Todd Shapiro - Montreal West€¦ · magician who was popular in the 1930s and 40s. He main-tained...

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Montreal West Viewspaper October 2016, Vol. 44, No. 7

by Maurice Krystal

Todd Shapiro has been intomagic since the age of ten. Hisfirst professional gig started atthe early age of 14. For almostthe next four decades he hasperformed thousands of showsand has taken his clever illu-sions around the globe, only tocome back to his MoWest ori-gins. He’s done performances inEurope, Asia and South Amer-ica. In Canada he’s gone as farnorth as communities within theArctic Circle and as far west asVancouver Island. He has per-formed at children’s parties,adult shows, the London tubestations and restaurants. He wasa regular performer at LeBiftèque before it closed. Todd grew up on Roxton Cr.

and attended Edinburgh School.It was there that his interest inmagic grew. When he told hisfather that this is what hewanted to do in life, he askedhis son, “From this you’re goingto make a living?” While richesdid not come pouring in, magicserved a deeper need.

The magic of magic

Todd describes himself asbeing a shy child. Even today,he sees himself as introverted.But in front of an audience,where he controls the situation,where he misdirects others intoseeing what he wants them tosee, he feels a rush of self-con-fidence. He uses magic to inter-

act, and knowing how magichelped him when he was ayoungster, he wants to pass onhis knowledge to the next gen-eration. With this in mind Toddhas opened a magic store inMoWest where a whole rangeof tricks are sold. As well,classes, both privately and ingroups will be taught to thosewho have always been intriguedby the conjuring arts. Lessonscan be in English and French.Must be five years or older. If the Amazing Todsky em-

ulates anyone in the field ofmagic, it’s Cardini (RichardValentine Pitchford), a Britishmagician who was popular inthe 1930s and 40s. He main-tained the persona of a classygentleman in top hat and tails,but slightly inebriated. Cardsand lit cigarettes would appearin his hand and mouth and itwould seem to shock him, as ifthe magic was happening tohim. Sleight of hand, gesturesand the appearance and disap-pearance of objects were all pre-cisely timed to music. Todd didn’t always think he

would end up being a magician.He obtained a BA in creativewriting from Concordia and hadplans to write the great Cana-dian novel. He wrote two self-described mediocre novels andso decided to spare readers bynot attempting to publish. Healso had a flare for music andplays the guitar and recorded amusic CD.

Photo: Adam Price

Todd Shapiro:The Amazing Todsky

Six years ago Todd moved afew blocks from the area he was brought up in. He lives therewith his wife Chantalle and histwo definitely not shy sons, Eli-jah and Ezra. He is a five-minutebike ride away from his magicstore. He plans to use his store asan office to work on integratingmusic and his writing to enhancehis magic shows a la Cardini.Located on the third floor of

a commercial building, I askedif this was a poor location. With

a twinkle in his eye he coun-tered, “Magic stores thrive in se-cret locations so the Muggleswon’t find out the secrets.” (Youhave to be a Harry Potter fan)

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community event and we are soproud of this event which bringstogether several communitygroups and lots of local artisans.So please visit the show andbring some new people withyou. We’d like to challenge res-idents to invite friends fromother communities to come withyou to the show.So save the date and we'll

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from Cate Gregory

Why all grandparents should belong to the MoWest Children's Library...

...for when their grandchildren come to visit!Thank you Pam!

Granddad Bill Foster reading to Dylan (2½) and Jackson (5½)

Night LandscapesConor Sampson is a lighting designer

and architect who teaches lighting design atthe McGill University School of Architec-ture. He is the principal of lighting designfirm C.S. Design in Montreal will be speak-ing to the Horticultural Society October 17.The focus of his talk Night Landscapes

will be general principles of landscapelighting, health and visual impact of LEDLighting, and dark sky and light pollutionas well as lighting techniques for the smallgarden.This promises to be an interesting pres-

entation on a topic not previously investi-gated by our garden club. Prepare to befascinated by the role of lighting in the nightlandscape, Monday, October 17, 7:30 at theTown Hall. Everyone welcome; $5 admis-sion applies to guests only.

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Sandra MacDonald (1949-2016) diedAugust 30 after a three-year battle with can-cer. She was born on July 5, 1949 to Au-drey Morrison (nee Squires) and IanMacDonald in the Rosemount section ofMontreal, but it was Montreal West whereshe would live and work for most of her life.Sandra’s open arms and open heart

touched many in the community startingwith the children that she looked after in herday care. When her own children went offto school, she started working for the Com-munity Centre, Public Works and thenRecreation. When retired 20 years later, she devoted

herself full-time to her five grandchildren,who were the lights of her life. Whether athome, at work or waiting in line at the bank,Sandra always had a big smile and encour-aging words for everyone she met. In addi-tion to her own two children, she served assurrogate mother for many friends andneighbours who needed help throughout theyears. Her sense of humor and loving spiritwere with her to the end and had a profoundeffect on those around her as evidenced bythe tears of her doctors and nurses.

A celebration of her life was held onSunday September 11 where a packed hallbuzzed with people hugging, laughing andcrying, and kids running all around – ex-actly as Sandra would have wanted it. Sandra leaves behind her mother and

stepfather Irvin Morrison, sister CathyMacDonald, brother Garry MacDonald(Lynne McVey), son Derek Wallace(Bianca Bayer) and daughterAmy Wallace(Peter Grant). She also leaves behind hergrandchildren, Liam, Aubry, Sydney,Aidan and Amelia. She was predeceased byher brother John MacDonald and her fa-ther.In lieu of flowers, the family asks that

you consider a donation to the West IslandPalliative Care Centre that took such won-derful care of Sandra in her final months.

from Amy Wallace

in memoriam

Sandra MacDonald

Montreal’s Jazz Legend Oliver Joneswill retire this December after a career thathas spanned over 76 years. One of his lastperformances will be a fundraising concertbenefitting the Lachine Hospital. MonicaMcDougall, a MoWest resident and Exec-utive Director of the Foundation, isthrilled about the event. “The Foundation isextremely honoured to have Mr. Jones per-form one of his very last concerts for us.”

Proceeds from the evening will go to-wards the purchase of new medical equip-ment for the community hospital whichjoined the MUHC in 2008, and is scheduledfor a $71.5 million renovation project be-ginning in 2018.The show will take place on Thursday,

November 17 at L’Entrepôt in Lachine.Tickets are $95 and can be reserved by call-ing the Foundation at 934-1934 ext. 77333.For more information visit lachinehospital-foundation.com.

Don’t miss Oliver Jones’ performance

Help purchase a new school for LRPThe Little Red Playhouse has an oppor-

tunity to purchase a new school where it canaccommodate 60 children in its classroomsand have 15 one-on-one rooms for childrento receive language and behavior therapies.This new home will ensure that more andmore young children in need of LRP’s spe-cial touch will be able to attend a pre-schooltailored to their special needs.To support the purchase, Little Red Play-

house is hosting a Comedy Fundraiser atClub Soda. The show will feature three hys-terically funny comedians: Phil Shuchat,David Acer and Ralph Harris (innovative-comedy.com/ralph-harris/). There will be asilent auction as well as a live auction.The date is December 1. Doors open at

6:30 pm and the show starts at 7:30 pm.Tickets are $150 ($125 tax receipt).I invite you to join Liam, Colm and me

at this very special event and show yoursupport for LRP’s children. Tickets will goon sale October 1, but I can hold tickets foryou now. Please let me know if you wouldlike to attend and the total number of ticketsyou will need. If you cannot attend, considerpurchasing a ticket or two and give it to afriend as an early holiday gift.Thanks for your support.Warm regards,

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rience that was quite disturb-ing. I engaged a roofer to repair my tar andgravel roof. He was well known as he hadrepaired many roofs in the area and neitherhe nor I was aware of a bylaw requiring apermit.The work started on a cloudy morning

and, to my surprise, I was confronted by arude security person demanding to see mypermit. He ordered us to stop immediatelyor he would call the police. I’ve lived andworked as an optometrist in Montreal Westfor over 40 years and I was shocked and as-tounded at being threatened with police ac-tion for trying to fix my roof. The roofers stopped the work, even

though it was about to rain. I rushed to theTown Hall with the required papers andpaid a $50 fee and was told the work couldcontinue. About a week after the work wasdone, I was notified that my permit had tobe picked up and that I needed to pay an-other $158 or I would be fined. I paid, andassumed this was the end of the matter. Imagine my surprise, today, when I re-

ceived a summons to pay the City of Mon-treal a fine of $447 or go to court inMontreal to plead my case. I remember a gentler time in Montreal

West when a security person such as the lateTom Harvey would give out a warning andallow you a chance to rectify the situation be-fore threatening to call the police or furtherfines. At that time security worked for andwith the people of the community, rather thanbecoming enforcers and creating a hostile en-vironment. I was always proud to live andwork in Montreal West and never wouldhave thought I would be rudely treated withthreats to call the police and now summonedto court in Montreal for what I, and most rea-sonable people, would consider a very smalloversight. I wasn’t building a three-storeyhotel, I was only repairing my roof and didn’trealize I needed a permit.This type of treatment is certainly not a

change for the better in the small closelyknit community of Montreal West.Sincerely,

Dr. Peter Prupas

RESPONSE

Like all other towns on the Island, Mon-treal West requires permits for most reno-vation work, particularly if it involvesanything on the exterior of the home. Wehave been actively streamlining the buildingpermit application process over the last fewyears by adding a second Planning Advisory

Committee (PAC) meeting per month andremoving many simple projects from PACreview, such as flat roof replacements. At the same time, the Town has been en-

gaged in an active campaign since early2015 to inform residents of the need forbuilding permits, including permits for roofreplacements. These permits are requiredbefore beginning any work. The need forbuilding permits has been widely publicisedin The Informer, the Town e-bulletin, on ourwebsite and has been raised repeatedly atcouncil meetings. Our PSOs are highlytrained professionals who have the unenvi-able task of ticketing residents who do notcomply with Town bylaws. We understand these matters can some-

times be the cause of distress and confronta-tion. But we hope residents understand that,when an infraction is evident, it is the PSOsrole to enforce the bylaw. We certainly re-gret if any misunderstanding arose duringthe issuing of this ticket as we endeavour toprovide courteous service to residents underall circumstances.

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Colin Newhouse was our guest speakerseveral weeks ago. Besides being RotarianKathie Montgomery’s better half he isalso a Paul Harris Fellow. He came to talkto us about Handicap International and ex-plosive weapons in populated areas.Handicap International was started 35

years ago in Cambodia and has had a Cana-dian chapter for the last 13 years. They noware in 60 countries working on 250 differentprojects. They have won numerous awards,two being the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997(shared with Jody Williams) and the 2011Hilton Humanitarian Prize. They do more than locate and disarm

land mines and cluster bombs. They are inwar zones and also places where naturaldisasters hit. They work on long term de-velopment such as education and hospitals.Rehabilitation, cure and prevention aretheir focal points. The Canadian chapter hasraised $28 million for projects around theworld. Some of the countries HI is workingin right now are Mozambique, Columbia,Haiti and Syria. Colin talked about the work they are

currently doing in Syria and said there are1.5 million refugees internally and there arethree main external camps for Syrians flee-ing the country. The camps are in Jordan,Lebanon and Turkey. The Zaatari refugeecamp has 190,000 people in it making itJordan’s fourth biggest city. There are two innovations that HI has

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Friday, November 4 Rotary Oyster Party - Town Hall

Our annual Oyster Party, sponsored bythe Rotary Club of Montreal Westward, willtake place on Friday, November 4 at 6 pm atthe Town Hall. The cost for this all you caneat oyster event is $60 per person. In 2015we were able to give tax receipts of $40 foreach $60 ticket; we expect the tax receiptamount to be similar this year. We servewonderful fresh Maritime oysters. Therewill be a variety of other foods, cold cuts,bread and buns, desserts, coffee, tea, etc.There will be a cash bar serving a variety ofbeers, red and white wines and variousother alcoholic beverages along with softdrinks and juices. There will be a silent auc-tion along with a live auction and a raffledraw. The event is a fundraiser for local and in-

ternational Rotary charities. Locally, we aresupporting the NDG Food Depotwith cook-ing classes. We also support MoWestCanada Day, Royal West science fair,YMCA Strong Kids as well as many others.Internationally we are helping a RotaryClub in Peru that gives free medical/dentalclinics using volunteer doctors and dentists.For many years we have supported CYMA,Canadian Youth to Armenia: young peoplerebuilding schools and hospitals. We sup-port the Rotary Foundation that gives schol-

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Coming Rotary eventsOctober

6: Peter Labelle – Buruli Ulcer andOther Neglected Tropical Diseases,update on Rotary project

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Don’t miss I Can Dream Theatre’s Remembering Titanic

photo :Kat Meyendorf

2016 could very well be the year whereI Can Dream Theatre is getting the most ex-posure! Following the successful screeningof the documentary The Making of aDream, the theatre group for adults withspecial needs will be performing in theirfifth production entitled Remembering Ti-tanic on November 11 and 12. The November 11 presentation will be

preceded by the group’s first (and now an-nual) gala where various organizationsaround Montreal will be showing their sup-port towards this vibrant group of amazingindividuals.2016 may be giving I Can Dream The-

atre a great ending to a fantastic year, but itis also paving the way for some excitingnew initiatives in 2017.

Travelling troupe

A travelling troupe, made up of a smallergroup of its 24-member cast will be travel-ling around the city of Montreal and per-forming an abridged version ofRemembering Titanic at various schools, forstudents from Grade 4 and up. This is a re-ally exciting opportunity for the group ingetting their collective feet in the doors ofsome great educational institutions and con-necting with them. It also will provide anentrepreneurial opportunity for its cast asthey have been formally hired as actors forthis endeavour.A bit farther down the road will be the

establishing of a vocational/work-orientedprogram for the members of the theatregroup, which will provide learning oppor-

tunities in various areas such as cooking aswell as clerical and industrial skills.There are also plans under way to launch

a summer camp within the next year as well.Stay tuned for more details around this. I Can Dream Theatre’s motto which is

“If you can dream it, you can live it.” issounding truer than ever! While the groupcontinues to produce of the most liveliestand heart-warming shows you will ever see,it is also branching out into new avenuesthat will bound to impress in new ways. For more information on I Can Dream

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Tickets and info

For information around our gala eveningand the premiere performance of Remem-bering Titanic, contact us at [email protected]. Tickets for our secondshow performance (November 12) will beavailable to purchase online at a later date.Keep up to date on our social media pagesfor those details.

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Éco l e d e s Am i s - d u -Monde

Le Jour de la Terre

Le Jour de la Terre est unejournée spéciale qui se déroule le22 avril. C’est une journéeunique parce qu’on se rappelleque l’environnement, c’est im-

portant. Alors, par exemple, n’utilise pastrop d’électricité, sinon, tu dépenses trop delumière dans ta maison et ça gaspille del’énergie. De plus, il ne faut pas utiliser tropd’eau quand tu brosses tes dents, que tu telaves les mains ou que tu prends ta douche.La terre est importante alors il faut en pren-dre soin!

Alexandre et Zachary

Le projet amérindien

À l’école des Amis-du-Monde, nousavons un projet rassembleur portant sur lesPremières Nations. Nous avons préparé desprojets amérindiens comme des signets, desmasques, des maquettes, des totems, etc.Toutes les classes ont préparé des chosesamérindiennes, de la maternelle à la 6eannée. Par exemple, les signets ont été faitspar le groupe 402 et les masques, par laclasse 401. Les maquettes ont été réaliséespar les classes de première, troisième etquatrième années. On a affiché tous les pro-jets sur les murs, les fenêtres et les tablesprès de l’entrée de l’école.

Eileen, Romina, Soomin

Semaine des « services de garde »

Chaque année, il y a une semaine spéci-fique pour les services de garde. Cetteannée, c’était la semaine du 16 au 20 mai.Pour célébrer le personnel du « service de

garde », nous avons mis des chandails decouleurs différentes chaque jour. Nousavons eu une journée en rouge, une autre enbleu, une autre en vert et une en blanc. Ledernier jour, il fallait s’habiller à l’envers.Nous disons merci aux éducatrices et auxéducateurs pour les activités qu’ils font avecnous et nous les remercions de nous aideravec nos devoirs.

Eric et Adrian

Concours agenda

À la fin de chaque année scolaire, on ale concours de l’agenda. Pour ce concours,on fait un dessin et les plus beaux se retrou-vent sur l’agenda scolaire. Ainsi, tout lemonde qui veut participer fait un dessin quia rapport avec un thème de l’école. Chaqueclasse choisit le dessin qu’elle veut voir enfinale. Les dessins choisis sont affichés surla fenêtre de l’atrium. Ensuite, nous votonsencore une fois pour décider quel dessinsera choisi pour aller sur la couverture del’agenda de notre cycle. Puisque nous avonstrois cycles au primaire, nous avons troisgagnants par année. Nous connaîtrons lesgagnants dès l’automne prochain.

Zachary[Les gagnants sont 1er cycle : Ekaterina,

2e cycle : Michelle et 3e cycle: Uranbileg]

Les bénévoles

Dans notre école, il y a différents élèvesbénévoles comme les arbitres, les anima-teurs de jeux et les bénévoles de la mater-nelle. Les arbitres sont ici pour régler lesconflits entre les élèves à la récréation etpour s’assurer qu’ils respectent les règles dujeu. Les animateurs animent les jeux de

L’année scolaire 2015-2016 terminée en beautétable aux récréations appelées « récrésbranchées » et animent les jeux d’échecs.Pour ces récréations, il y a plein de jeuxd’échecs placés sur les tables afin que lesélèves puissent jouer à des jeux différentsde sur la cour d’école.

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Introducing our new Principal

Mauro Zampini started out wanting tobe a principal. After 20 years working in ahigh school, he knew that he belonged withelementary kids. His four children have an impact on his

ability to do his job because they are alsoelementary school age. Having young kidshelps him to understand his students better.If he could have a different job, it would beas a full time dad with his kids. In fact, hisfavorite part of being a Principal is walkingaround outside at recess time getting to in-teract with the kids. He believes now that he was an average

student when he was in elementary school.The mistake that he has learned from mostis that when he was a teenager, he spent toomuch time working and not enough timedoing sports and interacting with hisfriends. He thinks that this mistake still hasan impact on him. Finally, Mr. Zampini

finds that his two best personal traits arebeing approachable and patient. I personallyfind that he is also very funny.

from Sahana Dunkley

Live from La Fête nationale concert…

Members of the Edinburgh choir, underthe direction of Dimitris Ilias, had the op-portunity to sing at the Fête nationale duQuébec à Montréal concert that took placeon stage at the Quartier des Spectacles onJune 23. This huge free outdoor concertkicked off the official celebrations at thePlace des Festivals with thousands in atten-dance. The children sang Y’as Pas DeuxChansons Pareilles with famous Québecsinger Jean Pierre Ferland. They practisedthe song in May and June and participatedin two rehearsals onstage at the QuartierSpectacle with M. Jean Pierre Ferland. The concert was filmed and shown on

Radio Canada television.Our choir was thrilled to participate.

Here are some quotes from our performers:“It was awesome to sing on such a huge

stage.” Hannah Salkovitz“What a great experience! I loved

singing in front of so many people.” Ava Salkovitz“It was really fun to be on stage in front

of thousands of people and to meet Jean-Pierre Ferland!” William Demaine“It was great being in front of so many

people to sing our song but it was also reallynerve racking!” Kaï Blondin “I don't think I’ll ever get to sing in front

of so many people again! It was awe-some!!!” Emrik Blondin “It was really fun to sing in a choir with

so many other voices around me. I reallyenjoyed the big stage experience.” Lauren Dolan“...an amazing once in a lifetime per-

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E l i z a b e t h B a l l a n t y n e S c h o o lA new principal and a super start!

My name is Michael Brown,and I am the proud new Principal

of Elizabeth Ballantyne School. I am thrilled to be back here, having en-

joyed my two-month stay in the spring. Iwas previously Vice-Principal at LaurenHillAcademy for five years. I have always fos-tered student voice in schools to encouragethem to take ownership of their own educa-tion. Regular communication between par-ents and teachers is the foundation on whichacademic success is built, and is also essen-tial to the creation of well-rounded citizens.I wish all MoWest and EBS families an ex-cellent school year!

Lots of excitement

The school year started with lots of ex-citement as we welcomed returning andnew families from near and far. Wednesday,August 31, the staff and students enjoyed awelcome back party in the afternoon. At theend of the day, Iron Man and Spidermandropped by for a surprise visit! Everyonewas very excited as they listened to Iron

Man offering some important advice. “Eata healthy diet, work hard at school and besure to listen to your parents and your teach-ers”. He also reminded them that they canall be Super Heroes by helping other peo-ple. Spidey (who is a bit shy), didn’t haveas much to say, but he nodded in agreementwith his good buddy. What a Super Start tothe school year!

Cycle 3 news

Cycle 3 began the new school year withteamwork! iPads brought a first day scav-enger hunt into the 21st century. Studentswere working together in the park, collect-ing items, snapping pictures, or takingvideos. The theme of team building contin-ued on the first field trip to Cap St. Jacqueswith obstacle courses, capture the flag andother cooperative games. Good friends havealready been made and teamwork is now inplace. In addition, the prefects of 2016-17have been chosen to help with the smoothrunning of the school. Congratulations to allof these responsible students!To learn more, visit our website at

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Indoor soccer with Greg MacGregor and Alison Piela

This is a 10-week indoor soccer programfor girls and boys. The focus of theseclasses is to improve skills and technique.Class sizes are kept small to ensure eachplayer receives individual attention.Fall session starts October 3Winter session starts January 9 Cost: $125 (R) $145 (NR)Ages: 5 and 6 years old (co-ed)Ages: U8 to U13 boys and girls (separate)Location: Royal West gym Please check the website for dates and

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Women’s indoor soccer

This 10-week program provides women19+ the opportunity to learn and play recre-ational soccer. Coach Greg Macgregorwillguide you through the rules as well as teachbasic to more advanced skills.Fall session starts October 3Winter session starts January 9Cost: $145 (R) $165 (NR)Location: Royal West High gym

Skating lessons

These classes are for the first time skaterto the more advanced skater. Classes have alow ratio instructor to skaters and teach skat-ing skills through circuits and fun games.Wednesday session starts October 12Sunday session starts October 16Cost: $250 (R) $270 (NR)Time: Wednesdays, 5-6 pm or

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Outdoor soccer

The fall session of sports with the CivicRecreation Association is well under way.Soccer started on a sunny September morn-ing. Players ranging from ages 4 to 15 couldbe seen on the fields playing games andmini-matches. The games were close and asthe season comes to an end you can see theteams coming together as a unit. We areheading into the playoffs and finals on Sep-tember 24 and 25. Good luck to all theteams.

Rugby

MoW rugby took to the field in a numberof jamborees this year. Our U6 and U8s im-proved dramatically over the summer andeveryone found themselves playing realrugby by the end of August. Our U10s weredominant every week, after having trainedand played together for the last few years.The U12s joined up with NDG to play fullcontact and demonstrated some real individ-ual strengths. Thank you to all the parents who drove

their kids out in freezing, wet weather andthen again on hot, dry days to jamboreesthroughout the city. The CRA would like tothank all the coaches led by head coachSusy Binstock. These volunteer coachesworked tirelessly each week to ensure eachplayer was welcomed and encouraged toenjoy the game.

Gymtastic

Our Gymtastic program started earlySeptember at the Elizabeth Ballantyne gym.We have participants ranging from 3½ yearsold and up learning their gym stops, walk-ing on the beam, learning their pike holdsand doing somersaults. Led by Dede Yimfrom Wimgym gymnastic club, our team ofcoaches is ready for another session ofjumps, cartwheels and donkey kicks.

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The Children’s Library is sad to say farewell to Head LibrarianJulia Stark, who has accepted a Librarian position at the EnglishMontreal School Board head office. Stop by the library on Satur-day, October 1 to say farewell. Light refreshments will be served.Join us on Saturday, October 29 from 1-2 pm for Spooky Tales!

Carley and Brigitte will be reading Halloween stories and doinga craft. This activity is bilingual, geared to children 3 years old orover, and registration is $3. Space is limited so please call 484-7194 or email [email protected] to reserve your spot.

Fall programming is well under way, so call to inquire if there are spaces available in Mother Goose,Tales for Tots, Lego Club, Makerspace, Story Sparklers, or Mother Daughter Book Club.If you are looking for a unique birthday gift for a child, we offer a birthday books program. Simply fill in a registration form approx-

imately six weeks before the big day. A book for the library will be bought with your $25 donation, inscribed with your child’s name anda birthday message and added to the library collection. Your child will be the first to borrow the book and will also receive a birthdaycard and bookmark.

Preventing jewellery theftMontreal police (SPVM) would like to warn all citizens to exercise

caution in order to prevent the theft of jewellery being perpetrated bycon artists in public places.

In general, the thief acts alone or as part of a group, he or she uses a vehicle and targetsmostly seniors. The thief uses false pretences to get close to the victim (talks about a de-ceased family member, asks for the way to the hospital, asks for the time). The thief willthen thank the victim and will offer him or her a piece of jewellery of no value. The thiefcomes in closer to get the victim to try on the jewellery and places the “fake” jewelleryaround the neck, wrist or finger of the victim, not giving the victim time to react. At thesame time, the thief steals the valuable jewellery that the victim is wearing without his orher knowledge. The theft is not noticed until later.Prevention tips• Travel in a group whenever possible.• Hide your valuable jewellery until you reach your destination.• Refuse a gift from a stranger and do not let that person come close to you.If you are a victim of fraud or theft, or if you think you might be, immediately contact

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Beavers

Our Beaver Colony started itsmeetings in September and we are

absolutely bursting at the seams – 30 chil-dren in all! It is a bit chaotic, but we are get-ting in the groove learning openings,closings, Motto, Promise and Law. Our new“kits” will become full “eager Beavers” attheir investiture October 4. We have learnedsome new songs, games and played in thepark at the Community Centre, after wepicked up the garbage as part of our Com-munity Service. We have also made “BeaverBags” to carry our supplies from home tomeetings. Some of us went on a sleepoverin a barn, collected eggs, gathered vegeta-bles, fed the animals and cooked over a fire.A great way to start the new year! We aregoing to a fall camp. All is well in our pond!

Cubs

The Cub Pack began its meetings mid-September with 11 new Cubs. We’ve beenmostly devoted to games and sharing thebasic principles of the Cub Pack with ournewest Cubs. We’re learning about the CubLaw, Promise and Motto, as well as gettingintroduced to Scouts Canada’s new Cana-dian Path program. The Canadian Path is arevitalized program with a focus on youth-led activities. We’re all learning to workwithin the new program, completed theplanning of our Cub Code of Conduct andour first adventures. In the next few weeks,we’ll start planning our fall camp scheduledin mid-October.

Food drive

During the week of October 17, theMWest Scout Group will be holding its an-nual collection of non-perishable foods. Inthe early evening of Tuesday, Wednesday orThursday (depending on the area) a Beaver,Cub or Scout may ring your doorbell andask for a food donation that will be deliv-ered to the NDG Food Depot. The Depot isthe primary food bank in the area. Last yearthey distributed over 15,000 food baskets toneedy families and individuals.In June, we were honoured to receive an

Outstanding Contribution Award from theFood Depot, in recognition of the almost 20years of the Scouts have been collectingfood on their behalf.

Mon t r e a l We s t S c o u t G r o u p

When a Scout calls on your house,please be generous. (If we miss you, pleaseleave a message at 481-6523 and we willcollect your donation in the next few days).

Blood drive

Wednesday, October 26, from 1:30-8pm, the Scout Group will be assistingHéma-Québec by sponsoring a blood donorclinic at St. Philip’s Church (Sherbrookeand Connaught). It is important that wehave a good participation, as blood is deliv-ered to 1000 patients in Quebec every day.Our clinic is just one, but it is important.For more information about Héma-

Québec and the process of giving blood (in-cluding who is eligible), please visit theirwebsite at hema-quebec.qc.ca.We hope to see you there!

Popcorn

Would you like to support Scouting whilehaving a tasty treat? One of our membersmay ask you to buy popcorn. We several va-rieties of flavoured corn, as well as mi-crowave corn and popping corn. To behonest, the cost is higher than an equivalentproduct at Costco, but the quality is good anda large part of the profits are returned to theScout Group. Orders will be taken in the firstweeks of October and delivered in Novem-ber. The profits this year will go directly torenting a bus or buses for our winter camp.

RegistrationThere are openings in all sections except

Beavers. To make enquiries email KarenJohnstone at [email protected].

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Sparks

The Sparks unit has tripled insize! Most of the new girls are all

in kindergarten! These enthusiastic youngladies have made their own recycled bagsout of old t-shirts. These bags are to helpthem keep their Sparks supplies all in onelocation. They have also learned about theSparks promise. Although it is a largergroup than we have had in a few years, theyare wonderfully patient and helpful withone another. Already, they on the right pathfor a future of Guiding.

Brownies

The Brownies are also off to a solid start.They are having so much fun they wantedto share their fun with more friends. This

photo: Christine Downey

being the case, they held a successful“Bring a Friend” evening. Although BrownOwl is no longer the head leader for theBrownie unit, some of the traditions shestarted have been carried on. One of thesetraditions was working on the WheelsBadge in the early fall. In mid-September,Brownies arrived with bikes and skate-boards and all the right fitting protectiveequipment. With a Public Security officerto help, the young ladies truly learn and un-derstand the rules of the road.

Guides

The Guides have great plans for thisyear. Given their meetings are now Fridaynight, there is not the stress of getting home-work completed before going to the meet-ing. At the start of the year, the girls arefocusing on learning a bit about the historyof Guiding, the promise and law and howto perform the weekly opening ceremony.When all of the basics are known, the girlswill be off and running on other exciting ad-ventures.

Cooooooookies!!

When you read this, the chocolaty mintcookies will be available for purchase.Many of you wait all year for this specialtime! If they are not your preferred GirlGuide cookie, have no fear, we still have alimited supply of the traditional cookiesavailable. There will be a cookie blitzplanned for the MoWest area the weekendof October 15-16. You may just have agroup of young ladies knocking at yourdoor to see if you would like to support awonderful organization!

Off and running to a great start!

Our popular computer help session hasreturned to Monday mornings from 10-12.Library members are invited to drop in andask computer related questions, or for helpusing their gadgets. Appointments can be made upon request

if you cannot make the drop-in sessions.

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St. Philip’sSunday, October 2 at 4 pm, Peter Butler

and the choir will lead traditional ChoralEvensong, with prayers for refugees. We will be joined by parishioners from St. Thomas and Trinity Memorial, and theoffering will go toward our tri-parishrefugee sponsorship. A wine and cheese re-ception will follow the service.Harvest festival celebrations this year

have moved to the Sunday of Thanksgivingweekend. The church will be decorated forthe season, and following the 10 am Eu-charist we will gather in Memorial Hall fora pot-luck lunch. All are welcome, as thereis always plenty of food to go around.Have you ever wondered what is behind

the big oak doors? Saturday, October 22, is your chance to find out. The doors willbe open from 1:30 to 4:30 pm. OrganistPeter Butler will present short recitals onthe organ at 1:30 and 4:15. There will beguided and self-guided tours of the church,a display of pictures and artefacts from our125-year history (both from the parisharchives and from private collections) andafternoon tea.Afterwards, we will celebrate our 125th

anniversary with a gala dinner at the Curl-ing Club. A number of former members willbe returning from out of town to celebratewith us. A limited number of tickets areavailable ($50 each) from the church office.If you have walked by the corner of

Brock and Sherbrooke, you may have no-ticed the vegetable garden, partly hiddenbehind the shrubs. If you need a tomato orpepper, or a sprig of herbs, please helpyourselves. Thank you to Cynthia Nicholsand her team of volunteers who have cre-ated the garden and to all who donatedplants. We hope to expand it next year.

MW United…the brick one

By the time you are reading this, we willhave voted on calling a new minister! Butas I write, nothing can be said as yet. Oncethe person is called, they must give theircurrant congregation 90 days notice, so wewon’t be laying eyes on them until January1, 2017. The democratic process in theUnited Church takes its time, but the resultwill be worth the wait I can assure you.In the meantime, worship goes forward

as usual employing a variety of ordainedclergy, trained laity, and some just regularmembers who will fill the pulpit on anygiven Sunday morning. There is a richnessin this diversity.

October continues on schedule

October 2 is World Wide CommunionSunday when we join with Christianseverywhere around the globe in servingCommunion. Thanksgiving Sunday will bethe following week. Then with cottagesclosed, October 16 there will be a welcomeback lunch of soup and sandwiches follow-ing the service, and so it goes. By the endof the month, we are preparing for the fam-ily bazaar – so heads up!

Have Labyrinths got you puzzled?

Two of our walkers are holding a work-shop to explain and explore the use of theLabyrinth as a meditative tool to those un-familiar with it. Whether you have attendeda workshop or not, you are welcome tocome to our next walk on Tuesday, October25 between 7 and 9 pm. As always,Wadsworth Hall is where we spread theChartres Cathedral design. The gentlemusic and candles are meant to provide an

atmosphere that allows you to quiet yourthoughts, so that your intuition can beheard. Socks and slippers required please.No cost, no experience necessary.So remember to save Saturday, Novem-

ber 5 for the bazaar between 10 and 2.Home baking, preserves, knitting, silentauction, men’s store, kids’ toys, not to men-tion lunch and so much more. More nexttime.In the meantime we are at 88 Ballantyne.

Worship, Sunday school and nursery at 10am. Phone 483-3210 or visit mwuc.org, orjust come. All welcome.

from Susan Upham

MW PresbyterianThis is being written on Labour Day

weekend. There are hummingbirds at ourfeeder building up their strength for theirlong trip south. The leaves are just begin-ning to turn. Welcome to the fall.We also welcome back our minister, Rev.

Sampson Afoakwah, who was away inJuly and August. He spent part of his vaca-tion in Ghana – visiting family and friends.Our thanks to Rev. Carlton London andElder Joyce Kuchah for leading the Sun-day services in his absence. Also to Her-mann Mbounou, Clerk of Session, fortending to pastoral concerns.

Our deepest sympathy

To Janet Dimock and her family –Hugh, Geordie and Marnie and eightgrandchildren – on the passing of herbeloved husband, James, July 6.To Claudine Abangma Lekunze and

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Baptisms

The Sacrament of Baptism was admin-istered, June 5, to Amah Janna-EstelleNde, daughter of Jacob Didier Nde andAnna Indah Fon and June 12, to LiamOwen Graham, son of Bradley LyndonGraham and Jennifer Ann Austin.

Looking back

On July 3, the MWPC African Choirhosted a fund-raising service and lunch. Ourthanks to Rev. Afoakwah, drums; KwameAnsah, keyboard; and Samuel Sowah, bassguitar and to all who supported this event.

Congratulations

To the following graduates: from highschool: Diane Tendongze; from college:Richmond Bassong; from university:Alexandre and Gabrielle Davidson.To Damilola Lameed who participated

in Math Day 2016, the largest online fran-cophone math contest in North America.Damilola was the best in her class.

Looking forward

We welcome Hans Najeme as the newChairman of the Board of Managers.Our fall card party will be held on Fri-

day, October 14 from 1-4 pm. A light lunchwill be served. So make up your tables andjoin in the fun. For tickets ($10) please callJanet Dimock 484-2783 or Zipper Scriver486-0742.MWPC will be celebrating its 125th an-

niversary in October. We will host a jazzconcert, featuring Chad Linsley, on Satur-day October 22 at 7 pm. For tickets ($20);please call the church office 484-7913. OnSunday, October 23, there will be a Thanks-giving service followed by a reception. Allare welcome.

Ongoing

Weekly Sunday service and Sundayschool at 10:30 am, followed by a socialhour. We look forward to seeing you.

In closing

I would like to express my sincerethanks to our many friends and acquain-tances in this and surrounding communities.My beloved Jim is finally at rest, Parkin-sons having taken its toll. Your words andactions of sympathy and support havemeant so much to me and my family. MayGod bless you all.

from Janet Dimock

St. IgnatiusSt. Ignatius offers a vibrant, fun, and dy-

namic youth ministry. Geared toward chil-dren from ages 11 to 18, youth nightsprimarily take place Thursday evenings,from 7-9 pm. Children will have a ton offun playing epic games, learn about and en-counter a God who loves them personally,and form long-lasting friendships with theirpeers. Reach out to Stephen Corsi, coordi-nator of Youth Ministry for more info [email protected], or check out ourwebsite: st-ignatius.ca/blog/youth-group/Attending Mass can become a chore

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The Town of Montreal West is lookingfor a resident interested in participating onthe MW Employee Pension Plan (MWEPP)Committee. The committee reviews the per-formance of the pension fund, approves thefinancial statements and recommendschanges to internal regulations, policies andprocedures. An update on the MWEPP waspresented in the August Communiqué.The committee meets three to four times

a year, usually in the afternoon. The com-mittee is comprised of nine members, in-cluding members of the Town’sadministration, a Councillor, a resident (op-tional) and active and non-active membersof the employees’ plan.

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Planning Advisory CommitteeThe Town is looking for residents inter-

ested in participating on the Planning Advi-sory Committee (PAC). PAC reviews andmakes recommendations to Council on re-quests related to urban planning and devel-opment including site planning andarchitectural integration programs, minorexemptions, zoning amendments and peri-odic urban planning and building bylaw re-view. This committee holds meetings twicea month on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm and, oc-casionally, holds extra meetings. The Com-mittee has seven regular and four alternatemembers, with renewable two-year terms. Candidates for this position must:

• be a resident of Montreal West;• be available for evening meetings;• have expertise, competence or training inurban planning, architecture, engineering,development, heritage, construction orlandscape design. To apply for this volunteer position,

please send your résumé and a cover letterexplaining your reasons for applying by Oc-tober 17 to:

Vlad Florea-ArchirPlanner and Building [email protected]

Julie Tasker-Brown, CouncillorUrban Planning and Environment

Comité du Régime de retraite des employés

La Ville de M-O. recherche un résidentsouhaitant siéger au Comité du Régime deretraite des employés de M-O. (RREMO).Le comité examine la performance durégime de retraite, en approuve les états fin-anciers et recommande des changements auxrèglements internes, politiques et procédures.Une mise à jour du RREMO a été publiéedans le Communiqué du mois d’août.Le comité se réunit trois ou quatre fois

par année, habituellement en après-midi. Lecomité se compose de neuf membres, dontdes membres de l’Administration de laVille, une conseillère/un conseiller, un rési-dent (facultatif) et des membres actifs et in-actifs du Régime des employés.

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bénévole, transmettez une lettre énonçantvotre intérêt et exposant votre expériencepertinente au plus tard le 14 octobre à :

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Comité consultatif d’urbanismeLa Ville de M-O. recherche des résidents

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Halloween on Ice Sunday, October 30

Lace up your skates andcome dressed up! Join us at theLegion Memorial Rink for afun time with friends andfamily during free skate from1-2:20 pm. Face painting,crafts and prizes!

Pumpkin Parade Tuesday, November 1

Halloween is over, what to do with yourpumpkin? Come join us at Strathearn Parkfor a Pumpkin Parade. Register your pump-kin at 6 pm, set it up along the path and, at6:30 pm, the judges will make their deci-

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It will be afun and beauti-ful night!

Remembrance DayCeremony Sunday, November 6

Procession begins at the corner of Cur-zon and Westminster at 12:15. The cere-mony begins at 12:30 at the Cenotaph. Theceremony will be followed by a re-ception for Veterans and theirfamilies at the Town Hall.For more information

please call Community Cen-tre 484-6186 or email: [email protected].

Some of the programs offered:

• Bilingual Discovery – preschool drop-off program (2-4 years old)

• Parent and totsexercise class

• Baby Boogie and Music & Movement

• Adult fitness classes includingZumba, Stretch, Yoga, Essentrics, TRX and more.

• Youth activities including chess,ballet, fitness classes, art andmore

• Red Cross Babysitting Course,October 22 (11 years +)

Please call the Community Centre formore information at 484-6186 or email usat [email protected].

Registration for programs

For all the fall and winter programscheck our website: montreal-west.ca andour facebook page: facebook.com/montre-alwest.caThe winter early bird special ends No-

vember 1. Winter programs begin the weekof January 7Registration is ongoing for Town pro-

grams online at montreal-ouest.ca/eng/on-line-registration.You can also sign up at the Community

Centre during regular working hours (8:30am-12:15 pm and 1:15 pm-4:30 pm).

Pâtisserie de la GareA French Tradition

La tarte à la citrouille est maintenant disponible

The pumpkin pie is now available

Monday-Friday: 7 am - 6 pmSaturday, Sunday: 8 am - 5 pm

Pâtisserie de la Gare

Salon de Thé

Boulangerie - PâtisserieTraiteur

Yann Botrel

24, rue Westminster NordMontréal-Ouest, Québec

514 484.7565

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bring up the situation to the Mayor of La-chine whom he sees regularly at the Ag-glomeration Council meetings. The construction company responsible

for the ongoing infrastructure work on Strat-hearn was complimented by the nextspeaker who appreciated its workers respectfor the home owners affected by this majordisruption. But she went on to express herdisgust at the number of overflowinggarbage bins belonging to some of the storesand restaurants on Westminster that storethem at the back of their buildings. Theproblem for these establishments is that un-like other commercial buildings on West-minster, they cannot arrange to have privatecontractors pick up their garbage becausethere is no access for vehicles to the back ofthese properties, explained the Mayor. Headded that this situation had been reviewedin the past and he would look into it again.The last question concerned the large

construction signs that have been blockingaccess to a portion of the sidewalk on West-minster South long after the constructionwas completed. The answer was to informPublic Works.General Town business was next on the

Council’s agenda. This included the newsthat the issues around the sale and subdivi-sion of the property belonging to St.Philip’s Church have now been resolved.Proactive measures will be taken to maxi-mize the number of trees to be planted inthe Town and a public consultation will beheld to review the changes to certain by-laws that now will exclude the need forsome categories of projects to require a per-mit and to reduce the number of requireddocuments for others.Since Councillor Tasker Brown was

absent, Councillor Ulin led off the Coun-cillors’ Reports. She reviewed the manysummer activities and expressed apprecia-tion for the unusually good summerweather which coincided with almost all ofthe “Tuesdays in the Park” communityevents. But, changing gears, she announcedthere will be ice available in the arena be-ginning on September 23.Her security report was not so sunny.

Break-ins in both homes and automobileswere so wide spread during July and Augustthat a Code Red alert was sent out to all res-idents. An accident involving a cyclist anda drunk driver was reported, as well as peo-ple using the pool after hours and a quarrelinvolving a crow bar assault between twomen that took place on a quiet afternoonoutside of Mini-Coût.Sixteen tickets were issued for the lack

of work permits, pool inspections have re-vealed the lack of CPR qualifications in afew instances and there are now 331 dogsequipped with a licence (as opposed to 71

by Carol FosterThe new rules for conduct at

Council meetings, now rein-forced by a bylaw, were reiterated

by the Mayor as the August meeting ofCouncil began. The Mayor once againstated he is determined to restore civil in-teraction and maintain decorum while re-maining receptive to questions askedduring the two question periods.He went on to announce that the second

phase of the development of the dog runand Davies Park will commence this fall.The grass issue in the dog park will be dealtwith and the park will be closed between 12pm and 1 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdaysfor maintenance.Work in front of the Town Hall is being

undertaken to deal with a water leak next tothe foundation of the building. The fundinggrants announced by the federal govern-ment will provide 66% of the cost of ap-proved projects. Work on Strathearn,interrupted by three gas leaks, is now al-most completed and has included renova-tion of the Strathearn parking lot.

First question period

A Bedbrook resident, fears the woodpreservative chemicals being used to treata newly constructed deck adjacent to hisbackyard are severely affecting his physicalwell-being. He asked the Town for help indealing with this problem. The Mayor explained the Town has a

bylaw that allows it to intervene if the prod-uct being used contains prohibited pesti-cides or if the problem can be determinedto be covered by the nuisance bylaw. TheCity of Montreal also has bylaws whichcover the use of certain industrial products.It must first be determined exactly what thispreservative contains before a course of ac-tion can be advised.The next question came from a Ballan-

tyne resident who asked if the Mayor wouldbe willing to send out a notice urging“neighbourly relations” to all residents. Hisparticular issue was the fact that he is nowbeing forced to back out of his drivewayonto a busy street because of his neigh-bour’s concern over the grass on his prop-erty.Limbs from dead trees infected by the

ash borer, situated on the Meadowbrookproperty, are falling onto the backyard of aresident living on Sheraton Drive. Fearingpossible damage to his property as well asto the health of adjacent trees, he askedwhat the Town could do.Since this property is in Lachine, the

Mayor suggested the problem should bebrought to that Council’s attention. In addi-tion, the Mayor said he can informally

Town C o u n c i l M e e t i n g s : A u g u s t

in 2015 which means additional revenue ofat least $6,500 for the Town).Water tax forms will soon be appearing

in homeowners’ mailboxes according toCouncillor Feeney. She warned there willbe a $50 charge for those that are not filledout and returned to the Town on time. TheTown’s expenditures for the past twomonths were reviewed as usual. CouncillorFeeney also sits on the PAC committeewhich has been working hard during thesummer to process all the permit requests ithas received. She congratulated Vlad Flo-rea-Archir, the Town’s building inspector,on his position becoming permanent.Public Works continue to keep the

Town’s premises in good shape, lookingafter potholes, street lights, water-mainbreaks and general maintenance. Council-lor Torres reported ten trees have been cutdown and 32 more have been planted andshe congratulated the Town workers re-sponsible for the very attractive renovationsof the Town Hall’s washrooms. (Have alook, they really are very nice!)Since there were no questions during the

second question period, which was desig-nated to answer queries pertaining to issuesraised during the meeting, the Mayor thendeclared the adjournment.

Real estate broker - Courtier [email protected]

(514) 793-5608

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problème devrait être signalé au conseil decet arrondissement. De plus, le maire aajouté qu’il pourrait mentionner la situationde façon informelle au maire de Lachinequ’il rencontre fréquemment aux réunionsdu conseil d’agglomération.L’intervenante suivante a complimenté

la firme qui exécute les travaux d’infra-structure sur Strathearn; elle a apprécié lerespect que ses travailleurs ont démontréenvers les propriétaires affectés par cetteimportante perturbation. Mais elle a pour-suivi en faisant part de son dégout quant augrand nombre de poubelles débordantes quiappartiennent à des commerces et restau-rants de Westminster qui les rangent à l’ar-rière des bâtisses. Le maire exposa que leproblème pour ces établissements est que,contrairement à d’autres édifices commer-ciaux sur Westminster, ils ne peuvent s’en-tendre avec des entrepreneurs privés pourle ramassage de leurs déchets parce qu’iln’y a pas d’accès véhiculaire à l’arrière deces propriétés. Il ajouta que cette situationavait fait l’objet d’étude dans le passé etqu’il y verrait à nouveau. La dernière question portait sur les

grandes pancartes de construction qui blo-quaient l’accès à une portion du trottoir surWestminster Sud, longtemps après la fin destravaux. La réponse était d’informer lesTravaux publics.Suivaient à l’ordre du jour les affaires

générales de la Ville, dont les problèmesconcernant la vente et le lotissement de lapropriété de l’église St Philip, lesquels sontmaintenant résolus. Des mesures proactivesseront mises en place pour maximiser lenombre d’arbres à planter dans la ville etune consultation publique sera tenue pourréviser les changements à certains règle-ments qui élimineront dorénavant le besoinde permis pour quelques catégories de pro-jets et réduiront le nombre de documentsrequis pour d’autres. En l’absence de la conseillère Tasker-

Brown, la conseillère Ulin a amorcé les rap-ports des conseillères. Elle a passé en revueles nombreuses activités estivales et exprimésa satisfaction quant à l’exceptionnelle météoqui a prévalu pour la plupart des évènementsdes « Mardis dans le parc ». Par ailleurs, ellea aussi annoncé que la glace de l’aréna serautilisable à compter du 23 septembre.Son rapport de sécurité n’était pas aussi

ensoleillé. Une épidémie de cambriolagesdans des résidences et des véhicules en juil-let et août a déclenché l’envoi d’une alerteCode Red à tous les résidents. On a rapportéun accident impliquant un cycliste et unchauffard ivre, des gens utilisant la piscineaprès les heures d’ouverture et une disputeà coup de barre de fer entre deux individusà l’extérieur de Mini-Coût par un paisibleaprès-midi.

Seize avis d’infraction ont été remis pourdes travaux sans permis, les inspections depiscines ont révélé quelques manquementsquant aux qualifications en RCR et 331 per-mis pour chiens ont maintenant été délivrés,comparativement à 71 en 2015, ce qui génèrequelque 6500 $ de revenus à la Ville.Les formulaires de relevé pour la taxe

d’eau apparaîtront bientôt dans le courrierdes propriétaires, selon la conseillèreFeeney. Elle a rappelé que des frais de 50 $seront imposés à ceux qui ne retournerontpas à temps le document rempli à la Ville.Comme d’habitude elle a révisé lesdépenses des deux deniers mois de la Ville.Madame Feeney siège aussi au Comité con-sultatif d’urbanisme (CCU) qui a travaillédur cet été pour traiter toutes les demandesde permis reçues. Elle a félicité Vlad Flo-rea-Archir, l’inspecteur en bâtiments de laVille, qui a obtenu sa permanence.Les Travaux publics continuent à con-

server les installations municipales en bonnecondition, réparant nids-de-poule, lam-padaires et fuites d’eau et veillant à l’entretiengénéral. La conseillère Torres a rapporté l’a-battage de 10 arbres et la plantation de 32autres et a félicité les cols bleus de la Ville res-sponsables des très belles rénovations dessalles de toilette de l’hôtel de ville. (Elles va-lent un coup d’œil, vraiment bien!)Comme il n’y avait pas d’autres ques-

tions dans la seconde période de questionsconçue pour répondre à des demandes re-liées à des points soulevés pendant la réu-nion, le maire a prononcé l’ajournement.

Réun i o n d u C o n s e i l : a o û t

par Carol Fostertraduction par René Boucher

Dès l’ouverture de la réunion,le maire a réitéré les nouvelles règles deconduite aux réunions du Conseil, doréna-vant appuyées d’un règlement. Le maire aà nouveau signifié sa détermination àrestaurer la civilité dans les échanges et àmaintenir le décorum tout en demeurant ou-vert aux questions soulevées au cours desdeux périodes de questions.Il a poursuivi en annonçant que la deux-

ième phase d’aménagement du parc caninet du parc Davies s’amorcera cet automne.On règlera le problème du gazon dans leparc à chiens et celui-ci sera fermé pour en-tretien de 12 h à 13 h les mardis et jeudis.Des travaux sont entrepris devant l’hôtel

de ville pour réparer une fuite d’eau le longde la fondation de l’édifice. Les subventionsannoncées par le gouvernement fédéral cou-vriront 66 % des coûts des projets approu-vés. Les travaux sur Strathearn, interrompuspar trois fuites de gaz, sont maintenantpresque terminés et ont inclus la rénovationdu terrain de stationnement Strathearn.

Première période de questions

Un résident de Bedbrook craint que les pro-duits chimiques utilisés pour traiter une ter-rasse nouvellement construite, adjacente à sacour arrière, aient de sérieux effets dommage-ables sur son bien-être. Il demandait l’aide dela Ville pour faire face à ce problème.Le maire a expliqué qu’un règlement de la

Ville lui permet d’intervenir si le produit util-isé contient des pesticides interdits ou si leproblème peut tomber sous l’autorité du rè-glement sur les nuisances. La Ville de Mont-réal a aussi des règlements qui traitent del’utilisation de certains produits industriels.On doit d’abord identifier ce que contient ex-actement cet agent de conservation avantqu’on puisse recommander un plan d’action.La question suivante est venue d’un rési-

dent de Ballantyne qui a demandé si lemaire serait prêt à envoyer à tous les rési-dents un avis invitant à des « relations debon voisinage ». Son problème particulierest qu’il doit maintenant reculer de son alléedans une rue achalandée en raison de lapréoccupation de son voisin pour sapelouse.Des branches de frênes morts infestés

par l’agrile situés sur la propriété de Mead-owbrook tombent dans la cour arrière d’unrésident de la promenade Sheraton. Crai-gnant des dommages à sa propriété ainsique pour la santé des arbres à proximité, ildemanda ce que la Ville pouvait faire.Comme cette propriété est dans le terri-

toire de Lachine, le maire suggéra que le

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CCOOMMIINNGG EEVVEENNTTSSPlease call the editor: Heather at 489-7022e-mail: [email protected]

Next deadline: October 12OCTSat 1 Native Tree Walk. Learn to identify our local trees and

discover their benefits with Louise Chênevert. Please RSVP464-9094. Meet at Town Hall. 10 am.

Sun 2 Choral Evening. St. Philip’s. 4 pm.Tue 4 Labyrinth workshop. MW United. Wadsworth Hall. Sat 8 Native Tree Walk. Please see October 1 above.Fri 14 Fall card party. MW Presbyterian. Light luncheon. Tickets

($10) and info: Janet Dimock 484-2783 or Zipper Scriver486-0742. 1-4 pm.

Sat 15 Native Tree Walk. Please see October 1 above.Sun 16 Welcome back lunch. MW United. All welcome. Follows

the 10 am worship service.Mon 17 Horticultural Society presents Conor Sampson on lighting

in the night landscape. Everyone welcome, non-members,$5. Town Hall. 7:30 pm.

Wed 19 Coffee with the Mayor. Town Hall. 7:30-9 am.Sat 22 Native Tree Walk. Please see October 1 above. 125th Anniversary jazz concert with Chad Linsley. MW

Presbyterian. Tickets ($20.); info: 484-7913. 7 pm.Sun 23 Thanksgiving service and reception. MW Presbyterian.

All are welcome. 10:30 am.Mon 24 Town Council meeting. Town Hall. 8 pmTue 25 Evening Labyrinth Walk. MW United. Wadsworth Hall.

Socks or slippers. 7-9 pm.Sat 29 Native Tree Walk. Please see October 1 above.Sun 30 Halloween on Ice. Legion Memorial Rink. 1-2:30 p,

NOVTue 1 Pumpking parade. Strathearn Park. 6 pm.Wed 2 Royal West Academy's Bardolators (Shakespeare study

group) will present Romeo and Juliet at 7 pm. ContinuesThursday, November 3. Tickets are $10 adults, $8 seniorsand students. There will be a gala wine and cheese presen-tation Friday, November 4. Wine and cheese starting at6:30, production at 7 pm. Tickets $15. Presented in the au-ditorium of Royal West Academy. 189 Easton Ave.

Sat 5 Family bazaar. MW United. 10 am-2 pm. Native Tree Walk. Please see October 1 above.Sun 6 Remembrance Day ceremony. Procession: 12:15; cere-

mony 12:30 at the Cenotaph.Sat 12 Christmas Bazaar and Lunch. St Philip’s. Home baking,

jams and preserves, candy, crafts, jewelry, collectibles,linens, knitting, raffles, videos/CDs, books, and much more!Information: 481-4871. 10 am-2 pm.

Thu 24 Water taxes due / Échéance taxes d’eau

Writing groupEvery second Tuesday evening a

dozen or so writers of various levels ofexpertise meet at the library to give eachother feedback and do some writing ex-ercises. There is no cost to participants.All that is asked is that you give yourhonest opinions and try to help othersbecome better writers. The hours arefrom 7-9. If you are interested in joining, please

email Maurice Krystal at:[email protected] or call 485-7674.

The Children’s Library is looking for volunteers

to help at the circulation desk duringthe school day. If you are availablefor a morning or afternoon shift

please drop by or call us!

FREE FRONT LAWN RAKING: MoWest homedaycare offering free front lawn raking tolocal seniors. Please contact Tara Gerrie formore info: [email protected] or 438-829-1066.

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No Informer?A MoWest friend or neighbour tells

you about not receiving The Informer?Each household should receive itscopy by Sunday evening before thefirst of the month. If it is missing,please inform the Distribution Man-ager, Rhonda Schwartz, at 482-0227or at [email protected].

Pas d’Informer?Un ami ou voisin de Mo-Ouest vous

dit ne pas avoir reçu The Informer?Chaque maisonnée devrait recevoir sonnuméro au plus tard le dimanche soirprécédant le premier du mois.S’il manque à l’appel, veuillez en

informer la responsable de la distribu-tion, Rhonda Schwartz, au 482-0227ou à [email protected].

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