NEWS & VIEWS acuraquebec.ca Can Anjou’s Nic La Monaca and his partner win Canada? 2015 Motor Trend Truck of the Year. Anjou’s tination is Madagascar.” Nic La Monaca, 22, and Sabrina Mercuri, 32, Nic and Sabrina grew up speaking four Mike Cohen of Lachine have been dating for a little over languages: French, Italian, Spanish and a year now and while there’s no ring on her English. Sabrina believes this will come in finger, these two know they’re getting mar- handy during The Amazing Race Canada When The Amazing Race Canada returns ried and spending the rest of their lives to- and plans to leverage this to the team’s ben- to CTV for its third season on Wednesday, gether. efit. Italy is reportedly one of the stops on July 8 (9 p.m.), a local couple will be among According to a CTV press release, the the tour. the 12 teams competing for a $250,000 cash lovebirds are extremely high energy, fun lov- Having interviewed the Montreal com- payout, “gas for life” from Petro-Canada, the ing, and have a good sense of humour. Nic petitors for the last few seasons, I can tell you opportunity to fly for a year anywhere Air keeps Sabrina grounded with his sweet and that of course the show has already been Canada travels worldwide in Business Class, protective nature, while Sabrina’s quick wit taped. The contestants needed to put their and two Chevrolet Colorado Trucks – the and ability to work well under pressure will lives on hold for an extended period of time, inform not a single person that they were on Nic and Sabrina The Amazing Race Canada and basically live get the team through the fast-paced race. a very regimented lifestyle on tour: no con- Nic played soccer professionally in Italy tact back home whatsever; televisions ra- and was moving up the ranks when he sus- dios, newspapers and telephones removed tained an unfortunate shoulder injury. This from each of their hotel rooms; no contact put an early end to his career at the young with other team members outside of the ac- age of 20. However, he continues to support tual race; and of course keeping the details the soccer community as a coach. The cou- of the final results top secret. Stay tuned to ple enjoy going to soccer matches together, my blog as the show airs. cooking, and having a great heated argu- Have something to share? Email me at ment. [email protected] or leave a mes- “We also love to travel, having lived in Eu- sage at 514-484- 9203, ext. 307. Follow me rope – both in Italy and me in London as on @mikecohencsl and at well,” says Sabrina. “ Our dream travel des- http://blog.thesuburban.com First all English day camp at Collège Letendre By Rhonda Massad classroom environment. The Suburban Each week participants can take part in various traditional camp activities such as Collège Letendre has slated an all English sports, drama, arts and crafts, science and summer camp for the very first time. Eng- cooking. Vintage video games such as Nin- lish and French campers, between the ages tendo 64 are on hand for a little trip back in of seven to 14, are invited to register in the time. new program at the experienced camp that The camp runs for seven weeks starting at annually takes in between 300 and 400 the end of June until mid-August. A Wednes- campers per week. day trip is always on the agenda to places like Located near the Montmorency metro IMAX, the Science Centre in Old Montreal station, Collège Letendre has been offering or the Cosmodome. Fridays children will summer camps since 2003, until now all enjoy a complimentary lunch. Each week have been offered in French only. there will be a different field trip and a dif- The English camp will serve two func- ferent meal on Friday. tions; first, to teach English to francophones One week of camp costs $225, covering and second, to offer English speakers a day the field trip and lunch on Friday. The camp camp that functions entirely in English. opens at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. with day- English will be taught through care services available before camp from 7 complete immersion, though counsellors a.m. and after camp to 6 p.m. are bilingual, giving French children the op- For more information call 450-688-2418 portunity to learn the language outside of or visit EnglishExperienceDayCamp.ca • THE LAVAL SUBURBAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015 SUBURBAN, WEDNESDAY, • THE LAVAL 4