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September 15-16, 2009 Four More Announce Candidacy Arena Planning Costs by Laureen Sweeney the Environment Committee of West- Mount’S Healthy City Project WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT Weekly. Vol. 3 No. 9c We are Westmount September 15-16, 2009 Four more announce candidacy Arena planning costs By Laureen Sweeney the environment committee of West- mount’s Healthy City Project. now exceed $800,000 Four new candidates announced to the Leahey, 44, is in sales and marketing in Independent last week their intention to the high-tech field and is an active volun- By Laureen Sweeney as well as almost $100,000 in unapproved stand for election to Westmount city coun- expenses. teer in Westmount Scouting and other With the date of the new arena/pool in- cil on November 1. They are Victor Drury community programs. He plays hockey “I see it as money well spent,” said in District 3, Georges Hébert and Douglas formation meeting set for September 26, Councillor Tom Thompson in moving the and coaches his sons’ teams. city council approved addi- Leahey in District 5, and Tim Price in Dis- In other districts, Drury, 62, is a profes- motion for the transfer from trict 2. All are running for seats being va- tional funding at its Septem- contingency. sional fundraiser, veteran political organ- ber 8 meeting to cover an cated by incumbents. izer and erstwhile volunteer. He recently New Some of the added fees, he So far, the only contested one is District allocation shortfall for profes- explained, included those for stepped down as CEO of the Foundation sional services related to the 5, now held by George Bowser. This south- of Stars for research into children’s dis- information providing knowledge of the west section of the city is shaping up to be initial project, which now site, validation of costs and de- eases. total $814,000. the hot spot with three likely candidates. Price, 51, a stockbroker, was president meeting set sign work and other “valuable Gary Ikeman was the first to announce his An injection of $214,000 information” on which council and CEO of MacDougall, MacDougall and was made from the 2009 candidacy, likely in MacTier, and is now for Sept. 26 could determine whether or District 5 (see Inde- For profiles, see pages 6, 7 budget contingency to top up not to proceed with the project. its chairman. He’s the $600,000 previously ap- pendent, Sept. 1, p. 1). played senior and ex- A new design for the pro- Hébert, 62, retired from a 35-year ca- proved for architectural and other fees. It posed St. Catherine site will be revealed ecutive hockey for Westmount and was explained that this new amount was reer in law, is the longtime president of en- coached soccer last year. for discussion at the up- vironment group STOP and a member of now needed to cover anticipated amounts coming public meeting, continued on p. 5 Inside Arlington still partying after 40 years More inside Argyle tree cutting update p. 24 Feature on artist Jim Dine p. 22 Guess what? Crossing diagonally Letters to the Editor p. 4 across city blocks is illegal p. 11 Danielle Boulay Affiliated Real Estate Agent 514.935.3337 514-592-4636 514-249-1500 1361, av. Greene, Westmount Chartered Real Estate Broker Arlington Ave. families enjoyed their annual street party and corn roast, September 9, where kids www.profusionimmo.ca could play and bike freely on the blocked-off street, eat corn and hot dogs and toss balloons, all on a Courtier immobilier agréé school night. 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WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – September 15-16, 2009 – 3 The Gallery celebrates its 10th anniversary Photos by Robert Galbraith 5 MINUTE The Gallery at Victoria Hall is 10 years old, and a large group of SERVICE Westmounters gathered there on September 9 to enjoy music, eat • Personalized Service hors d’oeuvres and kick off a retrospective on the decade, which • Luxury Cars at Regular Rates on Request runs until October 3. • 100% guaranteed www.atlastaxi.qc.ca Airport Reservations The exhibition features the work of 57 of the gallery’s original 24H artists. There will also be workshops open to the public. • Pick-Up & Delivery At least one attendee was heard to say, “Who can believe it has already been 10 years?” Brian Gans Notary Title Attorney [email protected] 4060 St. Catherine West Suite 620 Westmount, QC H3Z 2Z3 Tel: 514 488-9556 Fax: 514 488-4571 From left, Councillor Nicole Forbes, commissioner of Recreation and Community Events; Mayor Karin Marks and Councillor Cynthia Lulham. 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CHARTERED REAL ESTATE BROKER independently owned and operated OutstandinOfficesg on Greene and RMonklandesults to better serve you. 514 933-6781 514 482-3347 www.remax-quebec.com/westmount e-mail: [email protected] 4 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – September 15-16, 2009 Weighing in on sustainability Letters to the Editor By Isaac Olson and view the world.” More sense, fewer cents publications rejecting the need for two The goal of sustainable development is full-size arenas, and supporting other op- Three weeks before the city council’s to meet the needs of the current genera- Citizens who attended the city council tions to solve whatever shortages in ice slated adoption of the Sustainable Devel- tion without compromising future gener- meeting on September 8 gained a detailed hockey or skating capacity (real or imag- opment Action Plan, Victoria Hall’s Lodge ations and other species. The widely-used view of the financing to date of the arena- ined) may exist in Westmount. Room was bursting at the seams as West- term has evolved over the years and now pool renewal project. Because the mayor The main proponents of the two full- mounters selected which environmental includes everything from protecting com- and council have decided that a cumula- size rink option are the hockey lobby and and social actions they think should take munity identity and heritage to careful re- tive amount of $813,788 needs to be spent their supporters inside the Westmount priority in 2010. duction of pollution and resource on the project by the November 1 election Recreation department who pander to the “To me, sustainable development goes consumption. day, the councillors on Tuesday approved whims of the Quebec Ice Hockey Federa- far beyond the political,” Mayor Karin With more than a year’s accumulation an additional $213,788 to be available tion. Marks told the crowd of approximately 100 of public input, municipal discussions and “from the 2009 Budget contingencies Westmount does not need two full-size residents at the September 10 meeting. “It research, Joshua Wolfe, Westmount’s sus- funds” (Item 15, Appropriation – Contin- rinks, and should retain, in a new, mod- can and must affect the day-to-day opera- tainable development coordinator, has gencies Funds, Agenda for Council Meet- ern, 12-month facility, the 1½ rink config- tions of our municipal government and been busy drafting a multi- ing, Sept. 8, 2009). uration currently in use also how we, as individuals, live and work layered action plan for city continued on p. 21 Much of this total spending involves Why? Because: payments to Lemay Associates, who have 1.
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