December - Ville de Montréal Ouest

Montreal West Viewspaper
December 2015, Vol. 43, No. 9
Maurice Krystal
shares his talents in writing group
by Maureen Hastie
photo by Sheila Caplan
The fourth session of the
Writing Group at the Library is
well under way. It was the initiative of Maurice Krystal,
long-time resident and volunteer. As facilitator of the group,
Maurice provides an opportunity for amateur writers to share
and refine their work.
I met with Maurice in his
home, where he has lived with
his family for the last 26 years.
Happily married to potter
Sheila Caplan and proud father
of two sons, David and Daniel,
Maurice is pleased to contribute
to the MoWest community.
Born in Brighton, England
during WWII, Maurice moved
to Montreal with his family in
1949 and grew up in the vibrant
Park Extension area. After stu
dying English and history at
Concordia University and earning a teaching degree from MacDonald College, Maurice
embarked upon a satisfying 39-
year career teaching in the English Montreal school system. He
taught English, history, geography and sex ed. at the high
school level. Interestingly, the
second school he taught in was
Mount Royal High School in
TMR, the same school he had
attended as a child. As he taught,
he embraced opportunities in
continuing education such as
studying poetry at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
A few years before he retired, Maurice became a volunteer reporter for The Informer.
Over a 10 year period, he has
had the pleasure of interviewing
over 80 people. Writing newspaper articles allows him to be
creative, while it also introduces
him to fascinating people who
share their stories with him. On
a recent walk down Westminster Avenue, he realized that
he has interviewed most of the
business owners in Town.
continued on page 4
I N DE X
Community Centre.................... 17
CRA .......................................... 16
Guides.......................................... 13
Horticultural Society .................. 3, 5
IODE .............................................. 9
Kyrylo (Karl) Kohut ........................ 3
Libraries .......................... 6, 7, 10-11
News from the pews .............. 14-15
Réunion du Conseil .................. 19
Rotary ........................................ 5
Schools.................................... 6-8
Scouts ...................................... 12
Town Council Report .................... 18
On November 6, the official opening of the Children’s Library took place. On the steps of Elizabeth Ballantyne School, Otis Delaney, the Principal, is delivering a speech before the ribbon on the door is cut. Read more on page 10.
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In memoriam
Kyrylo (Karl)
Kohut
Karl Kohut was struck and
severely injured in an unfortunate car accident here in Montreal West Thursday, October
22, at 7 am at the corner of Avon
and Ballantyne.
He suffered spinal injuries
which would have left him paralyzed. The Montreal General
Hospital performed three surgeries. After hanging on for dear
life, he could not endure his injuries any longer and passed
away peacefully in the company
of family.
Karl was born in 1927 in the
Ukraine. It is there, after World
War II, he met his wife Olga
Zadorozna and they married in
1949. They had just celebrated
their 66th wedding anniversary.
In 1959, they moved to Canada with their three children
Lisa (Lorne), the late Stephan
(Marika) and the late Michael.
Karl found a job with Maislin
Transport where he tracked
shipments for the next 25 years.
In 1970 he moved to MoWest.
Fifteen years ago, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
He was the sole survivor of a
group of men who were treated
and studied at the Montreal
General Hospital. The doctors
told him to continue walking
and that he did, 2-3 miles a day.
It saved his life!
During his travels he made
many friends. Most people
didn’t even know his name, but
have seen him all over Town. He
would say “Hello” to everyone
and ask how your family was.
When asked how he was
doing… he would simply say,
“Still walking!”
Karl suffered from arthritis
since his twenties which is the
reason he was hunched over. He
lived in pain every day, yet no
one would have known because
he never complained and he always had a smile on his face.
As he walked, he was often
accompanied by a travel buggy
that he loaded up with cans. To
the surprise of many, the reason
he did this wasn’t because he
was poor, but because he had
buried two of his sons and it
was his way of dealing with his
loss. He would return the cans
and donate all the money to the
Montreal Children’s Hospital.
He also loved working with
his hands and had a passion for
gardening. Karl was an incredibly generous person, always
with a little something to share
with those around him, especially tomatoes from his garden.
He would also share this piece of
wisdom: “Don’t look for trouble…trouble finds you and me”.
Karl loved his family and has
five grandchildren, Stacey,
Kathleen, Bonnie, Matthew
and Melissa, as well as two great
grandchildren, Dylan, Stevie
and one due in December.
In lieu of flowers, please
make a donation to the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
Let us not ever forget him
and please, please, please be
careful and drive slowly.
Café floral, a wonderful success
The day was crisp and cold. The ambiance in the room, warm and
welcoming. The greeter was in her element, not only to welcome
guests but to stand guard on the many strollers and carriages left in
the hallway. The wait staff were cheerful and efficient. The “sommeliers” were successful – lots of wine sold! The kitchen was
buzzing with workers keeping the big gas stove regulated and handing
out bowl after bowl of Jay’s special squash soup. The sandwich and
dessert plates were uniformly presented. Heaven help the person
who didn’t follow the directions. The coffee/tea ladies kept everyone soothed with a cuppa or two. The “busgirls” – Jessica,
Stephanie, Nadia and Teagan from Sacred Heart – were happily
on the spot when needed. Our members so generously donated plate
after plate of the most wonderful baked goodies. What more is there
to say except THANK YOU.
And, oh yes, a nice chunk of change was dropped into the coffers of the Horticultural Society to make sure we can continue to
attract great speakers, plus give a few nice donations to needy
groups at Christmas.
The leftover sandwiches were donated to the NDG Food Bank
for their Monday giveaways to needy families.
Floral Café was run by Joyce Teiber, Sue Smith and Andrea
MacDonald.
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2015
th
Our 30 Art etc. show was an amazing
success! We had an increase in attendance
and our highest number of artisans participated in this year’s edition. We thank the
residents for continuing to support this wonderful community event.
The entire Art etc. committee wishes to
thank all our artisans for helping create a
beautiful show. We also want to thank the
following people, Paula Cordeau,
Demetrios Georgiou, Frank Agostinelli,
Patrice Giroux and Alex Daoust. Every
one of these people was an essential part of
helping us make this show run smoothly and
Maurice Krystal
continued from page 1
Through his interviews and articles,
Maurice aims to introduce a person to the
community. He finds it satisfying to help
someone by telling their story.
Retirement provided an opportunity to
rediscover another of his passions, art. Like
his father before him, he is a talented amateur artist. He enjoys painting and working
with pastels. An avid reader and writer, he
picturesquely describes writing as “painting
with words.”
About five years ago, Maurice joined the
MW Library and subsequently became a
be successful. We greatly appreciate their
support and assistance.
Special thanks to the Horticultural Society and the Children’s Library who shared
the Café floral duties this year. The café
provides a great place to meet friends for
lunch or relax after shopping and having it
run by two community groups adds to the
wonderful neighbourhood ambiance of our
event. The Art etc. committee congratulates
both groups for a job well done.
Our committee will be working on the
2016 edition early next year. We will be accepting applications for our jury in February. Please stay tuned to The Informer for
specific dates. Our email address is [email protected]. We also have a
Facebook page as well – Art etc Montreal
West – so please look for us!
from Cate Gregory
volunteer. Lots of laughs have been had
while working with his partner Claire, who
brings out his impish character. When Maurice heard talk of the threatened budget cuts
and the possibility of the library’s closing,
he spoke to Head Librarian Norah Powell.
They discussed the possibility of Maurice
facilitating a writing group as part of an initiative to bring new life to the library. They
envisioned transforming the library into
more than just a place that lends books. As
part of its evolving mission, the library now
offers a writing group and a book club.
In the spring of 2014, the first writing
group was formed. The group welcomes
adult, amateur writers. Maurice states that
his mission is not to teach writing, but rather
to help build confidence in taking one’s writing to the outside world. The participants
share their stories and exchange feedback.
This involves a certain amount of trust.
As he leads the group, Maurice contributes his own writing. This differs from
traditional writing groups where the facilitator does not usually share. He gets a deep
enjoyment from seeing people’s work
progress and evolve. Teaching is still in his
blood and he is happy to see people improv-
Artists’
SHOWCASE:
December
Don’t miss the fall edition of the
Artists’ Showcase, based on the theme
Rhythm, Dance and Music. This lively
exhibit continues at the Town Hall until
mid-January.
The theme of the winter exhibit will
be Close-Up. This theme could include
a magnified view of an object, a portrait
of someone who is close to the artist’s
heart or something the artist always
keeps close by. Amateur and professional artists who live in the Town are
invited to submit one or more works, including paintings, drawings, quilts, photos, small three-dimensional objects,
jewellery, etc. The exhibit will be hung
in January. Looking further ahead, the
summer show will once again feature
children’s art.
If you are interested in participating,
please remember that all works on
paper, fabric or canvas must be ready
for hanging and three-dimensional
pieces must fit in the front hall cabinet.
To find out more, or to get an application form, go to the MoWest website
under “culture” or pick one up at the
Town Hall office. For more details, contact Tammy Loftus at Recreation and
Cultural Services, 484-1610.
ing and gaining confidence. He also appreciates the feedback for his own work. And
most of all, he is pleased to be able to help
out the library by volunteering.
Maurice strongly believes that everyone
has a voice and that everyone’s work is
unique. He mused that everyone comes into
a group like this for their own reasons. Writing is a solitary process and it can be helpful
to bounce it off other people and see one’s
work through another pair of eyes. Some
write for themselves or for others or for a
cause. Some hope to be published someday.
Many writers explore memories or relationships. In the writing group, the participants
are not so much evaluating the content of a
piece, but the way it is expressed. Group
members try to give positive and constructive feedback. Learning to critique another’s work is also part of the learning
process. The group follows the general format of reviewing a submitted piece and
practicing creative writing exercises to
stimulate creativity.
For more information about the writing
group or to volunteer your own talents,
please contact Norah Powell at the library:
481-7441.
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Rotary Club
Marc Garneau
MP for MoWest
Our club had the honour of
hosting our new MP, Marc Garneau, for lunch on October 1.
Marc is a member of the Order
of Canada and an MP for the
Westmount-Ville Marie riding, thus needing
little introduction. Mr. Garneau has quite a
rich family history of military life, having
started as a combat systems engineer within
the Canadian Navy, before becoming the
first Canadian in space in 1984. He travelled three times into space over the period
of 2001-2005. In addition to the work
within the aeronautical industry, Mr. Garneau has been a spokesperson for industry,
science and technology, as well as being the
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Natural Resources over the seven years in parliament.
When it came time to address the political scene, Mr. Garneau was well armed
with details of the Liberal platform that he
supports, including: public transport, affordable social housing, green infrastructure, getting back the many jobs that have
been lost over the years under conservative
government, stimulation of the economy by
prudently incurring debt initially over the
first three years, then delivering a “balanced budget” by 2019, improving the
Canada Child Plan (some 315,000 are at or
below the poverty line), developing a
“poverty plan” addressed to the middle and
low income classes/non-taxable, un-muzzling scientists, treating Veterans with respect that is well-earned, removing
omni-bills, CBC (put back $150 M) and
Canada Post (cancel the new community
post box concept).
Christmas
meeting
It is hard to believe that Dawn Smith
and Bob Flynn have been entertaining our
crowd for over 20 years. On the other hand,
it’s hard to imagine a Christmas meeting
without them. They have cut back considerably on their Christmas demonstrations,
but they must really like our group because
they are coming to us again this year on December 14. This is always our best attended
event and is probably the most informative,
not to mention that it is a lot of fun.
The meeting, open to everyone (admission for guests is $5), is at 7:30 pm at the
Town Hall. The arrangements will be raffled at the end of the evening, and delicious
refreshments from the kitchens of our members will be served.
January meeting
Coming Rotary event
•
December 10: Classification talk by
new member, Marco Bravo.
The Montreal Westward Rotary Club
meets Thursdays at the Town Hall. Luncheon buffet is served at 12:30 pm with the
speaker at around 1 pm. Cost for a guest is
$20.Your attendance brings good speakers
and good fellowship. If you know a local
business person, please ask him or her to be
a speaker and to attend a meeting.
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Our guest speaker will be Albert Mondor. An accomplished horticulturalist, he
has been a garden designer for some 30
years. In addition to giving courses and lectures, Albert has published nine books on
various horticultural topics. He writes a
weekly column for the Journal de Montréal, an is a regular guest on radio and television gardening programs as well as being
co-host of Le Tour du Jardin on the Historia
channel. Designer of public and private gardens, he has received numerous awards for
creations including at the Montreal International Mosaïculture and Jean-Drapeau Park.
His topic, Extreme Horticulture expounds
his vision of a utilitarian urban horticulture,
focused on recovery and recycling, and addressing the environmental challenges of tomorrow. Albert will be at the Town Hall on
Monday, January 18, at 7:30 pm.
Membership
2016 membership fees are now due.
Fees are $20. Please send your money to
Philippa Vikander, 3495 Trenholme Ave.
H4B 1K8 or pay at the January meeting.
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Edinburgh School
Tanya Radhakrishna, Vice Chair of the library board, is helping Hugo Hung cut the
ribbon marking the reopening of the library.
Le temps des fleurs, temps des neiges
Opening hours / Horaire
Monday to Thursday / lundi au jeudi
9:00-12:00; 13:30-18:00
Friday / vendredi
9:00-12:00; 13:30-17:00
Saturday / samedi: 10:00-15:00
The library will be closed from Sunday,
December 20 to Sunday, January 3. We hope
to see you before then to wish you a joyous
holiday season and all the best for 2016.
Holiday activity
On Saturday, December 12, join us for a
holiday activity that includes stories, a craft
and a small snack. Please call ahead to register your 3- to 6-year-old child; cost is
$3/child. Space is limited.
Registration for our winter session will
start January 4.
Keep up to date!
To be updated about new programs,
please join our mailing list by emailing us
at [email protected] or calling 484-7194.
Drop by, call or email to register!
• Lego Club: Mondays, 3:30-4:30 pm,
ages 5-12, cost: $10 for a four-week
session.
The following programs are free with a
Friends of the Library Membership:
• Mother Goose: Mondays, 9:30-10
am, ages 0-12 months.
• Tales for Tots: Mondays, 10:30-11
am, ages 12-24 months.
• Story Sparklers: Wednesdays, 3:454:30 pm, ages 3-6.
Twelve elementary schools,
including Edinburgh, collaborated to produce an operatic CD
for the Le temps des fleurs, temps
des neiges, a children’s book about the ancient Greek myth of Persephone and how
the seasons came to be.
Edinburgh students auditioned to work
under professional musical directors and
opera singers, Dimitri Ilias and Maria
Diamantis. All the children selected
formed individual school choirs and practised once a week for a full school year.
After considerable preparation, the Edinburgh school choir, together with all the
other school choirs involved in this collaboration, created two CDs: one in English
and, the most recent, in French. The stu-
dents recorded the CD in a studio, accompanied by the Orchestre Symphonique Pop
de Montréal.
The book and CD launch for the French
version of the Le temps des fleurs, temps
des neiges, was on November 11. To celebrate the completion of this project the entire choir performed at a red carpet affair at
the Embassy Plaza. Bravo to all the students
who participated!
Remembrance Day
Edinburgh school students and staff
gathered together to remember Canadian
soldiers who died in the line of duty. All
grades assembled to read poems, listen to
music about peace and observe a minute of
silence to honour those we have lost.
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New books
Fiction
Atwood, Margaret The Heart Goes Last
Banville, John
The Blue Guitar
Gowda, Shilpi
The Golden Sun
Martin, George
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Morton, Kate
The Lake House
Sparks, Nicholas
See Me
Photo: Alison Lydynia
Mysteries
Box,C.J.
Camilleri, Andrea
Connolly, John
Fossum, Karin
Galbraith, Robert
Meyer, Deon
Endangered
A Beam of Light
A Song of Shadows
The Drowned Boy
Career of Evil
Icarus
Non Fiction
Peter Sheremeta and Stephane Fortin
30 Years of Terry Fox at EBS
This September marked the
30th year that Elizabeth Ballantyne School has been a proud
supporter of the Terry Fox Run –
the school raised $2,754, bringing total
funds raised over the years to a very impressive $142,714!
Each year, the EBS Terry Fox Run allows
students to run or walk as many laps as they
like over a course starting at the school and
winding through MoWest’s leafy streets.
This year’s Run was held on a cool, pleasant
autumn morning – teachers ran and walked
alongside the students in their uniforms,
while parent volunteers kept both car traffic
and the students on course. Some of the students enjoy the running and go as far and as
long as they can, while others use the occasion to walk and talk with friends – either
way, it’s all for a good cause.
In October, Peter Sheremeta, Provincial
Director for the Terry Fox Foundation, visited EBS to thank the school for its support
and to present a commemorative banner
that now hangs proudly in the gym. As Mr.
Sheremeta reminded the school during his
presentation, Stéphane Fortin, the EBS
phys ed and health teacher, has been the
tireless engine behind EBS’s Run for many
years now. Mr. Fortin is now in his 26th
year of teaching at Elizabeth Ballantyne. On
arriving in 1990, he took over coordinating
the Terry Fox Run from Sheila Peterson,
who first began holding the run at the
school in 1985. In fact, Mr. Fortin was the
first physical education teacher at the school
– before him, the only physical education
given to students was a half hour per week
of play time in the park!
In an interview, Mr. Fortin emphasized
his pride in what the school has been able
to accomplish with the Terry Fox Run. He
thanked all the parents who have helped out
and the communities of Montreal West,
NDG, Côte Saint-Luc and Ville St-Pierre
for having donated to and supported this important cause over the years.
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A Woman in Arabia
Bryson, Bill The Road to Little Dribbling
Dawkins, Richard
Brief Candle in the Dark
Gibb, Camilla
This Is Happy
Gilbert, Elizabeth
Big Magic
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École des Amis-du-Monde
Des élèves impliqués et heureux
Vive les sports!
À l’école des Amis-duMonde, on encourage les sports.
Par exemple, pour le hockey,
on a fêté la première partie
du Canadien en s’habillant en
bleu, blanc, rouge. On encourage aussi le soccer. On pratique
ce sport à l’extérieur et à l’intérieur. C’est une activité parascolaire, tout comme le
basketball.
On encourage les sports
d’équipe pour être en bonne
forme, pour apprendre à bien
s’entendre avec les autres et
pour le simple plaisir.
David Stefan, Eric Zhou et
Luca Mata-Mazo
Les meilleures récrés du
monde
Dans notre cour, il y a beaucoup de place pour tout le
monde. À la récré, on organise
plusieurs jeux comme champ, le
basket, le ballon chasseur, le
ballon quatre-coins et le soccer.
On joue aussi aux cerceaux, à la
course, à tag et à la corde à
sauter. Au printemps, il y a des
fleurs et on peut en faire des
bouquets et des bracelets. En
hiver, on peut construire des
igloos et faire du traîneau. Il y a
aussi des bancs et des pierres
pour nous asseoir.
Zachary Garrick et
Treiythaa Satchithananthan
Dans notre belle cour
d’école, nous jouons
à différents jeux.
Au basketball, ce sont des
petites équipes qui s’affrontent.
Au ballon champion, le
champ donne le ballon à qui il
veut, mais le ballon ne doit
bondir qu’une seule fois dans
votre carré.
Au ballon chasseur, deux
équipes s’affrontent et vous essayez d’éliminer les adversaires
avec un ballon.
Au soccer, vous marquez un
point en frappant le ballon dans
le but adverse.
Il y a aussi la marelle, mais
on y joue sans ballon, dans un
rectangle ou un carré tracé.
Il y a aussi les activités
parascolaires. En musique, il y
a la chorale et l’ensemble instrumental.
En
éducation
physique, il y a le soccer intérieur et le basketball. Il y a
aussi des activités après l’école
comme: ingénieurs juniors, le
karaté, les échecs, fous du
dessin animé, différentes créatures et différentes aventures.
Alexia Ghiurea
a plusieurs chapitres et les
numéros des chapitres sont décorés avec des dessins. C’est un
roman vraiment intéressant et
drôle! Cette collection a beaucoup de livres qui me plaisent,
comme « Galoche aux Oscars ».
L’auteur est Yvon Brochu et les
personnages sont Galoche, Émilie, Fabien, Marilou, Sébastien,
Éloïse et Pierre-Luc.
Alexandre Attar
Ma lecture coup de cœur
Le conseil des élèves
Le livre que j’aime s’appelle
« Galoche haut les pattes », des
Éditions Foulire. Je l’aime parce
que le chien d’Émilie joue au
soccer et il se fait mal. Ce livre
Le conseil des élèves
améliore l’école pour que tout
le monde vive en harmonie et
en paix. Il améliore la sécurité
des élèves et apporte de
meilleures idées pour que nous
ayons tous le goût de venir à
l’école.
Le conseil est formé
d’élèves de la 3e à la 6e année.
Les participants s’occupent
bien de l’école et la représentent
à certaines occasions.
Les membres du conseil sont
élus dans chaque classe. C’est
souvent difficile de choisir
parmi les candidats.
Adrian, Flavia, Laura,
Christine et Nathalie
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IODE
HMS Victory
Chapter
IODE
made up 20 pretty
and useful personal
property bags for
Auberge Transition,
thanks to assorted
donations
from
neighbours
and
friends. We will be wrapping gifts for their
December holiday party at our next meeting. There is also a bag containing wool to
be delivered to Chez Doris, but there is always a need for more wool, knitting needles, sewing supplies to be dropped off in
my front porch at 131 Wolseley Avenue
North for redistribution.
We have also accumulated 32 hand-knit
tuques, thanks to several friendly knitters,
which are going via Canada Post to
Cartwright, Labrador where we support one
class at the Henry Gordon Academy (43 students from Kindergarten to Grade 11). The
Labrador School Board equips them with
Smart Boards and such in the classrooms.
The school’s postal address is “on the Main
Road,” and there are no big-city dollar or
chain stores. There is a small airport and it
takes five hours’ of rough driving to get to
the nearest large town, from whence they
now get groceries once a week.
The national president of IODE recently
visited Cartwright and many other small
communities in the north. “IODE gifts,
equipment, school supplies and participation in Snack Pack were clearly in evidence.
The mechanic learned his trade because he
received an IODE scholarship. The manager of the tourist bureau was grateful that
her children received Labrador bursaries,
enabling them to attend college. The importance of Snack Pack was an underlying
theme. With prices increasing, some people
kept their children home because they could
not afford to send a lunch; now children
come to school for a nutritious meal delivered to everyone.”
Approximately 1700 children in 14
schools in 2014 received milk, juice, peanut
butter, granola bars, cheese products and, in
some cases, hamburgers and chicken
breasts, IODE started Snack Pack in 1978,
recognizing that an inadequate diet hinders
the ability to learn. In 2015 the bill was
$29,947, one of the many reasons why
HMS Victory Chapter tries to raise money
and welcomes new members.
Heather Ferguson, Citizenship Officer,
presented a wreath on behalf of IODE at the
Remembrance Day ceemony at the Cenotaph. The photo shows the display in the
Music Room at the reception for the Veterans and their families, raising awareness of
the Ste. Anne’s Hospital Foundation Dignity
Campaign. The hospital is to be turned over
on April 1 to the Province of Quebec, with
an understanding that the Veterans will continue to receive care at the current levels,
even when provincial norms are not the
same. The foundation’s mission is to fill in
the gaps, just as IODE started to do way
back in 1900.
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Stephanie Beaumier (left), our most dedicated volunteer, is President of EBS Home
& School. Carley Decarie (right) started as
a parent volunteer with a child at EBS, then
became a library assistant.
Born and raised in MoWest, Pam Montgomery used to come here as an EBS
student. While at Royal West, she started as a student shelver. Today she is
the longest-term staff member, who’s
been working in the library for over 10
years.
Tanya Radhakrishna (left), the Vice Chair of the Library Board,
and Petrina Lee Poy (centre), the Chair, have done a tremendous brainstorming and fundraising job that made the renovations possible. That’s what two MoWest moms, whose only
previous fundraising experience included school barbecues
and bake sales, can do when they put their hearts to it.
Julia Stark (right) is our new Head Librarian who was brave
enough to take the post just in time to start packing boxes.
Children’s Library reopens
It’s been shown on Global news, it’s been spoken of on CBC Daybreak,
it’s been written about in the Suburban. Over three years in the making.
$112,000 raised. 20,000 books packed – and unpacked.
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce: the shining new and
redone Montreal West Children’s Library!
On November 6 the grand opening took place. Julia Ross talks about the people
who made it possible and those who came to celebrate with them.
At 3:45 pm, Hugo from EBS and Claire
from Edinburgh, each cut a ribbon
decorating the library entrance door.
Julian Hung (behind), the Secretary of
the Library Board and their father,
watched proudly.
Brigitte Rivard, who used to write the École des Amis-du-Monde column, joined the library team last April.
This summer, she held ateliers en français in Strathearn Park. She’s the new French library assistant with
a lot of new ideas of her own. She’s here on Tuesday mornings and on Fridays. Friday afternoons she offers
aide aux devoirs – French homework help. Drop in!
Cheers to Ann Martin! She volunteered
here for two years, was employed for
25 years, then stayed as a volunteer
for two more years.
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(RIGHT) Frances Sodhi spent over two years creating and designing the new library
look. Looking for optimal use of space, she measured every corner and every shelf.
She found suppliers. She chose colours. She designed furniture. She shopped for
those red knobs of the desk drawer handles.
Her 3D AutoCAD drawings of the floor plans got Frances an A+ for her Vanier architectural drafting class exam.
If you haven’t yet been to the library, you’ve got to come, if only to see the donor wall
that Frances painted as an enchanted birch forest. (Should anyone get inspired and
decide to get a wall like that painted in their house – you know whom to ask!) She
also drew the smiling Cheshire Cat over the entrance door.
The birches are decorated with birds and bird houses engraved with donor names.
They were made by Margaret Griffin, a MoWester, who has, for years, given the Easter
egg decoration workshop in the library. She is an established Quebec potter who, by
the way, many moons ago, taught Frances ceramics in CEGEP. Small world! Today
Margaret is a grandmother of twins who keep her busy. This summer Frances approached her with her idea of the trees with birds, bird houses and owls as name plates
to see if she would be interested in making them. It was her donation to the library.
BELOW: After 33 years of running the library, Linda Wishart
(centre) stepped down in August 2014. Today, as Librarian
Emeritas, she admires the renovations with our two councillors
– Elizabeth Ulin (left) and Colleen Feeny (right). The Town has
been the largest single donor, giving the library $15,000.
LEFT: Decorated for the Open House, the library welcomed its
guests with cookies and mulled cider.
(MIDDLE) To add some magic to the storytelling hour, it
was suggested to create a special place, under a Reading
Tree, cozy and welcoming, making you feel as if you were
sitting in Strathearn Park.
It’s Chip Limeburner’s proposal that won the contest.
Growing up in MoWest, he spent many hours at the library
– bedtime stories, summer reading – coming here first
with the Little Red Playhouse, then as an Edinburgh and,
later, Loyola student. This year he got a degree in neuroscience from McGill – and then decided to work in art and
design. Spooky, horror and gothic design, in fact. He’s
doing set design jobs for several of McGIll’s shows.
The art gene must have come from his mother who had a
PhD in decorative arts and worked in theatre and costume
design. By the way, for many years, she used to do the
Christmas gingerbread workshop at the library.
Inspired by the park outside the library’s windows and by
the new library logo (with books and boats, dolphins and
wizards’ hats, and all other things magical hanging from
the tree’s branches), Chip decided to carve his tree from
foam (“safe for kids, safe from kids”), then cover it with
plastic coating, all of which he did himself. For leaves, he
let EBS students trace their hands on a piece of coloured
paper and decorate them to their heart’s content. Each one
is different.
I’m sure in some 20 years, another boy or girl will think
back on his or her childhood and remember listening to
stories under the magic of the Reading Tree.
(UPPER RIGHT) During the party, the guests enjoyed guitar
music played by Jean-Luc Roy, a MoWester and a former
EBS student. If anyone is interested, Jean-Luc offers guitar
lessons and has several students among MoWest kids.
(RIGHT) Joseph Lalla is a MoWester and a recently reelected EMSB school commissioner, who represents Ward 2
(which includes NDG and MoWest). He was the catalyst
who told the library board about floors being redone and
gave them the idea of applying for the grant. Since then,
he’s been a solid liaison between the library and the
school board.
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MW Scout Group
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our country, its different provinces and cultures, our anthem and the history of our flag.
The cubs attended a fall camp which was
held October 16 to 18 at the Tamaracouta
Scout Reserve where the Pack slept in railway cabooses. Despite the cold weather, the
Cubs practised orienteering with compasses, built campfires and prepared lunch
for the Beaver group during a hike to the
waterfall. All enjoyed the weekend.
October is also the month when we
think of those less fortunate in our community and we also collected food in MoWest
for the NDG Food Bank.
In November, the Pack received a special visit from a member of the Canadian
Armed Forces in order to better understand
the role of the Canadian military and the
continuing importance of Remembrance
Scouts busy and thriving in MoWest
Beavers
The Beaver Colony is busy
and thriving! September and
October were spent learning all
the Beaver routines and getting everyone invested so that they could wear the brand
new scarves that Kara and Oscar’s
grandma sewed. James’s grandma sewed
new scarves for our Scout troop. What a
treat to have vibrant new scarves!
So far this autumn we have enjoyed two
(indoor) campfires – both a practice run at
a regular meeting and a larger one at fall
camp with the Cubs up in Mille-Isles midOctober. Songs, skits, stories, jokes and
cheers got everyone moving and laughing!
Even small hands can be helping hands:
Beavers have cleaned up the Edinburgh
school yard and gathered non-perishable
food for the NDG Food Bank. Nearly the
whole colony (and their families!) marched
in the Remembrance Day parade – how
wonderful for our youth to mark this important day of honouring our Veterans.
November has been our month of visitors: Olga Gross with her harp; Akela Dan
Wylie and Emma Ferro who told us all
about making sleeping mats from milk
bags; former leader Pat Schmidt with her
music stations and Nina Kiriluk who
taught us some basic yoga.
In December we are making gift bags to
hand out with Meals-on-Wheels and we always have a bowling party to celebrate the
holiday season.
Beavers meet each Wednesday from 6 to
7:15 pm in the Edinburgh Gym (500 Hudson). A couple of places are still open to any
boy or girl who is interested!
Cubs
The MoWest Cubs are currently working
on a program (Purple Star) that focuses on
Canada and the World. We’re learning about
Day. This visit also served to prepare the
Pack for the Remembrance Day parade and
ceremonies in which they participated.
December will include a visit to the
Montclair Seniors’ Residence to visit and
sing Christmas carols. We’ll finish off the
year with a festive evening of bowling.
Scouts
We have a lot of new scouts this year
and a couple of new leaders, which is amazing! September and October have been
busy months getting everyone up to speed.
Our fall camp at Tamaracouta was a great
opportunity for the returning Scouts to help
out and teach the new Scouts basic camp
skills. We worked on earning many camping permits: stove, campfire, knife and axe.
Almost all of our Scouts have been invested and can now proudly wear their
neckerchiefs which they did in the Remembrance Day parade.
Before the holiday break, Councillor
Ulin will visit us and she will explain her
duties in the municipal government. Several of our Venturers will do presentations
on last summer’s events which included the
World Jamboree in Japan, a provincial Jamboree in Nova Scotia, family camping at the
Lachine Canal and the Focus Group at
Camp Tamaracouta.
Group committee
We would like to thank all of those brave
souls who came out in such horrible weather
to donate at our annual blood donor clinic at
St. Philip’s Church. Thanks to the church for
loaning us the hall every year. Also, a great,
big thank you to the many volunteers who
helped man the clinic – most of them do not
have children in the Scout Group, but give
us a hand year after year.
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Guiding
Each fall, the MoWest guiding units have a few traditions
they uphold.
Joint enrolment
The first of these traditions is to hold a
large joint enrolment night in mid-October
for the girls who have joined the units in
September. Registration is on-going, so
there are often small enrolment ceremonies
through out the year. This year the Sparks
unit is small, so there was only one girl to
welcome to our unit. The Brownie and
Guide units had 10 new girls each. This
year, we even have a Ranger who is a
MoWester!
All three levels participated in Remembrance Day meetings, where the girls were
given a chance to write a postcard to the
Veterans. They did a lovely job: 60 heartfelt
thank you cards were delivered prior to Remembrance Day to the Veterans at SteAnne’s Hospital.
Participating in the
Remembrance Day parade
The second tradition for us is to participate in the Remembrance Day parade. This
year’s ceremony had every level of Guiding
represented. We had Brownies, Guides and
Pathfinders carrying flags in the colour party.
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Guides to accompany individuals as they
laid the wreaths. Elizabeth, a Ranger, was
our senior youth member who very proudly
performed this task. All the girls did very
well. We are proud of each and every one
of them.
Following the ceremony, our newly
elected Member of Parliament and Minister
of Transportation, Dr. Marc Garneau, very
kindly spoke to some of our girls and graciously agreed to have his photo taken with
them. What a memorable moment this was
for the young ladies.
Service project
The third tradition we have in Montreal
West is a service project where spare
change is collected for the purchase of
turkeys which will be used to prepare
Christmas dinner for shut-ins in our community. We will also gratefully accept donations of food for the NDG Food Depot.
The Sparks and Brownies will join forces
to create lovely handmade cards, and crafts
to be given to the Meals-on-Wheels organization which operates out of the MW
United Church.
The Guides had a guest speaker from a
local woman’s shelter. The older girls will
be involved in a service project with the
shelter.
Holiday wishes
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News from the Pews
MW Presbyterian
The days fly by – especially when
you’re having a good time. Our busy little
church keeps us on our toes with its various
activities.
Many of you attended our 124th anniversary concert and we thank you for your support. We hope you enjoyed the Montreal
Intercultural Choir and the reception which
followed. The next day, we welcomed Rev.
Dr. Glen Davis as our guest preacher. Dr.
Davis is now serving as the Director of
Communications and Alumni Relations at
Presbyterian College.
A big thank you goes out to the fundraising and anniversary committee, as well
as the CASE committee, for a job well
done. A special thank you to our many
sponsors for their generous support, the
Montreal Intercultural Choir for their uplifting performance and all members of our
congregation for their various commitments
and contributions.
Congratulations
To Hilda Agwa Mbah and Solomon
Moto Anyam on the birth of their son,
Chinwei Tah Anyam, on October 30, in
Kumba, Cameroon.
To Anna Indah Fon and Jacob Didier
Nde on the birth of their daughter, Estelle
Janna Amah Nde, on November 3.
Greetings from Rev. Afoakwah
With love, grace and Christmas greetings,
MW Presbyterian wishes you all a wonderful
Christmas. It is our prayer that your homes will
be filled with the hope, joy, peace and love of
our Lord Jesus Christ, our humble King and
Saviour who was born in a lowly manger.
Please join us as we celebrate this
Christmas season and welcome Christ the
new born King. God bless you.
Christmas Services
White gift Sunday will be held November
29 – the 1st Sunday of Advent – at 10:30 am.
Our friends from the Tyndale St-Georges
Community will be our guests. Luncheon
will follow plus a visit from Santa.
December 6:
2nd Sunday in Advent,10:30 am
December 13:
Christmas Communion, 10:30 am.
December 20:
Carols and Christmas pageant, 10:30 am.
December 24:
Christmas Eve Service, 5 pm.
A warm welcome awaits you at our “little stone church.” Come and celebrate
Christmas with us.
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Feeling overwhelmed preparing for
Christmas this year? Consider dropping by
St. Ignatius of Loyola for a moment of tranquility during this hectic holiday season.
The church is open for quiet prayer and reflection from 8 am to 4 pm weekdays.
We also have a number of activities to
help you get into the Christmas spirit. Our
children’s Christmas party will be Sunday,
December 6 at noon in the parish hall. This
is an opportunity to bring the family out to
a fun afternoon that includes a visit from
Santa. Please bring an unwrapped gift
(under $15) for a child, which will be donated to underprivileged children. Please
contact Muriel Brennan for more information at 482-9346
Our annual Christmas service of Lessons
and Carols will be on Sunday, December 20
at 7 pm. This has proven to be a wonderful
opportunity to find some respite from the
holiday preparations and spend an enjoyable evening filled with the holiness and joy
of the Christmas season. This event is free
of charge but a freewill offering will be
taken up.
Please consider joining us in celebrating
the Feast of the Nativity; on Christmas Eve
we will have a family Mass at 4:30 pm, as
well as Mass at 7 and 10 pm. On Christmas
morning we will have Mass at 10am.
Visit our website at st-ignatius.ca/blog
for more information about all these events.
Wishing you a very blessed Christmas
and a New Year filled with joy.
from Fr. Leclerc
Late Christmas Eve service
earlier this year…
Before you read anything else, note that
while the family service remains at 5:30,
the Communion service will be at 9 pm on
Christmas Eve, NOT 10:30.
Now back to our
regularly scheduled programming…
…beginning with a thank you to all the
merchants of MoWest who supported the
silent auction at our bazaar. Your donations
of gifts or certificates were noted and appreciated. Your sense of community is very
apparent. And for all you residents who
supported our bazaar with your attendance
and custom, many thanks.
Now about Christmas
Children’s Christmas pageant will be
featured during worship on December 6.
Come to see how they present this wonderful story this year. Hot dog lunch to follow.
Choral Service on December 13 will be
led by the choir. Come to hear special
arrangements of old favorites plus a bopping new one.
December 20 gives the congregation a
chance to sing some more carols sprinkled
throughout the worship service.
Christmas Eve has the family service at
5:30 and the Communion service at 9 pm!
Please note the change so you don’t miss it
with its message, its music, the candles and,
of course, Silent Night.
Regular worship resumes on December
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News from the Pews
Labyrinth Walking resumes on Sunday
afternoon, January 24 between 2 and 4.
Ponder what 2016 may hold for you as you
engage in this individual walking meditation. Held in Wadsworth Hall in a peaceful
atmosphere, the world seems to slow down
for a bit while you take this in. New walkers
welcome. Socks or slippers required.
Join us Sundays at 10 am, call us at 4823210 or visit us at mwuc.org. May you find
something special in this remarkable season
– perhaps in the quiet moments somewhere….
Warm greetings on behalf of Rev. Janet
Bisset and all of us.
from Susan Upham
St. Philip’s
Advent, the season of awaiting Christ’s
coming, is upon us. Once again this year, our
Tuesday evening service throughout December will be a candlelight meditative service
using music from Taïzé. It is a beautiful way
to withdraw from the holiday preparations
and enjoy an hour of peace and stillness. It
starts every Tuesday at 7:30 pm; enter by the
office door on Connaught.
The annual Festival of Nine Lessons and
Carols will take place on Sunday, December
13 at 5 pm. Organist Peter Butler and the
choir will have a diverse selection of music
to celebrate the season. A reception will follow the service.
Christmas celebrations will follow the
pattern of the past several years. At 5 pm on
Christmas Eve, our popular family service
allows children – and the young at heart –
to participate in the telling of the Christmas
story, with children helping to arrange our
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ice takes place at 11 pm. On Christmas
morning at 10 am, we have a communion
service with carols.
On Saturday, December 5, the Memorial
Hall will be abuzz with the organized chaos
of the NDG Food Depot holiday food drive.
The hall serves as a collection and sorting
point, and we store canned goods for transfer to the Food Depot as they are needed
over the next six months. Please be generous when the collectors come to your door,
or you can drop food donations at the
church on Sundays or weekday mornings.
St. Philip’s will be joining with our sister
parishes in NDG, Trinity Memorial and St.
Thomas, to sponsor a refugee family, most
likely from Syria. By working together, we
can more quickly and easily raise the required funds and tap the human resources
of all three churches to help the family adjust to life in Montreal.
If you passed by Brock Avenue in late October or November, you noticed construction
fencing around our front doors. We have
been restoring the front walkway that had
been damaged by decades of water and ice,
as well as by the cranes brought in for the
roof works and masonry repairs a few years
ago. The paving stones originally were part
of the sidewalk in front of the Ritz Carleton
on Sherbrooke Street; in 1929 that sidewalk
was being replaced, and Canon Ireland procured the pavers for $1 each!
Looking forward to 2016, St. Philip’s
will be celebrating its 125th anniversary. In
1890, the clergy of St. Stephen’s Church,
Lachine, began Sunday services in a house
in what would later become Montreal West.
St. Philip’s was officially established as a
mission congregation in 1891. A number of
special events will take place throughout the
year to celebrate the anniversary; watch this
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MoWest Hockey
The ice is in and the weather is turning colder and that means it’s
time for hockey in Montreal West. The teams for the 2015-16 season
have been selected and this year we have 14 teams ranging from
Novice to Midget. Each team plays 18-24 games, home and away,
throughout the regular season. Teams have games and practices here
at the Legion Rink as well as playing games in neighbouring communities. Go Knights go!
Our youngest players begin in our Future Stars Program which
introduces the basics of hockey to participants aged 4, 5 and 6.
These littlest “Knights” have the biggest learning curve, going from
individual skaters to team players.
Randi Weitzner is our hockey administrator. Randi works “office” in tandem with Eric Rayment who does everything “on ice”.
Randi co-ordinates with the coaches, managers and CRA staff on
all administrative tasks. You will often see her taking photos of our
Knights in the Legion Rink.
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6-year-olds.
As a hockey developer, he has worked with numerous minor
hockey associations at both the single and double letter levels and
has trained players and coaches all over the city. Eric is a certified
advanced trainer and has coached all levels from Novice to Midget
AA.
Before getting involved in player/coach development he was
Head Coach for the Patriotes de Saint-Laurent Cegep men’s team
and Dawson College Women’s program, both of the Collegiate
AAA Hockey League. He was also President/owner of the Midget
AAA Canadiens de Montréal before the league merged his team
with Laval in 2010.
“With so many different experiences over the years, I have had
the pleasure of working and teaching with thousands of dedicated
volunteers and amazing young players.”
“Hockey is a way to teach life lessons, get better every day, love
the game, work hard and have fun!
I have always made myself available to parents, I am here to
advise, help, suggest and answer all your hockey questions and
concerns.”
See you at the rinks!
Holiday hockey day
Sunday, December 6
Montreal West/Hampstead Hockey Association and the CRA
are celebrating all things hockey in our communities. All of our
single letter hockey teams will have games in the Legion Rink.
There will be music, a bake sale and hot chocolate. Everyone is
welcome to come watch and cheer on our teams. Games start at 9
am sharp and run until 9:30 pm.
Reminder to everyone
Santa’s Breakfast
Sunday December 13!
Come out and enjoy breakfast with Santa and support the Civic
Recreation Association. Reservations for breakfast 8, 9, 10 or 11
am. Tickets available at the Community Centre. Advance ticket
prices: $40 family, $13 adult, $10 child. At the door: $50 family,
$15 adult, $12 child.
Wishing
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Merry Christmas,
Happy Chanukah
and a wonderful
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Community Centre
Summer Employment
Registration
Winter recreation
Registration for the winter recreation
programs is ongoing until classes start in
January. You can go online to montrealwest.ca to register. Programs include:
Parent and Tot
Baby Boogie, Music and Movement, Parent and Baby exercise
Youth
Captain Catalyst, chess and ballet
Adult
TRX, Essentrics and Total Barre
just to name a few
For more information please contact:
484-6186 or [email protected]
Bilingual
Discovery Playgroup
The Bilingual Discovery Playgroup
meets Monday to Friday from 9 am to noon
at the John A. Simms Community Centre
for a fun filled morning of interactive play.
Our dynamic and energetic animators include park outings, arts and crafts, music
and drama, cooking, themed days and much
more in their daily and weekly lesson plans.
Cost varies.
Please contact 484-6186 for more information or you can register online at montreal-west.ca.
Pool applications:
[email protected]
Camp applications:
[email protected]
Community Centre applications:
[email protected]
All applications may also be
dropped off during business hours at
the John A Simms Community
Centre.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
JANUARY 22, 4:30 PM
• Pool Manager
• Assistant Pool Managers
• Head Swim Team Coach
• Pool Office Manager
• Day Camp Coordinator
• Day Camp Section Heads
• LIT & Junior Leader (camp)
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
FEBRUARY 12, 4:30 PM
• Lifeguards
• Wading Pool Attendants
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
MARCH 18, 4:30 PM
• Day Camp Counsellors
• Community Centre Counsellors
(full and part time)
• Pool Gate Attendants
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50+ Club
December
2 Have Yourself a Swinging
Little Christmas, Upper
Canada Playhouse
7 Movie Matinée: Boychoir
(2014)
11 Christmas dinner
17 Soup’s on: Speaker
Bruno Stenson: The
Winter Carnival of Victorian Montreal
22 Bridge
7
13
22
26
28
January
Movie matinée:
War Room (2015)
National Gallery of
Canada: Monet Exhibit
Robbie Burns luncheon
Bridge
Dinners’ Club: TBD
For more information,
please call 484-1610
Foot clinics
December 2 & 16
January 6 & 20
$40 for the first visit and
$35 for subsequent visits
by appointment only
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To w n C o u n c i l M e e t i n g : O c t o b e r
by Carol Foster
The Mayor welcomed two police representatives as visitors to
the meeting of Council. Their presence emphasized the important role the police are
being requested to play in directing the huge
increase in traffic during road closures
caused by work on the Turcot Yard project.
As the mayor has pointed out during his
many meetings with transportation officials,
the roads in the Town were never meant to
carry this load of traffic. In spite of the
added precautions, there was recently a
tragic fatal accident where a pedestrian was
hit by a car while crossing Avon.
The Mayor offered his congratulations to
Marc Garneau upon his re-election to parliament and issued a warm invitation to all
residents to attend the monthly “Coffee with
the Mayor” meetings. As required by the
City and Towns Act, the mayor then went
on to report on the financial position of the
Town and explained that this report will be
published in the next issue of The Suburban
for all residents to see.
Grants are being applied for to help finance the Canada Day celebrations, dog licences are now required and the Town is
still looking for a reasonable contract for the
garbage and organic waste pick-up.
Councillor Torres reported that, in addition to the routine activities of the Public
Works Department, two fire hydrants have
been replaced, three trees have been cut
down and 15 more have been planted. As
the Town’s gardens are being put to bed, the
snow-removal equipment is being readied.
Councillor Tasker-Brown announced
that there will be a public information meeting to discuss the first draft of an amendment
to the zoning bylaw in order to regulate parking areas and shared driveways. This amendment is to ensure the protection of public
trees and to promote the installation of site
designs favourable to the absorption of surface water and the reduction of heat islands.
Tasker-Brown added that another bylaw to
be passed will allow PAC to hold meetings
electronically to deal with emergency cases
such as sudden roof damage.
The new playground in Davies Park will
be operational by the end of November if
Councillor Ulin’s prediction proves correct.
Ronald Park will be closed until approximately next May due to work around the site
required by the Turcot reconstruction.
Two notable instances regarding public
security occurred during the past month. A
Nelson resident, neglecting to lock his door,
returned home after walking his dog to find
three strangers in his house. The basement
door of a home on Westminster was kicked
in after the resident failed to answer his
doorbell. Although Montreal West remains
a very safe community, there still is a need
to take precautions and ensure homes, cars
and bikes are safely locked up.
Councillor Ulin offered condolences to
the family of Kyrylo Kohut, the pedestrian
involved in the fatal accident while crossing
Avon on a dark and rainy morning. She offered another caution to all residents to use
the crosswalks and stay alert to traffic.
The Yard Waste bylaw campaign has
now resulted in 19 notices concerning the
use of plastic bags and landscape contractors’ permits are being checked. In addition,
10 residents were issued tickets this month
for not having construction permits and the
PSOs are checking on the validity of parking permits as well as tags on dogs.
Councillor Feeney announced water tax
bills will be mailed out on October 27 and
issued a reminder that school taxes are due
on October 28. She reviewed the expenditures for the past month and explained the
cost of various contracts signed by the
Town, all of which are available on the
Town’s website. She also mentioned that
the Town has paid an agglomeration tax for
2015 of $ 5.2 million to the City of Montreal. The Tariff bylaw, which is reviewed
annually and includes rental costs for some
of the Town’s facilities, is providing discounts for residents in some cases. More information is available at the Town Hall.
Question period
Question period began with a debate
over the rights of neighbouring homeowners. A resident pointed out that in several recent instances the Town’s bylaws have
permitted construction that adversely affected the “quality of life” for those living
on adjacent properties. He felt that the affected neighbours should be given information about how they would be affected
before a project begins.
The mayor responded that the current
bylaws do not allow for this type of communication, but added that bylaws are always subject for review. Councillor
Tasker-Brown explained that PAC gets
projects forwarded by the Building Inspector who has ensured the appropriate bylaws
have been respected and PAC focuses primarily upon the facades. One neighbour
cannot be allowed to decide what another
neighbour does and that’s why there are bylaws which attempt to strike a balance of
rights and responsibilities for all residents.
Questions then moved on to another interesting problem which can affect neighbours’ rights and responsibilities and for
which there currently are no existing bylaws. In this instance the question was who
“owns” the roots of a tree which may straddle several properties. This situation can
cause disputes should one neighbour have
a project that requires cutting those roots
and ends up damaging the tree itself. Both
Councillors Ulin and Tasker-Brown agreed
this problem needs to be addressed.
The increase in traffic, in the Town was
on several residents’ minds. The safety at
the five- corner intersection at Avon and
Westminster was questioned and the mayor
explained that the original plan for a temporary traffic light had been deemed unsatisfactory. He has asked for increased
presence of police to help alleviate this
problem which is expected to continue until
the middle of November.
Additional measures to control traffic,
such as more speeding deterrents on Brock
North and a no-left-turn sign at the north
entrance to Ballantyne, were suggested.
Councillor Ulin stated the Traffic and
Safety Committee is the venue for these
ideas, as well, moving violations should be
reported to the police; both can be conveniently reached on the Town’s website.
With the new federal government promising emphasis on infrastructure improvements and with Quebec’s probable
increased representation in cabinet, now is
the time to advance plans for replacing the
arena, was the opinion of a Ballantyne resident. The mayor agreed and said the requested report on the state of the arena has
just been received and will be the focus of
discussion by the Council.
There was only one mention of the new
dog park during this meeting and it came in
the form of congratulations to Council for
the new facility.
The meeting was then adjourned.
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Réunion du Conseil : octobre
par Carol Foster
traduction par René Boucher
Le maire a accueilli deux
représentants du service de police à la réunion. Leur présence soulignait
le rôle important que l’on demande aux
policiers de jouer dans la gestion de la
colossale augmentation de circulation occasionnée par les fermetures de rue dues aux
travaux de la Cour Turcot. Comme le maire
l’a fait remarquer lors de ses nombreuses
rencontres avec les fonctionnaires des
Transports, nos rues n’ont jamais été
conçues pour un tel volume. En dépit des
mesures additionnelles, on rapporte un tragique accident mortel lorsqu’une voiture a
happé un piéton qui traversait Avon.
Le maire a félicité Marc Garneau pour
sa réélection et a lancé une chaleureuse invitation à tous les résidents de venir aux
rencontres mensuelles du « Café avec le
maire ». Tel que le requiert la Loi sur les
cités et villes, le maire a ensuite fait rapport
de la situation financière de la Ville et précisé que son rapport sera publié dans le
prochain numéro du Suburban pour
l’ensemble des résidents.
Les demandes de subventions sont faites
pour aider à financer les célébrations de la
fête du Canada, les médailles pour chiens
sont maintenant requises et la Ville
recherche toujours un contrat raisonnable
pour l’enlèvement des ordures et des
déchets organiques.
La conseillère Torres a rapporté qu’en
plus des activités routinières des Travaux
publics, on a remplacé deux bornes d’incendie, coupé trois arbres et planté quinze
autres. On apprête les jardins de la ville
pour l’hiver et prépare l’équipement pour
l’enlèvement de la neige.
La conseillère Tasker-Brown a indiqué
qu’une réunion publique d’information
serait tenue pour discuter le projet de modification du règlement de zonage touchant la
règlementation des aires de stationnement et
des allées mitoyennes. Cet amendement vise
à protéger les arbres publics et promouvoir
l’implantation d’aménagements extérieurs
favorisant l’absorption des eaux de surface
et la réduction des ilots de chaleur. Mme
Tasker-Brown a ajouté qu’un autre règlement à venir permettra au CCU de tenir des
réunions par voie électronique pour traiter
des cas d’urgence comme des dommages
subits de toiture.
Le nouveau terrain de jeux du parc Davies
sera fonctionnel vers la fin-novembre si la
prédiction de la conseillère Ulin s’avère. Le
parc Ronald sera fermé jusqu’au mois de mai
prochain environ en raison des travaux requis
à proximité pour la reconstruction de Turcot.
On a connu deux cas notables de sécurité
publique au cours du mois dernier. Un résident
de Nelson ayant négligé de barrer sa porte a
trouvé trois intrus dans sa maison au retour de
la marche avec son chien. La porte du sous-sol
d’une demeure sur Westminster a été défoncée
après que le résident n’a pas répondu à la sonnette. Bien que Montréal-Ouest demeure une
communauté très sûre, il faut quand même
prendre des précautions et s’assurer de barrer
maisons, véhicules et bicyclettes.
La conseillère Ulin a offert ses condoléances à la famille de M. Kyrylo Kohut,
victime d’un accident mortel alors qu’il traversait Avon, un matin sombre et pluvieux.
Elle a rappelé à tous les résidents d’utiliser
les passages piétonniers et de demeurer aux
aguets de la circulation.
La campagne sur le règlement des
déchets de jardin a entrainé la remise de 19
avis concernant l’utilisation de sacs de plastique et on vérifie les permis des entrepreneurs-paysagistes. De plus, dix résidents
ont reçu des avis d’infraction pour travaux
sans permis de construire et les ASP vérifient la validité des permis de stationnement
et des licences de chiens.
La conseillère Feeney a annoncé que les
comptes de taxe d’eau seraient postés le 27
octobre et a rappelé la date d’échéance des
taxes scolaires, le 28 octobre. Elle a revu les
dépenses du mois écoulé et expliqué le coût
de divers contrats accordés par la Ville,
lesquels sont disponibles sur le site Web de
la Ville. Elle a aussi mentionné que la Ville
avait payé à la ville de Montréal une taxe
d’agglomération de 5,2 millions $ pour
2015. Le règlement sur la tarification, lequel
est révisé annuellement et comprend les
frais de location de certaines installations
municipales, offre des rabais aux résidents
dans certains cas. Plus amples informations
sont disponibles à l’Hôtel de Ville.
Période de questions
Un débat sur les droits des voisins a ouvert la période de questions. Un résident a
fait remarquer que dans plusieurs cas récents, les règlements de la Ville ont permis
des constructions qui affectent négativement la « qualité de vie » de ceux qui résident à proximité. Il estimait que les voisins
touchés devraient être informés des effets
sur eux avant le démarrage d’un projet.
Le maire a répondu que la règlementation actuelle ne permet pas ce genre de
communication, mais ajouta que les règlements sont toujours sujets à révision. La
conseillère Tasker-Brown a expliqué que
l’inspecteur en bâtiments vérifie le respect
des règlements et transmet les projets au
CCU qui lui se concentre surtout sur les
façades. On ne peut permettre à un voisin
de décider ce qu’un autre voisin fait et c’est
là la raison d’être des règlements qui tentent
d’arriver à un équilibre des droits et responsabilités de l’ensemble des résidents.
Les questions ont ensuite touché un autre
sujet d’intérêt qui peut affecter les droits et
responsabilités des voisins et pour lequel il
n’existe actuellement pas de règlement. Dans
ce cas, la question était de savoir à qui appartiennent les racines d’un arbre qui
chevauchent plusieurs propriétés. Cette situation peut provoquer des conflits si le projet
d’un voisin requiert de couper ces racines et
aboutit à la détérioration de l’arbre même.
Les conseillères Ulin et Tasker-Brown ont
admis que cette question doit être étudiée.
L’accroissement de la circulation dans la
ville préoccupe de nombreux résidents. La
sécurité de l’intersection Avon et Westminster à cinq voies a été remise en question et
la maire a expliqué que le plan originel pour
des feux de circulation temporaires avait été
jugé insatisfaisant. Il a demandé une
présence policière accrue pour amoindrir le
problème jusqu’à la mi-novembre.
D’autres mesures de contrôle de la circulation, comme plus de moyens de ralentissement sur Brock Nord et un panneau
interdisant le virage à gauche à l’entrée nord
de Ballantyne ont été suggérées. La conseillère Ulin a indiqué que ces idées doivent être
acheminées au Comité de circulation et de
sécurité et qu’il faut rapporter les infractions
de circulation à la police; on peut joindre les
deux via le site Web de la Ville.
Vu la promesse du nouveau gouvernement fédéral de mettre l’accent sur l’amélioration des infrastructures et vu la probable
représentation accrue du Québec au sein du
cabinet, le temps est propice aux plans de
remplacement de l’aréna selon une résidente
de Ballantyne. Le maire a acquiescé et a
déclaré que l’on venait tout juste de recevoir
le rapport demandé sur l’état de l’aréna et
qu’il ferait l’objet de discussion au Conseil.
Il n’y eut qu’une seule mention du parc
canin, sous la forme de félicitations au Conseil pour cette nouvelle installation.
La réunion était ensuite levée.
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COMING EV ENTS
Classifieds
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Next deadline: January 13
FOR SALE: guitair amplifier, Yamaha g100b212 in excellent condition, 100 watts, twin
channels, $275. 484-3873.
November
Sun 29 White Gift Sunday. MW Presbyterian. 10:30 am.
Fireside dinner. MW United. 5:30 pm.
Mon 30 Town Council Meeting. Town Hall. 8 pm
Skating with
Santa
December
Sat
5 NDG Food Depot food drive. St. Philip’s. 9 am-3 pm.
Curzon Creative Preschool invites you to celebrate the
holidays with a night out with an auction, live music and
great company! Tickets are $5. For information, please contact Tara Gerrie at 438-829-1066.
Sun 6 Holiday hockey day. Legion Rink. Games start at 9 am
sharp and run until 9:30 pm.
Children’s Christmas pageant. MW United. 10 am.
2nd Sunday in Advent. MW Presbyterian. 10:30 am
Children's Christmas party. Parish Hall. St. Ignatius. Noon.
Sun 13 Santa’s breakfast in support of CRA. Reservations for 8, 9,
10 or 11 am. Please see page 16 for details.
Choral service. MW United. 10 am.
Christmas Communion. MW Presbyterian. 10:30 am.
Festival of Lessons and Carols. St. Philip’s. 5 pm.
Mon 14 MW Horticultural Society presents Dawn Smith’s Christmas floral arrangement demonstration. Non-members, $5.
Town Hall. 7:30 pm.
Wed 16 Coffee with the Mayor. Town Hall. 7:30- 9 am.
Sun 20 Carols and Christmas pageant. MW Presbyterian. 10:30 am.
Christmas service of Lessons and Carols.
St. Ignatius. 7 pm.
Mon 21 Town Council Meeting. Town Hall. 8 pm.
Thu 24 Feast of the Nativity. St. Ignatius. Family Mass at 4:30 pm.
Mass at 7 and 10 pm.
Christmas Eve service. MW Presbyterian. 5 pm.
Family service. St. Philip’s. 5 pm.
Family service. MW United. 5:30 pm.
Communion service. MW United. 9 pm.
Christmas Eve Eucharist (Midnight Mass). St. Philip’s. 11 pm.
Fri 25 Christmas Day Communion. St. Philip’s. 10 am.
Christmas Mass. St. Ignatius. 10 am.
January
Sun 10
Mon 18
Wed 20
Sun 24
Mon 25
Sunday school and Nursery service resume. MW United.
MW Horticultural Society presents Albert Mondor on
extreme horticulture. Everyone welcome. Non-members, $5.
Town Hall. 7:30 pm.
Coffee with the Mayor. 7:30- 9 am.
Afternoon Labyrinth Walk. MW United. 2-4 pm.
Town Council Meeting. Town Hall. 8 pm.
Sunday, December 20
Legion Memorial Rink
Time: 1 to 2:20 pm
Come join Santa for a free skate!
Pickup hockey and free
skate holiday schedule
For pickup hockey a full facemask, neck
protector and gloves are mandatory.
Tuesday, December 22
Wednesday, December 23
Free skate: 3:30-4:50 pm
Novice/Atom: 5-6:20 pm
Pee Wee/Bantam: 6:30-7:50 pm
Midget and up: 8-9 pm
Sunday, December 27
Free skate: 4-6 pm
Monday, December 28;
Tuesday, December 29;
Wednesday, December 30
Free Skate: 11 am – noon
Novice/Atom: noon-1:20 pm
Pee Wee/Bantam: 1:30-2:50 pm
Midget and up: 3-4:20 pm
Free skate: 4:30-6 pm
Thursday, December 31
Free skate: 9-10 am
Novice/Atom: 10-11 am
Pee Wee/ Bantam: 11 am-noon
Friday, January 2
Free skate: 11 am-noon
Novice/Atom: noon-1:20 pm
Pee Wee/Bantam: 1:30-2:50 pm
Midget and up: 3-4:20 pm
Free skate: 4:30-6 pm
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Dr. Michael J. Wexel
Chirurgien Dentiste - Dental Surgeon
Chiropractor / Chiropracticien
Tel: 773-7246
E-mail: [email protected]
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