“He was so dedicated. A real man of integrity.”
Her impression of Marlene Jennings has so far
matched his example in every way and more. “Marlene took over and she’s doing a great job for NDG,”
she says. “She’s amazing.”
Jennings is indeed an easy sell in the riding, with
a high profile in the previous Liberal administration as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and the Solicitor General, and notable efforts
in opposition working for employment equity
among women, first nations, and minorities. Her
appreciation for Campanelli’s expertise and background in the community is known by everyone
working on the campaign: “Carmela’s been there for
us every time from start to finish, so everybody
knows her... I don’t know where she gets the energy,
she tires me out!”
Campanelli urges voters to do whatever they can
to get to the polls October 14. “You have to get out
and participate,” she says. “We pick people up any
time they want, door to door, they just need to give
us a call and let us know.”
Polling station information is available from Elections Canada at 800-463-6868 or www.elections.ca.
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October 2008 THE SENIOR TIMES 5
We’ve got rhythm
Molly Newborn
Dance is all the rage in 2008. With
the recent craze in popularity for
shows like Dancing With the Stars
and So You Think You Can Dance,
we are starting to see dance as more
than after-school ballet class, or
what the kids get down to in the hip
hop clubs. It is for anybody who
can catch a beat.
Edgar Lion and Roberta Woloz
Mendelson are a tap dancing duo
who have been bringing the beat, or
tapping the beat, since 2000. They
prefer to go by Eddie and Bobby.
As a teen in 1930s Vienna, Eddie
frequented the cinema, which at the
time was playing only gangster
movies and musicals. He loved the
musicals and took up ballroom dancing in high school, which has become
a life-long passion. He fled the Nazis
in 1938 and was later brought to
Montreal by a distant relative.
“I’ve always loved tap dancing, but
there was no instruction in Vienna at
the time,” Lion said. In 1986, at the
age of 66, he saw a newspaper ad for
tap dancing instruction at the Westmount YMCA and has been “hooked
ever since.” It’s never too late to learn.
He met Bobbie Mendelson in 2000
when they were both performing in
plays at the Cummings Jewish Center for Seniors.
Bobbie Mendelson, born in Montreal, learned tap from an early age.
A mother of 5 and grandmother of
10, her legs are those of a girl in her
20s. She’s a born entertainer. “It all
started with my mother’s love for
the piano,” she explained. “We
danced around the piano as kids.”
She grew up with a “creative passion” keeping busy with tap dancing, ballet, acrobatics and school
plays. She was a member of the
modern dance group at McGill University and taught fitness classes for
many years.
“I’m passionate about entertaining
and keeping in good shape. I never
liked to say ‘for my age.’ That’s out, I
hate that… I’m supposedly a good
looking girl!”
Staying fit is an integral part of her
life. “Body, mind, love and passion,”
she said. “It’s kept my mind happy.
When you have that passion, it diffuses out to every area of your life
like when you read stories to your
grandchildren.”
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Electoral showdown in Ottawa and Washington
the shower in a threepiece suit.
Harper’s main opponent, Liberal leader
Stéphane Dion, also tried
Neil McKenty
to define the major issue
for the campaign. First it
was the tax on carbon,
I don’t know a single one of my the Green Shift. But it never caught
friends or acquaintances who plans on. Either the Green Shift was too
to vote Conservative in the federal complex to explain, or Dion hasn’t
election, now less than 10 days away. found a formula to translate it into
Yet polls show Stephen Harper so everyday language that his candifar ahead that there is now talk of a dates can use on the doorstep.
Tory majority.
After a couple of halting weeks, the
How did Harper, who everyone Liberal strategists pretty well buried
agrees is a superb tactician, do it? My the carbon tax. Instead they began to
view is that Harper, right out of the showcase their team – Bob Rae,
gate, defined the central issue of the Michael Ignatieff, Martha Hall Findcampaign. That issue is leadership. lay, and Gerard Kennedy.
And Canadians by a country mile see
The idea was to emphasize the
Harper as a far more accomplished strong Liberal team as opposed to
leader than any of his opponents.
Harper’s weak and nameless cabinet.
Entering the campaign, Harper
It might have worked but it didn’t.
wanted to build on his leadership ad- One reason is that the people
vantage by showing a new side. He around Dion, strong communicawould smother one of his main neg- tors and politically savvy, simply
atives: the image of him as a sinister, brought their leader’s weaknesses
overly partisan operator. Ads showed into bold relief.
a soft, caring family man and a beDon’t get me wrong. I’ve thought
nign and understanding human Stéphane Dion is a remarkable person
being. Never mind that Harper, the ever since I first encountered him at
one-time Reformer, is so straight- a speech at Concordia during the last
laced, you would think he walks into referendum. I further think that if he
Pit Stop
ever got the keys to 24 Sussex, he
could well become a splendid prime
minister. Dion is not ideologically
driven and he’s as honest as the day is
long. No matter. Dion, who lacks
poltical street smarts, has not been
able to communicate his message in
either official language.
The result is that the Liberal vote
has collapsed in British Columbia
and there will almost certainly be significant losses in Ontario and Quebec. Only in Atlantic Canada is the
Liberal vote holding.
Another problem is that, with the
exception of someone like Marc Garneau, Dion has not been able to attract star candidates in Quebec or
anywhere else. Nor did the debates
change the momentum in any significant way.
At this stage, the prospects for the
Liberals are bleak indeed. If Dion
can’t hang onto the seats he has now
– 95 – it is difficult to see how he can
survive as leader.
The same judgement could be
made about Senator John McCain in
the American election. If Senator
Obama loses he would almost certainly run again four years hence.
But as this is being written, about
four weeks ahead of the election, it
does not appear that Obama is los-
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No doubt dancing keeps us in tip-top shape, but
it can also be fun and an interactive way to keep
you young, long and lean.
Next to Bobbie’s killer legs, Eddie stands tall with
excellent posture at 6’1”. He is thin and strong.
“My dancing has kept me in good physical shape,”
he said. “I have no problems. I always have a positive attitude. My GP says he hasn’t met anyone in
as good a shape as I am in my age group.”
For someone interested in joining in on the dance
craze, Bobbie suggests looking into centers that
offer fitness courses that integrate rhythmic aerobics. “So much of it has
become like hip hop.”
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ing. The latest ABC-Washington Post
poll shows Obama nine points
ahead. You have to go back to Tom
Dewey’s surprising loss to Harry
Truman in 1948 to find a candidate
this far ahead at this stage of the election who subsequently lost.
McCain has two problems. So long
as the news is about bank bailouts
and a faltering economy, Obama has
the advantage. In the first debate
McCain needed a game changer. He
didn’t get it. Obama needed a tie.
And in my view he surpassed that.
McCain’s other problem is Sarah
Palin. The bloom is off the rose so far
as the governor of Alaska is concerned. Even conservative columnists, like David Brooks in the New
York Times, complain that Palin’s answers, in the few media interviews
she has done, are so incoherent and
painful that he cannot bring himself
to watch her anymore.
But Palin is nothing if not resilient.
She smiled her way through the vicepresidential debate, answered questions when she could, ducked them
when she couldn’t, and lived to campaign another day.
It will not likely be enough. The
tide is moving strongly toward
Obama and it is hard to say what will
change it.
Eddie and Bobby create their own choreography
or modify an existing routine. Their one-hour
show is peppered with jokes. Their repertoire includes popular tunes like The Joint is Jumping by
Fats Waller, and other favorites like Tea for Two,
We’ve Got Rhythm, Love is a Simple Thing, and In
The Mood. They perform for free in social clubs,
hospitals, and senior residences. “They always ask
for encores,” Bobby said.“We feel like we owe them
money for the fun that we have performing and for
giving us the pleasure and satisfaction that light up
their days. We connect with them, people catch on
to it and they smile.”
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Fighting for children’s rights runs in the family
EMSB school commissioner Ginette
Sauvé-Frankel is not satisfied with
just championing the rights of children and youth locally. A year into
her second term, her efforts are focused on Canada’s compliance with
the UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child and creation of a Children’s Commissioner for Canada.
Sauvé-Frankel’s life has been dominated by her passion for children’s
rights since she herself was a child.
“[As] a grade five student at boarding
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Arthur Sauvé, MNA for Two Mountains and leader of the Quebec Conservative Party before becoming a
federal politician and later Postmaster General and Senator. Her father,
exhibition in 2003 featuring her family’s heritage of service to the province,
which prompted her to think about
how she too could make a difference.
Shortly after, longtime School Commissioner Joan Rothman told SauvéFrankel she was retiring, and encouraged her to run for the position.
Sauvé-Frankel ran an effective campaign and won with a strong majority. She spent the first year getting to
know the schools and finding out
specific needs. As an advocate of literacy, she became particularly involved in trying to increase libraformer Quebec premier Paul Sauvé, rians’ hours. “I didn’t see the sense of
was also the first ever Minister for pouring money into books in liSocial Welfare and Youth, and her braries if there wasn’t a trained limother Luce Pelland was president brarian available at all times to teach
of the Conservative party in Quebec the students how to use it.”
in the 1960s.
Sauve-Frankel has been on the
Sauvé-Frankel was studying fine board of the Quebec English School
arts at the Ecole des Beaux Arts when
she met and fell in love with one of
her professors, celebrated photographer Hugh Frankel, 25 years her senior. The two would later marry and
raise two sons.
After pursuing a career in the arts
and completing an MBA at Concordia, Sauvé-Frankel settled down to
run her own graphic design business.
What altered her career path was an
Boards Association for the last five
years, and is the commissioner who
introduced the inspiring Roots of
Empathy program to inner city
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sessions with a trained facilitator,
who helps students learn about child
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among students by increasing social
competence and empathy skills.
Looking back, Sauvé-Frankel can
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become a fierce defender of children,” she says, “giving them the
voice that little girl in the boarding
school didn’t have.”
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What is a Mandate and do you need one?
accurate information, I
turned to Joyce Blond
Frank, attorney from
Elder Aide, who provided me with the folloBonnie Sandler, S.W. wing information.
Joyce says it’s imporIn my assessments of families deal- tant to know that in the Civil Code
ing with Alzheimer’s, I will ask the mandate is the same as a power
whether there is a mandate. Some of attorney and the Mandate Given
families are not clear on what a man- in the Event of Incapacity has its
date is and often confuse “mandate” own chapter.
with “power of attorney.”
A Mandate Given in the Event of
I explain to the best of my ability Incapacity is a document that is preand advise people to contact their pared while you are fully capable of
notary or attorney for further details. making decisions. You can designate
But knowing the importance of someone to provide needed care and
Let’s talk
about it
protection with regard to health and
property, instructing chosen people
to carry out your wishes when you
are no longer capable of doing so.
You can assign one person to handle
all these matters, or divide the responsibilities of financial and health
care between two people.
If a mandate is not in place, then
should the time come when decisions need to be made, and you are
deemed incapable of making these
decisions, then someone will be
named for you. When there is no
mandate, the court may decide that
you need “protective supervision.”
In this case, if there is nobody to
care for you, the Public Curator will
become responsible for your assets.
The care of the person, except in very
rare cases, is left to a relative, friend,
or the facility where the person resides. To avoid this, it is best to have
a mandate and choose the person or
people you trust to carry out your
wishes.
Joyce goes on to explain that the
Mandate Given in the Event of Incapacity should not be confused with a
will, which takes effect only after
death, nor should it be confused with
a power of attorney, which allows
someone to act for us in activities
that we may be perfectly able to do
on our own, such as banking.
A mandate can only take effect after
a representative of the court decides
you are no longer able to care for
yourself or manage your own affairs.
This is called the homologation of a
mandate. The judge or clerk will
study reports of both a physician and
a social worker’s psycho-social evaluation before arriving at a decision,
and may also listen to what you have
to say. This means that as long as you
are capable, your mandate will not be
put into place.
I am often called upon to provide
these psycho-social reports for the
homologation of a mandate. At
times the situation is urgent and the
lawyer will take the proper steps to
speed up the process. In general, the
homologation of a mandate could
take a few months.
In order to protect yourself for a
possible time when you are not able
to protect yourself, a mandate is
strongly advisable. I have a mandate
and encourage my family and friends
to do the same. My daughter often
reminds me that should I become incapacitated she will be making the
decisions regarding my care. It is a
gentle reminder, or not so gentle depending on the day, that I had better
be nice to her. As the bumper sticker
that I often see on cars reads: “Be nice
to your children, they will be choosing your nursing home.”
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Cotler pleads for doomed of Darfur
Sudanese government officials. It demands that
conditions be attached to World Bank and IMF
aid. It also puts pressure on investment funds and
portfolio managers to divest holdings in
PetroChina and China Petroleum, two key funders
of the Khartoum regime.
But failing an epiphany at the UN or capitulation
under economic pressure, is Darfur doomed?
“We have to use whatever leverage we may have
candidates raising the extraordinarily unsexy issue
during the campaign rather than skating around it
or giving it cursory lipservice, and nearly the only
individual in public life capable of a straight
answer about what the holdup is in deploying
peacekeepers to Darfur. He’s alarmed about
Canada’s absence from international efforts to
intervene, and frustrated with the inattention it’s
received from government and the media.
“It never gets covered,” he says of the subject and
his efforts to talk about it. It can’t be for lack of a
good quote admitting past mistakes: “The Liberal
government in which I served was not as good as
it should have been on Darfur – I acknowledge
that. I think we should have done more. I was
critical of my own government.”
But, he insists, it’s been all downhill from there
under the Conservatives. “At least we had it on the
radar screen – at least we said we’ll provide
humanitarian assistance, we’ll support a hybrid
United Nations and African Union protection
force to stop the killing. It was in our speech from
the throne,” he says, contrasting it with the Tory
throne speech. “The most serious area of foreign
policy concern, and there’s no mention – not of
Darfur, not of Africa, nothing.”
Once chairman of the all-party Save Darfur
Parliamentary Coalition, he’s seen it dissolved and
his Save Darfur Action Plan ignored.
with regards to China,” Cotler maintains. “But if
none of these things work, and we can’t get a [UN]
resolution, the other choice would be to do what
we did with Kosovo – we got NATO authorization
rather than a [UN] resolution, which we couldn’t
get because Russia would veto it at the time.”
Failing both UN and NATO action, US
Democratic VP nominee Senator Joe Biden offers
a solution notable for its familiarity: unilateral
invasion. He has said that with the Sudanese junta
“it’s time to put force on the table and use it,”
because “those kids will be dead by the time the
diplomacy is over.”
The ex-Minister’s reaction? “I’m hopeful that if
Biden is VP and Obama is President, that they’ll
act on what Biden has said – that ‘we will not wait,
and we will give notice to al-Bashir that if a, b, c, d,
and e aren’t done within a certain period of time,
then we will intervene’ – and I hope McCain will
take the same position.”
“Nothing has pained me more while I’ve been a
Member of Parliament than to see this unfolding
and ongoing genocide by attrition... Hansard isn’t
a bestseller, but I’ve been speaking about it since
2002. The question is: how long does one wait?
And Biden makes that point.”
Conservative Foreign Affairs Minister David
Emerson and NDP Foreign Affairs critic Paul Doer
declined comment for this piece.
Photos: Robert Galbraith
Not nearly catchy enough for the back of a t-shirt,
Adam Desaulniers
the Save Darfur Action Plan entails a number of
diplomatic objectives, largely immune to the
Arguably the most forgotten of forgotten issues in influence of mass marches and passionate oratory.
the current election, human rights policy in gen- A scant African Union peacekeeping force of
eral, and foreign policy toward Sudan in particu- 10,000 is already in Southern Sudan, but impeded
lar, has been left largely untouched by press and by lack of equipment and logistical support, and
politicians alike in favour of domestic concerns. nearly helpless to protect the Darfuri against the
Ex-Justice Minister Irwin Cotler is one of few ethnic cleansing campaign of their government
and its Janjaweed militia. As an immediate
stopgap measure, the plan calls on countries to
properly equip this tiny volunteer contingent.
“Canada can help as part of NATO,” says Cotler,
“by supplying helicopters and by maintaining
pressure for a Darfur Summit.”
To get more and better-equipped peacekeepers
into the area, a Darfur Summit, the centerpiece of
the plan, would bring together key international
players to replace the “underfunded and
undermanned” AU mission with a 26,000-strong
hybrid UN/AU force. But already, regrets Cotler,
“the Sudanese government is refusing key
contingents from non-African countries... the
Catch-22 is that the Responsibility to Protect
provision [of the UN Charter] prohibits unilateral
action. It says it has to be authorized by the UN.
The problem is that there may be a veto at the UN,
certainly by China, if not Russia. China is buying
Sudanese oil and then Sudan is using the revenue
to buy weapons from China – weapons that are
then used to kill Darfuri. All this makes China
complicit in that genocide by attrition.”
Likewise, China stymies enforcement of Security
Council resolutions demanding a no-fly zone over
areas where Sudanese planes have bombed Darfuri
villages.
Other state actions called for by the plan include
trade sanctions, asset seizures, and travel bans on
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tragedies present many situations not really appreciated by a modern audience. For example,
when Hamlet resolves to avenge his father’s murder he states, “Yea from the table of my memory
I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records.” Here “table”
has the sense of “writing tablet” and “fond” means
“frivolous.” When Hamlet’s mother, terrified by
her son’s behaviour, is struck with “admiration,”
she is struck with “astonishment” and not “approval.” When Horatio says to Hamlet that “one
with moderate haste might tell a hundred” he is
using “tell” in the now obsolete sense of “itemize.”
Similarly, in Hamlet, Shakespeare employed the
word “abuse” to mean “deception,” “accident” to
mean “incident,” “coil” to mean “turmoil,” “conceit” to mean “understanding,” “dismal” to mean
“sinister,” “flaw” to mean “squall” and “protest” to
mean “proclaim.”
This brings up the obvious question: does anybody aside from a rarefied elite understand Shakespeare’s vocabulary? Take the following famous
passage in Hamlet when Polonius provides fatherly advice to his son Laertes who is embarking
on a journey:
And these few precepts in thy memory
See thou character. Give the thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportion’d thought his act.
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modern listener that he is telling his son “to cope”
and to “turn the other cheek,” but this is not the
intent of Polonius.“Bear’t” here means “make sure
that” and “censure” means “to judge.” Thus Polonius is telling his son not to “grin and bear it” but
to “strive for excellence” and not “to defer” but to
view people with insight.
There are times when the context helps make the
meaning evident. I suppose when Hamlet tells
Horatio and Marcellus, “I’ll make a ghost of him
that lets me,” many people will fathom that “let”
here does not mean “permit” – in fact it means
“hinder” or “prevent.” But one may be easily
thrown off assuming that Shakespeare was employing it in the modern sense.
The meaning of words over the past 400 years has
changed enough to render any comprehension of
Shakespeare by a modern audience partial at best,
and only the Shakespearean cognoscenti or a
trained expert in Elizabethan English can get a full
understanding. Ironically, the French can appreciate Shakespeare to a greater extent than we do,
being able to enjoy it in a language they understand.
Clearly, English-speaking theatregoers are suffering from a case of SADD: Shakespearean
Attention Deficit Disorder. Well-annotated programs explaining Shakespeare’s vocabulary would
be very helpful in bringing back what the author
intended – a thrilling and witty narrative understood by a large audience.
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Peter Deslauriers says there are good reasons to
vote NDP but fear is not one of them.
“One thing that makes me very angry is the way
[other parties] play on the fears of elderly people
in particular,” Deslauriers says. “It’s not hard to
whip up fears. It borders on the unconscionable.”
He cites Harper’s “get tough on crime” policy as
one example of fear mongering: “Violent crime is
in fact going down.”
The current American economic upheaval
doesn’t change the NDP’s vision fiscal vision.
Deslauriers suggests that though there are implications for the Canadian economy, voters keep
things in perspective. “Certainly none of what I
said [about NDP plans] is meant short term.”
The “big-picture” issues like climate change preoccupy Deslauriers, a retired history and economics
professor. He sees the NDP Cap and Trade proposal as the most efficient way to combat fossil
fuel emissions. “The environment has been neglected for 20 years. We need rigorous legislation in
place,” he says, describing the NDP plan that requires multinational companies to trade a limited
and gradually shrinking number of carbon credits,
in effect paying for the permission to pollute and
being penalized if they exceed their quota. The
revenue collected would promote green alternatives over time. Deslauriers rejects critics who say
the plan takes too long, saying it’s a matter of
months, not years. “A lot of the infrastructure to
implement a Cap and Trade system already exists.
There is a carbon trading centre in Montreal at
Place Victoria in the old stock exchange tower.”
He criticizes Stephane Dion’s Carbon Tax. “The
Liberals are relying entirely on market forces and
taxing individuals regardless of their income.” Targeting “big polluters” makes sense, Deslauriers
says, since 55% of emissions come from corporations, 10% from cars and 9% from home heating.
There is no danger of oil prices increasing, as these
are determined by world market prices in which
oil companies must remain competitive.
Provided incentives to use greener technology,
these companies may discover other savings,
Deslauriers says, adding that oil companies now
make $20 billion a year while polluting. “The Tar
Sands in Alberta need a lot of energy to extract oil,
which must be heated in order to remove it from
the solid material it’s embedded in.”
Deslauriers dismisses as “nonsense” Dion’s warning that NDP intentions of restoring previous tax
levels to large corporations —“we’re talking 22%”
— would be a job killer. “Since taxes were cut, has
there been a benefit?” he asks rhetorically, adding
that banks made $20 billion last year.
Deslauriers says corporations benefit from the
presence of government and gave as one example
the hiring of skilled people trained in the public
education system. He said the $50 billion in revenues generated by restoring taxes would enable
the government to better assist people.
“It’s important to recognize we know exactly
where money would come from,” Deslauriers
says, citing the pulling of Canadian troops from
Afghanistan as another significant source, up to
a billion a year.
He says the NDP supports the military but
questions the nature of the Canadian mission in
Afghanistan, originally supposed to end by February 2007. “The presence of NATO troops
makes things worse because we are essentially
taking sides in a civil war — because that’s
what’s going on there, like the Americans did in
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Thursday September 18, St. Viateur Bagel on
Monkland was filled with morning diners. But
none of the profits were going to the restaurant.
Everyone who decided to buy their breakfast that
morning between 6 and 10 was helping feed 7000
Montreal kids.
It would look like an average bustling restaurant
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William Genest.
Ironically, “Generations gets no government
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Natalie Bercovici.
Every year St. Viateur hosts a breakfast where all
the proceeds go to Generations. This year $15,000
was raised. The foundation has come a long way
since it began in 1999. “It started in our basement
where it was for two years,” recalled Adrian
Bercovici. “Now we occupy a building on NotreDame and serve children in 75 schools and centers across the island.”
Kids receive breakfast, snacks or a hot lunch.“There
are no limits,” Adrian said. Adrian and Natalie were
inspired to start Generations because they have always felt that “an empty stomach can’t think – how
can we expect them to meet the challenges of their
day if they haven’t eaten?”
“All the evidence shows that kids who haven’t
eaten properly don’t last till lunchtime,” said Anne
Lagacé Dowson, NDP candidate for Westmount–
Ville-Marie.“They can’t concentrate. The evidence
is incontrovertible – a seemingly small thing can
make an enormous difference.”
“I’m a big supporter of Generations Foundation,” said Marlene Jennings, Liberal candidate for
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Lachine. “I thought it was
important that I come and show my support.”
Staff from the Monkland RBC branch were sitting on the terrace. “Our boss told us about this
cause several years ago and we love to come and
show our support,” Patricia Rodriguez said. “Kids
need to eat when they go to school.”
Generations runs a summer camp program for
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life skills. They have to make their beds, clean their
area and they make friends. It’s a bridge between
the end of one school year and the beginning
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“We recently started a program with the Montreal Juniors [hockey] where NHL players donate
money to Generations which is used to purchase
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In 2004, before Chris Landreth’s
short film about Montreal animator
Ryan Larkin was screened at that
year’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema,
Larkin gave an interview to a local
journalist. The profile was headlined
“With a little help from his friends,
Montreal prodigy turned panhandler Ryan Larkin is ready to get off
the streets and back into animation.”
At the time, Larkin, who died in
2007, talked about a new film he was
planning with his friend Montreal
musician Laurie Gordon, and his
hopes of finding a “good creative
team of computer graphic animators” to work with. The film was to
be about his “happy-go-lucky” life as
a street person. Now, Larkin said, he
was “panhandling for hundreds of
thousands of dollars” for his new film
called Spare Change. “It’ll be anything
but spare change, I can tell you that!”
Few, except Gordon and others
closest to him, believed him at the
time, as Larkin was then living at the
Old Brewery mission and still dealing with alcoholism.
However, the headline must have
Biography and metaphor: Astral Pan stands surrounded by a ring of fire
in Spare Change, Ryan Larkin's final “beautiful animated film.”
been prophetic, because in an eerie
coincidence, Spare Change is scheduled
to premiere before Adrian Wills’ film
about the Beatles, composers of the
classic With a Little Help from My
Friends, at the 37th edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinema October 9.
In Larkin’s film, described as “a surrealistic journey through the extraordinary imagination of Ryan Larkin,”
Larkin’s unforgettably melodious
speaking voice is heard once again, in
his alter ego Astral Pan, as he guides
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the audience through the streets of
Montreal and some unlikely places.
The film’s whimsical and unexpected
images are enhanced by the soundtrack, created by CHIWAWA’s Laurie
Gordon and Krassy Halatchev, revealing Larkin as the artist he has always
been, his soul irresistibly playful and
joyful.
In All Together Now, Adrian Wills
chronicles the extraordinary partnership between the Beatles and the
Cirque du Soleil which led to LOVE,
a sold out run in Las Vegas. The project grew out of a friendship between
Beatle George Harrison and Guy
Laliberté, founder of Quebec’s most
beloved Cirque. Filmed in London,
Montreal and Las Vegas, Wills focuses
on the human side of the mega-production from the first glimmers of
the project to the first night performance. Archival footage and interviews
offer a window into the creative
processes of artists Paul McCartney,
Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon,
Olivia Harrison, George Martin,
Giles Martin and LOVE director
Dominic Champagne. A great celebration, open to the public, will follow the screening of these two films.
The Festival of Nouveau Cinema
brings 250 independent never before
seen films to Montrealers. Formerly
known as the Montreal Festival of
New Cinema and New Media, its raison d’être remains steadfast. It is
dedicated to fostering and promoting
new approaches to film and media
and to screen the best and most original new films from around the world.
All genres of film figure at the festival,
including shorts, feature-length films,
documentaries, fiction and animation, from 60 different countries.
The Festival du Nouveau Cinema
runs October 8 to 19. The Festival Info
Line can be reached at 866-844-2172.
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Festivities mark 50th birthday of Le 4300
Sade Hausner, 102 years
Over 200 residents, former residents and local dignitaries celebrated the 50th anniversary of 4300
De Maisonneuve at a cocktail party
in the expansive lobby and library
of Montreal’s Grande Dame of
apartment residences.
Guests included Westmount Mayor
Karin Marks, outgoing Westmount
City Director Bruce St. Louis, Liberal
candidate Marc Garneau, and
Deputy Leader of the Green Party,
Claude William Genest. Guests dined
on wine, smoked meat and smoked
salmon while pianist Andy Antonnacci tinkled the ivories.
One of the highlights of the late
afternoon event was the celebration
of four centagenarians who reside in the
building. Sadie Hausner, Elsie Flanders, Celia Greenberg and Mary Kantor were each presented with flowers.
There was a greeting from Sari
Nadler, 96, who with her husband,
were the first residents of 4300. The
couple moved into the penthouse,
where Nadler still lives, on opening
day September 18, 1958.
Christine Harper, Marc Garneau, Barbara Warner
The original owners purchased the
land from the Grey Nuns with the
idea of building two towers that
would house over 300 apartments.
With the cooperation of the City of
Westmount, the west tower was
opened at 4350 Western Road, now
de Maisonneuve Boulevard. Five
years later 4300 Western Road, the
east tower, was opened.
Residents have come from all spectrums of the community, business
people and professors, artists and
politicians. Over the years the 4300
has developed a reputation as an exclusive building that caters to a senior
population. In recent years however
that myth has been dispelled. “Last
year three babies were born to young
parents in the building and 18 families with children presently live here,”
Dig deep for Irish treasures
As the opening of the “Being Irish”
Exhibit approaches, St. Patrick’s Society asks you to dig deep in your attics for hidden treasures. If you are
willing to donate or lend them to the
cause, call St. Patrick’s Society of
Montreal at 514-481-1346.
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said resident managers Nancy and
Jack Cooperberg.
Today, 4300 is still a prestigious
apartment complex. In addition to
the 417 spacious apartments, residents enjoy a library that is accessible 24/7, a well-equipped gym, a 24
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Arahova on Queen Mary may surprise fans of
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regulars returning.
Friday mornings find a mixed local clientele of
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income households across
problems such as a shortthe country experience
age of full-time jobs that
food insecurity. The most
meet a family’s basic needs
vulnerable groups are sinadequately, an income
gle people, families or sensecurity system that aliors, relying on disability
lows many to fall “beor social assistance or the
tween the cracks” and the
“working poor” — reprelack of affordable houssenting 16% of the working and child care.
force — trapped in low
These new solutions
paying/temporary jobs.
involve the community
Advocates say children
in activities such as colare over-represented at
lective and community
food banks. At the NDG
gardening, group purFood Depot over 3,200
chasing of food, cooking
people are helped each
and nutrition activities,
year, with 30% being
skills-exchange workshops,
below the age of 14. Exeand other programs.
cutive director Michael
On each Saturday in
Kay says that over the last
September, a pilot projBonnie Soutar at NDG Market
10 years he’s seen the same
ect brought citizens and
people being poorer for longer. “In very concrete farmers together in several boroughs in a pilot
terms, this deepening and broadening of poverty project organized by Nourrir Montreal. “We made
is: the new-born who is not given enough nutri- public spaces such as schoolyards and city parks
tion in the early years of life and suffers the con- available to citizens and food producers to provide
sequences of that lack for the rest
access to healthy food for the harof his/her life; the normally bright
vest season,” Belleau said. In five
child who is hungry three out of
boroughs 1890 people visited the
five school days and is often listmarket the first Saturday it
less; the loving parents who deopened, attracted by the proximvelop depression because they
ity, the prices and the country fair
blame themselves for not being
atmosphere.
able to provide the necessities and
The Good Food Box, a collective
make ends meet; the busy senior
buying group that started out in
who has to go without essential
NDG but now is city wide and
medication in order to buy food, thereby posing spearheaded by Harvest Montreal, did much of
unnecessary dangers to his/her health.”
the purchasing of the food. It operates year-round
Food banks were set up in the eighties as a tem- to provide fresh vegetables grown by local farmporary emergency measure. As it becomes more ers at low cost to everyone.
evident that for the time being
“We have clients from all income
food banks are here to stay, the
levels,” says Bonnie Soutar, Good
thinking about hunger and its
Food Box coordinator.“The larger
consequences is changing as peothe number of people who particple try to understand its root
ipate, the more you can buy for
causes. Statistics are kept with the
your money.” Access to fresh foods
reservation that they only repreis not to be taken for granted,
sent the tip of the iceberg. “The
Soutar says. “In some areas there
research on household insecurity
are only depanneurs or supermarindicates that only a fraction of
kets with very high prices.”
the people who are experiencing income-related
Now operating in 10 boroughs, the Good Food
food problems uses food banks,” writes Valerie Box is great for the value conscious shopper, the
Tarasuk, professor of nutritional sciences at the struggling local farmer and the discriminating
University of Toronto. In her foreword to CAFB’s cook alike. It comes in three sizes and may be orHungercount 2007 (a yearly surdered in advance at a pick up
vey of food bank use) she says:
point in participating boroughs.
“We now have a very good under“We are in the midst of rebuildstanding of the circumstances that
ing a real sense of community,”
render individuals and families
Kay writes in the Depot’s annual
vulnerable to problems of food
report, “one without exclusions,
insecurity. We also understand
one that does not let its members
that food insecurity is a serious
go without food or health care,
public health problem, linked to
one that values the abilities and
nutritional vulnerability. What we
contributions of all — and also
haven’t figured out though is how to get our one that demands that its governments and busipolitical leaders to take this problem seriously nesses undertake their full responsibilities in relaenough to do something about it.”
tion to the general population. Attitudes and
The concept of food security is a direct outcome projects addressing these issues need to be furof the recognition that hunger is a human-rights thered or created.”
issue that is not simply caused by a lack of food.
For information on The Good Food Box call
Long term solutions are needed to persistent Bonnie Soutar at 514-582-6908.
Sun Youth seniors shine
to December). There are
additional fees for organized outings but they are
very moderate and vary
between $15 and $25 deNicolas Carpentier
pending on the event. The
rest of the activities are
It’s a well known fact that our coun- free with the annual membership fees.
try’s population is aging rapidly. In
Every week, the Sun Youth Seniors
2005, Statistics Canada indicated Club offers a full schedule of activithat senior citizens (65 and over) ties with something for everyone to
were representing 13.1% of the enjoy. Tai Chi classes are offered every
population. By 2036, they estimate Monday and Thursday afternoon and
that seniors will constitute 24.5% of allow our seniors to stay in shape. On
the population.
Tuesday mornings, a sewing and
For Sun Youth, senior citizens are knitting group meets, where seniors
esteemed members of our society. As share their techniques and work toa result, we work very hard each day gether on projects. On Wednesday
to improve their quality of life. A afternoons, it’s bingo day, one of the
multitude of services specifically most popular activities of the Seniors
catering to their needs are available Club. On Fridays, outings are organto them. Emergency services such as ized and bring our group to venues
our monthly food supplement across Quebec, Ontario and the
programs and our medication States. For a reasonable price, Sun
program are aimed at assisting Youth offers transportation and
seniors in distress. Sun Youth also lunch.
offers recreational activities through
Each year, the members get a
its Seniors Club.
chance to visit various locations such
The Sun Youth Seniors Club has as Quebec City, Park Omega in Mon136 members, all very active in the or- tebello (a wildlife park where aniganization. People 55 years young and mals roam free) and enjoy events
up are eligible to become members. such as the Tulip Festival in Ottawa
Fees are $5 a calendar year (January and the Mondial des Cultures in
Photo: Nicolas Carpentier
Here at Sun Youth
Sun Youth Seniors Club on Bingo Day
Drummondville. They also go shopping in Vermont, apple-picking and
sugaring-off in season and take
cruises. Apart from these trips,
theme-oriented parties are also organized throughout the year: Mothers’ and Fathers’ day, Hallowe’en,
Valentine’s Day, Christmas, and
Easter.
The Seniors Club is self-funded by
its members. In addition to membership fees, events are also organized to
help finance the club’s activities. One
of the events is the Seniors Club Annual Bazaar. Each year, volunteers of
the club invite bargain hunters to take
advantage of incredible offers on new
and used goods. The very popular
Bingo activity and the theme-oriented parties also help to finance the
Seniors Club’s activities.
The members of the Seniors Club
are also very much involved Sun
Youth through volunteer work.
They are responsible for individually wrapping the 12,000 brand
new toys distributed to families in
need through our Holiday Baskets
Campaign.
For more information on the Sun
Youth Seniors Club, please contact
Mr. Tom Stewart, President of the
Club at 514-842-6356. We hope you
will become part of our big family!
What I learned one weekend in September
Barbara Moser
Last month I learned what it feels
like to watch your child in pain and
be utterly helpless to do anything
about it.
I began to understand what parents
go through when their children are
seriously ill and spend months in and
out of hospital, what it is like searching for a doctor who can tell you
something… anything that will reassure you that your child will be okay,
that your child will stop hurting and
smile again.
I learned that friends can be like
family. I learned that my cousin, Paula,
knows how to turn fear into humour.
Molly visited Montreal from L.A.
this month for a friend’s wedding.
On the Saturday the wedding
took place she woke up with severe
pain. She said it was the worst pain
of her life. I could barely steady my
hands to call 911. The ambulance
drivers arrived and began to question her. She could barely talk so I
tried, as I am wont to do, to intervene and answer for her. They were
curt with me, telling me she is 27
and can answer for herself. As if
this changed the fact that she was
my baby and I wanted to explain to
them what she was feeling.
The pain started to subside and
they told her she could choose to go
to the hospital or stay. She decided to
stay and soon the pain went down to
“1/2” out of ten.
Together we prepared her for the
wedding. She looked like a princess in
her Betsy Johnson dress, asked me for
make up, and together we decided on
the necklace and the gold earrings
with the tiny rubies, her birthstone,
that I had bought her in Greece this
summer. I decided to accompany her
and her date, Don Patton, a friend of
ten years, to the wedding service. We
drove her father’s car to pick him up.
The wedding was beautiful.
The bride looked beautiful but no
woman in that church looked more
beautiful than Molly. Yes, I know I
am her mother but now I am being
perfectly objective.
We left the church and I said good
bye trusting Don to take Molly to a
hospital should the pain start up
again. It did, not 30 minutes after I
left them. It was intense and Molly
ended up not far from the reception
hall where she and Don were heading, the Santa Cabrini Hospital. I had
never heard of it before.
I was on the metro going home,
Molly and Don after the wedding service
when Don called me. I left the metro
shaking and got in a cab not knowing
how far the hospital was.
After ten minutes of Molly being in
great pain, a triage nurse assessed her
and calmed me down, saying she had
two children and knew what it felt like.
I will never forget her kindness. Apart
from being able to speak English she
calmed me down several times during
Molly’s 24-hour stay in Emergency.
The pain subsided and then it got
worse. She was on a cot lying in a
room, where the average age must
have been 70 and no doctor was coming. She started writhing and moaning and I grew desperate, walking over
three times to a nurse who was distributing cake among her co-workers,
begging for a doctor or something to
relieve the pain.
I wanted to change places with
Molly. I wanted to believe in a god. I
couldn’t imagine how this had happened or why no doctor thought my
daughter was more important than
people with gun shot wounds or the
87 year old lady, whom we later got
to know well, who had fallen and was
covered with bruises.
Finally Molly was given morphine
and a harried doctor told me he was
sending her for blood tests and an Xray. I was so relieved she was getting
something for the pain, I forgot to
ask for his pre-diagnosis. I felt myself
becoming overwrought and feeling
more and more helpless. After another hour I begged a nurse to tell
me more. She mentioned the area of
the liver and a possible inflammation. When I heard the word liver, I
freaked out. After the X-ray and after
the two shots of morphine had taken
some effect, the doctor returned at 11
pm and told me it might be gall stones
or a stomach infection of some kind.
He mentioned the word “virus” then
too but I could only remember gall
stones and liver and started to worry
about surgery. He told Molly’s father
and me that he was booking an ultrasound for the next morning to investigate the gall bladder.
We decided to go home at midnight to get some sleep and leave
Don to look after Molly till about
1:30 am. We were both exhausted but
as soon as I got home my body became wracked with fear and regret
that I had left my baby alone in
Emergency.
At 7 am we were back with Molly. At
9 am she had the ultrasound. We had
to pay cash for it, $180 and by the time
we left the hospital that day, we learnt
the hospital stay would cost $900. We
paid cash $150 for two doctors. This
was nothing to me but Molly commented that she marveled at our wonderful health care system and the fact
that people pay nothing for all this care
while people in the US have no access
to healthcare. So much for our complaints about our health care system!
Finally after more hours of helpless
waiting and a few jokes, and great relief from cousin Paula, who came to
the hospital that morning and regaled us with her anecdotes of the
trials of my uncle’s hospital stay
(four days in emergency in great pain
with no food) and generally lifted
our spirits so that the fear in my
body lessened to the point where I
could laugh. Of course Molly, by this
time, was in no pain at all but still
connected to an IV.
After another two hours a 30ish
doctor who looked like she had
stepped out of a fashion magazine,
wearing street clothes, appeared by
Molly’s cot-side and told us she was
betting on a virus because the ultrasound had shown no gall stones, that
in fact, the area was clear.
I asked her, how could such pain
come from nowhere? It happens, she
answered. She gave us medication for
the “spasms” should they come again,
and told us if they do, we should return to the hospital.
What a scare! What relief! Monday
morning as I looked at my beautiful
daughter sitting beside me petting
the cat, I thanked those who looked
after her, my friends who were there
for me by phone with kind words
and reassurances, my cousin Paula,
Don, who held Molly’s hand through
the worst of it, Molly’s father who
put up with my hysteria, and the
doctor who gave us the good news.
Oil’s well that tastes well…?
The brand delivered to
my door was MonteAntico. It is available locally
for $16.95 for a 500 ml
bottle and it’s even on
eBay. Price-wise, it’s not
bad since olive oils of
this quality can easily sell for more
than a decent bottle of Chianti. The
real question is, why would you pay
more than you need to?
Maybe it’s a gift to impress your
friends. In that case, go for what you
can afford. Just hope that they like it.
Maybe it’s to add a subtle aromatic
note to your salads. Well, if you cut it
with lemon juice, salt, pepper, vinegar, or Dijon mustard (mmmm…)
how much of that extra virgin finesse
will make it to the table?
Most extra virgins are meant to be
consumed sparely. Italian bread is a
good match because it usually has less
salt (and less flavour) than a baguette.
Or try it on romaine where the bitterness of the lettuce compliments the
sweetness, succulence and flavours of
good olive oil. Never in the frying pan
– as soon as olive oil reaches a useful
cooking temperature, the flavours
burn off - better to use canola.
So the other night we set up some
bottles and asked a half dozen dinner
Flavour Guy
Barry Lazar
I received a bottle of olive oil in the
mail a while ago. I don’t often get
food products delivered by courier,
but a local importer wanted my opinion on a new product.As the Flavourguy, I am predisposed to food that
tastes good and costs little. I am not
keen on forking over fistfuls of dollars for colourful labels and exaggerated claims. Olive oil – along with its
sneaky cousin balsamic vinegar –
leads the line in the over-hyped aisle.
“Extra virgin olive oil” is ubiquitous.
The adjectives tell us that there should
be lower acidity and better quality;
that noted, it gets a little slippery.
Technically, regular olive oil is more
acidic than virgin which is slightly
more acidic than extra. The lower the
acidity, the less chance of olive oil going
rancid (and yes, it can turn rancid in
a warm kitchen after a long time on the
shelf). Extra virgin should also be cold
pressed which means that it was
processed with as little heat as possible. But it really comes down to taste.
guests to sample them. The mix included a Loblaw’s President’s Choice
from Spain, and two with similar
names: the MonteAntico and a $3.99
Antica Bontà.
All three are basically OK. Each
looks and tastes different. MonteAntico has grassy and herbal flavours; it
is a little peppery at the back of the
throat with a distinctive style. This is
an olive oil that you can appreciate on
its own. I liked the flavour but none
of the others did. They found it overpowering. The President’s Choice
Cataluña was a favourite and is mild.
It would work well with most salad
dressings. The lowest priced oil – Antica Bonità was hit and miss. In fact, it
is not necessarily from Italy. I usually
like its mild, slightly grassy taste but I
have found that bottles can change.
This is because it is packed in Italy.
Here is the caveat. Read the label.
“Packed in Italy” is not the same as
“Product of Italy.” Almost all olive oil
comes from the Mediterranean. So although a bottle claims to be packaged
in Italy, the oil could be Tunisian,
Lebananese, French or from any country with olive trees. It might even be
Italian! The Cataluña uses Abrequina
olives and is from Catalonia in Spain.
The Monte Antico is even more spe-
cific and has its own Italian pedigree.
This authenticity guarantees a level
of quality you won’t find in most
generics. However, the bottom line is
- would I buy the MonteAntico?
Probably not. As the only one in my
household who appreciates it, I’m not
going to save it, like a fine cognac, for
when the right palate drops over. But
I will continue to look for good quality olive oils. There are tasty ones in
other countries, each with its own
character. French olive oils tend to be
lighter and peppery. Greek ones are
heavier with a ripe olive flavour.
Many people blend Greek olive oil, at
home, with a lighter oil.
In the meantime: try this – crush a
clove of Quebec garlic (yes look for
it!) with a little salt until it is mushy.
It’s worth while buying a mortar and
pestle for this. Add some freshly
ground black pepper and a half cup
or so of olive oil to make a liquid
paste. Add white wine vinegar or cider
vinegar (the ratio will be about 3 parts
oil to 1 part vinegar). Put in a half teaspoon of Dijon mustard to bind the
dressing. Let it sit for a half hour before putting it on the salad. Forget
Newman’s Own. This stuff is great.
You can reach Barry Lazar at
flavourguy@theseniortimes.com.
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Idyllic Istria
Times and Places
Molly Newborn
Rovinj view from atop the church tower
I took a bus from Trieste, an Italian port city,
through a one-laned twisty hilly road down
through Istria – the peninsula that lies at the northern point of the Adriatic Sea.It took three hours for
the bus to travel the 100 kilometers down the western coast, stopping at little towns along the way, to
reach Pula – located at the southernmost tip of the
peninsula.This port city is the largest in Istria with
just over 62,000 residents. It holds a beautiful mix
of mostly Croats, with some Serbs, Italians, Bosniaks and Slovenians. Istria is a melting pot of Italian, Austrian and Croatian cultures.
I walked across the city, passing the first century
Roman amphitheatre (aka Colosseum) and the old
town to get to my hostel. Famished, I decided along
with several new friends I had met at the hostel to
pay a visit to one of Pula’s most frequented Italian
restaurants, Jupiter, located at Castrapola 38 – a
couple of blocks above the forum. Pizza was the
specialty – there were 18 to choose from. The five
of us stationed ourselves in a booth with a rustic
wooden table. We each ordered an individual pizza
at a reasonable price. Little did we know that in
Croatia an “individual pizza” could easily feed
two… or three. The pizza was exquisite.
We then decided to be mature and cultured travelers. Instead of a typical night of finding the local
pub or club, we decided to attend a concert of traditional Croatian choral music at the Colosseum
for $40. The amphitheater was lit beautifully and
Rovinj
packed with locals. The men’s choirs took the stage
one by one to sing songs that everyone in the audience knew and sang along to. And though it was
nice, we were getting bored and cold and were
somewhat regretting not hitting up the clubs.
I explored the narrow streets of the old town the
next morning. Though beautifully lined with medieval and Renaissance buildings along the ancient
Roman stoned streets, I couldn’t help but notice
the many tourist-targeted shops and overpriced
restaurants. I ran into two Portuguese friends I
had met in Trieste a couple of days before. We ate
a very mediocre and overpriced lunch at what
looked like a nice restaurant. We were later told by
one of the locals that for these restaurants there
are two prices – the local’s price and the significantly higher tourist’s price.
We trekked up the stairs of the central hill of the
old city to explore the star-shaped 14th century castle that sat atop. The princess that I am, I make a
point of visiting the castles along the ways of my
travels. This one had a moat. It was converted into
the Historical Museum of Istria. It certainly was no
Palazzo Ducale of Venice. For a few dollars we
walked through 5 or 6 open rooms filled with old
weapons, kitchenware, and pharmaceuticals. The
city views alone were worth the visit.
That night we hit the clubs. We started at the
beach and slowly made our way inland. By 4am
we were at the fourth club of the night. The Por-
tuguese boys were still going strong. I was fading
and the smoke was getting to me. I headed back to
the hostel, squeezed in a couple of hours of sleep,
and the next day, caught a bus to Rovinj.
I had convinced Tristan (British) and Chris
(Australian) from the hostel to join me in Rovinj.
A short one-hour bus ride north along the coast
brought us to a stunning little town by sea. Rovinj
was originally an island separated from the mainland. In 1763 the channel was filled in. Its nickname is “The Hitchhiker’s Thumb.” Its population
of just over 13,500 consists of mostly Croats and
Italians. The town clearly had a strong Italian influence. It even had an Italian school. Tristan said
it reminded him of Venice.
We could not take enough pictures. Every moment, every turn was a treasurable scene. We
walked along the boardwalk filled with restaurants
and tourists, sailboats and yachts, and up the rickety stairs of the church tower, which stands tall in
the middle of the island. The views were breathtaking. We spent half an hour up there snapping away
with our cameras.
The boys hopped on the last bus back to Pula
and I had the evening to myself. I got a cup of hot
chocolate and sat on the boardwalk near the boats
to watch the sun set behind the island. The stray
cats kept me company as love struck couples
walked by. If I had known this place would be
swarming with lovebirds, I would have saved it for
my honeymoon.
I woke up early the next morning to soak in the
beauty of this city one last time before heading to
Rijeka to catch the ferry down to Hvar Island. The
bus cut through the stunning Istria countryside. I
didn't have much time to explore this industrious
port city before I boarded the ferry heading south
to Hvar Island. I ran into Tristan and Chris in the
boarding line. We watched the city lights slowly
get further and further away as we sailed south
until it was darkness. We stayed up late laughing,
reminiscing and sharing travel stories. The three
of us made up a commonwealth of Canada,
Britain, and Australia. Too cheap to get a cabin, we
fell asleep on chairs in the lounge. Next time I’m
definitely getting a cabin. The ferry docked at
Hvar Island at 6 am. The boys were continuing on
to Dubrovnik. We said our goodbyes and I got off
the boat.
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The meditation centre Unitas in Little Burgundy
celebrated the 78th birthday of community leader
Catherine Turnbull last month in gratitude for a
lifelong commitment to the centre and its work.
Turnbull grew up on her grandparents’ farm in
what is now Don Mills in Toronto.“My father died
before I was born and my mother and I lived with her
parents, 15 cousins close by, and 56 cows,” she said.
It was there she started developing her lifelong
appreciation for the silence of meditation. “I remember spending hours alone in the fields enjoying the farmland, conversing with the cows, and
just listening to the quiet and the stillness,” she
said. She would later rediscover those two important elements of her life at the Unitas Centre.
After a fire destroyed the farm, Turnbull and her
mother moved to the city where she lost her connection with her quiet place and was forced into
the activity of city living.
In 1979 Catharine and her husband met the Benediction monk John Main from whom they learned
the ancient tradition of meditation. They assisted
Main in promoting meditation in Montreal and
around the world. The practice continues at Unitas, founded by the coming together of seven denominational churches in Montreal and is today a
part of the Padua Centre in Little Burgundy.
“That was the turning point in my spiritual
walk,” Turnbull said. “I was able to connect with
the spirituality of and the outdoor silence of the
farm with the meditation of the Unitas Centre.”
When Turnbull was in her early thirties she returned to Toronto to work as a speechwriter for
the provincial Minister of Citizenry and Education. “I read an ad in the paper for an event being
held by the Society with a Sense of Humour. There
I met Neil McKenty on the dancefloor. It was love
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Turnbull found work as a researcher at Reader’s Digest where she got her first taste of book publishing.
During those years she operated a successful
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years later her life would be consumed with volunteering at the Unitas Centre and writing and
publishing books.
A friend encouraged Turnbull to write her own
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Canada and in Ireland about the life and times of
her Aunt Polly, whom she met after the farm
burned down, has evolved into a novel that is
ready to publish.
Turnbull and McKenty continue to share with
the community. Unitas is a centre where Turnbull
has found the quiet and stillness of her youth.
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THE SENIOR TIMES
With all the uproar in the US relating to financial markets, I am often asked by clients approaching retirement or living on fixed income if
there are any safe havens or strategies to keep
their retirement assets from eroding or being severely diminished.
These are difficult times we find ourselves living
in and no matter how secure we feel living in
Canada, the impact of US market troubles will extend here. We are in no way immune. Unfortunately these troubles have really taken a toll on
seniors who are largely dependent on fixed incomes and company pensions. Many have investments in mutual funds and blue chip financial
stocks which have been decimated.
Seniors living on fixed income or approaching
retirement have options. It is essential to review
your investment portfolio and understand what
asset classes you hold. Examine the prospectuses
of your mutual funds to evaluate risk and determine whether they measure up to your level of tolerance. This is easiest to do online.
There are some very interesting guaranteed income products that are now available in the
marketplace such as Manulife’s Income Plus
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offer greater levels of security.
Segregated Funds offered by insurance companies guarantee your invested capital at maturity,
which is usually a ten year period, and guarantee
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Now more than ever it is essential to review your
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Cookbook evokes lost traditions
My Way
Ursula Feist
Let’s talk about food. One of my favorite cookbooks is “Gourmet’s Old Vienna Cookbook”
published in 1959. It was a present from my husband and his dedication gave me a message:
“This document of European civilization from
the one most likely to benefit its study. December 1960.” It makes me want to get into my
kitchen, put on an apron and get the saucepans
out, but I know that in today’s diet conscious
world nobody would dare to prepare veal chops
with walnuts that need 6 tablespoons of butter, 5
tablespoons of liver pate, ½ cup of heavy cream
and more cream if necessary! Or veal kidneys in
truffle sauce requiring 6 tablespoons finely
chopped truffles, 3 egg yolks, 1¼ cups of heavy
cream and served in puff pastry. There is a section on dumplings, noodles, different ways for
serving potatoes and rice – every dish full of
calories.The cake and dessert section have to be
hidden from anyone with a sweet tooth, or reluctant weight watchers.
The famous Viennese “Sachertorte” needs a cup
of butter, cup of sugar, 10 egg yolks, 8oz of chocolate, 12 beaten egg whites, 2 cups flour, apricot
glaze and chocolate fondant icing served with
sweetened whipping cream. Franz Sacher invented
it in 1832 but the recipe got into the hands of
Demel through inter-marriage. The fight was over
whether the jam should be spread in the middle
of the Torte or right underneath the chocolate
glaze. A famous court case ensued and the judge
ruled that Sacher call theirs “the original Sachertorte” and Demel theirs “original Demel’s Sachertorte”. There still is some bitterness about this
decision. When we were in Vienna we tried them
both – though not on the same day - and preferred
the Demel one!
The section on sauces is mouth-watering especially the Hollandaise with the ingredients of butter, 4 egg yolks – all carefully prepared in a double
boiler that needs the kind of time to cook that
most people do not have. Vegetables, according to
today’s dietary rules were routinely overcooked,
usually prepared in a mixture of cream, flour and
butter; nouvelle cuisine had not been invented yet.
It brings back delicious memories: mother sitting in her kitchen on her low stool holding a big
bowl close to her body stirring the dough with a
large wooden spoon. No cuisinarts, osterizers or
mix-masters around to make life easier! After her
death I found the mixmaster I had given her the
way I had wrapped it.When she baked she tried to
get me out of the kitchen but would keep the bowl
for me to lick clean. I can still taste that dough and
smell it. She lived until her 89th year on this kind of
diet. One of my uncles got to be 103 and I remember my lovely maternal grandmother in her
long white apron making fabulous dishes on an
old-fashioned stove. I have a faded hand-written
notebook with recipes my mother prepared before
her marriage. Girls had to know how to cook before tying the knot in those days. “Love goes
through the stomach” (Liebe geht durch den
Magen) was what they were taught.
Going through my fridge now and deciding on
fat-free cottage cheese and a lettuce leaf I feel virtuous but emotionally challenged.
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Photographic memories of Gabor Szilasi and family
At 80, internationally-renowned documentary
photographer Gabor Szilasi is busy combing
through thousands of photographs to select the
best of his family that he will exhibit in October
at the McClure Gallery of the Westmount Visual
Arts Centre.
Recognized for his documentary work that spans
five decades, the gallery has asked him to exhibit
personal family photos never previously exhibited
or published.
The Musee d’Art de Joliette is mounting a retrospective exhibition of his career in May 2009 and
Szilasi is simultaneously working on assembling
images for that.
“As a photographer, I am interested in how people live in their own environment,” Szilasi says.
“Whether it is photographs of my family, or a
farmer I photographed years ago in Charlevoix in
his barn, it is the objects in the scene, the quality of
light that makes a good photograph.”
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And to watch the falling of the first leaf
Falling... falling... floating... descending...
Drifting reluctantly
Courting every breath of wind
In hopes of staying aloft
Just one moment longer...
To wish a fond farewell to
Some forsaken branch that held it,
From the time an infant bud;
Now time to depart ... a suckling no longer;
To rest softly in the shade of remaining companions
Soon to be joined in clustered heaps
At the cool base of parental feet.
– Richard M. Best
Photography was not Szilasi’s first career choice.
After completing a year of medical school, he left
Hungary with his father during the 1956 revolution. However, his studies had taught him an appreciation for details that would become a
trademark of his photographic career.
They made their way to Canada and he found
work as a photographer with the L’Office du film
du Québec. There he developed his knowledge of
the technology of photography and an appreciation for rural Quebec that would become the
focus of his early photographic series.
In 1971 he began teaching photography at the
College du Vieux Montreal. He then taught photography in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia
University and a variety of international universities as a visiting professor until he retired in 1995.
In 1996 the Cirque du Soleil asked him to document their new studios in St. Michel. The following year during Szilasi’s first retrospective
exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art,
the director proposed that he photograph the celebrated gardens of the French impressionist artist
Claude Monet in Giverny near Paris.
In 2004 he was able to marry his teaching skills
with photography through a series of interactive
photographs created with Les Impatients, a centre
for people with mental health problems who express themselves through art.
FAMILLE will be exhibited at the McClure
Gallery from October 10 to November 1. The
book launch and vernissage will be Thursday, October 9 starting at 6 p.m. A table ronde with the
family will be Thursday October 23 at 7 p.m. The
Visual Arts Centre is at 350 Victoria Avenue in
Westmount. Info: 514-488-9558.
Stemming listeria hysteria
Kristine Berey
Listeria monocytogene, or listeria
for short, is a particularly nasty bug.
It contaminates foods such as meat,
fish, and raw dairy products imperceptibly, without changing their
odour or appearance, then continues to proliferate within the illusory
safety of the refrigerator.
Though otherwise healthy people
can be exposed to the bacteria without even noticing, vulnerable individuals such as the very young,
seniors and pregnant women can develop listeriosis and experience
symptoms that mimic flu or food
poisoning. Even the incubation period is nasty, with symptoms emerging between 1-70 days after eating a
contaminated product, diminishing
the chance of identifying the culprit.
Though there are more cases in Ontario, so far in Quebec there have
been two suspected and two confirmed cases of listeriosis.
But listeria has an Achilles’ Heel —
it can be killed by cooking. Here are
some tips from the Public Health
Agency of Canada to minimize your
chances of developing listeriosis.
• Thoroughly cook raw meats and
keep them separate from other foods
in order to avoid cross contamination.
• Use separate cutting boards for
meat and vegetables. Clean and disinfect all surfaces and utensils after use.
• Wash hands before and after preparing food and after handling animals.
• Refrigerate or freeze perishable
and prepared food within two
hours and don’t keep leftovers for
longer than three days. Reheat to an
internal temperature of 165°F
(74°C) before eating.
• Keep your fridge at a 40°F (4°C)
or less and wash and disinfect the
shelves frequently to keep any potential bacteria growth at a minimum.
Use a mild bleach solution containing 5 ml bleach and 750 ml water.
Rinse with clear water.
• Check “best before” and expiry
dates on food items, and don’t overshop in order to avoid foods sitting
in the fridge too long.
• Avoid hot dogs, deli-meats and
soft and semi-soft cheeses such as
Feta, Brie and Camembert if they are
made from unpasteurized milk.
While it is legal to sell such products,
the list of ingredients must appear on
the package.
If you think you have eaten contaminated food and have no symptoms, don’t worry. If you develop
symptoms such as fever, severe
headaches, stiff neck, cramps, consti-
can be treated with antibiotics. And
finally, regarding the safety of any
food in your kitchen: If in doubt,
If it is listeriosis, it can be
throw it out.
You can check the list of recalled
treated with antibiotics.
foods at www.inspection.gc.ca or at
pation, diarrhea, nausea or vomiting, 800-442-2342. For any other inforsee your doctor. If it is listeriosis, it mation call 800-O-CANADA.
What’
s Happening in October
ART FOR ART’S SAKE
Library presents A Secret, directed by Claude
Until Saturday, October 19 Mile-End Gallery Miller, with an introduction by Marie Hazen, propresents an exhibition by Myrna Brooks-Bercov- fessor in psychology at UQAM, at 5151 Côte Steitch’s students at 5345 Parc. Info: 514-271-3383 Catherine. $7 members / $12 non-members.
Until Saturday, November 1 Beaconsfield Li- Info: 514-345-2627 x3017
brary exhibits the work of watercolour artist Jerry
Llavsky at 303 Beaconsfield. Info: 514-428-4460 CLUBS
Thursday, October 16 11am – 2pm, Helvetia
Until Saturday, November 16, MEKIC displays the paintings and drawings of artist Khoshro Seniors Club invites Swiss seniors to a luncheon
and meeting at the Monkland Grill, 6151 MonkBerahmandi at 4438 de la Roche.
land. Info: 514-481-2928
Info: 514-373-5777
Thursdays 7pm – 8:30pm, NDG Toastmaster’s
Until Saturday, December 7 the Museum of
Costume and Textile of Quebec hosts an exhibit of meets at the NDG YMCA at 4335 Hampton.
garments by Quebec artist Irene Chiasson at 349 Info: 514-349-0490
Riverside, St-Lambert. Info: 450-923-6601
BAZAARS AND SALES
Thursday, October 16, 6pm –
9pm, Friday, October 17, 10am –
8pm, Saturday, October 18, 10am
– 4pm and Sunday, October 19,
11am–4pm the Royal St. Lawrence
Yacht Club hosts their annual Boîte de Noël sale
featuring handcrafted items by over 60 artisans at
1350 Lakeshore Road, Dorval. $2.
Saturday, October 18, 10am –
5pm, and Sunday, October 19,
11:00am – 4pm Beaconsfield Library presents their seventh annual
book sale on the lawn bowling
annex, 303 Beaconsfield.
Info: 514-428-4460
Saturday, October 18, 9:30am – 3:30pm, St.
Mary’s Church Hall hosts an arts and crafts sale at
735 Miller, Greenfield Park.
Info: 450-672-9389 or 450-671-0416
Saturday October 25, 9am – 3pm, St. More
Parish Women’s Club holds a flea market and
craft sale at 978 Moffat (corner Bannantyne).
Info: 514-768-4741
Saturday October 25 at 6pm, St. Clement’s
Church hosts a beef stew and penny fair at 4322
Wellington. $10. Info: 514-769-5373
Saturday, November 1, 9:30pm – 2:30pm, The
Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul hosts a fall fair
at 3419 Redpath. Donations of non-perishable
food appreciated. Info: 514-842-3431
FILM
Until Saturday, October 19 Montreal Nouveau
Cinema Festival features over 200 films. $10, students and seniors $8 per film. Info and schedule:
514-844-2172 or www.nouveaucinema.ca
Sunday, October 19 at 7:30pm, Jewish Public
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EVENTS
Fridays 11am – 3pm, Sainte-Annede-Bellevue parish hall hosts a brunch
and bingo at 1 de l’Église.
Info: 514-457-5445
Saturday, October 18 at 8pm, Royal Canadian
Legion branch #94 hosts a 50s dance at 205 Empire, Greenfield Park. $5. Info: 450-466-0308
Saturday, October 19 at 8pm Throw Poetry
Collective performs spoken word and poetry at
Casa Del Popolo, 4873 St-Laurent.
Info: 514-284-3804
Monday, October 20, 5 – 8pm, Unitarian
Church of Montreal will hold Empty Bowls, a
fund-raising supper at 5035 Maisonneuve W.
Montreal ceramics artists have created pottery
bowls that can be purchased for $15 including a
bowl of soup. Supper for children is $5. No charge
for kids under 5. Tickets: 514-636-8406 or
514-489-9600, and at the door.
Thursday, October 30, 1 – 4pm, Atwater Library holds a beading workshop. Proceeds go to
Atwater Library Computer Center. $20 for materials. Registration required: 514-935-7421
LECTURES
Wednesday, October 8 at 12:30pm, Wayne
Larsen reads from his new book about painter
Wilson Morrice at Atwater Library.
Info: 514-935-7344
Wednesday, October 8 at 7pm, the Atwater
Poetry Project features readings by Camille
Martin and Michael Turner at Atwater Library.
Info: 514-935-7344
Wednesday, October 8 at 7:30pm, author Mary
Soderstrom discusses The Golden Notebook by
Doris Lessing at Atwater Library Book Club.
Info: 514-935-7344
Wednesday, October 15 at 12:30pm, Dr. John
Burgess presents his book about working as a
doctor in the far north of Canada at the Atwater
Library. Info: 514-935-7344
Wednesday, October 15 at 10am, David
Solway discusses his book Big Lie: On Terror,
Anti-Semitism and Identity at Temple Emanu-El
Beth Sholom at 395 Elm. Info: 514-937-3575
Thursday, October 16 at 7pm, the Yellow Door
presents a night of poetry and prose reading at
3625 Aylmer. $5. Info: 514-398-6243
Thursday, October 16, Stephen Pinker speaks
on The Decline of Violence at the Gelber
Conference Centre at 2 Cummings Square.
Info: 514-287-8912
Sunday, October 19 at 2pm, Jewish Public Library presents On the Centenary of the Czernowitz Conference, a lecture in Yiddish with
Professor Eugene Orenstein at 5151 Côte SteCatherine. $5 members/$10 non-members.
Info: 514-345-2627 x 3006
Monday, October 20 at 12:30pm, Joan Barfoot
reads from her new novel Exit Lines at Atwater
Library. Info: 514-935-7344
Tuesday, October 21 at 7:30pm, Montreal Anglican Diocese presents Through the Lens of a Nature Photographer with Scott Linstead at 1444
Union. $5 for non-members.
Info: 514-845-8317
Wednesday, October 22 from 9:30am – 3pm,
the Teapot 50+ Center hosts an excursion to the
McCord Museum to view the Reveal or Conceal
exhibit, which depicts historical perceptions of
modesty and eroticism in women’s clothing. $17.
Info: 514-637-5627
Thursday, October 23 at 7pm, Westmount
YMCA hosts a 30-minute presentation by Breast
Cancer Action Montreal at 4585 Sherbrooke
Street West. Donations welcome.
Info: 514-931-6770 x 248
Thursday, October 23 at 7pm, Dollard-desOrmeaux Public Library hosts Liam Durcan,
author of Garcia’s Heart. Registration required.
Info: 514-684-1496
Monday, October 27 at 7:30pm, Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal hosts a lecture
with Annie Reas Roth at 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine. Info: 514-484-0969
Wednesday, October 29 at 12:30pm, Talisman
Theatre gives a presentation on their upcoming
production of Michel Marc Bouchard’s play
Down Dangerous Passes Road at Atwater Library.
Info: 514-935-7344
Sunday, November 2 at 2pm, Jewish Public
Library presents The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan: Impressions of a Trip to the Jewish Autonomous Region of Russia – a lecture in
Yiddish by Dr. Sheva Zucker at 5151 Côte SteCatherine. $5 members/$10 non-members.
Info: 514-345-2627 x 3006.
Until Friday, October 31 from 9am – 9pm, the
Montreal Botanical Garden presents the 16 th
annual Magic of Lanterns event at the Chinese
Garden at 4101 Sherbrooke E.
Info: 514-872-1400
LITERARY FARE
Friday, October 19, Welsh-born teacher, writer
and critic Robert Adams presents his review of the
book The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi.
Info and tickets: 514-488-1152
Sunday, October 26 at 7:30pm, Jewish Public
Library hosts a launch of Yiddishlands – A Memoir by David G. Roskies at 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine. $10 non-members.
Info: 514-345-2627 x3017
Thursday, October 30 at 7:30pm, The Paul
Trepman Memorial Lecture presents the book
launch of Anna Porter’s “Kasztner’s Train – The
True Story of Rezsö Kasztner, Unknown Hero of
the Holocaust” at the Jewish Public Library, 5151
Côte Ste-Catherine. $10 members/$15 non-members. Info: 514-345-2617 x3017
Photo: B. Nichol
Organ competition a first time event
Until October 19, Montreal will host
the first Canadian International Organ
Competition (CIOC) featuring 16 brilliant young organists from 11 countries to compete for over $65,000 in
prizes.
Concerts will be held in various
churches in the city and will feature
works by Bach, Messiaen, and more,
with the final concert taking place in the
Notre Dame Basilica. Judges include
nine world-renowned performers. While
entry to the rounds of competition is
free, there will be ticketed events: A
Organ competition contestants Federico
guided tour for organ lovers visiting
Andreoni and Jonathan Oldengarm
three of Montreal’s great organs October
(Canada)
MUSIC AND DANCE
Friday, October 10 at 4pm, McGill School of
Music presents a flute masterclass and concert
with Paul Edmund Davis on flute at Tanna
Schulich Hall, 527 Sherbrooke W.
Info: 514-398-4547 or 514-398-5145
Friday October 10 at 8pm, Trio Fibonacci
plays trio in D minor by Mendelssohn at Redpath Hall. Info: 514-790-1245
Wednesday, October 15 at 8pm, McGill Jazz
orchestra featuring special guest Oliver Jones
on piano plays at Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke
W. $50. Info: 514-790-1245
Saturday, October 18, Sunday, October 19
McGill Symphony Orchestra plays Brahms and
Berlioz with guests Ida Haendel and Matt
Haimovitz at Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke W.
$12. Info: 514-790-1245
Saturday, October 19 at 7pm, Concordia Department of Music presents Migrations - From
France to the New World in Music for Flute and
Piano at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, 7141
Sherbrooke W. Tickets $5. Info: 514-790-1245
Monday, October 20 at 7:30pm, McGill
Chamber Orchestra with Jens Lindemann on
trumpet plays Corelli, Wolf, Vivaldi, and ‘Fats’
Waller at Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke W. $38
/$30 seniors.Info: 514-790-1245
Friday, October 24 at 7:30pm, Kabir Cultural
Centre presents Ojhas – A Rare Brilliance, an
evening of dance with the Abhinava Dance
Company from Bangalore, India at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, 7141 Sherbrooke W. Tickets $20, $50 VIP, $15 students and seniors. Info:
514-790-1245
11 and a bus trip to Ste. Hyacinthe October 16 to see Casavant Freres, organ
manufacturers who will open their
doors to the public for the first time. The
CIOC’s objective is to promote organ
music to a large audience.
The competition is the result of planning by McGill University organist and
teacher John Grew, who is now artistic director of the competition, and other
lovers of organ music who raised the
funds for this event in Montreal. This is
the only international organ competition
in the Americas in 2008 with the next one
taking place in 2011.
Info: ciocm.org or 514-510-5678
Sunday, October 26 at 3:30pm, Fauré Quartett plays Mahler, Brahms and Fauré at Polack
Hall at 555 Sherbrooke W. $35 / Students $15.
Info: 514-932-6796
Thursday, October 30 at 8pm, Concordia
University Department of Music presents Jazz
Faculty Ensembles at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall at 7141 Sherbrooke W. $15 / $5 seniors
& students. Info: 514-790-1245
Saturday, November 8 at 8pm, Unitarian
Church of Montreal hosts a fundraiser concert
featuring Dvorak, Bach and Scandinavian concerto for trombone. $15 / adults $10 / students
and under 12. Info: 514-485-9933
THEATRE
Sunday, October 19 at 3 pm, True Nature, a
play by Colleen Curran about the Victorian fossil hunter Mary Anning will be read by Playwrights Workshop at Redpath Museum, 859
Sherbrooke W. Free.
Info: 514-487-1216 or 514-843-3685
Thursday, October 30 to Saturday, November 16, The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre
presents Cat on a Hot Tin Roof directed by Greg
Kramer. Info: 514-287-8912
Sunday, November 2 at 7:30pm, Jewish Public Library presents a staged play reading in Hebrew of “Working Class Hero” by Yehoshua
Sobol at 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine. $10 members,
$15 non-members. Info: 514-345-2627 x 3017
To feature your event in What’s Happening:
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The Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal
Le Cercle canadien des femmes de Montréal
Lectures begin at 12:30 p.m./Sandwiches at cost and tea/coffee available from 11:30 a.m.
Mon., Oct. 20: Jack Jedwab, Executive Director of Association for Canadian Studies
Mon., Nov. 17: Professor Nigel Roulet, Head of McGill School of Environment
Tues., Dec. 2:
Holiday Season Luncheon (for member and guests)
Members also enjoy Outside Events and Special Luncheons
New Members Welcome: $45/year Guest fees per lecture: $10 Info: 514 933-8067
Lectures take place at The Unitarian Church
5035 de Maisonneuve Blvd West (near Claremont Ave. and Vendôme métro)
Côte St-Luc Creative family
thrives, welcomes new members
Molly Newborn
Abe Gencher
Frances Karanofsky
Côte St-Luc has a hidden treasure situated in the Chevra Kadisha B’nai
Jacob Synagogue. There’s no sign outside indicating what’s inside, only a
buzzer at the front door.
Through the large wooden front
doors and up two flights of stairs is a
hallway like no other. Little coats hang
neatly along the side, with little shoes
lined up with each coat. The walls are
lined with paintings of all sorts. As
you walk along this hallway, an assortment of creative energy beams
out from every door.
From one room you’ll hear music
emerging courtesy of the adult
recorder class. Peek into another
room and you’ll find the adult painting class, and down the hall you’ll see
adult students of sculpture hard at
work. All these classes are situated
alongside a Daycare, Nursery, and
Moms and Tots program.
Helen Knight, creator and director
of the Creative Social Center, first set
out in 1982 along with six others to
create a center for seniors in her area.
“It’s become a community center,
not just a seniors’ center,” Knight
says. They modeled the project on
Abraham Maslow’s “Hierarchy of
Needs” – concentrating on a need to
belong, self-esteem and recognition
– which outlines a path to self-actualization and development. The center is run entirely through the efforts
of volunteers. The word “Mishpacha” – the Hebrew and Yiddish
word for “Family” – is a word widely
used by the members and volunteers
to describe the center.
“It’s social and it gives me something to look forward to every week,”
says Mark Lax (as he paints), who
Goldie
Sigal
Erni Greenspoon
Sculpture teacher Eugene Jankowski
Sabina Weiss
Frank
Levine
Marilyn Leighton
Anne Lessard
Eudice Bauer
has been attending classes at the Creative Social Center for 15 years. Rose
Letovsky at first reluctantly attended
a sculpture class at the Creative Social Center 15 years ago after her
friend suggested it. “For what?” she
thought at the time. “To dirty my
hands?!” But the class resulted in a
beautiful sculpture of the Western
Wall and from then she was “taken.”
The teachers are all highly qualified
and create a welcoming learning environment for adults at all levels with
a hands-on approach. “The teachers
are chosen carefully,” says Knight.
“Someone special, with empathy and
understanding, someone with the
ability to respond to each person’s
needs, someone who can respond individually and as a group.”
The center offers courses in Aerobics, Art, Choir, Creative Writing,
Folk Dancing, Recorder, Sculpture,
Yoga and a Rabbi’s Class. It costs $25
for a yearly membership, and the
classes are $5 or $10 each. There are
two annual five-day trips to Stratford
and Niagara-on-the-lake, which provide opportunities to share and
make new friends while enjoying
great sites or theatre.
The Creative Social Center is having a Sunday “Drop-In” October 26,
from 1-4 pm. It is located at 5237
Clanranald, corner Isabella.
For more information, please call
514-488-0907.
Marsha Cammer
Helen Knight
Dorothy Stein
John Gomber
Rhoda Blumer
Rose Letovsky
Sammy Pinsky
Renita Fischler
Mark Lax
Reba Grover
Rose Murad
Reuben Rosensweig
Onward to Albania
Summer Times and Places
Barbara Moser
Kruja
On our third day in Trieste we checked out where
and when the ferries were going. There was one
to Albania, so we leapt at the chance to return to
one of our favourite countries.
We had visited Albania for the first time three
years ago, coming from Corfu to Saranda on the
southwest tip of Albania and made our way by taxi
through the mountains to Dures, near Tirana, the
capital. We had spent only a day in Tirana and
vowed to return. It was the year of the heat wave
with highs of 50˚C.
This time we spent more time in Tirana and visited Lake Orhid, in the region of Pogradec, bordering Macedonia.
The 24-hour ferry was romantic but this was no
cruise ship. We had a cabin with double decker
beds and a window. We spent time on the deck enjoying the breeze. The boat was old and comfy but
everyone smoked incessantly in the bar.
We met a German Jewish journalist-photographer on his way to Kosovo. His editor had asked
him to do a travel feature on Kosovo. We also befriended a young couple from Vienna traveling to
Albania to see her family. Luckily, her brother, Gazi,
was picking them up and offered us a ride to
Tirana from Dures, where we docked. A bus ride
would have taken two hours, for what is a 30
minute trip by car. Gazi insisted on taking us out
for coffee and found us the affordable and centrally-located Hotel Parlimenti at 35 euro a night.
Our room was huge and down the hall we had a
bathroom bigger than ours at home. We were minutes from downtown streets, and the huge square
where the national museum of Albania sits.
The hotel owner’s son promised us wi-fi after insisting we pay up front for the three nights. Then
he disappeared and forgot to tell his parents. The
mom insisted on walking us down to the internet
café, until she could locate her wayward son. She
knew nothing about wifi.
Gazi had recommended a fish restaurant, Rozafa,
two streets away, which we tried for a 4 pm lunch.
It was fabulous so we returned twice! We had two
whole fish, grilled, two Greek salads and one
mixed salad. With fries and toast, and complimentary watermelon for dessert, the bill came to
$30. We finished our afternoon with a stroll
around our area, which included a sprawling food
Kruja bazaar
Tirana coffee shop
market and many gold and silver shops.
The next morning we visited the museum, with
three stuffy floors of artifacts on Albanian history.
Irwin had to see every room, including the
weapons. I spent the last hour “talking” to one of
the ladies who was monitoring a floor, looking at
pictures of her family.
We topped off the night with kiwi and strawberry ice cream at 80 cents each. We didn’t know
how to tell the server we only wanted one scoop
for 40 cents, which would have been more than
enough. Then we had “cappucinos” for another 80
cents and drifted home to our comfortable air
conditioned room.
We fell in love with Tirana. We didn’t hear English except from some waiters and shop keepers.
We ran across only one tourist, in a bookshop in
the main square. He told us we shouldn’t miss the
Pogradeci region and influenced our decision to
spend the weekend there.
It’s fun and fascinating to be in Albania, where
everything you see reflects its emergence from a
repressive reigme that was isolated from the outside world for 50 years. We watch it catching up to
Kruja
Tirana boutique
Kruja bazaar
the good and bad of modernity with awe, trying
not to be too critical.
On the second day we traveled 42 kilometers to a
medieval town called Kruja to see a rebuilt castle and
explore the cobblestoned bazaar that leads up to it.
The roads to Kruja were bad with lots of traffic, lots
of honking, and loads of impatience. Our driver, a
friend of the hotel owner tried to pass everyone and
criticized all the other drivers for being uncivilized,
while I clutched the seat wondering how he was
going to get us to Kruja in one piece. He did!
Kruja is built on a mountainside and has exquisite
vistas. The rooftops are made of red clay tiles. We
lunched at a picturesque restaurant on the terrace
overlooking the vast valley encircled by mountains.
We dined on grilled vegetables, Greek Salad, shislik
and “Baked cheese,” all good and reasonably priced.
Tirana corner near our hotel
We strolled back to the main street through the still the best deal in Europe.
bazaar, where I purchased little gifts for my staff,
Next issue: Lake Orhid, Albania and entering
and along the way, met a young Polish couple who Macedonia — on foot!
were backpacking through Albania. Together we
found a mini-bus to take us back to Tirana. For
the ride there, we had paid 20 euro to our private
A note on the cigarette boys: We saw small
driver. The ride back cost $2 each.
boys everywhere selling cigarettes and asked
We had dinner at our favorite fish restaurant,
our hotel people about them. Apparently their
Rozafa. The next morning, our hotel owner ofparents send them out to work the streets while
fered us a lift to the mini bus outpost. We were the
they stay home. We were told they have no food
last to board one that would take on a twisty,
at home. There are no laws to protect these
bumpy, hot, four hour ride to Lake Ohrid, which
children or provide them with the basics of
borders Macedonia. We would spend the weekend
food and schooling. Albania has moved quickly
in this resort, swimming (or so we thought) and
and not always wisely into capitalism, which intaking it easy.
cludes all kinds of exploitation and gambling.
Albania is an exotic and homey experience,
Every street corner has a casino and bingo hall.
Albanians are delightful and helpful — and it’s
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