Turcot work at St. Jacques escarpment renews

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Liquid Lounge closed,
under review by Régie
Hampstead goes all out
for Halloween
Who will win the December 13
EMSB by-election?
?
?
?
The Liquid Lounge bar on Sherbrooke near Claremont is currently
closed. Its liquor licence is also under review by the Régie des alcools,
des courses et des jeux. See p. 4 for more.
Photo: Isaac Olson.
Twice monthly
oemer The town of Hampstead was alive and well on Halloween night,
even as graves, zombies and ghouls prowled the streets. See p. 19 for
more coverage.
Photo: Martin C. Barry
English Montreal School Board commissioner Syd Wise died last
month and a by-election is slated for Sunday, December 13. Michèle
Cohen of Côte St. Luc, Bernard Praw and Charlotte Sarah Smoley
are running. The nomination period is now over. See p.15 for more.
FREE PRESS
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Turcot work at St. Jacques escarpment renews green concerns
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With the Turcot Interchange reconstruction project cutting into the side of the St.
Jacques escarpment, located just south of
St. Jacques St. in the Southwest borough,
the effort to protect the green space is picking up steam as a new organization takes
on the cause.
The St. Jacques escarpment, usually
known as the Falaise St. Jacques, is a strip
of steep woods that, for many years, has
served as a dumping ground for local businesses and residents despite signs and
city-led clean-up efforts. It also, according
to environmentalists, is a green corridor
that is heavily populated by brown snakes
and migratory birds. On an October 30
visit to the escarpment, the Free Press spotted a massive flock of birds flitting among
the tree tops just over a pile of at least 50
old tires behind the Super C on St. Jacques
St. (see photo, p. 14).
NDG district councillor Peter McQueen
is one of those leading the charge to protect the escarpment and, he says, he also
noticed the debris that is piling up and he
has asked the borough services to intervene.
He said he is concerned about the section where Pullman Rd.
used to be. He says he saw continued on p. 14
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NDG NEWS
THE FREE PRESS – November 10, 2015 – 3
Cllr. Searle defends research flyers
and Gilbert Layton parks need a dog park.
At the meeting, Searle said Montreal
mayor Denis Coderre is now promoting a
plan that was published in his first research document more than a year ago –
portable toilets at Metro stations.
Back in April 2014, Searle told the Free
Press he intends to send these flyers out to
10,000 NDG residents, taking advantage
of his city-allocated budget of $19,000 to
conduct research. In that April interview,
he told the Free Press the letters would be
non-partisan.
By Isaac Olson
Since his mandate began two years ago,
Councillor Jeremy Searle has been regularly sending out colourful, glossy print,
bilingual research documents. The flyers
essentially ask residents what they think
about current affairs and about the councillor’s own suggested solutions to municipal matters.
Critics say the research documents are
a means to propagate Searle’s opinions on
political matters, but the councillor took
on those critics during his opening remarks at the November 2 borough council
meeting.
“I’ve frequently been asked by residents
about the usefulness of my research flyers
that go out multiple times a year, asking
residents what their viewpoints are on various subjects,” began Searle, noting he has
a budget that can be only used for research
purposes. He accused, without naming
names, political parties of misusing this
allocated budget while adding, “My research budget gets used for actual research.”
Good Food Market
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for the winter
With winter on its way, the NDG
Food Depot’s Good Food Market is
moving indoors so shoppers can continue to find produce every Friday. Set
up like a farmers’ market every Friday
at Trinity Memorial Church (2146 Marlowe Ave.), the market is open from 2
pm to 7 pm. Discount membership
cards are available to those in need.
The market moved indoors on October
23, offering baked goods, live music,
fresh produce and more.
Examples of the flyers Jeremy Searle is sending
out to thousands of residents. On one side, it is in
English and the other is French.
An example of a recent flyer that was
sent out to residents in his district asks
one question, “What do you think?” It is a
letter that outlines details of the Cavendish
extension project, which Searle has voiced
strong opposition to for many years. In
the letter, he calls it the “Cavendish Highway” project and discusses, for the most
part, the number of cars and amount pollution NDG should expect should this project be realized.
“NDG Cotes des Neiges (sic) residents
have successfully opposed the proposed
Cavendish highway connection for more
than 50 years now … and with good reason.
We could expect drastically increased levels
of air and noise pollution,” states the research document, which has all his contact
information at the bottom and a link to
his website, jeremysearleloyoladistrict
.com.
Other examples of these research documents cover issues ranging from his proposed plan to add “bicycle boxes” to intersections for cyclists to his belief that Loyola
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NDG NEWS
Liquid Lounge closed at present
Régie des alcools reiews list of allegations decision to e made in the coming months
By Isaac Olson
Despite the fact that the Liquid Lounge
has closed its doors, removed its signage
and emptied its 5028 Sherbrooke St. bar
location, the Régie des alcools, des courses
et des jeux (RACJ) has accused the owner,
Christopher Thomson, of exploiting his
bar and terrace licensing through a wide
range of alleged violations that include violence, noise complaints and the presence
of drugs on his premises.
The Régie ordered Thomson to face a
hearing on October 22 and now a decision
is pending, according to Régie spokesperson Joyce Tremblay, who said the Régie
has three months to make a decision on
the matter. When asked what consequences Thomson could face now that the
bar is already closed, she said she cannot
say as it is first “necessary to evaluate the
evidence on record.”
The Free Press made several attempts
to contact Liquid Lounge’s owner, but was
unsuccessful.
Long list of incidents
In order to keep an alcohol license, there
is a long list of obligations, such respecting
local and provincial laws, that bar and
restaurant owners must adhere to. According to the RACJ’s notice of hearing, the
RACJ has taken notice of the following incidents that do not adhere to licensing obligation (all points below are taken directly
from the official RACJ notice of hearing):
2015
• February 6: a Liquid Lounge patron was
attacked and badly injured during a mugging. Police told the Régie that crime was
rising in the sector in and around the
bar.
• March 15: police were called to the scene
because of shots fired.
• March 18: police were called to the bar
when two shots were fired at a customer’s legs, bullet casings were found
at the scene and it was determined to be
an attempted murder.
• March 19: police discovered Facebook
publicity inciting people to consume alcohol in a way that is not responsible.
• March 19: Montreal police responded to
shots fired at the establishment in what
was an attempted murder.
• July 31: police seized a bag of about a
quarter gram of cocaine that was on the
ground near the bar.
• August 28: police and ambulance serv-
ices were called to the bar after someone
shot and injured the bartender.
2014
• May 23: several fire trucks were called to
the scene to put out a fire that was deliberately set behind the bar in an alleged
arson attempt.
• Between April 4 and July 6: police received six noise complaints.
• December 19: police seized four bottles
of alcohol containing insects.
Police take notice
The document also includes several bulleted points of “relevant information.” For
example, on July 30, 2014, police, during a
“courtesy visit,” recognized two individuals
known for anti-social behaviour, graffiti
and for selling narcotics. The document
notes that Montreal police have had multiple meetings with Thomson to discuss
the violent incidents at the bar and demand that concrete steps are taken to ensure customers and staff members are
safe.
RACJ requires that any creatures in
liquor bottles be placed there by the manufacturer, such as worms in tequila. The
law, notes the document, also requires that
bar owners maintain tranquility on the
property. The Régie must take into consideration any noise or disturbances of the
peace. Incidents of violence, including
theft or mischief, is a violation of RACJ licensing rules, states the document.
Liquid Lounge moves in
According to the bar’s Facebook page,
the grand opening of the establishment
was celebrated on April 23, 2010. The bar
offered the first drink for free that evening.
The last post that is still visible on the page
was made in March 2013. There is no mention of its recent closure. The Free Press attempted to contact the page’s administrators, but did not get a response.
According to Quebec’s Registraire des
entreprises, the Liquid Lounge was established at 5028 Sherbrooke St. on September 10, 2009. Thomson, according to the
business registration, still owns the business.
As for the building that the bar was located in, it is owned by PM Equibec Inc.,
a Kirkland-based company. The now
empty bar is located on Sherbrooke St. between avenues Claremont and Grey on the
easternmost edge of NDG.
NDG NEWS
D
orough’s $4-million 206 udget
calls for one-percent increase
Last month, the Côte des Neiges-NDG
borough unanimously adopted its 2016
budget of $74 million, according to a press
release. The budget increases property
taxes by one percent.
In the release, borough mayor Russell
Copeman is quoted as saying, “The third
budget tabled by my administration is
marked by a rigorous control of expenses,
reflected in an increase of only one percent
in the local tax, which is well below inflation, with no decrease in public services.”
In planning the budget, the borough had
to make up a shortfall of $3.7 million from
the indexation of wages, contractual commitments and the operation of the new
NDG library and cultural centre, states the
release. The borough had $2.6 million in
flexibility due to, in part, abolishing 17 positions and posting a management surplus
of nearly a half million dollars.
The new library and cultural centre will
have an operating budget of $3.6 million,
with $2.6 million defrayed by the borough
and $1 million defrayed by centre city,
states the release. Close to 20 percent of
citizens expressed a desire to see the borough invest more in cultural activities, and
“this investment achieves just that.”
“The CDN-NDG borough’s 2016 budget
of $74 million will include the following
investments: $10.1 million for sports,
recreation and social development; $11
million for snow removal; $10.9 million
for road and sidewalk cleaning and maintenance; $6.3 million for the management
of waste and recyclable materials; $7.8 million for parks and horticulture; and $8.8
million for libraries and the maisons de la
culture,” the release concludes.
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NDG NEWS
November 2 borough council meeting highlights
Leick laments plugged street drain at corner of Fielding and St. Ignatius
worked in the department and councillors
congratulated her as she now moves into
the director’s chair.
By Isaac Olson
Barbara Levick went before elected officials during the November 2 borough
council meeting to denounce a clogged
street drain at the corner of St. Ignatius
and Fielding avenues. She told the council
it has been clogged for three years, causing
flooding during heavy rains.
“It floods and it has done so for three
years,” said Levick. “Last year, St. Ignatius
was repaved. It wasn’t repaired or fixed.
This year, you repaired Fielding. However,
the people that were repaving Fielding
were standing up to their shins in water.”
She told councillors that waiting at the
bus stop requires commuters to stand
“way up on the grass, which is also wet,
because the bus drowns you otherwise.”
Loyola district councillor Jeremy Searle
told Levick that her concerns have been
noted and that “we will do what we can.”
Empress extension passes
Before councillors voted on a decision
to extend Cinéma NDG’s completion deadline to June 30, 2016, borough mayor Russell Copeman indicated that this will likely
be the last extension granted to the group
as it continues to work on renovating the
old Empress Theatre into a movie cinema,
art gallery, restaurant and more.
said he was impressed with how far the
community group has come in raising
money for the project and, representing
the Association for the Promotion of Sherbrooke Street West, Michael Simkin told
the council that the project will play an
important role in revitalizing the already
buzzing commercial artery.
Searle, on the other hand, voted against
the extension, saying it is time to sell the
city-owned property for $5 million and al-
NDG Community Centre
needs more work
An additional expenditure of $44,338
was approved for mechanical work, structural corrections and related work on the
NDG Community Centre. This increases
the ongoing renovation costs to $421,153.
The borough is paying Société Générale
de Construction BPF inc. to do the work.
Barbara Levick addresses the council on November 2.
low for high-end condos to be built. That
way, he said, contributions to social housing and property taxes would benefit the
community. He called the project a “fraud”
and said it will not work because there is
no parking for a cinema that people won’t
attend anyway.
Library purchase
Councillors approved a contract with the
company Stay Connected for equipment
for self-service loans of portable computers
and tablets for the incoming Benny library
currently under construction at the corner
of Monkland and Benny avenues. This approval was for a maximum of $91,722
(taxes included) for the purchase of computer equipment for the library and cultural activities.
Gaudreault made acting sports director
Sonia Gaudreault was approved as acting director of the Sports, Leisure and Social Development department, retroactive
to September 19, 2015. She has long
Chalets to get repaired
Les Toitures Techni-Toit was awarded
the contract for repair work on the roofs
of chalets found in Georges St. Pierre (Oxford), Loyola and William Hursts parks.
The total costs, included taxes, are
$153,146.
St. Jacques slated for repairs
Councillors approved a $1.1 million expenditure for milling and asphalt paving
on St. Jacques St. This contract, which was
awarded to Groupe TNT inc. includes the
rebuilding of sections of sidewalks as necessary.
St. Columba project bumped
Copeman said the decision regarding
the demolition of the former St. Columba’s
Anglican Church, located at 4020 Hingston Ave., is being pushed to December’s
borough council meeting so councillors
can spend more time reviewing the project
and the studies surrounding it before making a decision. The proposed demolition
would make way for seven townhouses
and the project has drawn complaints
from 13 area residents.
Trenholme Park’s wading pool
to get an upgrade
In approving about $100,000 in spending, the council okayed a plan to upgrade
Trenholme Park’s wading pool. According
to borough spokesperson Sophie Landreville, the wading pool will be demolished
and rebuilt completely with a new filtration
system. The hours will be extended. The
work will begin in fall of 2016 with a
planned opening in 2017 as the borough
wishes to avoid closing the wading pool
for the 2016 season. Some water game features will be including in the wading pool,
she noted.
Loyola High School focused
on raising money for cancer
Loyola High School’s community of students, administrators, faculty, staff
and families all chipped in to help raise $7,000 last month to support breast
cancer research.
According to the school’s website, that money will be split between the Bursary
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NDG NEWS
Proigo/senior residence project passes
despite claims of riery threats of referendum
By Isaac Olson
Before councillors approved the proposed senior residence and Provigo supermarket for the corner of de Maisonneuve
Blvd. and St. Catherine St., resident Alex
Barta came forward to accuse the grocer
of bribery and harassment of residents.
At the same time, as he spoke before
the November 2 borough council meeting,
Barta questioned the council’s motives in
approving a project that, he claims, will
be shot down in a referendum.
Regardless of Barta’s accusations, the
motion to change the zoning and allow
the 4,000-square-metre grocery store passed with Loyola district councillor Jeremy
Searle dissenting.
Accusations of harassment, bribery
“I have come here tonight to inform the
council of the pressure tactics, harassment,
the fear mongering, the bullying that has
been going on for weeks now,” began
Barta, claiming Provigo representatives are
offering residents gift certificates worth
up to $250 to spend at the grocery store
chain.
“You can go to the Provigo on Monkland
and have $250 in groceries and that’s going
to change our vote?” continued Barta. He
claimed that there have been offers of free
swimming in the new development’s
swimming pool and use of the underground parking lot. “I have come here to
ask you, city councillors, why do you insist
on shoving this derogation down our
throats when it is quite clear, you’re all
aware of the petition that we filed, that we
have every intention of signing the register
and we have more than enough people to
legally stop this?”
Responding to Barta, borough mayor
Russell Copeman said he examines each
decision he has to make on its merits and
“I believe this is a good project. I believe
the concerns, although understandable
from residents, have been exaggerated. I
believe in the value of the project.”
‘Exaggeration’ clarification
Barta asked what he meant by “exaggerating.” Copeman said he has heard concerns about traffic and pollution along
with claims that the project will “destroy
the neighbourhood.” These arguments
and claims, he said, are exaggerated. Copeman said it is possible to “harmoniously
integrate” this project into the neighbourhood.
said he agrees that some people are exag-
Loyola councillor Jeremy Searle (far left) insists resident Alex Barta show proof that the Provigo
supermarket chain is attempting to bribe residents while borough mayor Russell Copeman (far right)
insists on order. Caught in the middle is Snowdon councillor Marvin Rotrand who asked Searle to “stop
harassing the citizens” during the November 2 borough council meeting.
Resident Alex Barta tells the council, during the
November 2 meeting, that the Provigo supermarket
chain has been attempting to bribe residents with
gift certificates, pool usage and free parking.
gerating when they claim they are already
sick by living in the city and this project is
“the straw that’s going to somehow make
them completely sick.”
Those claims are unfounded and unscientific, said McQueen, noting cities that
are more walkable, for example, have lower
obesity rates. He said people are presenting more emotion than fact-based claims
after living in an area wrought with construction for many years. As elected officials, he said it is important that councillors and the mayor listen closely to the
people, study all the evidence and make
sound decisions.
After he sifted through all the details
and listened to residents, he said he found
it to be a reasonably good project worth
voting for.
finally verbally served Searle a “final warning.”
“Oh really?” replied Searle. “From you?
Christ. Somebody who couldn’t make it
on the provincial level is giving a final level
on the municipal level.”
Eventually, the argument quieted as
Copeman insisted on order.
Searle incites fiery argument
Searle demanded that Barta provide
proof of the alleged bribery attempts and
asked if the police are investigating the
claims.
“Do you have a copy of it please?” said
Searle, his voice rising above Barta’s and
the other councillors’. “Do you have it or
are you just going to talk? Walk the walk
or talk the talk. What? You said they’re
bribing you, but you can’t show the documentation. So they’re not bribing you.
Don’t show us the documentation, they’re
not bribing you.
“Show us the documentation, they’re
bribing you. Come on! We had the letter
about the pool three months ago and the
police haven’t followed up on the criminal
investigation yet because, apparently, anything to do with the Montreal Children’s
and Provigo is not criminal.”
Snowdon councillor Marvin Rotrand
asked Searle to “stop harassing the citizens.” Darlington councillor Lionel Perez
said that Searle’s behaviour was breaking
decorum.
Searle insisted he was not out of line
and, from there, he escalated his argument
until called to order. The two officials
spoke over each other until Copeman
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NDG NEWS
Adding borough councillors would waste $, axe mayorship instead
Jeremy Searle
from the
Loyola district
Recently, one of my colleagues criticized
me in these pages for allegedly missing
parts of some city council meetings [From
the NDG District by Councillor Peter McQueen, October 13, p. 8].
Yes, it does happen… sometimes other
urgent issues in the district that I represent
intrude. Oddly enough, my critic also
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Gerda Schieder, groupe sutton – centre-ouest
boasted that he skips part of meetings
when feeling that a conflict is sufficiently
urgent. Indeed, yesterday evening 24
members of council were absent… more
than a third of the total.
Last week, I had to miss a special meeting of council that was called after my tickets for a brief visit to England (family matters) were already purchased (my vote was
not, in any event, missed).
I suppose that I will be criticized for
looking out for family much in the same
way as I have been criticized for putting
the urgent concerns of Loyola district first
– a resident had informed me of a potential
mix-up in local work that that have cost us
tens of thousands of dollars if incorrectly
proceeded with… Happily, there was only
a misunderstanding and everything got
sorted out.
My critic also suggests that he cannot
cope with his workload and also claimed
that local mayor Russell Copeman can’t
cope (yes, pun intended).
Consequently, he suggests that we
should have borough councillors added to
the pot in NDG in order to help him out.
Happily for the Loyola district, I am able
to cope with my workload and do not need
more of your tax dollars funnelled away
from public works and into the pockets of
unnecessary new mouths to feed. Of
course, not everyone is satisfied with the
results of all my efforts.
In 2001 when the provincial government
imposed the forced mergers, it created the
post of borough councillors for boroughs
that would, due to minimal size, otherwise
be unable to attain a voting quorum at the
small borough councils. The law demands
five votes as the minimum. Consider the
example of Outremont, which could hardly
function on the basis of one single vote.
If NDG were to be made a borough, we
would need three new borough councillors
to make up the minimum five. This would
leave us with three borough councillors,
one city councillor and one borough mayor
and you would have to pay for all of this.
This “astuce” (borough councillors) allowed the provincial government to throw
a sop to the mayors of merged former suburbs by allowing them to keep their jobs
and territorial boundaries and thus also
to keep their de facto one-person local control.
The main problem with borough councillors is that they are routinely frozen out
of all significant participation in the
process since they are seen, quite rightly,
as ladies and gentlemen in waiting for the
chance to become city councillors and to
thus achieve higher salaries and greater
opportunities for advancement.
No city councillor intending to seek reelection while, at the same time in charge
of his/her faculties, would work closely
with their likely opponent in the upcoming
election.
My critic also suggests that we should
split NDG from CDN (a sensible notion
that I have long promoted) but, under the
current rules, since we currently only have
two city councillors, this would require the
creation of three borough councillor posts
(an expensive proposition but one that perhaps you would support).
However, a simpler solution would be
to abolish the post of borough mayor, a
post which fulfils no visible function beyond providing him or her with two votes
when an administration motion would
otherwise be defeated. This would reduce
costs dramatically.
For the time being, a borough with no
mayor (with his outrageous two votes)
would clearly function better and allow us
to have a more efficient and democratic
local assembly.
Jeremy Searle is the city councillor for the
Loyola district. He can be reached at jeremy.
[email protected] and 514.483.2561.
ienenue à DG offers goernment-funded
French lessons to immigrants
By Isaac Olson
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While French lessons can cost a pretty
penny through private organizations and
schools, Bienvenue à NDG, with a grant
from the Immigration ministry of Quebec,
is offering Canadian immigrants classes
for free.
“The goal is to grow and have more
classes, a broader schedule, more options,”
said Miquel Christancho, the organization’s general director. These classes, he
added, are part of an ongoing effort to help
new immigrants integrate into the community, find work and navigate daily life
here in the province.
“It’s really important to be fully integrated. You really need to speak French.
Not just for work, but, if you’re going to
have kids, for sure it’s better if you speak
French to communicate with the teachers.”
The only requirement is that the student
be born outside of Canada.
Registration is now open until December 9 for those interested in classes starting on January 5 and running through
March 20. The two-hour classes are scheduled for Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays starting at 6 pm. Students are, however, required to be 16 years old or over
and they must partake in an evaluation to
ensure the beginner or intermediate level
courses are right for them.
The eligibility requirements allow for
accepted refugees, asylum seekers, naturalized Canadians, temporary workers, foreign students and the spouses of temporary workers. The classes are held at a
residential building at the corner of Côte
St. Luc Rd. and Rosedale Ave.
In the last session, 68 people registered
for the classes but, after evaluating the students, only 45 were accepted into the program. Advanced students were directed to
more advanced lessons. For the next session, up to 50 students can be accepted.
Through another program, Bienvenue
à NDG offers French lessons to professionals for free thanks to funding from
Emploi-Québec and a partnership with
Cégep Marie-Victorin. Those classes are
every Thursday from 9 am to noon at the
NDG Community Council’s office on
NDG Ave.
“That’s really for people working in the
community that really have a good level,
but want to be become more proficient in
French,” said Christancho.
For more information, write to: [email protected].
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within the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) network, the Montreal General Hospital Auxiliary, like the hospital itself, isn’t moving and, in fact, board
members are looking for more volunteers
to help the organization’s ongoing effort
to raise funds through volunteer labour.
The MGH Auxiliary raises funds for the
care and comfort of patients, medical research and for the purchase of medical
equipment for use at the General.
It is a not-for-profit organization with
six retail operations at the MGH that include a restaurant, a gift shop, two cafés,
a catering service and The Book Nook,
which sells used books near the Cedar Ave.
entrance.
Over $5 million has been donated to the
General in the last 20 years and that money
is the result of employees and volunteer
workers who run the retail outlets.
The workers even donate their tips to
the cause.
That money, in turn, goes to emergency
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ECG monitors and the renovation of two
solariums for patients.
One person who keeps coming back to
help is Marian Lennon, a Montreal West
resident who grew up in NDG. She has
been on the board for 15 years and she often volunteers in the emergency room,
bringing patients to get x-rays or just keeping them company.
She said she grew up volunteering
alongside her parents and now she keeps
coming back, she said, “for the people.
The people in the ER especially. You get
more out of it than you put in.”
Andrea Ritchie, communications director for the board, said a lot of people don’t
realize the Auxiliary is there to stay. After
76 years of existence, the Montreal Children’s Hospital’s auxiliary is closing at the
end of this year, but the MGH Auxiliary
will not suffer the same fate.
Treasurer Robert Gaudreau said the
catering service is going over to the new
super-hospital in NDG to work events
there, but permanent operations remain
at the General’s Cedar Ave. location, where
the Auxiliary has been since 1959. It all
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It started in a closet selling stockings to
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more people step up to the plate. The hospital network might be changing, but the
need for fundraising and volunteers is
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Teen car thief attempts to elude
police by running through yards
Police Report
Station The following news stories are based on information from police reports provided by a
Station 11 constable in an interview with the
reporter.
A 16-year-old NDG resident who was
spotted driving an allegedly stolen vehicle
attempted to outrun police by going
through backyards and jumping fences on
West Broadway St. on October 27, but police were able to eventually catch him after
a lengthy chase, according to Constable
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had been stolen. The resident reported
parking it on the street in the evening of
October 26 and waking up to the car missing the next morning.
Later that day, police officers were patrolling West Broadway St. and they noticed a person in a parked car looking extremely nervous as they rolled past. So,
she said, the officers checked the licence
plate and, within about three minutes, the
officers discovered the car had been reported stolen.
“It had been reported stolen just that
morning,” said Parkinson. “So they went
back, but the car was no longer in the same
place where they had noticed it earlier.
They patrolled the sector and relocated it
parked further down the street. The officers approached the parked car and the
suspect took off running.”
This was happening between Sherbrooke St. and Somerled Ave. on West
Broadway St. It was about 3 pm. The suspect ran on to the Loyola campus with the
officers following on foot. The suspect
jumped over a fence into the residential
sector of West Broadway St. with one of
the officers following close behind. Meanwhile, the other officer called for back-up
while the pursuing officer tried to keep up
with the running suspect.
Eventually, the pursuing officer lost track
of the suspect but a resident indicated to
officers where he was hiding.
“Many officers converged on his hiding
spot, but he took off again before they were
able to apprehend him and he jumped
over backyard fences with the police in
pursuit,” said Parkinson. “Finally, the suspect was trapped by police and arrested.”
For now, the suspect is charged with
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bazaars! This year, I received information
about so many of your favourites that I decided to devote this week’s column to letting you know about all of them…at least
all the ones that haven’t happened yet:
New Hope Seniors’ Centre, 6225 Godfrey Ave., corner Kensington, is hosting a
craft sale featuring jewellery, knitted
goods, quilted goods, baked goods and
pickled items on Friday, November 13
from 7 pm until 9 pm and Saturday, November 14 from 10 am to 3 pm.
St. Philip’s Church Christmas Bazaar
will be held Saturday, November 14 from
10 am to 2 pm at 7505 Sherbrooke St. (corner Connaught). There will be free coffee
available, a delicious lunch served, and
plenty of friendly smiles! Candy, jewellery,
baked goods, preserves, linens, knits and
other assorted crafts round out the day’s
offerings. A hearty lunch is served from
11:15 am to 1:30 pm.
Art Etc’s 28th annual sale of select handcrafted items is also taking place on Saturday, November 14 from 10 am to 5 pm
as well as on Sunday, November 15, from
10 am to 4 pm at the Montreal West town
hall, 50 Westminster Ave., corner Avon.
There will be over 35 artisans on hand,
door prizes, a tea room and more.
The Westhill Grandmothers Group is
teaming up with Dix Mille Villages, 5675
Monkland Ave., corner Harvard, to combine
fair-trade holiday shopping with raising
funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation,
a charity benefiting African grandmothers
who are raising their grandchildren because
the parents have died of AIDS. From No-
vember 16 to 22, the group will receive 1015 percent of all sales during that time
when the purchaser presents a coupon
identifying the Westhill Grandmothers.
The coupons are free and will be available
at the store, or from any member of the
Group. For more information call 450.
688.2213.
The Konscious Market brings local vendors and artisans together to sell their
goods and services and gives the public
an opportunity for mindful shopping before the holidays. This event will showcase
local Montreal vendors who have something special to share. Genuine products
from genuine people made with love and
filled with good karmic energy. The market is happening on Sunday, November 22
from 11 am to 6 pm at Studio Alkemy,
4978A, Queen Mary, corner Westbury.
The 15th annual Arts and Crafts fair at
Villa Maria will be happening on Friday,
November 27 from 3 pm to 9 pm and Saturday the 28th from 10 am to 5 pm at Villa
Maria High School, 4245 Decarie Blvd.,
corner Monkland, featuring over 47 artists
and artisans, an “Epicurean corner” with
chocolates, jams, jellies, and teas, and
more. To learn more visit villamaria.qc.ca.
On Saturday, December 5 from 10 am
to 4:30 pm, the Rudolf Steiner School of
Montreal is hosting a “good ol’ fashioned”
Christmas Fair featuring craft workshops
for children and adults, ecologicallyminded gifts like woollen mitten, beeswax
candles and wooden toys; musical diversion and a hot meal. The school is located
at 4855 Kensington Ave., corner Somerled.
For more information, phone 514.481.
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Searle to propose community garden for St. Ignatius Ae. dead-end
By Isaac Olson
Back in June 2014, St. Ignatius Ave. residents asked that the borough beautify
their dead-end street, just south of
Somerled Ave., with something other than
a pair of concrete barriers that divide it
from Concordia University’s small patch
of green space.
Some 14 months later, the dead-end
looks the same, but Loyola district councillor Jeremy Searle says he plans to push
for community gardens at the end of the
street.
In the June 24, 2014 edition of the Free
Press, Searle said he was working to make
the dead-end a green space of some sort.
He said he was working with borough staff
and university officials to solidify a plan
that would beautify the dead-end while allowing pedestrians and cyclists, not cars,
to pass through.
While other streets that abut Concordia
University’s Loyola campus have fencing
to prevent even pedestrians from cutting
through to Terrebonne St., St. Ignatius
Ave. allows people, not cars, to slip
through.
“At the bottom of St. Ignatius, the city
owns a ton of land which juts into the Concordia property, but it seems that it is not
large enough to create a park space,” said
Searle. “But I will be promoting the use of
this as a community garden – something
that I am convinced the local neighbours,
who show great community spirit, will be
in favour of and I can hardly see Concordia
raising any objections given that they have
done the same thing nearby on their own
share of that property.”
If you’re headed west on Terrebonne St.,
the pavement eventually ends at a Loyola
campus dormitory. There, just north of
the street, there is a green space that connects to St. Ignatius Ave. There are community garden plots on this section of
land, but, explained Searle, those gardens
are for the university.
Residents on St. Ignatius Ave., he said,
want to keep the section open so they can
pass through the dead-end on foot or bicycle.
“What better way to reflect the community’s commitment than a community garden?” said Searle. “Having said this, I will
be canvassing the population in the coming days to ascertain if I have properly read
the mood of the neighbourhood.”
As seen here from Terrebonne St. on October 16, St. Ignatius Ave. still ends at concrete barriers. Loyola
district councillor Jeremy Searle is looking to change that.
Comptoir urbain moves to Earnscliffe Ave. to expand services
Dafniotis launches crowd-sourcing campaign to help with moe
By Isaac Olson
Based at the corner of avenues Mayfair
and Fielding for about a year, Comptoir
Urbain’s owner, Loren Dafniotis, says she’s
moving a bit north in order to expand her
services, offering workshops and a vegan
food counter along with her shop’s line of
cruelty-free cosmetics.
Dafniotis, an NDG resident, told the Free
Press that she is making this move and expansion with the help of a crowd-sourcing
campaign through the popular Indiegogo
website. The campaign officially closed on
November 5 far short of her goals, but
she’s pushing forward with renovations
and she hopes to open by the end of the
month at her new 5003 Earnscliffe Ave.
location. It is just south of Queen Mary
Rd. where, she said, she expects more foot
traffic and to be more accessible to [manufacturers] clients with the Metro station
nearby.
“All the products’ don’t test on animals,”
said Dafniotis. “There are products for
women, men and children ranging from
shampoos to lipstick.”
The new location, she explained, is a
few hundred square feet larger and allows
her to offer workshops on topics such as
making your own body mask or shampoos
at home with all-natural ingredients. The
food counter, which offers vegan foods,
will also be expanded as will the store’s
product line, she said, to create a “onestop destination for healthy alternatives.”
The new permits, she said, are the biggest expense in the move. It was an unforeseen expense, she said, as were the electrical changes needed at the new location.
These costs were, in part, what inspired
her to launch the crowd-sourcing campaign. While the campaign has officially
ended, she said contributions can still be
made through Indiegogo and contributors
can still qualify for the offered thank-you
gifts.
It’s very important to be aware of the
products you use, she said, and to be aware
of what is contained in the products. There
are alternatives on the market, she said.
She worked in the cosmetic industry for
over a decade, she added, and there’s all
too often a misconception among consumers that all products are “good for
you.”
She said it is important to her to inspire
people to make a lifestyle change and become more aware of the products they’re
using or the foods that they are eating.
She’s also, she noted, offering a pick-up
location for Lufa Farms, a Montreal-based,
rooftop farming organization.
To learn more about the store, visit:
Comptoirurbain.ca.
The Empress Cultural Centre board of directors will
be holding an Annual General Meeting Monday
November 16th at 7:15 PM at the Coop Maison
Verte 5785 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal, QC
H4A 1X2. All are welcome. A proposed agenda and
a draft of proposed new bylaws are available to
review at: http://bit.ly/1XzFIdy.
Le conseil d’administration du Centre culturel
Empress tiendra une Assemblée générale annuelle
lundi le 16 novembre à 19h15 à la Coop de la
Maison Verte 5785 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal,
QC H4A 1X2. Tous sont les bienvenus. L’ordre du
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NDG NEWS
Morton’s I.O. Acting Studio nears
seen years of performance training
By Isaac Olson
The I.O. Acting Studio was founded by
NDG-born Adam Kelly Morton seven years
ago this winter and he still loves providing
aspiring actors a diverse array of acting
classes and private lessons year after year.
But he says it’s not just about acting as
some students use his lessons as a way to
build self-confidence and develop publicspeaking skills.
“I kind of became an entrepreneur by
default,” said Morton, who offers private
lessons in his NDG home or classes at
Montreal Improv on St. Laurent Blvd. After
living in New York City for a spell, he said
he came back to Montreal in 2009 and
started teaching acting classes while working as a waiter. “Eventually I just built up
enough of a student body to quit the waiter
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a long, five-meter high mound of dirt
there. He presumes that will serve the
function of a sound wall between the bicycle path corridor, train tracks and highway as planned.
“But,” he adds, “we are concerned it
might be contaminated land from further
in the Turcot Yards and whose run-off is
going into the Little St. Pierre stream run-
job and I’ve been doing it ever since.”
Morton runs the I.O. Acting Studio
while also teaching classes at Dawson College. I.O., he noted, stands for “inside outside.” The training that he received, he
said, was based on getting into the emotional territory of the character and that is
what he teaches. He said the teaching
tends to start outside and work its way inside, but, he added with a smile, “I.O.
sounds better than O.I.”
Morton was raised in Pierrefonds and
he attended Concordia University, earning
a bachelor’s degree in biology in 1995. He
also earned a bachelor’s in theatre performance and English literature in 1999.
In 2001, he completed his master’s degree
in acting at York University.
Over the years, he has performed in
commercials and made-for-TV projects. In
Adam Kelly Morton in front of the Empress
Theatre on October 30.
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For more information, visit: ioactingstudio.com.
ning westwards along the bottom of the
falaise that the city is hoping to maintain.
We gave a $200,000 contract at city council
this month to plan for this possibility.”
He said he also wants clarification about
the 30-meters-wide greenspace that Transports Quebec “promised for this bicycle
and wetland corridor between the train
tracks and the bottom of the falaise.” He
wants to know more details, he said, about
where that 30-metre space is being meas-
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2003, he acted in his first feature film,
playing the role of Reese in Remembering
More. He has an agent, he said, and continues to audition for acting gigs while
teaching.
While many of his students are looking
to improve their on-stage talents, Morton
said many more are looking just to improve themselves.
“Over 50 percent of people aren’t interested in becoming actors,” he said. “They
just want to open up their self-expression.
They want to learn, maybe a little bit about
acting, but also a little bit about themselves
and that’s kind of what acting classes do.
They help you learn about your modes of
expression, what your physical and vocal
tendencies are.”
For those who want to become actors,
he said he helps them learn about the in-
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ured as, depending on where it is, natural
wetlands could be contaminated.
“Despite these concerns, the news is still
encouraging,” he stated. “The five-meter
high dirt mound does its job and when
one will be riding along the bottom, you
will not be able to see or hear the trains or
highway, and with the green falaise rising
just to the north, one does not feel like
one is in a city.”
Sauvons la falaise
Lisa Mintz is a founding member of the
newly formed group, Sauvons la falaise.
The Southwest borough resident said her
group is quickly growing and building support as many area residents want to see
the escarpment protected. It was always
known that the escarpment would be impacted by the Turcot project, but the damage is worse than residents anticipated,
she said.
“So far, they have bulldozed 10 percent
of a protected eco-territory,” she said in a
phone interview. Just off St. Anne de Bellevue Blvd., she said there used to be trees.
Now there are overpasses and piles of dirt.
“My effort is to let the MTQ know that we
are watching and they can’t just chop little
bits out of it and expect that nobody is going to notice.”
The group has been working with borough leaders and attending council meeting at centre city to ask questions while
lobbying the Transportation ministry to
ensure the land is protected.
According to the group’s Facebook page,
“The mission of Sauvons la falaise is to
ensure the protection the St. Jacques Escarpment Eco-territory. We understand
that the Turcot project is a necessary infrastructure program and are not against
the project per se. Already, more than a
hectare has been bulldozed and there is
no plan in place for the remainder which
citizens are allowed to see.”
CÔTE ST. LUC NEWS
$42k raised on $50k goal
Six women from Herew Academy
community to run
Team Lifeline Half Marathon
By Isaac Olson
A six-member team, composed of Hebrew Academy mothers and alumna, has
raised over $42,000 in sponsorship funds,
nearing its $50,000 goal, in support of Chai
Lifeline.
The women are all headed to Miami this
January to run their first half marathon –
pounding the pavement for 21 kilometers
for children suffering from serious illnesses and their families.
Côte St. Luc resident Beth Moskovic, a
37-year-old mother of five children who
has a full-time job as director of academic
services at Hebrew Academy, is a busy
woman.
One would think she doesn’t have time
to, with no real running experience, train
for her first half marathon, but her busy
schedule isn’t stopping her.
With fond memories of watching her
father run marathons and sad memories
of her brother’s early passing from a serious illness, she set her sights on supporting Chai Lifeline.
Maskovic is the founding member of
Team Hebrew Academy, which includes
Hebrew Academy parents Chaya Lieber-
Housefather’s
resignation is official
According to an announcement
posted to the Côte St. Luc city website
on November 4, Anthony Housefather
has officially resigned as mayor in order
to become a member of parliament.
At the upcoming November 9 city
council meeting, acting mayor Glen
Nashen will take the reins and it’s at
that meeting that the city clerk must
officially declare the vacancy on council.
Because it is more than one year until
the November 2017 municipal election,
the council cannot simply appoint a
new mayor. There must be an election.
That date will be determined at a later
time, though it is speculated that it will
happen this spring after the snowbirds
return.
Meanwhile, because it works on a rotating schedule, Councillor Dida Berku
is next on the list to serve as deputy
mayor. Therefore, she will be acting
mayor from January 1 to March 31 unless the new mayor is elected before
then.
man, Adrianne Drazin and Lori Seidman.
The team also includes two alumna,
Tammy Israel and Amanda Abitbol. They
are all running a half marathon for the
first time with varying degrees, if any, of
running experience.
The marathon will take place on January
24, finishing in downtown Miami. The
race is both a marathon and half
marathon, giving teams and individuals
the opportunity to run for a good cause.
According to Chai Lifeline’s website, its
mission is to, “Alleviate the emotional, social and financial challenges facing families living with pediatric illness and to help
patients, parents and siblings to live full
lives as they fight the devastating impact
of pediatric illness.”
Moskovic said there couldn’t be a better
cause as the team of women is “all about
children as parents and alumni of Hebrew
Academy. Hebrew Academy is a family
and we’re always looking to give back, especially when it comes to children with
serious illnesses.”
Alumna Tammy Israel remembers being a little taken aback by the idea of running a half marathon when her friends
presented the idea to her. She works out,
she said, but never runs.
“Running is so not my thing, but we’re
doing this,” said Israel, noting the team
came up with the idea during a Chai Lifeline fundraiser and they were registered
by the next morning.
Drazin has four children who attend Hebrew Academy. She said the women are
relying on each other for motivation, while
using the RunKeeper app to help keep
them on a solid training schedule.
“Just last Sunday, it was pitch black outside and freezing and horrible, but I knew
Arthritis eent
is canceled
An Arthritis Conference, organized by
Seniors Action Quebec and slated for November 14, has been canceled according
to an announcement found on the organization’s website. The event was slated
to be held at the Côte St. Luc Aquatic Community Centre. The cancellation notice
comes without much explanation as of November 4, with a note saying: “Future communications regarding this and other
events will be forthcoming.”
From left: Stu Guttman of Chai Lifeline with runners Linda Lehrer, Beth Moskovic, Adrianne Drazin
and Tammy Israel at Hebrew Academy on October 28. Not pictured are runners Chaya Lieberman
and Lori Seidman.
that my friends were waiting for me
around the corner, so I laced up,” said
Drazin, noting her niece works for the organization and she knows the important
role in plays in helping sick children and
their families.
“We want to roll up our sleeves and help
them and this is a really practical way to
get them the funds that they need to do
the work that they do.”
The group is raising the money in different ways, such as reaching out to their
friends and family to sponsor its mission.
Israel is selling home-baked pastries, managing to earn around $2,000 just from selling cake.
Seidman said it is increasingly hard to
fundraise these days as people are inundated with requests on a regular basis. She
launched an email blast to her list of professional contacts and, she said, the story
of her personal effort has inspired people
to donate.
Stu Guttman, the regional director of
Chai Lifeline, said running the marathon
or half marathon is “going the extra mile”
just like the organization does.
“It’s incredible to have the support of
these women,” he said. “They have a whole
family behind them literally and metaphorically. For every step that they take, it’s another step for one of our kids.”
Three candidates in the running
Election slated for Decemer 3
to replace Wise as commissioner
By Isaac Olson
English Montreal School Board (EMSB)
commissioner Syd Wise died last month
at the age of 79 and now a by-election to
replace him is slated for Sunday, December 13, according to board chairman Angela Mancini. As of the November 8 nomination deadline, three candidates have
thrown their hats into the ring.
Those candidates are Michèle Cohen
(from Côte St. Luc), Bernard Praw (from
Ville St. Laurent) and Charlotte Sarah
Smoley (from NDG).
Wise’s ward covered Côte St. Luc and
Hampstead. The hope, said Mancini, is
that the December 13 election is early
enough to get “as many snowbirds as possible” to participate. This district, she
noted, has a lot of older constituents who
head south for the winter, but those same
snowbirds tend to be those who participate
most in school board elections.
“We’re hoping the fact that this date is
chosen means they will vote before they
leave,” said Mancini in a November 3
phone interview. At this point, she said
there is no absentee ballot or way for constituents to vote early. She said the board
has suggested to the province that electronic voting become the norm as it would
allow people to vote even if they’re not in
town, but that is currently not allowed.
When asked if she is concerned about
voter turnout, she said, “Certainly it’s a
concern this time of year. Elections aren’t
usually called during this time of year for
this reason. But, at the same time, we have
a certain amount of time to call the election. We may lose a few votes. There’s no
question about that.”
CÔTE ST. LUC / HAMPSTEAD NEWS
Petition calls for CSL to aolish its strict oernight parking regulations
By Isaac Olson
So far, 72 people have signed a petition
demanding for an “end to the unfair Côte
St. Luc overnight parking regulations” and
the petitioner hopes to get 1,000 signatures
by December 2.
The petition, which is hosted on the
Care2Petitions website, laments the bylaw that prohibits overnight parking between 3 am and 6 am. This, the petitioner
claims, strips away the freedom of having
guests sleep over.
Along with a costly annual fee for the
permit, the petitioner cites strict eligibility
requirements such as having no other
parking space available.
Melissa Elharrar is listed as the petition’s
author, but she did not reply to messages
sent to her through the website by the Free
Press. The Free Press attempted to reach
her via other means, but was unsuccessful.
When informed of the petition, Glenn
Nashen said, “We think we’ve struck the
right balance” by offering alternatives such
as the long-term overnight parking system.
“Most, if not all, suburbs on the island
of Montreal prohibit on-street overnight
parking, except with a short-term permit.
Most residents have driveways or garages
Schwartz ack from ‘Broadway,’
to take on Hairspray
by Joanne Penhale
He sings. He acts. He plays piano and
guitar. He produces and does musical direction.
And 19-year-old Hampstead resident
Brandon Schwartz was on stage at the
Harold Greenspon Theatre November 4
to 8 for Broadway is Back, and will be on
the Centaur Theatre’s main stage from
January 21 to 24.
“He’s a superstar, and he’s been a superstar since he was in ninth grade,” said
Segal Centre’s artistic and executive director, Lisa Rubin. Schwartz began taking theatre courses at the Segal Centre at the age
of nine and now works there ushering,
managing volunteers, and in marketing.
“He was one of those very precocious
kids,” Rubin said. “Even when he was 15,
you could put him in charge of an entire
backstage and trust that he was on top of
everything.”
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Schwartz said.
Schwartz launched his first solo show
at the Segal Centre last fall. Called Brandon
Schwartz in Concert, he said he performed
16 songs to a sold-out audience of 170.
Now in his second year at Marianopolis
College, where he studies music and social
sciences, Schwartz said, “The plan is to go
to university.”
“I am looking across Canada… weighing
out the options and looking into different
domains.”
“I’ve tried to spread myself out into every
area of theatre and the entertainment industry,” Schwartz said, noting he has been
a stage manager and producer, and done
sound design. “As a performer, you have
to be aware of how the industry is working
around you and the different jobs available.”
Last year at Marianopolis, Schwartz said,
he produced and performed in Avenue Q,
and this year at the private CEGEP, he is
producing The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee, which will run in January 2016.
Schwartz attended JPPS elementary and
Bialik High School in Côte St. Luc.
The Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society, in
which Schwartz has been active since 2013,
will be remounting Hairspray January 21
to 24 at Centaur Theatre, with Schwartz
in the role of Link Larkin.
Brandon Schwartz (right), 19, in his family’s
living room on October 20, performed Michael
Bublé’s Feeling Good. Schwartz moved to this
Hampstead home on Dufferin Street at the age of
one, and lives with his mother Suzanne Grant,
father Murray Schwartz, and three younger
brothers.
and we want people to use them and leave
the roads as clear as possible – particularly
in winter when snow ploughs need to clear
our streets,” states Nashen.
Nashen says the long-term overnight
parking permit system was introduced in
2006, allowing people to request street
parking year round for the first time.
He said the city set the criteria and fee
to ensure that those who apply for the permit do so because they have no other
choice. He says the city wants people to
use all the spaces on their driveway or in
their garage first before taking up public
space.
“Where this is not possible – for in-
stance, if you are re-doing your driveway,
or if you have overnight guests – then residents can request a free short-term permit,” states Nashen. “We think we’ve
struck the right balance. When our online
short-term parking permit service comes
online before the end of the year, it will be
easier to request one.”
According to the city’s website, temporary permits are generally given to residents with a genuine need, such as a shortterm visit of out-of-town guests or other
extraordinary circumstances. The city also
accommodates residents and guests who
park on the streets during civic and religious holidays, notes the website.
HAMPSTEAD NEWS
JPL talk
Hoffman’s noel focuses on painter Pissarro’s mother
By Joanne Penhale
Hampsteaders and Jewish Public Library
patrons were amongst the crowd that
heard Boston-based author Alice Hoffman
discuss her writing and interests.
While the event was billed as “Her Life,
Her Work and The Marriage of Opposites,”
Alice Hoffman told the audience, “I feel
like my talk could be called ‘The Jewish
Mother.’”
Hoffman touched on her own mothering experiences, advice from her grandmother, and discussed the non-fictional
life of Rachel Pomié Petit Pizzarro, the
mother of impressionist painter Camille
Pissarro, which Hoffman embellishes in
her latest novel, The Marriage of Opposites.
“I feel that very often, women’s stories
are lost stories,” Hoffman said. “In the last
three books I’ve written, I’ve really wanted
women’s voices to come alive.”
Much of what is written about Pissarro’s
mother, Hoffman said, is negative and cat-
Hampstead
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Courtesy of the town of Hampstead
Monsieur Magique Comedy Show
Join us for a family comedy show with
Monsieur Magique Sunday, November 22
at 11 am, at the Irving L. Adessky Community Centre. In the unique style of
Charlie Chaplin, this fun-filled family show
features magic, comedy, music, and ventriloquism! For all ages to enjoy. Cost: $7
per family (includes popcorn and drink).
For further information, please call
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egorizes her as a Jewish mother in a pejorative sense.
“I however, see her as a Jewish mother
in the most positive sense of the word,”
Hoffman said. “She was such a rebel in
the community.”
Hoffman said Rachel’s rebellious
choices, including about her children’s education, shaped Pissarro, who became an
anarchist.
“If he’d followed the rules, he never
would have become an impressionist
painter,” Hoffman said.
Hoffman’s November 2 talk was part of
JPL’s programming for Jewish Book
Month, an annual event started in the eastern US that has evolved for about 90 years.
JPL runs programming for Jewish Book
Month until November 17.
Hoffman’s published works include 23
novels, three short fiction stories, and several novels for young adults. Her latest
novel, The Marriage of Opposites, is available at JPL and Hampstead-adjacent bookto dispose of leaves, grass clippings, garden waste, weeds and other organic materials, and keep it out of your garbage bin.
Paper bags, cardboard boxes and re-usable
containers can be used to dispose of organic waste. Reminder: No branches or
shrubs of any type, and all plastic bags
(even biodegradable ones) are forbidden
in the green collection and will not be
picked up.
Mayor’s report on the 2014-2015 financial
situation of the town
Mayor Bill Steinberg presented his annual report on Hampstead’s financial situation at the November 2 town council
meeting. You will be able to consult this
report on our website, and it will also be
published in the next quarterly newsletter
that will be distributed to all households
as of November 24.
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Road.
Store owner Sandra Climan said of Hoffman, “I’ve followed her writing since the
Blackbird House, which I thought was outstanding.”
The Jewish Public Library is at 5151 Côte
St. Catherine Rd., east of Hampstead.
Hampsteader Trudis Goldsmith-Reber, left, was in the audience of about 350 at the Jewish Public
Library event featuring Alice Hoffman on November 2. Goldsmith-Reber, a Dufferin Rd. resident since
1977 and mother of two sons, co-chairs the JPL committee responsible for the evening talk.
Winter program registration under way
Registration for winter sports and sociocultural programs are under way at the
Irving L. Adessky Community Centre.
Consult the Fall-Winter Program Guide or
visit our website to find out what activities
are available. Programs begin on the following dates: socio-cultural programs the
week of January 5, 2016 and sports activities the week of January 19, 2016. For further information, please call 514.369.8260.
Menorah lighting ceremony
The town of Hampstead, together with
the Montreal Torah Centre, have the pleasure of inviting friends, families and neighbours to its annual menorah lighting ceremony that will be held Monday,
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and distinguished guests in commemorating Hanukah. Please note that Queen
Mary northbound between Hampstead
Rd. and Fleet will be closed between 6 and
8 pm due to the event.
2016 budget presentation
All residents are invited to the 2016
Budget Presentation that will be held a
half hour before the December town council meeting Monday, December 7, at 7:30
pm, at the Irving L. Adessky Community
Centre, 30 Lyncroft Rd.
December council meeting
Please note that the next town council
meeting will be held Monday, December
7, at 8 pm, at the Irving L. Adessky Community Centre, 30 Lyncroft Rd. All residents are welcome.
HAMPSTEAD NEWS
Hampstead council hears high-rise
s. townhouse arguments
By Martin C. Barry
“If the developer wants to pay us the
million-dollar penalty in advance tomorrow, yes, we would seriously look into [zoning for] townhouses,” Hampstead mayor
William Steinberg told a group of residents last week who want townhouses
built rather than high-rise condominiums
on the site of Hampstead’s former firehall.
But Steinberg added that “if after paying
a million dollars, he wants to build townhouses, I wouldn’t hold my breath.”
During the monthly public town council
meeting, Steinberg addressed an ongoing
issue in Hampstead: the fate of the allbut-abandoned high-rise condo project on
Macdonald Ave., for which the developers
are currently paying Hampstead substantial fees as a penalty for the project not
proceeding as planned.
Steinberg’s position is that despite the
project’s current failure to attract buyers,
Hampstead is benefiting from the added
revenue from the penalty payments. “I
know how much money has come in already from the developers of the fire station site,” he said, “and that number is, I
believe, $7 million.”
The amount includes $5.5 million paid
by the developers to the town at the outset
to purchase the site, and $1.5 million in
penalties since then. “If we just sit and do
nothing or if the developer does nothing,
in another 18 months we will have another
$1.5 million (by) March 31, 2016 and another $500,000 March 31, 2017,” Steinberg
said.
According to the mayor, the point in
time when Hampstead should start thinking about whether it should do something
else in terms of zoning will be in 18
months after the last of the penalty revenues come in.
All the same, some Hampsteaders
whose homes are near the condo project
site are not happy with the situation. They
are pressuring the town to abandon the
high-rise concept and embrace the townhouse alternative, which they say is more
in keeping with the overall urban planning
of Hampstead.
Although the developers have come forward with a townhouse proposal, Hampstead officials have decided high-rise condos would be more beneficial over time
because of tax revenue. During question
period, Dan Miller of Finchley Rd. told the
mayor that the previously-elected town
council made “a colossal mistake” in zoning the fire station area for high-rise development.
“All we’re doing is playing games with
ourselves and saying, ‘look at how much
revenue we’ll get from a condo,’ he said.
“You won’t get any revenue from a condo
because there won’t be a condo. You now
have a situation where nobody wants it except this council.”
Tennis club
During the same council meeting, Peter
Wainberg of Cressy Rd. made an issue out
of an item on the council agenda concern-
AVIS PUBLIC
DÉMOLITION D’UN IMMEUBLE
PUBLIC NOTICE
DEMOLITION OF AN IMMOVABLE
AVIS PUBLIC est par les présentes donné aux
résidants de la Ville Hampstead et À QUI DE DROIT :
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the residents of
the Town of Hampstead and TO WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN:
QUE conformément aux dispositions de l’article 5.1 du
Règlement Nº 759, le Comité d’étude des demandes de
permis de démolition de la Ville de Hampstead a reçu
une demande de permis de démolition pour la propriété
située au 177-179 Chemin Dufferin sur le lot 2 088 430
aux Plan et Livre de renvoi officiels du cadastre du
Québec.
THAT as required by provisions of Section 5.1 of By-Law
Nº 759, the Demolition Review Committee of the Town
of Hampstead has received a request for a demolition
permit for the property located at 177-179 Dufferin
Road, bearing lot number 2 088 430 on the Official Plan
and Book of reference of the Cadastre of Quebec.
QUE toute personne qui veut s’opposer à la délivrance
d’un permis pour ladite démolition doit, dans un délai
de dix (10) jours suivant la publication du présent avis
public faire connaître, PAR ÉCRIT, son opposition
motivée à la soussignée à l’adresse suivante: 5569,
chemin Queen Mary, Hampstead, Québec, H3X 1W5.
THAT every person wishing to oppose granting of a
permit for said demolition must, within ten (10) days of
publication of the Public Notice, make his objections
known IN WRITING to the undersigned, at the following
address: 5569 Queen Mary Road, Hampstead, Québec,
H3X 1W5, giving the reasons for his objections.
Donné à Hampstead, ce 10 novembre 2015.
Given at Hampstead, this November 10th 2015
Le greffier de la Ville
(s) Me Pierre Tapp, Avocat
The Town Clerk
(s) Me Pierre Tapp, Attorney
Hampstead remembers
Canadian Forces veterans (above) as well as
members of several Montreal-based regiments and
students from schools in and near Hampstead
make their way November 5 to the town’s Remembrance Day ceremony along Lyncroft Rd.
Leading up to Remembrance Day, the town of
Hampstead paid homage (right) to the Canadian
soldiers who gave their lives defending the country
in armed conflicts spanning more than 100 years.
Here Mayor William Steinberg pauses in front of
the town cenotaph in Hampstead Park after
laying a wreath on behalf of the municipality.
Photos: Martin C. Barry
ing the cancellation of the tender process
for a contract for the construction of a tennis club house. Town clerk Pierre Tapp
told the Free Press that tendering was cancelled three times before when bids came
in obviously much too high.
All the same Wainberg complained that
although tennis is one of the few sports
for which the town provides facilities,
they’re still not up to scratch. “I am em-
barrassed with the facilities that we have
at our tennis club,” he said. “Our clubhouse is a complete embarrassment to the
locals and to the people who come to join
us.”
AVIS PUBLIC
DÉMOLITION D’UN IMMEUBLE
PUBLIC NOTICE
DEMOLITION OF AN IMMOVABLE
AVIS PUBLIC est par les présentes donné aux
résidants de la Ville Hampstead et À QUI DE DROIT :
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the residents of
the Town of Hampstead and TO WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN:
QUE conformément aux dispositions de l’article 5.1 du
Règlement Nº 759, le Comité d’étude des demandes de
permis de démolition de la Ville de Hampstead a reçu
une demande de permis de démolition pour la propriété
située au 6, Briardale sur le lot 2 090 066 aux Plan et
Livre de renvoi officiels du cadastre du Québec.
THAT as required by provisions of Section 5.1 of By-Law
Nº 759, the Demolition Review Committee of the Town
of Hampstead has received a request for a demolition
permit for the property located at 6 Briardale Road,
bearing lot number 2 090 066 on the Official Plan and
Book of reference of the Cadastre of Quebec.
QUE toute personne qui veut s’opposer à la délivrance
d’un permis pour ladite démolition doit, dans un délai
de dix (10) jours suivant la publication du présent avis
public faire connaître, PAR ÉCRIT, son opposition
motivée à la soussignée à l’adresse suivante: 5569,
chemin Queen Mary, Hampstead, Québec, H3X 1W5.
THAT every person wishing to oppose granting of a
permit for said demolition must, within ten (10) days of
publication of the Public Notice, make his objections
known IN WRITING to the undersigned, at the following
address: 5569 Queen Mary Road, Hampstead, Québec,
H3X 1W5, giving the reasons for his objections.
The Town Clerk
HAMPSTEAD NEWS
A ig lowout for Halloween in Hampstead
By Martin C. Barry
If there seemed to be relatively few children on the streets of NDG on the evening
of October 31, they might have gone to
neighbouring Hampstead where a mammoth celebration for Halloween was under
way.
Celebrating Halloween with a big blowout is a longstanding tradition in Hamp-
AVIS PUBLIC
DÉROGATION MINEURE
PUBLIC NOTICE
MINOR EXEMPTION
AVIS PUBLIC est donné par le soussigné qu’à une
séance régulière du Conseil qui se tiendra le lundi le
7 décembre 2015 à 20h00 au Centre communautaire,
30 chemin Lyncroft à Hampstead, le Conseil municipal
statuera sur la demande de dérogation mineure
suivante :
PUBLIC NOTICE is given by the undersigned that, at a
regular meeting of the Town Council to be held on
Monday, December 7th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m., at the
Community Centre, 30 Lyncroft Road in Hampstead, the
Council will deal with the following request for minor
exemption:
Site concerné:
Location Concerned:
42 Chemin Heath
Lot 2 089 595, Zone RA-1
42 Heath Road
Lot 2 089 595, Zone RA-1
Nature de la demande:
Nature of Request:
Demande d’approbation d’une dérogation mineure
au Règlement de zonage numéro 727, pour l’article
suivant :
Request for approval for a minor exemption to
Zoning Bylaw number 727, to the following articles:
Art. 7.5.1 a); Permettre la piscine existante à 1.45 m
(4.76 pieds) de la ligne de lot arrière du terrain au lieu
de 2 m (6.6 pieds)
stead. As such, many of the town’s streets,
especially near the Irving L. Adessky Community Centre, were overflowing with children and parents this past Halloween
night.
As in past years, the interior of the community centre was rendered virtually unrecognizable with a complex “haunted
house” set-up that was inhabited by a
range of spooky and horrifying creatures.
Seemingly not to be outdone by a mere
municipality, the Stern family, whose
home is on Lyncroft Rd. a short distance
from Hampstead Park, received an equal
amount if not more attention with their
Halloween display that included lots of
noise, light, and rock music.
While many homes in the vicinity were
also into the spirit of the occasion, the
largest crowd by far gathered on the street
outside the Stern house where the front
yard had been turned into a grave yard
ablaze with lasers and coloured light.
Among the props in their front yard and
on the street were a pair of hearses with
Ghostbusters logos, two firetrucks (including one that served as a platform for a
three-member live band), and a Volkswagen “love bug” with a ghoulish driver at
the wheel.
M
Art. 7.5.1 a).; Permit the existing swimming pool to
be located at 1.45m (4.76 feet) from the property line
instead of 2 m (6.6 feet).
Le tout conformément au Règlement numéro G-18-0005
« Règlement concernant les dérogations mineures ».
The whole in accordance with the provisions of By-law
number G-18-0005 By-law Concerning Minor
Exemptions.
Toute personne intéressée pourra se faire entendre par
le Conseil relativement à cette demande lors de cette
séance.
Any person interested in the present request may
address the Town Council at the above mentioned
meeting.
The Town Clerk
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514-939-0363
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