WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENTWe are WestmountWeekly. Vol. 10 No. 3c March 15, 2016
City sets PPCMOI meetingfor Mar. 22 on
by-law amendments By Laureen Sweeney
Six months and counting. That’s thetime a draft by-law governing major non-conforming development projects hasbeen under the microscope by both thecity and residents seeking earlier inputinto the decision process.
Council gears up for arrival of new parking systemBy Laureen Sweeney
City council took steps March 7 to pavethe way for the city’s new pay-by-plate park-ing system, now scheduled to be rolledout at the beginning of May, CouncillorPhilip Cutler told the meeting. Two differ-ent business items at the council meetingconcerned this new system.
One was notice of motion to adopt a by-law to define different zones in the cityfor rates, which Cutler said would remainunchanged, and to establish hours of op-eration. These hours are listed as eitherMonday to Friday from 9 am to 6 pm; orMonday to Wednesday from 9 am to 6 pm,Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 9 pmand Saturday from 9 am to 6 pm.
The two distinct zones for rates wouldbe Wood Ave. to the east city limits at $3per hour, and the second zone to the westof Wood at $2 per hour.
In a second item of related business, thecouncil approved the quotation of Signali-sation Lévis Inc. for the purchase and in-stallation of 120 posts for new parking reg-ulation signs, complete with installation ofthe signs and all necessary hardware forthe new parking system. The total amountof the contract is $44,745, applicable taxesincluded.
A $1-million contract for the supply andinstallation of the automated system wasawarded at the council meeting November2 (see November 10, p. 1).
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The resulting amendments outlined atthe city council meeting March 7 includepublic notification of a project and accessto plans while it is still at the conceptualstage, as well as an opportunity for citizensto attend a preliminary meeting of thePlanning Advisory Committee (PAC)when the project is presented to the panelfor review.
“The administration has been workinghard to respond to the concerns of resi-dents for earlier input intothe process,” said Coun-
Letters p. 8
Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 17
9 Lives by L. Fowler p. 19
Westmount Page p. 12Stephanie Brown, left, of the Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals, and, right, Lesley Moffat of Eyeson Animals addressed members of the Westmount Healthy City Project on March 3. See p. 7.continued on p. 6
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Miss Vicky’s has gained a new lease onlife – at least for now.
It comes in the form of a provisional in-junction from Quebec Superior Court al-lowing the nursery school to stay open un-til the case can be heard in court on its ownmerits. The Quebec Family ministry hadordered it to close on March 11.
“Given the urgency and the serious andirreparable harm that Miss Vicky’s wouldsuffer if this judgment was stayed as theresult of an appeal, the court will orderprovisional execution [notwithstanding] anappeal,” the judgment concludes.
As part of the same case heard March 7,
Judge Stephen Hamilton rejected the re-quest for a similar injunction sought byFunZone, an afternoon program that hasalso been operating at St. Matthias’ Churchon Church Hill but in a different space.
He did, however, “urge” the governmentto reconsider the closure of that operationat this point in time.
“The court does not understand why, af-ter tolerating the existence of an afternoonprogram at Miss Vicky’s since 1988 and atFunZone since 2014, the ministry finds itnecessary to shut down the program inthe middle of the school year,” the judgewrote in a final note. “Surely a great deal ofinconvenience to the par-ents could be avoided by
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cillor Theodora Samiotis.The changes to the by-law named “Spe-
cific Construction, Alteration or Occu-pancy Proposals for an Immovable”(SCAOPI/PPCMOI) are to be detailed at apublic consultation meeting Tuesday,March 22, 7 pm at city hall.
A copy of the amended draft by-lawshowing the changes was posted on thecity’s website March 9.
“The earlier input is what we’ve beenwanting,” advocate Marina Brzeski ofGrosvenor told the Independent at the endof the council meeting. But both she andarchitect Ken London said they still hadmany questions to ask.
Step by step input
The draft by-law outlines a step-by-stepapproach to the way information on a proj-ect would be relayed.
The first one is a publication notice thata non-conforming project is being given tothe PAC for review.
This triggers a 30-day period duringwhich the public will have access to theconceptual documents and plans submit-ted by the project applicant, typically theproperty owner along with the developerand/or architect.
Within the same 30 days, the PAC willhold its preliminary review meeting inpublic. At this time, the applicant will pres-ent the project to the PAC. Citizens will beable to listen to this and ask questions,Samiotis said.
“What’s important to know is that theseare conceptual plans at this stage,” shelater explained. “They could change con-siderably after initial reviews and studiessuch as those related to wind, traffic andsun.”
It is only after the 30-day period that theplan would be reviewed by city council for
a preliminary decision.If approved by the
council, the projectwould then become sub-ject to a procedure forSCAOPI/PPCMOI siteslaid down in Quebec’sact respecting Land UsePlanning and Develop-ment.
This procedure in-cludes an obligatorypublic consultationmeeting, a public demo-lition hearing if requiredand a register leading toa possible referendum.
Finding a way
What has made theaddition of earlier publicinput possible from a le-gal position, Samiotistold the council meet-ing, is that the city is using a procedure forinforming the public allowed under its SitePlanning and Architectural Integration by-law known as the PIIA.
“Under the PIIA, the PAC can call for apublic meeting at any time,” she explained.PAC meetings in Westmount are tradi-tionally held behind closed doors, how-ever. This is not the same in some othercommunities such as Côte des Neiges-NDG and St. Laurent.
The initial draft of the PPCMOI By-law1489 was tabled October 5 and submittedto public consultation October 22 (seestory November 3, p. 1).
Its adoption was delayed from month tomonth while the city looked for the legalmeans to incorporate the requested earliercitizen input while complying with theprovince’s Land Use and Planning legisla-tion that governs the PPCMOI process (seestory March 1, p. 1).
Councillor Theodora Samiotis, commissioner of Urban Planning, speakswith Marina Brzeski of Grosvenor at the end of the council meetingMarch 7.
Architect Ken London, a resident of PrinceAlbert, asks council to comment on the Provigodevelopment now seeking approval throughMontreal’s centre city administration, by-passingthe Côte des Neiges-NDG borough. CouncillorCynthia Lulham said the city of Westmount hadalready expressed concerns about pedestriansafety and the visual effects along the St.Catherine St. portion. This proposed project on deMaisonneuve at Claremont and St. Catherine isa PPCMOI site in NDG.
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Parking limits relaxed nearformer Marianopolis siteBy Laureen Sweeney
City council March 7 removed parkingrestrictions on six streets near the formersite of Marianopolis College southeast ofCedar and Ramezay (in Montreal). Thesehad been imposed initially to discouragelong-term parking related to the CEGEPbut are no longer considered necessaryfollowing its relocation to Westmount Ave.
“It’s been about seven or eight yearssince Marianopolis moved, so we’re finallygetting around to it,” said Councillor PhilipCutler in announcing the change.
Parking had been limited to one hour onthe majority of the six streets, he explained.
The action was recommended by thecity’s Traffic Advisory Committee follow-ing an audit that showed parking was nowunderused in “the vast majority of streetsegments studied,” he explained.
2 hours
Except for maintenance periods andwinter restrictions, two-hour parking is tobe permitted on:
St. Sulpice (north and south sides)• Mount Pleasant to the east city limits.
4-hour parking
Again, with the exception of mainte-
nance and winter restrictions, four-hourparking will be permitted on the followingsegments of five streets:
Mount Pleasant• De Lavigne to Severn (south side);• Severn to St. Sulpice (north side);• St. Sulpice to Montrose (west side);• St. Sulpice to Montrose (east side);• Montrose to Cedar (west side);• Montrose to Cedar (east side), except
for the school loading zone Septem-ber. 1 to June 30;
• Cedar to The Boulevard (both sides).Ramezay
• St. Sulpice to Montrose (west side).Montrose (north side)
• East city limits to Ramezay;• Ramezay to Mount Pleasant.
Severn• Mount Pleasant to Mountain (north
side).Cedar
• Mountain to Mount Pleasant (southside);
• Mount Pleasant to sign facing civic3223 (south side) except school loadingzone September 1 to June 30;
• From sign facing civic 3223 to east citylimits (south side), except Monday toFriday 8 to 9:30 am no parking.
Parking restricted at WRC lotto 2 and 4 hoursBy Laureen Sweeney
The parking lot at the Westmount recre-ation centre (WRC) has been so crowdedby non-users of the facility, including 24-hour on-street permit holders, that citycouncil imposed new time restrictions forthe lot at its meeting March 7.
It has been signed for the typical maxi-mum four-hour parking allowed in West-mount. This, however, could be overriddenby 24-hour permit holders, which will nolonger be permitted.
During the day – 7 am to 5 pm – parkingwill be limited to two hours except for anyWestmount permit holder who will haveup to four hours.
From 5 pm to 7 am, however, four hoursmaximum will be allowed for anyone, per-mits holders included.
Sometimes early in the morning, the lotis already full, Public Security GregMcBain points out. “It’s supposed to be
for WRC users only.” The four-hour limitis similar to the time restriction at the li-brary parking lot, he adds.
In that case, it was found that peoplewere parking there and taking the bus else-where.
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HCP hears from factoryanimal protection lobbyistsBy Martin C. Barry
For some cost-conscious grocery shop-pers, the chicken dog is a food item thatrepresents an incredibly good deal sincetypically it sells for up to a third less thanall-beef wieners.
But as Stephanie Brown of the Toronto-based Canadian Coalition for Farm Ani-mals told members of the WestmountHealthy City Project on March 3 during apresentation at Westmount Public Library,bargains sometimes also come with trade-offs.
In this case, the chickens are paying theprice difference. According to Brown,“spent hens” – the term the factory farm-ing industry uses to describe hens that canno longer lay eggs – have low economicvalue after having been confined for a yearin wired cages with up to six other hens.
“They’re skinny, they’re featherless, yetthey are subjected to long transport toslaughter to become chicken dogs,” shesaid, outlining just one of the many as-pects of factory farming in Canada.
Around 700 million animals are slaugh-tered each year in this country for food, sheadded. “Given the numbers, this over-shadows all other aspects of animal crueltybecause of their numbers. Yet each animalis an individual with preferences, feelings,desires and emotions. Animals suffer inintensive confinement.”
In Canada, Brown said, there is no leg-islated protection for farm animals, onlyvoluntary codes of practice. Currently, theindustry codes condone intensive animalconfinement.
“But the good news is that the codes arestarting to change slowly,” she continued,noting that pain relief is beginning to be-come an industry practice. “The fact thatsome animals in Canada are now gettingpain relief is the progress that we have to
be very thankful for. It’s just starting tohappen.”
However, Brown said Canada’s livestocktransportation regulations, which were lastupdated in 1975, “are considered to be theworst in the developed world.” In thiscountry, ruminant animals such as cattle,sheep and goats may be legally transportedwithout water, food or rest for up to 52hours. Poultry, pigs and horses may betransported under the same conditions forup to 36 hours.
Also during the meeting, Lesley Moffat,who is the director of the Netherlands-based non-profit Eyes on Animals, gavean overview of her organization. A formerWestmounter, Moffat attended RoslynSchool as well as Marianopolis College.She is the daughter of Westmount HCPmember Tony Moffat.
According to Eyes on Animals, millionsof farm animals in Europe don’t receivethe protection they are supposed to be ac-corded by European legislation. Thegroup’s teams trail animal transportationtrucks searching for violations. They alsoinspect farms, livestockmarkets and slaughter-
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Letters to the Editor
MGH Auxiliary alive and well
I wish to correct the ambiguous andmisleading information published in thearticle “Friends of the MUHC shifts fromFriendraising to Fundraising” (March 8, p.14).
Although the Auxiliary of the MontrealGeneral Hospital has representation to theboard of the Friends of the MUHC, wecontinue to remain an independent auxil-iary,* with our board and membershipcontinuing to support our mandate andpatients at the Montreal General Hospital.
It is unfortunate that this article hascaused confusion amongst our member-ship and our hospital community.
Yvonne Mass, president, The Auxiliary of the Montreal
General Hospital* Editor’s note: In last week’s article, we did
not report that the Montreal GeneralHospital Auxiliary was losing its
independence. Indeed, we knew that it wascontinuing its operations as we reported in
our November 24, 2015 issue. See“Montreal General Auxiliary staying at the
hospital, looking for more volunteers,” (p.15).– KM
Verdun vs Westmountoutdoor rinks
While in Verdun recently, I noticed thatbehind the city hall building, there was aZamboni cleaning the ice of an oval skat-ing rink. Next to it was an ice hockey rink.
I asked a passer-by about the hockeyrink and was told the wooden structurehas been in use for the past few years.
It’s strange that Verdun has these twowell-maintained outdoor rinks, yet West-mount either cannot afford or can’t bebothered to have the same for its people.
Deborah Bee, Hillside Ave.Editor’s note: The city of Westmount owns a
Zamboni-made tractor outfitted with aresurfacing attachment used for clearing theoutdoor rinks. According to Public Works, it
was used on the outdoor rinks this winter. – KM
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Twenty-five years ago, the city of West-mount joined the World Health Organiza-tion’s (WHO) Healthy City Project. TheWHO defines the Healthy City as “one thatis continually creating and improvingthose physical and social environmentsand expanding those community re-sources, which enable people to mutuallysupport each other in performing all func-tions of life and in developing to their max-imum potential.”
Our Healthy City Project has a steeringcommittee and two working groups: TheEnvironment committee has initiated andhelped Westmount institute projects rang-ing from recycling, composting, batteryrecycling, banning pesticide use and plant-ing indigenous gardens, to name a few.
The Community Life committee bringsall our community groups together toshare ideas and resources. Over the years,it has hosted health information fairs, cre-ated and promoted a model emergency kitand held safe walks.
A prime mover in the founding of theHealthy City Project was the late SallyAitken. We have benefitted enormouslyfrom her efforts, and the hundreds of otherWestmount volunteers who have giventheir ideas, experience and time to theHealthy City Project.
This Saturday, March 19, the HealthyCity Project – Environment committee willjoin with communities around the worldto observe Earth Hour (8th year!), and wewill celebrate the 25th anniversary of theHealthy City Project.
Please come join us at Victoria Hallfrom 6 pm to 10 pm for some wonderfulspeakers and events, gaze at the stars andhave some cake!
Councillor Cynthia Lulham iscommissioner of
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CorrectionIn the photo accompanying the article
“Rovers’ Nepal project to help rebuild afterearthquake,” in last week’s issue (March 8,p. 4), the identification of a Rover at farright should have read: Anthony vanVoorst, youth commissioner for the StoneyPoint Area.
New summit footpath notsuch a bargain
In his elegant defense of the SummitCircle project (letter sent to citizens, datedMarch 2016), Mayor Peter Trent opinesthat the project will only cost Westmoun-ters $400,000, far less than the $600,000 itwould cost to maintain the road. Only$400,000. Wow, what a bargain!
This citizen is curious as to why a gravelpath, less than a kilometre in length,should cost anywhere near that much.
Furthermore, the mayor states we willbe saving the $10,000 per year that the cityspends annually in maintaining the road,presumably snow removal and road re-pairs? Given that the city has never done asterling job on its potholes and given thata less than a one-kilometre stretch of little-used road should not cost $10,000 per yearto plow, I wonder if the term “born yester-day” should be applied to those who arebuying into the mayor’s logic.
Joe Russo, Sherbrooke St.
Elected council membersneed to be independent
It is a sad day for local governance andthe first time in Westmount’s history thatseven sitting councillors gathered with themayor to express themselves via a publicletter (“More staff, $ for infrastructurespending,” February 23, p. 6) in a kind ofchummy consensus over the very impor-tant issues of public works, infrastructure,surpluses, deficiencies and taxpayers’money.
The letter of cabinet solidarity becamemore important for them than their fargrander and important mandate to think,reason, act and vote independently. Thisindependence is a prerequisite for alldemocracies, which includes our munici-pality.
Sadly, it appears as if the members of theletter-signing group have forgotten theyare temporary employees working for thecitizens whose hard-earned tax dollars paytheir salaries to govern independently andtransparently. A municipality is not a coun-try club.
Larry Klepper, St. Catherine St.
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A moratorium on condoconstruction? resident asksBy Laureen Sweeney
Would the city “accept” a moratorium oncondo development until a study on con-dos in Westmount – as contemplated byMayor Peter Trent at the February 1 coun-cil meeting – is complete?
The question was asked at the March 7meeting of city council by Marina Brzeskiwho has been spearheading a campaignamong some Grosvenor residents againsta proposed condo project at the site of theMetro store and parking lot at Victoria andSherbrooke.
“That’s a kind of extreme approach thatis probably not the appropriate one,” Trentreplied.
That being said, he continued, what con-
cerned him and some members councilwas that the condo market was “sort offluffy” at the moment “and you wonderwhen the music stops” if some of these de-velopers won’t be caught, “if you catch mydrift,” he added.
Councillor Cynthia Lulham added thather concern also extended to a prolifera-tion of apartment conversions into con-dos. This was expected in the next two orthree years especially along Sherbrooke,where many apartments have already be-come co-proprietorships. This is a step inthe process toward condo conversion, shesaid, over which the city has no control.
This is “regrettable” because it does notallow for a lot of people, renters, “to live inour community,” she explained.
houses and will go so far as to expose casesto the media, although Moffat said theyprefer to work proactively with the indus-try.
“Sometimes you can get more improve-ments by working with industry than withgovernment,” she said. Both she and
Brown noted the fact that the transporta-tion of animals has become global in mag-nitude and that the propensity for abusesgrows because of the varying governmentjurisdictions. “We inform authorities andpeople of influence of everything we see inthe form of reports,” said Moffat.
Monitoring animals’ treatment cont’d. from p. 7
Suspect followed in Arlington Lane incident
Two ticketted forsmoking in trailer
Public safety officers were met by an in-tense cloud of marijuana smoke as theyentered the trailer for the skating rink atQueen Elizabeth Gardens March 1, PublicSecurity officials said. Inside, two teenagegirls butted something out on being inter-rupted. They were told to put a plastic bagof substance on the floor, which officersdestroyed. Each girl was issued a ticket for$119 under Quebec’s anti-tobacco law forhaving been smoking in a “temporary in-stallation.” Both were residents of NDGaged 17. The girls were discovered at 11:30pm during a random check of the trailer.
A man recognized for attempting tobreak into cars was kept under surveil-lance by public safety officers March 6 at1:56 am, Public Security officials report.He was observed as he headed into Ar-lington Lane from Sherbrooke, pulling ascarf over an Iron Maiden hat.
Police were subsequently called whenhe was spotted walking out of a back yard.
Patrollers kept watch until he was inter-cepted by police at Côte St. Antoine andMount Stephen.
The man was questioned and stated hewas “testing his knees by walking the hillsin Westmount.”
He was told to leave the area and publicsafety officers followed him to a bus atClarke and Sherbrooke.
Cup of coffee comesjust in time
A public safety officer went to grab acup of coffee at 12:23 am at the McDonald’soutlet in Alexis Nihon Plaza February 26and ended up providing medical assistanceto a man inside, Public Security officialssaid. The man had fallen backward andwas described as in slight shock. After be-ing helped to his feet, he fell a second time,resulting in a call to Urgences Santé. The19-year-old Montreal resident claimed hehad worked seven hours without a break oranything to eat or drink. It was not knownwhere in the mall he was working.
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Next Council Meeting
Monday, April 4Prochaine séance du conseil
le lundi 4 avril
HÔTEL DE VILLESéance publique : révision du projet de règlement 1489 - P.P.C.M.O.ILe mardi 22 mars, 19 h, Hôtel de ville de Westmount, 4333, rue Sherbrooke O. Des modi� cations au projet de règlement 1489 concernant les projets particuliers de construction, de modi� cation ou d’occupation d’un immeuble (P.P.C.M.O.I), déposé lors de la séance du conseil du 5 octobre 2015, seront présentées lors d’une rencontre publique le 22 mars. Consultez le document au westmount.org.
Bureaux municipaux fermésLes bureaux de la Ville seront fermés le vendredi 25 mars et le lundi 28 mars en raison de la fête de Pâques. La Bibliothèque sera fermée le vendredi, le dimanche et le lundi.
BIBLIOTHÈQUE
Brochure printemps 2016 en ligne Maintenant disponible ! La brochure Bibliothèque, vie culturelle et communautaire : westlib.org.
Atelier de poésie avec Ann Lloyd Le mercredi 16 mars, 10 h 15. Bienvenue à tous. Info : 514 989-5299.
Série aptitudes � nancièresLe mercredi 16 mars, 14 h. Maximizing Home Equity to Meet Your Personal Goals avec Assunta Forte et Marco Procopio. Veuillez vous inscrire au comptoir des adultes. Info : 514-989-5299.
Cercle de lecture Finnegans Wake de Joyce: The Boaters and Sifters of ALP Le mercredi 16 mars, 19 h. Vous êtes invités à vous joindre au groupe de lecture sur l’œuvre magistrale de James Joyce, Finnegans Wake. Apportez votre copie du livre. Info : 514-989-5299.
Club de lecture en français Le lundi 21 mars, 13 h. Animé par Gisèle Magny. Prix des libraires du Québec. Info: 514-989-5299.
Conférences de 14 heures : Hassan El Shafei Le mercredi 23 mars, 14 h. Feudal Japan avec Hassan El Shafei. Billets requis. Info: 514-989-5299.
Club de lecture en anglais Le mardi 29 mars,19 h. Animé par Claire Holden Rothman. Disgrace de J.M. Coetzee. Info : 514 989-5299.
Rencontres d’auteursLe mercredi 30 mars, 19 h. Monique Proulx, auteure de Ce qu’il reste de moi. Billets gratuits disponibles à la bibliothèque. Info : 514-989-5299.
Concours littéraire McEntyre 2016Date limite : le vendredi 1er avril à 21 h. Cette année, nous t’invitons à écrire sur le thème « Construire des
CITY HALLPublic information meeting: revision of draft by-law 1489 - S.C.A.O.P.I. Tuesday, March 22, 7 p.m., Westmount City Hall, 4333 Sherbrooke St. W. Proposed revisions to draft by-law 1489 concerning speci� c construction, alteration or occupancy proposals for an immovable (S.C.A.O.P.I.), tabled at the October 5, 2015 Council meeting, will be presented at a public meeting on March 22. Consult the document at westmount.org.
Municipal o� ces closed The City’s o� ces will be closed Friday, March 25 and Monday, March 28 for the Easter Holiday. The Library will be closed Friday, Sunday and Monday.
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Spring 2016 brochure now online Now available! The Library, Cultural & Community Events Brochure: westlib.org.
Poetry Workshop with Ann Lloyd Wednesday, March 16, 10:15 a.m. Everyone welcome. Info: 514 989-5299.
Financial Literacy SeriesWednesday, March 16, 2 p.m. Maximizing Home Equity to Meet Your Personal Goals with Assunta Forte and Marco Procopio. Registration required. Info: 514-989-5299
Reading group for Joyce’s Finnegans Wake: The Boaters and Sifters of ALP Wednesday, March 16, 7 p.m. Join the circle skimming the surface or sifting through the layers of Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. Bring an open mind and a copy of the book. Info: 514-989-5299.
French Book Club Monday, March 21 at 1 p.m. Led by Gisèle Magny. Prix des libraires du Québec. Info: 514-989-5299.
2 O’Clock Lecture Series: Hassan El Shafei Wednesday, March 23, 2 p.m. Feudal Japan with Hassan El Shafei. Tickets required. Info: 514-989-5299.
English Book Club Tuesday, March 29, 7 p.m. Led by Claire Holden Rothman. J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace. Info: 514 989-5299.
Author Lecture SeriesWednesday, March 30, 7 p.m. Monique Proulx, author of Ce qu’il reste de moi. Free tickets available at the Library. Info: 514-989-5299.
McEntyre Writing Competition 2016Deadline: Friday, April 1, 9 p.m. This year, we would like you to write about “Building Bridges”. Info: 514 989-5229. See the contest page at westlib.org.
Children’s Spring Session : registration Please register at the Children’s Desk.
COMMUNITY EVENTSGallery at Victoria Hall: exhibitionMarch 3 to 24. The Gallery at Victoria Hall is pleased to feature the works of Claire Desjardins. Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sat & Sun 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: 514-989-5521.
Earth Hour 2016 in WestmountSaturday, March 19, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Turn o� your lights! Victoria Hall hosts an evening of activities, workshops, talks, � lms, stargazing and more as part of Earth Hour, an event to raise awareness on climate
change. Guest speakers include Dr. Lawrence Mysak. Free. Bring a cup for refresh-ments. Info: 514 989-5226.
St. Patrick’s Parade Sunday, March 20, noon, downtown Montreal. Join Westmount Public Security walking contingent in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Residents are invited to participate but must obtain a pass either at Victoria Hall or the Library. Young people must be accompanied by an adult. Info: 514 989-5226.
Gallery at Victoria Hall: call for projectsDeadline: April 15, 2016. Emerging or professional artists residing in Westmount are invited to apply for the Gallery’s 2016-2017 exhibition season. Info: 514 989-5521, westmount.org or [email protected].
Summer Concert Series call for submissions Deadline: April 29. The Library and Community Events Department is now accepting submissions for its 2016 Summer Concert Series The objective of this Sunday afternoon concert series is to bring live music to the public in a relaxed outdoor setting. These concerts provide wide exposure for live perfomance for emerging or professional small jazz ensembles, classical, folk and pop groups.
Please submit your group’s demo on CD/DVD or USB, or your band’s website link by Friday, April 29 to: Victoria Hall Community Centre4626 Sherbrooke WestWestmount, H3Z [email protected]. Info: 514-989-5226.
passerelles ». Visitez la page du concours au westlib.org.
Inscriptions jeunesse - session printempsVeuillez vous inscrire au comptoir des enfants.
ÉVÉNEMENTS COMMUNAUTAIRESGalerie du Victoria Hall : expositionDu 3 au 24 mars. La galerie du Victoria Hall est � ère de présenter les œuvres de Claire Desjardins. Horaire : lundi au vendredi 10 h à 21 h, samedi et dimanche 10 h à 17 h. Info : 514-989-5521.
Une heure pour la terre 2016 à WestmountLe samedi 19 mars, 18 h à 22 h. Éteignez vos lumières ! Venez vous joindre à nous au Victoria Hall pour une soirée d’activités durant cette heure symbolique soulignant la lutte aux changements climatiques. Gratuit. Info : 514 989-5226.
Dé� lé de la Saint-Patrick Le dimanche 20 mars, midi, centre-ville de Montréal.Joignez-vous au groupe de Westmount qui
participera au dé� lé de la Saint-Patrick. Les résidents sont invités à participer mais doivent préalablement obtenir un laissez-passer au Victoria Hall ou à la bibliothèque. Les jeunes doivent être ac-compagnés d’un adulte. Info : 514 989-5226.
Galerie du Victoria Hall : appel de dossiers Date limite : le 15 avril 2016. Les artistes émergents ou professionnels qui habitent Westmount sont invités à soumettre leur candidature pour la program-mation 2016-2017 de la galerie. Info : 514 989-5521, westmount.org ou [email protected].
Série de concerts d’été : soumissions Date limite : le 29 avril. Le Service de la bibliothèque et des événements communautaires est à la recherche de groupes musicaux pour sa série de concerts d’été 2016. Cette série vise à o� rir de la musique dans le parc, dans un cadre décontracté, les dimanches après-midi. C’est une excellente opportunité pour les musiciens émergents ou professionnels de promouvoir leurs répertoires de musique jazz, classique, folk ou pop.
Pour participer, vous devez soumettre une démo/maquette sur CD/DVD ou clé USB ou un lien vers le site web de votre groupe au plus tard le 29 avril au :Centre communautaire Victoria Hall 4626, rue Sherbrooke OuestWestmount H3Z 1G1 - [email protected]. Info: 514-989-5226.
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Handgun used to rob St. Catherine St. dry cleanersBy Martin C. Barry
The following news story is based on in-formation from police reports provided by aStation 12 constable in an interview with thereporter.
Police at Station 12 on Stanton St. say anarmed thief brandishing a handgun suc-ceeded in robbing a St. Catherine St. drycleaning outlet of an undisclosed amountof money around 6 pm on February 22.
According to community relations offi-cer Adalbert Pimentel, the suspect pre-sented himself at the counter and askedthe clerk to place the contents of the cashdrawer in a bag he provided. The attendantcomplied after the suspect repeated theinstructions more menacingly.
Pimentel said the thief struck thecounter with an object resembling a blackpistol to emphasize his point. Based onthe description, the police believe it was anauthentic firearm rather than a plasticreplica because of the loud knock the vic-tim said it produced while striking thecountertop.
Construction tools targetted
The police are warning building con-tractors working in Westmount to makesure they secure their work sites against in-truders following an incident last monthduring which construction tools werestolen.
Sometime between mid-afternoon onFebruary 19 and the morning of February22, the fenced-off grounds at a house onThe Boulevard under renovation were en-tered by an intruder, who is believed tohave stolen various contractors’ tools, in-cluding professional-quality drills andsaws.
“There was a barrier, but sometimesconstruction sites don’t have good locks,”said Pimentel.
His recommendation to contractors isthat they always remove their equipmenteach day after finishing work at a job site.“Some don’t – they try to hide their equip-ment – and there’s always a risk when aconstruction site isn’t fully closed.”
Forced entry into apartment in St. Catherine St. building
Sometime between February 21 at 8 amand about the same hour on February 22,the door to an apartment in a building onSt. Catherine St. near Kensington Ave. wasforced open and an intruder entered, butended up leaving – apparently withoutstealing anything.
The superintendent, while going abouta routine inspection of the building, no-ticed that the door of one unit had beenbroken open. The tenant was away on atrip at the time. “According to the reportnothing seems to have been missing,” saidPimentel.
Police on hand to answer questions,March 16
On March 16 from 11 am to 1 pm, thestaff at Station 12 will be holding a coffeeevent at McDonald’s on Sherbrooke nearClaremont Ave.. Officers will be on handto answer questions from the public, talkabout crime prevention and provide secu-rity information. The coffee will be free.
“We invite all the population to come,”
said Pimentel. “A few police officers in-cluding myself will be there. It’s going tobe an opportunity for one-on-one and to sitdown with a police officer. We talk aboutvarious subjects, or people may have some-thing particular to ask. If not, we will alsotalk about pre-established issues, such asfraud, public safety and crime prevention.”
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New summit trail off limits to unleasheddogs, cyclists, and subject to curfewsBy Laureen Sweeney
The gravel walking path planned by thecity to replace the paved north section ofSummit Circle will be subject to all therules of Summit Woods, Councillor Cyn-thia Lulham told the council meetingMarch 7. But it will not be a dog park.
This means no unleashed dogs will bepermitted at any time as well as no cyclingand no use during the parks’ curfew hoursbetween midnight and 5 am.
The path, which she said would be calleda “trail,” will not be plowed in the winter,which will encourage use by snowshoers.
At other times of the year, joggers will beable to complete the full circle while walk-ers who may not want to encounter off-leash dogs will be able to do the same.“There will be no loose dogs – ever,” shesaid. Signs to this effect are to be postedalong the trail.
The permanent closure of the 1,600-footlong section of Summit Circle follows itstemporary closure in 2009 and is expected
to cost a total of some $800,000, half ofwhich is to be paid from a Quebec gov-
ernment grant (see story March 8, p. 1).
At the March 7 council meeting, Councillor Cynthia Lulham describes plans for the new gravel walkingpath.
Comin’ Up
Sunday, March 20
St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 12 noon on thecorner of Fort and St. Catherine, residentscan join the Public Security’s walking con-tingent by obtaining a pass to participate atVictoria Hall or the library. Info: 514 989-5226.
Monday, March 21
The Women’s Canadian Club of Mont-real presents Sharon Johnston who willspeak on “On Becoming a Writer,” 12:30pm at the the Unitarian Church, 5035 deMaisonneuve Blvd. Free for club mem-bers; non-members $10 (men welcome).Info: 514.932.4005.
Tuesday, March 22
“Stormwater management in West-mount” by Tyson Munday of Urban Plan-ning, a Healthy City Project lecture, 7 pmat the Westmount Public Library. Free.
Presentation of the revised draft by-law1489 and public meeting for SCAOPI/PPC-MOI, 7 pm at city hall.
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Mercuri opens A store called Mercuri in Alexis Nihon
Plaza has recently replaced Olivia Bou-tique, which used to sell fun, young col-lections. Mercuri’s stock is totally different.Great gift ideas and fun items can befound here, including colourful socks andpurses, and Rebels Refinery skin productsfor men.
What I loved? Stands for my mini iPadso I can see the recipe properly while Ibake. The British flag-covered poufs. Funfor outdoor seating sipping Pimms on asummer afternoon.
Located in Alexis Nihon Plaza on theMetro level. Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 7 pm and Sunday 11 am to 5 pm.
Otago offers sous-vide mealsat Vic Park
Busy people face the daily question of“what’s for dinner?” Otago Real Life Foodoffers meals that can be ready in sevenminutes or less. Made with organic ingre-dients, they are prepared sous-vide. Boiland serve. Diners can buy meals at thegym at Vic Park, order online, for pick-upor delivery.
What I loved? No clean-up!It is located at 376 Victoria Ave. #210.
Cordonnier celebrates one year At its new location, Carinthia Cordon-
nier-Bottier has quickly become a go-tosite for cleaning and fixing expensiveleather footwear destroyed in a Montreal-weather minute. Cheerful staff is morethan helpful.
What I loved? Charming little woodenbench à-la-Lutyens, in case you have towait.
Located at 3412 St. Antoine St., justsouth of the Westmount border, CarinthiaCordonnier-Bottier is open Tuesdays,Wednesdays and Fridays 7 am to 6 pm andThursdays 7 am to 8 pm.
New electronics store Conveniently located opposite Alexis Ni-
hon Plaza, Price Buster Éléctronique car-ries used and new electronic equipment,TVs, blenders, microwave ovens, mobilephone accessories and more.
What I loved? Spring-flower-bright head-phones. No more discreet white falling-off ear buds for me.
It is open 10 am to 6 pm seven days aweek at 4026 St. Catherine St.
10 years for Harmony HealthHarmony Health Centre is celebrating
10 years offering naturopathic therapy.The charming walk-up leading to the officehas warm and comforting exposed bricks.One leaves slushy boots at the door anddons bright orange, cheerful Croc-styleshoes. The centre has a team composed ofosteopaths, naturopaths, a holistic nutri-tionist, massage therapists, a craniosacraltherapist, an acupuncturist, an integrativepsychologist, a psychotherapist, a special-ized kinesiologist, homeopath Arvigo prac-titioner and two doctors of naturopathy –co-owners Ilana Block and Orna Villazan.Depending on the treatment, clients canmake an appointment for any day of theweek. What could be nicer than a tranquiltreatment on a Sunday?
What I loved? The soothing river stonessitting serenely in a wooden container.And the online recipes are not only free,but delicious. Nice touch.
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Henderson talks Fenians, separatismBy Martin C. Barry
With St. Patrick’s Day just around thecorner, former Westmounter Keith Hen-derson was the featured guest at the At-water Library’s lunchtime authors’ serieson March 10 when he talked about hismost recent novel – The Roof Walkers.
It’s an historically-based spy story in-volving Irish Fenians, seeking independ-ence for Ireland, who threaten the unifyingefforts of Irish-Canadian statesmanThomas D’ArcyMcGee just as he istrying to pave the waytowards Canadianconfederation.
Henderson’s read-ing from the book wascomplemented withmusic performed byIrish harpist SusanPalmer.
According to Hen-derson, a formerEquality Party leaderwho advocated thepartition of Quebec asa response to sepa-ratism, the book’s titlecomes from mid-19thcentury slang for aperson who wouldscamper across highrooftops in big cities like New York to getaround quickly and clandestinely.
But at the same time, it was also ametaphor for spying, he added, becauseroof walkers saw all sorts of unusual thingsfrom these heights.
The author and the book’s central char-acter, Eoin O’Donoghue, have somethingin common – Eoin is also Henderson’smiddle name, although he spells it in Eng-lish as Owen.
Answering questions, Henderson ac-knowledged there are parallels between
the Irish separatist theme he explores inthe book and the Quebec separatism hecriticized and struggled against in real lifeas the Equality Party’s leader.
“I found this whole question of Fenian-ism very interesting because it is a sepa-ratist story,” he said. “It’s one that actuallysucceeded because Ireland is today sepa-rate from Great Britain.
“But I made the political argument thatif you’re going to go down that road, sepa-ration leads to partition,” he added. “It did
in Ireland: Northern Ireland is part ofGreat Britain, southern Ireland is inde-pendent. And as I argued for many years,the same would happen to Quebec if, un-fortunately, Quebec nationalists ever wonthe day. I don’t think they ever will.”
Henderson said there are other histori-cal examples of separatism leading to par-tition. “There are two states of Virginia inthe US to this day because of separationand partition. Virginia wanted to secedeand was part of the Confederacy, and theWest Virginians said no. They remainedfaithful to the Union.”
Keith Henderson, right, seen with Irish harpist Susan Palmer, answersquestions about his book The Roof Walkers at the Atwater Library onMarch 10.
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waiting until June.“Unless there are reasons of safety or se-
curity of the children which were not dis-closed to the court, the court urges theministry to reconsider its position on thisquestion.”
A letter to parents from the two pro-grams dated March 10 said they were “frus-trated” with the ministry’s “intransigence”over FunZone’s after-school program and
would “continue to express our oppositionto the FunZone ruling.”
This program, normally offered to about15 to 25 children, is expected to be openthis week reduced to six, “unless the gov-ernment changes its view,” said public re-lations consultant Jonathan Goldbloom.This is the maximum permitted by theministry under the current operation.
Granting of injunction
A provisional, or interlocutory, injunc-tion is based in part on urgency, necessityto avoid a serious or irreparable injury tothe plaintiff (in this case, Miss Vicky’s andFunZone) and a balance of convenience,the ruling explained.
FunZone’s case was described as weakerthan Miss Vicky’s, which had been operat-ing as a Jardin d’Enfants (nursery school)since its opening in 1988 and then on ac-quired rights after that category was abol-ished by the government in 2005.
FunZone had not had a permit since itsstart in 2014, while Miss Vicky’s acquiredrights were revoked January 20 this yearwhen the ministry alleged it was operatinglonger than the permitted four hours a day(see story February 16, p. 3). These are 9am to 1 pm.
The judge cited an argument advancedby lawyer Julius Grey that Miss Vicky’s isrequired by the city of Westmount to openits doors at 8:30 am because of the dangerof having children wait on a busy street(Church Hill). A parents’ committee su-pervises the children during this half-hourperiod.
As a result, the court noted, the school iscaught between “two levels of government,each of which requires something differ-ent.”
“The debate on the merits [of the case],”the judge stated, “will be whether [MissVicky’s] has lost its right to operate as anursery school because children can bedropped off before 9 am. It is difficult to
see any issue of public order or public in-terest in that debate that would trump theobvious prejudice that would be sufferedby Miss Vicky’s, its employees, the churchand the parents.
“This debate does not involve any issueof health and safety or the developmentand well-being of the children.”
The judgment also noted the ministryhad not sought an injunction to stop theschool opening at 8:30 am. Instead it hadordered it to close.
The judge noted that in one sworn state-ment, a parent said she paid $1,725 to se-cure spots on a waiting list, which seemedto confirm the prejudice that would be suf-fered by the parents.
Because of the acquired rights issue, thecourt concluded Miss Vicky’s had raised atleast an arguable case that it is entitled tooperate without a permit.
FunZone pleaded it was a separate entityfrom Miss Vicky’s, but lawyers for the min-istry argued that they were related and thatFunZone “is a sham to get around thefour-hour rule.”
It was argued that FunZone continuedthe afternoon program once run by MissVicky’s and that the owners of both opera-tions – Victoria Naday and Antonia Stet-tner were sisters-in-law, the latter “rarelypresent on the premises.”
Furthermore, the two operations sharedthe same premises and teachers, while thechildren who attend FunZone go to MissVicky’s in the morning. It was also notedthat Miss Vicky’s paid the rent for Fun-Zone in 2014.
Some 80 children under five attend MissVicky’s. Many are Westmount residents.While the ministry had insisted February9 that Miss Vicky’s obtain a permit to op-erate as a daycare after revoking its ac-quired rights as a nursery school, the
school contended this was not feasible atthe St. Matthias’ location.
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Youths found insideabandoned building
Three youths were found inside thebasement of an abandoned building at4216 Dorchester March 2, Public Securityofficials report. Footprints in the snow ledofficers to an unsecured window on theeast side of the basement where the boyshad gained entry. The basement and foun-dation are the only portion of the apart-ment building left standing since it wasrazed after a fire in 1998 (see story Sep-tember 15, p. 9). The boys were drivenhome by police. A report identified themonly as minors.
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Despite high winds that day, hundredsof somehow still immaculately-coiffedladies swept into Westmount’s Congrega-tion Shaar Hashomayim for the Pink LadyFund (PLF) Women of Action brunch No-vember 22, featuring Gloria Allred, ac-claimed attorney and advocate for women’srights. (Despite her last name, she worefabulous fuchsia!)
Celebrating its 10th event, the event washosted by the Montreal chapter of the Is-rael Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) in as-sociation with the Pink Lady Fund of theJewish General Hospital.
Honorees were Nathalie Bondil, directorand chief curator of the Montreal Museumof Fine Arts; Westmount res Anne-MarieBoucher, lawyer and director of trainingand education at the Quebec Tax Associa-
tion; and author Mireille Silcoff, a formerMontrealer, whose book Chez L’Arabe wasnamed one of the best books of 2014 byThe Globe and Mail.
Accompanying Boucher was her hus-band Mitch Garber. Silcoff’s father, Que-bec Superior Court judge Joel Silcoff, andmother, Yaffa Handel (there with husbandfilm maker Alan Handel), attended.
Noted in the shoulder-to-shoulder-packed room were Westmounters DannyLavy, president of the PLF, and his wife Su-san Lavy, a co-chair with Sheryl RosenAdler, Maureen Tajfel and Susan Wiener.
Local res Heather Paperman and LindaSigal were the reception co-chairs.
Other locals noted making their way tothe beautifully decorated tables were Angieand Tony Lofreda, VP at RBC; MaureenDym, Edyth Berman, Avi Marcovitch, JuliaReitman, Susan Varadi, Nancy and HarryBloomfield, Deena and Barry Landee, aswell as ICRF executive director Arlene Sil-ver, Cheryl Goffman and Iris Amizley.
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News of another $5-million-plus sale (inlate January) and above-average volumefor February served to drive an upwardspike in the Westmount real estate graph,as overall confidence appears to be re-turning to the market, which had been sohesitant during the fall. Last year’s market
February sales: Spike!Mood of the Market
Andy Dodge, CRA
peaked in June with the average West-mount house value close to $1.6 million;now the figure looks closer to $1.7 millionas we enter the high-demand spring mar-ket.
Volume reached 16 one- and two-familysales last month, which is the highest forFebruary since 2010, and added to eightsales in January is above average for thefirst two months. So, with both prices andvolume showing a strong interest, thingsare looking good going into the busiestmonths of the year, March through May.
While the February sales list shows noneof the drama of the $5,780,000 price agreedto on the last day of January, the averagemark-up over municipal evaluationclimbed to 15 percent in January and 18percent in February, compared to an aver-age for all of last year of 7.3 percent and thehighest monthly mark-up of 13 percent,based on the same municipal valuationroll. Two houses in February sold for morethan 60 percent above tax value, while only
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Average adjusted price of a ‘typical’Westmount homeby month, Jan. 2008 to Jan. 2016,
based on accepted offer dates
three sold below assessment, with thebiggest mark-down only six percent. Thelowest price (for a single-family dwelling)was less than $461,000 but involved what isbelieved to be one of the smallest housesin Westmount. Three others sold under$1 million, only two over $2 million withthe top price of $2,335,000.
Condominiums, it appears, have notdrawn the same interest as their one- andtwo-family counterparts. Five sales havebeen posted so far for 2016, with prices be-tween $400,000 and $840,000, but noneof the luxury apartments were amongthem. Volume is about the same as it wasfor the first two months last year, but thentwo apartments sold for more than $1.2million each. The average mark-up so farthis year is just over 6 percent, compared
with a first-quarter figure last year of 7.75percent.
Six more adjacent-Westmount sales wereposted in February, prices for one- andtwo-family dwellings ranging from$695,000 to $2,025,000, mostly above val-uation but with some notable exceptions.
The latest (March 11) listings data show128 houses on the market in Westmount,compared to 147 at this time last year; then,there were 16 asking less than $1 million,this year only 10, and 62 were over $2 mil-lion compared to 59 this year, so that pricebracket has not changed much. For mostof last year, volume ranged between 150and 160 houses for sale, so it can be ex-pected that more will be coming on themarket shortly.
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