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Weekly. Vol. 7 No. 6c We are Westmount June 18, 20 13 City, Prospect-ors swing into Strike: Rec. centre worksite quiet action against railway plans CP denied access from street, mediation sought By Laureen Sweeney Prospect St. as a worksite access, Council - lor Theodora Samiotis said. It took less than a day for the city and a It was the first step –quickly followed group of Prospect residents to take action by others the same day – in a joint effort to against the proposed overnight work on effect changes in the work and scheduling the railway tracks this summer and the po - of the construction project set to start in sitioning of large new signalling struc - mid-July. tures in front of houses. A draft letter to the Canadian Trans - In strategies and options worked out at portation Agency (CTA) from Mayor Peter a private meeting June 13 between Mayor Trent was fine-tuned to request official me - Peter Trent and residents, city officials diation by the railway regulatory body. turned down a formal request the next day Prospect residents sought legal advice from Canadian Pacific (CP) to use and prepared their own letter of protest, according to resident Frank Candido. They asked that Westmount-Ville Marie MP City page p. 30 Marc Garneau intervene. No one was seen at the arena/pool work site the morning of June 17. Construction workers are on strike The city also requested across the province. See p. 3 for story. Photo: Westmount Independent Letters p. 6 CP and the Agence mét - continued on p. 22 Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 29 Miss Vicky’s zoning Underdog by J. Wilmann p. 27 Kick-off meeting planned for fall process explained, see p. 5. Dog owners to re-start association to work with city

By Laureen Sweeney continue under the name of the inactive BRIAN GRANT Westmount Dog Owners’ Association, that 514.249.1500 A group of dog owners met informally too would be left until the first meeting. at Victoria Hall June 12 and decided to res - “We want to be a partnership with the VIVIAN GRANT urrect a long-dormant dog-owners’ associ - city so we can contribute and also be a 514.592.4636 LLouiseouise RémillardRémillard CarlCarl R-FontaineR-Fontaineontainaineinenene ation, organizer Paula Engels said the next voice to be heard,” she said. 5514.935.333714.935.3337 day. Engels, who owns a golden doodle, is The core group plans to get the word also a member of the Summit Woods Ad - TheThe StrengthStreengthngth of TEAMWORKTEAMWORK 1361,1361, Ave.Ave. Greene,Greene, WestmountWestmount out over the summer and make plans for visory Committee, which she joined to be - TThehe ReputationReputation forfor RESULTSRESULESULLTS PROFUSIONREALTY.CAPROFUSIONREALLTYTYY..CA9>H?IJ?;IH;7B;IJ7J;$9EC 9>H?IJ?;IH;7B;IJJ77J;$9EC kicking off a charter meeting in the fall, come its “lone voice for FFhe\ki_edH[WbjoH<H[Wb;ijWj[7][dYohe\ki_edH[Wbjo H< H[Wb ;ijWj[ 7][dYo Fhe\ki_edH[WbjoH<H[Wb;ijWj[7][dYoFhe\ki_edH[Wbjo H< H[Wb ;ijWj[ 7][dYo she explained. While it probably would people with dogs.” It’s an continued on p. 27

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E & L Landscaping Strike shuts down arena worksite Division of 3189171 Canada Inc. By Laureen Sweeney The de Maisonneuve bike path, which steers the WRC steering committee. 25 years experience goes past both the arena/pool site and the The entire project is due October 31. Most worksites in Westmount – in - condo site at 1250 Greene, was not af - But the pool, contractually due for com - cluding the Westmount recreation centre fected, he said. pletion May 31, means that “As of today, (WRC) – were shut down Monday (June It was not known how long the labour Monday, the pool is 17 days late, and Reasonable, reliable, knowledgeable. 17) by what had been announced as a gen - situation would last especially considering counting. For sure, a strike doesn’t help.” Cutting, planting of gardens, eral and unlimited strike of construction that the contractors had provided their as - In anticipation of the strike, the city had lawns, Pavi Uni, walls etc... workers province-wide. sociation with a lock-out mandate (see granted a request from contractors at 1250 All was quiet so far outside the major June 11, p. 2). Greene to pour concrete June 15, McBain construction projects, said assistant Pub - “It just shows how difficult it is to pre - said. Another pour had taken place the Call Ernest: lic Security director Greg McBain at press dict the delivery date of any work project,” previous day for the second ice rink of new time Monday morning. The Independent stated Councillor Patrick Martin, who arena. 514-941-2116 saw no activity at 9 am. $3.6M surplus conﬁrmed, real estate market a boom

Real Estate Agency By Laureen Sweeney permits and additional revenue from court Independently Owned & Operated Franchise of Royal LePage fines and Hydro Westmount profits. PAM DAVIDSON MCLERNON City coffers and taxpayers in West - “Municipal costs have been well con - Real Estate Broker | Courtier immobilier mount reaped the benefits of an active real trolled and down over budget,” stated 514.209.7171 estate market last year that contributed Councillor Tim Price in presenting the INTRODUCING strongly to a confirmed surplus of $3.6 city’s audited statement for the year 2012. million announced at the city council The final results showed total revenues meeting June 3. of $96.7 million and expenditures of $93.1 The operating surplus was fuelled by million of which $49.8 million went to the $2 million more than budgeted in wel - agglomeration for West - come tax, $1 million more in construction mount’s share of island- continued on p. 26

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By Laureen Sweeney as one of many “houses of worship” that consultation through adoption of a second clude a vast area of central Westmount do not have a “preschool” usage. draft by-law, possible opening of a refer - (see map). A public consultation meeting sched - Because this usage at St. Matthias’ has endum register and a potential for a refer - To succeed in opening a register per uled for Tuesday, June 18 regarding St. been tolerated for more than 20 years endum. zone, at least 12 “interested persons” (eli - Matthias’ Church kicks off public partici - through the operation of Miss Vicky’s pre- All steps in the process laid down by gible voters) must sign a petition in that pation in a complex process required for school, the intent of the current legal ex - Quebec are fraught with legalities and particular zone. all changes to the city’s zoning by-law. ercise is to regularize it, according to city technicalities based on dates, eligibility of Under the law, a period of eight days is In this case, the concerned zone itself officials. voters and numbers of signatures ob - required by law for this step in the process, is not being changed. It is designated as R- The proposed change to the table to add tained in opposition. according to city clerk Viviana Iturriaga Es - 2 residential. Rather, it is the usages per - “and a school for pre-school education” for The process can be stopped along the pinoza. mitted at 10 and 12 Church Hill being St. Matthias’ is to enable Miss Vicky’s pre- way at any point if the city council decides Eligibility criteria is to be explained in amended. These are contained in a table school to conform to zoning regulations. to withdraw the proposed change. Or, the the published notices, she said. in the zoning by-law showing St. Matthias’ In short, the steps evolve from public change becomes law if certain results are not obtained from the public. Step 2: Register To stop the proposed change, residents If the requirements from a zone are must successfully go through three steps. met, eligible voters who oppose the change in that zone will be able to sign a Step 1: Petitions referendum register at city hall. Each zone Following the public consultation meet - that qualifies preliminarily has its own ing, adoption of a second draft by-law at a separate register. subsequent council meeting and publica - tion of official notices, residents opposing Step 3: Referendum the change in the concerned zone (R2-15- If a sufficient number of signatures is 03) plus five others that touch it (called obtained requesting a referendum, city “contiguous zones”) will have an opportu - council then may proceed to a referendum nity to sign petitions applying for a refer - open to eligible voters in any zone that has endum register to be opened at city hall. qualified. The contiguous zones in this case in -

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6 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 Letters to the Editor

CRITIQ’s gem in Kay Greening of Stop park scarring time the exact actual amount of their mu - nicipal tax that has been needed to cover Good “Q&A” by Michael Moore with shuffleboard area I wish to add my voice to the growing the actual total the costs for the previous Barbara Kay on her involvement with CRI - chorus opposed to placing the dog run Instead of installing a dog run in West - year of providing, maintaining and oper - TIQ (“ Columnist Kay lends national voice anywhere inside Westmount Park, partic - mount Park, the city should do the com - ating the new arena/pool complex. to CRITIQ,” June 4, p. 14). At last, this ularly in the area near the water where plete opposite; that is, expand and These total costs should include any fearless champion of social conservatism people used to play shuffle board. enhance the designated location (the for - and all outlay for work, materials and in - is getting some exposure in her own This oasis of peace would be missed by mer shuffleboard area) with some addi - terest paid in respect to the project and its neighbourhood. many: the nannies socializing while their tional natural landscaping, to preserve and subsequent operation and maintenance, For those who don’t read the National charges play, the tai-chi practitioners gath - underscore this area of the park as a rela - typically including the following items: Post (more’s the pity), Ms. Kay at least once ering chi near the water, the teenagers fig - tively peaceful oasis, which provides large, • All items undertaken for site evaluation, a week slices up the elites of government uring out the grown-up world, the mature shade trees and the nearby lagoon designing, costing and promoting the and academe for surrendering our age-old disabled and their care-givers pausing for and waterfall – features that will not be previously rejected above-ground values to the shrill demands of trendies a rest, the little children trying out their part of the new park area at the arena site arena/pool concepts; posing as utopians. wheels in safety, the yoga disciples taking (shade trees require years of growth to • All items of site evaluation, tendering, And she tackles head-on all those top - a slow deep breath, the book lovers enjoy - achieve that quality). construction and provisioning needed ics Canadians prefer to sidestep in the ing a quiet read... bref , anyone who loves Regardless of the additional park to provide a completed landscaped, fur - name of “political correctness: abortion, our park. acreage, Westmount Park is not suffi - nished and operating arena/pool com - euthanasia, Quebec, group sex, feminism, Westmount Park has already been ciently large to benignly include a dog run, plex; etc. carved out into segments. Let’s stop this as the inevitable accompanying barking is • All related items of work such as those And she does it all with the forensic scarring before it is too late. not limited to the dog-run area, but carries for relocating the Lansdowne dog run; skills of a top lawyer, supported by Maya Khankhoje, much further afield. Barking, unlike other • All annual costs of operation and main - painstaking research, and large doses of Kensington Ave. sounds (e.g., people playing soccer, chil - tenance, reduced by any compensation common sense and decency. dren in the playground), is particularly an - paid to the city for use of the arena/pool When it comes to fighting for the sur - Keep Westmount Park noying – akin to the sudden, puncturing, facilities. vival of the traditional family, Barbara Kay invasive noise of a car horn, even when in - from going to the dogs John Dorey, Victoria Ave. takes no prisoners. Alas, there are very few termittent. Dog runs are not tranquil places. At of her kind in Canada, and in obtaining The last thing our park needs is even times, dog runs are noisy, smelly and dirty. Open letter to mayor, her support, CRITIQ has itself a gem. more barking noise. If you do not wish to Relocating the dog run to the centre of Tim Burke, council, re: playground have a dog run in Westmount Park, it is Westmount Park risks destroying one of St. Catherine St. While the millions of dollars in cost important that your councillor and Mayor the oldest and most beautiful areas of this overruns begin to pile up for the Peter Trent hear from you. jewel in our city that, up until now, many arena/pool project, where the sentiment of Susan Kazenel, Montrealers have been able to enjoy. residents is, at best, lukewarm, have any Kensington Ave. The proposed relocation site for the dog of our elected officials considered spend - run, a shaded, old-treed area alongside the ing even one tenth of one percent of that pond, is not a comparable exchange for project’s cost on the most intensively used the new green space of the Westmount WESTMOUNT 100 square meters in our city, namely the recreation centre. playground in Westmount Park? Moreover, it is unacceptable to compare The equipment is deplorably dated, INDEPENDENT the proposed Westmount Park dog-run lo - unimaginative, corroded and dangerous – cation to the one in Murray Park, which is and being used daily and copiously by our We are Westmount. steps from Forden for people who drive to most valuable assets, our children. Shame. Presstime: Monday at 10:30 am the dog run, and in a minimally treed sec - How Can We Help You ? Harvey Elman, Metcalfe Ave. tion of the park. In comparison, all access Publisher & editor-in-chief: David Price Stories and letters points to the proposed Westmount Park Open letter: condo editor: Kristin McNeill Kristin McNeill: 514.223.3578 dog run require people to walk their dogs [email protected] Chief reporter: Laureen Sweeney to the centre of the park, creating heavy project on Metcalfe Letters & Comments: Advertising Sales dog traffic and eliminations. I live at 181 Metcalfe Ave., and I was in Arleen Candiotti: 514.223.3567 We welcome your letters but reserve the right to It is not too late to rethink the reloca - shock when I heard that the building at [email protected] choose and edit them. Please limit to 300 tion given that there are at least three other 175 Metcalfe is doomed to be demolished words and submit before Friday 10 am to be We also publish the Free Press dog runs in the city. and converted into condos. newspaper in Hampstead, considered for publication the following week. Côte St. Luc and NDG. The centre of Westmount Park is a nat - I don’t think I will be able to live in the Please check your letter carefully as we may be ural green sanctuary, a treasure to be en - conditions of a war zone. Am I supposed unable to make subsequently submitted Accounting & Classified ads joyed by the entire community. to be exposed to dust for 18 months? Do I changes. E-mail any letter or comments to Beth Hudson: 514.223.6138 Dog owners Maida Sewitch and have to listen to constant noise that could [email protected]. offi[email protected] Nancy Rafman, and Joyce Barakett, affect my hearing and nerves? Won’t the St. Catherine St. vibrations affect our little house? @WestmountIndie 16,337 copies Will the construction company guaran - Audited by City should provide tee to compensate us for damages to our Westmount Independent yearly cost run-down house and health? We moved to West - mount to escape the skyscrapers of down - Owned and published by: For at least the next five years, West - town Montreal. We like Sherbrooke-Valois Inc., 310 Victoria Ave., #105, Westmount, QC H3Z 2M9 mount taxpayers should be informed at tax Fax: 514.935.9241 the character of Metcalfe. continued on p. 7 WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 – 7

Now they want to change it. for miles around”?). I will not even bother Ready for questions at authorities and its advisory committee on Do we have legal rights? It seems that to address them individually. However, I condo demo hearing planning, we had to change our project the people who work at Westmount city am curious about Mr. Glass’ credentials as and accept to incur an increase of our con - hall are not too concerned about the well- a condo market expert since he seems to The promoter and general contractor of struction costs to demolish the existing being of the citizens who live in West - be quite clear on the subject. And, at the the condo project at 175 Metcalfe will an - building in order to install our indoor mount. I heard horror stories about the end of the day, is that his problem? swer questions at the public hearing of the parking facilities in two levels of under - suffering of people near the Redfern Much more important, though, is that demolition committee to be held on June ground parking. condo development project, and those liv - his appreciation of architectural merit is 19. Now that the design of our project has ing near the Hillside condos. Am I going quite primitive. Anyone who uses the ar - For strategic reasons in the context of a been duly accepted, we are finalizing the to be one of the next victims? gument of preserving this non-descript highly competitive market, we had to de - preparation of our presentation for the The deed of our house states that we building in order to make a case against velop our condo project with a highly dis - public hearing of the Demolition commit - have a servitude of passage. It seems that the proposed project is clutching at straws. creet approach. tee, which will enable us to demonstrate the plan of the construction company took I have practised architecture for almost Now that we are finally able to release to the surrounding neighbours who have this right away from us. It means that they 40 years, and I can state unequivocally that the information, we welcome the oppor - expressed some concerns, how every effort didn’t leave space for us to park the car at this existing building has absolutely no ar - tunity the Westmount Independent offers us will be invested to minimize the impact of the back of our house. chitectural merit whatsoever. On the con - to clear the air and put everything into the construction work of our condo proj - I came to the conclusion that all parties trary, this indescribably banal structure is proper perspective, while getting rid of the ect. ignore our existence. in fact completely foreign to the character growing urban legends. We are confident that the municipal au - Judy Glass, of its immediate environment. What will The transformation of the former Van - thorities as well as the local population will Metcalfe Ave. replace it is another matter altogether, but guard school has evolved tremendously realize the importance of working harmo - I can guarantee that its demolition will over the past year. Our involvement with niously with us, expediting the approval of Arguments versus a leave no architectural historian unhappy. the school started as we had been selected the demolition of the building, as it will Glass house What bothers me more is Mr. Glass’ ob - to handle, as a general contractor, the re - enable us to hold our launching event in vious attitude that “if it bothers me in any location of Vanguard’s three campuses in the context of the imminent completion of I have very rarely come across such a way, I will be against it.” This type of neg - a merged facility in the former orphanage the MUHC and the Westmount recreation strong NIMBY (“not in my back yard”) ative attitude is what makes it so often dif - building on Côte de Liesse. centre, both in close proximity to the 175 stance such as expressed by Gerald Glass ficult to improve on existing situations, to Unexpectedly, the initial sale of the 175 Metcalfe. in his comments about the planned con - work for the betterment of the community Metcalfe to a third party having hit a snag, Francis Charron, president of dominium project to replace Vanguard and to ultimately rise to challenges, that, we had to take over and purchase Van - Batimo Inc. and vice president and School at Metcalfe and Hillside ("Open let - yes, may be beyond the scope of some - guard’s building. chief executive of EMD ter, re: possible condos at Vanguard,” June one’s immediate petty concerns. Upon acceptance of the deal, we initi - Construction Inc. 4, p. 10). Yves L’Espérance, ated the development of a condo project, Most of Mr.Glass’ comments are totally Abbott Ave. which initially was taking advantage of the risible, selfish, even pathetic (“scare birds existing structure. At the request of the city $ 3 0 / h Private r Joyeuse Fête Nationale! Language Lessons English / French / Japanese / Spanish Happy National Day! Study anytime between 1:30pm-5:30pm SAVE 25% reg.$40/hr

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( Villa-Maria ) 8 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 Lulham travels to BC for municipalities conference Latest updates brought back info on storm water, seniors and city infrastructure from national forums By Laureen Sweeney These concerned storm water manage - being worked on by Urban Planning, for concerned infrastructure grants (such as ment, infrastructure funding and quality which she is the commissioner. the one Westmount obtained for the The latest information on issues rele - of life for ageing populations. These include a number of water col - arena/pool project) and guaranteed long- vant to long-term planning in Westmount Sent by the city to the FCM Conference lection features such as retention basins, term indexed funding through the gas tax have been brought back to the city from on Sustainable Communities in February tree grates, soft-cover landscaping and subsidy. two recent conferences held by the Feder - in Windsor, Lulham said storm water water gardens. “We can’t budget if we don’t know if ation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) management is of particular interest since we’re getting the subsidy,” Lulham said. attended by Councillor Cynthia Lulham. guidelines on this issue are currently Model water garden planned She also found a quality of life report The city, she said, is planning to create on the challenges and opportunities of an a model water garden in front of the con - ageing population, another initiative, to be servatory as a way of controlling heavy rain very important for Westmount in future that seeps under the greenhouse doors, as planning and has passed on the informa - occurred June 1 (see June 11, p. 9). Pro - tion to the Healthy City Project. ceeds of $1,300 from the perennial plant The third initiative was Guidelines for exchange May 16 will go toward this proj - New Development in Proximity to Railway ect. Operations presented by Lulham in her “Now that people are building fewer professional capacity as project manager decks because of the maintenance they re - for the FCM-RAC Proximity Initiative. The quire, the water garden will serve as a RAC is the Railway Association of Canada. model to show residents how the ground These are updated guidelines to address can be graded away from a house or issues concerning noise, vibration and ground-level patios and sloped into a water safety outlined in an FCM communiqué garden.” following the meeting. Westmount has maintained close ties Infrastructure funding with the FCM since its co-founding as the At the FCM’s annual conference and Union of Canadian Municipalities in 1910 trade show in Vancouver three weeks ago, by William Lighthall, the city’s mayor from one of three major initiatives announced 1901 to 1903.

Jogger hit by car in mixed communication A young NDG woman was reported The victim, a jogger, suffered injury to taken to hospital June 6 after being hit by the face, leg and arm but was conscious a small Canada Post truck at Côte St. An - and able to speak with officers. Fire de - toine and Lansdowne around 11:53 am. In partment first responders took over her relaying the incident, Public Security offi - care until Urgences Santé arrived to take cials said both she and the driver had sig - her to the Montreal General Hospital, ac - nalled the other to proceed but ended up companied by her parents, who had been crossing the intersection at the same time. contacted.

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We (as sons) were Westmount Examiner for two decades, died demonstrated, and provided with, princi - June 10. She would have turned 96 June ples to live by and achieve, without being 23. preached at and without being told to do a She had been living at Manoir West - particular thing.” mount for many years and had only re - Sancton was born Mary Alice Bain in cently moved to Château Westmount, Blackheath. She met and married John in where she was reported by the family to England while he was serving with the have died peacefully after a long and full RCAF. She came to Canada as a war bride life. in 1946. A private service at her request took They lived in Stanstead and Fredericton place last weekend. before finally settling in Ormstown while Widow of John Sancton, she is survived maintaining a small apartment in West - by her three sons and their wives – An - mount. They moved to Westmount after drew and Pam of London, Ontario; Ted raising the family and subsequently to the and Zsuzsi Kapas of Montreal; and Don Manoir whose controversial founding and Jeanie of Beaconsfield – as well as John had spearheaded as president of the grandchildren Rebecca, Derek, Robin, Rotary Club of Westmount. Lara, Kimberley and Matthew. Taking an interest in community con - Mary Sancton not only took a keen in - cerns, Mary served as president of the terest in the newspaper business but now-defunct Seniors of Westmount Action forged her own career working first as a Group (SWAG). factory inspector in her native London dur - “I’m forever grateful for having come ing World War II. She obtained a graduate to Canada,” she told the Independent in a degree from McGill in her 50s and worked profile at age 91 (see October 1, 2008). The late Mary Sancton at age 91 in 2008. Station 12 Reports Summit Woods project Witness watched car to study user interaction break-in on Tupper St. By Laureen Sweeney quette that is considerate of people, ani - mals and the environment.” By Isaac Olson Tupper St. near the Gladstone intersection A research study of how various users Being a dog owner familiar with issues for about 25 minutes at around 5 pm on of Summit Woods interrelate is being un - involving dogs in the nature reserve, Gra - The following news story is based on June 5, he explained. When the victim re - dertaken by an NDG resident studying at ham “thinks the groups for and against information from police reports provided by a turned to his car, his remote entry system the University of Waterloo. can be bridged,” Lulham explained. Her Station 12 constable in an interview with the wasn’t working and when he used the key, Taryn Graham, an MA candidate in the findings could be ready as early as the fall, Independent. he noticed somebody had hastily searched department of Recreation and Leisure Lulham said. through the vehicle, Pimentel said. Studies, has launched an online survey as John Fretz, president of the Summit Somebody watched a Westmount-based A pair of sunglasses and a memory part of her master’s program to collect Woods Advisory Committee, told the In - car get broken into and burglarized but, stick were stolen. feedback from user groups on demo - dependent that while this group represents even as the suspect fled in another vehicle A witness came forward and said he graphics and experiences in Summit various users, it had not yet been con - with stolen items, the witness failed to no - saw a suspect fleeing from the vehicle with Woods – all with the support of city coun - tacted by Graham for input. tify police until the car’s owner returned objects in his hands. The suspect, Pi - cil. to the scene, according to Station 12 con - mentel said, fled in a white, four-door Find balance stable Adalbert Pimentel. Chevrolet driven by another individual. Lulham presented ideas to council A solution to finding the balance be - The car, a Mercedes, was parked on The suspect who did the burglarizing is “I presented her ideas to council mem - tween dogs and other users of natural described as a white male, 5’8” and wear - bers, and we decided to support her by al - areas is not confined to Westmount, he ing black sweat pants with green stripes lowing her to put up posters in Summit said. “We have yet to find ours. To do so is on the side. Woods about the survey,” said Councillor very complex, involves a lot of historical re - Electronic Independents “If you notice something, don’t wait to Cynthia Lulham, commissioner of Parks search and if you want something you available notify authorities,” said Pimentel. “Call and Urban Planning. have to pay for it.” Enjoy the Indie at supper time 911 immediately while it’s happening, so “The Summit Woods Research Project” Graham’s survey can be accessed at on Tuesdays! we can have a better chance of catching is described by Graham as aiming to find www.surveymonkey.com/s/Summit - Sign up by writing us: the suspects. Ideally, you’d get the licence ways “to help promote community-based WoodsResearchProject. offi[email protected]. plate of a vehicle used in a crime.” dialogue and provide guidance for trail eti - WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 – 11 Remembering Colin Irving Westmount Y closes weight (1934-2013) room for renovations Noted litigator Colin Irving died June Court over 20 times. His work included By Michael Moore free weights. 11. landmark cases involving the legalization White is also using the closure to install Irving went to school in Westmount, of gay marriage, the repatriation of the The Westmount YMCA’s weight-room some new equipment, including televi - lived here and worked in the city since in British North America Act and Bill 101. aficionados are being forced to look else - sion-equipped cardio machines; a squat 1997, when he founded the firm now He also obtained the 1988 release of Janise where for their summer work-out sessions rack and more bumper plates; and ab - called Irving Mitchell Kalichman, cur - Gamble, who was wrongfully convicted of this June after the Y closed its third-floor dominal and leg machines. rently located at Alexis Nihon. murder in 1976. Irving worked on that conditioning room for renovations. Until the floor re-opens, members look - He was best known as a constitutional case pro bono and later added to his volun - The room has been closed since June 3 ing to get in their summer work-out will expert, and appeared before the Supreme teer work by working at the Mile End legal as part of a three-week plan to repair and be able to use their membership at any clinic and founding the Tyndale St. upgrade the floor’s equipment and decor, other YMCA centre in Montreal. Georges legal clinic. including the replacement of the floor and In 2010, Irving was awarded the inau - track. gural Médaille St. Yves by Pro Bono “The floor of any weight room in any Québec. He was to go to Toronto in May fitness centre will typically undergo a great as one of the Canadian Civil Liberties As - deal of wear and tear,” said Westmount sociation’s “Celebrating Canada” hon - YMCA director Gary White. “As the floor ourees for 2013, but was unable to attend wears down and acquires scuffs and tears, due to illness. it can pose a risk to members. It was sim - Irving was a keen squash and bad - ply time for us to replace our floor.” minton player, and won many titles, in - White expects to have the renovated cluding the Canadian doubles open in conditioning floor re-opened to members 1960 and the Canadian Masters singles by June 22, “if all the work goes according championship in 1995. to schedule.” He is survived by his three children, In addition to the new floor, the YMCA Andrew, Caroline and Gillian. will be repainting the room’s walls and He was profiled in the November 16, ceiling, as well as reupholstering the seat - 2010 Independent (p. 14). ing on some workout benches and ma - The late Colin Irving in 2010. chines, and upgrading some of the older Photo: Laureen Sweeney LaSalle politician gets to Vic Hall meeting via solar-powered bike BUREAUXBUREAUX ADMINISTRATIFS FERMÉS LLee lundi 24 juin et le lundi 1err juiljuillet 2013

Les bureaux aadministratifsdministratifs de la Ville de WWestmount,estmount, ssoitoit l'Hôtel de ville, le Victoria Hall, Hydro WWestmount,estestmount, et les Services de la ssécuritéécurité publique, des sports et loisirs et des travaux publicspublics sont fermés le lundi 24 juin 2013 en raison de la FêteFête nationale du Québec et le lundi 1er juillet en raison de la Fête du Canada.

La Bibliothèque publiquepublique de WWestmountestmount sera fermée le dimanche 23 juin et le lundi 24 juin ainsi que le dimanche 30 juin et le lundi 1err juillet.

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ADMINISTRATIVEADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES CLOSED Monday, June 24th and Monday, July 1st The administrative offices of the City of Westmount, including City Hall, Victoria Hall, Hydro Westmount, Public Works, Public Security and Sports & Recreation, will be closed on Monday, June 24th, 2013 for the Quebec National Holiday and on Monday, July 1st for the Canada Day holiday.

Spotted outside Victoria Hall on June 15 was Patrick Asch, Projet Montréal’s candidate for mayor of WestmountWestmount Public Library will be closed Sunday, June 23rd and Monday, June LaSalle in the next municipal election, and his all-weather, solar-powered electric tricycle. “The Elf” is 24th, as well as Sunday, June 30th and Monday, July 1st. made in the US by Organic Transit. Asch worked with the company to achieve Transport Quebec approval, which includes bilingual labelling and motor power limitations. The tricycle can travel legally The kitchen waste and garbage collections will take place according to the regular on Quebec roads up to 30 km/h under its motor power but can achieve and is allowed to travel at over schedule. 40 km/hr with added pedal power. Asch uses it for commuting and has “cycled” as far as Sherbrooke. Asch was attending a meeting of Bird Protection Quebec. Photo: Ralph Thompson wwww.westmount.orgg 12 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 May sales: Very slow Average adjusted price of a typical Westmount home by month from Jan. 2000 to At the same time, we are seeing new May 2013 based on accepted offer dates Mood of houses coming on the market very late in the Market the spring. MLS records show that at least 65 single-family dwellings have been listed Andy Dodge, CRA since April 1, not including those which sold right away. Of the 10 that sold in May, the average time on the market was 196 days, or 6.5 months; two were on the mar - The following article relates to offers to pur - ket for more than a year; and only one sold chase Westmount residential dwellings, which in less than 45 days. were reported by local real estate agents as The latest check of the MLS tables is having been accepted in May 2013. Because 157 listings in Westmount, 62 of them (al - they are not final registered sales, the ad - most 40 percent) asking over $2 million, dresses and prices cannot be made public but only 21 under $1 million. Whether some give a good idea of current trends in local real of the listings are only “fishing expedi - estate activity. The graph offers a picture of tions” is difficult to say, and certainly there these trends over time. are houses in Westmount that are worth Westmount’s real estate market slowed well over $2 million, but the prospects of to a crawl in May this year, recording only finding buyers at that level appear to be ex - 10 sales in the month – which is usually tremely thin. So far this year, agents have one of the busiest in the year – with an av - reported seven sales between $2 and $3 erage of almost 19 transactions. million, three more over $3 million and Prices were very low as well, with four none over $4 million. less than $1 million and only two above $1.5 million, the highest just over $2 mil - Busy condo market Source: Andy Dodge & Assoc. Inc. lion. Still,the lowest price was $861,000 – The condominium market was busy in the highest minimum price since Janu - May, as was the adjacent-Westmount mar - north of the city, two west of Westmount, The market can be expected to slow ary – and the average mark-up was 24 per - ket. Five condos ranging from $360,000 to one just east and three in the Square Mile, down even more as spring turns into sum - cent, about the same level it was in April. $860,000 were sold, along with two co-op including two on Redpath Crescent. The mer, meaning sellers will have to become The adjusted average price is down only apartments and a flat in a triplex. various districts experienced five sales in more realistic about their prices. one or two percent from levels seen in the There were almost as many sales in ad - each of February and March, nine in April last several months. jacent-Westmount districts, with two and now eight in May. Casting off dignity to take up golf daring to leave things to chance, I had read sharply honed the wee Ikea pencil, there performing despite distraction … the list five golf books in the preceding 48 hours. was simply no way to cram a triple-digit went on and on. I struggled in particular On the Lighter Though quite the source of mirth and number into the little score box. with the requisite hush before hitting. Side derision, this obsessive attention to detail My friend was patient. After one partic - Why such fuss? After all, the ball was just served me well. Before long I was whack - ularly fine shot, she cheered me on with a lying there. It wasn’t going to just skitter Ingrid Kovitch- ing balls with a regularity that was unex - heartening “Well that’s a perfectly service - off into the woods ( before you hit it any - Dannenbaum pectedly satisfying. My coach-buddy able miss!” In return, when she was oddly way.) pronounced me the best beginner he had delighted to make par on a subsequent On the other hand, I did discover sev - ever seen. As a top-notch player, he had hole, I squelched all urge to gloat over hav - eral unforeseen advantages. Unlike other never actually seen any beginners, or at ing won 11 to 4. (Or birdie-triple-par, as I sports where beginners either ride the Last summer I took up golf. I was in - least not for a very long time, but he chose like to call it). bench or float about in the field of play spired by recent injuries (sufficiently nu - not to disclose this trifling particularity. only wishing they might someday touch merous to finance the bulk of my Falsely buoyed, I headed out the fol - Don’t kill the ball? the ball or puck, here was a game in which orthopedic surgeon’s mortgage) and by an lowing week to try my luck (and my pa - She gently, if repeatedly, suggested that beginners actually play more . Though un - inexplicable urge to cast off any shreds of tience, as it turned out) on an actual golf I “try not to kill the ball” – a perplexing bit able to decipher the dense micrographia dignity that I might once have possessed. course. Within minutes I felt as helpless of counsel that flew in the face of every that was my scoresheet, I estimated that I I was further goaded by some hockey pals, and disoriented as a bear cub raised in reason I had ever known for playing had probably squeezed a good 250 strokes who staunchly maintained that despite the captivity and then suddenly released into sports. So I continued to swing really, re - into my nine holes. Plenty of bang for my ability to play while wearing dress pants, a the wilds to fend for itself. I discovered ally hard, and, sure enough, I did hit one buck. belt, smoking a cigar, and resembling John that the Astroturf of my artificial habitat beauty straight and far, and in the approx - Better yet, as one could spend hours Daly, golf was still, undisputedly, a sport. and the natural, untamed grasslands were imate direction of the pin. “OMIGOD!” I and hours in complete silence, without the And a tough one at that. not interchangeable. Previously content to shrieked, “One in a row!” faintest bit of exertion, and using fewer To prove his point, one of these so- swat with a hither-and-yon-in-the-general- Thus did I learn that shrieking was a heart beats than swings, here was a game called “friends” brought me to a driving vicinity-of-forward strategy, I was rather strict no-no. As were many other funda - that I could play while in a coma. range, thrust a vintage club into my hands perturbed by this new and pressing need mental features of any self-respecting And at the rate I am going, that holds and proceeded to bombard me with all to aim . And after several attempts, I con - sport: jumping about, diving, back-slap - great promise. manner of silly instruction. 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By Martin C. Barry “Come September we will still be pro - viding our after-school programming, ex - The main branch of the Montreal Chil - cept that it will be at the Centre Greene,” dren’s Library, housed within the Atwater Kyne said. Library, closed May 24 for renovations. In the meantime, it’s business as usual Scheduled to re-open at the end of No - at the MCL’s two other branches – Jean Ri - vember, it continues to provide its regular vard and Richmond Square. programming but has had to suspend its lending library. Summer program in Cabot Square “It’s a shame that we have to close tem - The MCL’s “Fun in the Sun” program porarily,” said its executive director Helen is to take place the mornings of Tuesday, Kyne. “We’re taking this opportunity to be Wednesday and Thursday, from July 9 to out and touching base with the commu - August 8 in Cabot Square. nity more than ever, to make sure that the In September, the “Moms and Tots” people who need us and who enjoy all the and “Pre-School Story Times” programs free activities and the added educational will be taking place temporarily at the information we give them will still know Montreal Oral School for the Deaf in West - how to reach us.” mount. Kyne said their librarian will be travel - The children’s library temporary clo - ling to visit the daycares that normally visit sure is the result of the major renovations the branch to read to the children. The occurring at the Atwater Library, including daycare centres have also had the oppor - the installation of a new sprinkler system tunity to take a long-term loan of collec - and new washrooms. tions during the library’s shut-down. The The MCL’s administration has moved balance of inventory has been transported to a temporary office at 1410 Pierce St. to storage units. downtown. Montreal Children’s Library executive director Helen Kyne, centre, oversees movers Hayni Unal, left, and Kasim Mehmet as they transfer the library’s “Story Time Trunk” into a moving van on June 6.

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sothebysrealty.ca ned & operated 18 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 Noisy outdoor Intoxicated Westmount High raises money celebrations silenced Westmounter driven Two outdoor parties had to be silenced home for woodworking planer overnight June 7-8 when residents com - plained of the live music, Public Security A man found sleeping on a city flower officials report. The first complaint on Sat - planter outside 315 Victoria was driven urday at 11:33 pm concerned an annual home June 6 for his own safety, Public Se - Grand Prix party on Lexington set up curity officials said. The man was de - under a large tent. A complaint of a sec - scribed as a 23-year-old resident of Melville ond party at 12:49 am was traced to a who had been spotted by a patroller lying house on Cedar near Mountain. Residents across the planter at 3:11 am. in both cases were said to have complied with requests to lower the sound level.

From left: Westmount High School students Alexis Horner and Analyssa Paraskevopoulos, and in the background Kiernan Collie, were washing cars at the Esso service station at the corner of Grosvenor Ave. and Sherbrooke St. on June 15. The students and members of the Parents’ Participation Organization (PPO) were taking part in a fundraiser for the “Teachers’ Wish List,” a fund that pays for educational extras. With $1,100 gathered by 4 pm, they reached the goal of this year’s event, which was to raise $1,000 to buy a planer for the woodworking shop. Photo: Martin C. Barry

60% had no dog licence Of 22 dogs checked for licences in to use dog runs, including Summit Summit Woods and Murray Park during Woods. All were given 14 days to obtain a the mornings of June 6 and 7, 12 did not licence. One, a man with two dogs who have valid permits, Public Security officials lives on Trafalgar in Montreal, was also said. Three of the “wayward” dog owners ticketed $75 for walking them off-leash at lived in Montreal. All dogs, regardless of the summit. residency, must have Westmount licences WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 – 19 Local students honoured for anti-bullying awareness

By Michael Moore provincial lead, Nicolas Nadeau, travelled to each school to meet with between 10 to High school students from Westmount 15 students, using a series of educational High were honoured May 29 for their activities over two days to teach them non- commitment to end bullying, each earn - confrontational methods to resolve and ing a certificate indicating their comple - prevent future bullying issues. tion of the Canadian Red Cross’ “Beyond “Everybody in this room has power. It The Hurt” program. might not be the same amount of power, “When the program was presented to but we all have power,” said Nadeau. us, right away we thought it would be a In the second part of the program, the success, and it was. The feedback that we newly trained facilitators will deliver a bul - got was unbelievable, but it’s still just the lying prevention presentation to their start of something that can get even big - classmates. ger,” said Royal Vale principal Nathalie “It’s great when you have the informa - Lacroix-Maillette, at whose school the cer - tion yourself, but you need to be able to emony took place. share it with the rest of your school,” said The two local schools are among a half Nadeau. dozen English Montreal School Board in - The program’s implementation coin - stitutions to introduce Beyond The Hurt cides with the provincial government’s in - this spring, signalling the program’s open - stitution of Bill 56 last summer, which ing foray into Quebec. forces every Quebec school to create and Created by RespectED, the violence pre - adopt a comprehensive anti-bullying and vention wing of the Canadian Red Cross, anti-violence plan. Students from six schools, including Marymount and Royal Vale, were honoured May 29 for the program attempts to help resolve bul - During the ceremony, Nadeau handed completing the Beyond The Hurt program. lying issues by training students as youth out individual certificates to each student medley sung by Royal Vale’s glee club, in - Royal Vale, LaurenHill Academy and Vin - peer facilitators to help transform the cul - who completed the program, as well as a cluding a performance of Aretha cent Massey Collegiate were also hon - ture of harassment in their respective group one for each school to hang in its Franklin’s version of “Respect” and a oured. Students from the final EMSB schools. hallway. slideshow chronicling Royal Vale students’ school to complete the program, James In March and April, RespectED’s The ceremony was supplemented by a meeting with Nadeau. Lyng, were unable to attend. Youth facilitators from Marymount,

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At least nine major machines were idle at the arena/pool work site the morning of June 17, including those that have been making progress on the “pool hole” (foreground). Photo: Westmount Independent Grosvenor Ave. resident, Sheva Strollovitch, right, purchases an art piece at the annual Place Kensington watercolour art class vernissage and sale held at the seniors’ residence June 13. Art teacher Marcia Roszler looks on while resident and acting cashier, Jane Hollander, accepts payment for the watercolour. Roszler has been an art instructor at Kensington since 1989 and explained that Comin’ Up “participating in art class can keep you feeling good about yourself and boost your ego when your see your art hanging on the wall with your name on it. This is especially true with residents who have Tuesday, June 18 by Jeffrey Eugenides, 9:30 am coffee, 10 dementia and helps them keep focus. It is also a chance, while the students are at art class, to give a break to the caregivers.” The vernissage is an annual, one-day event that features sketches and • Public consultation meeting on rezoning am review at Temple Emanu-El-Beth watercolours. Photo: Robert J. Galbraith of St. Matthias’ Church to permit a school Sholom. Admission: $8. occupancy, city hall, 7 pm (see “ St. • Poetry workshop with Ann Lloyd, 10:15 Matthias’ rezoning kicks off for Miss am at the Westmount Public Library. Info: Art scene, cont’d. from p. 20 (1945), and “Family Portrait” (1946) of [email protected]. postwar immigrants capture the social re - Vicky’s, June 11, p. 1). stunning. Entitled “An Ode to Woven ality of the day. Her painting “Picking • MUHC Good Neighbourly meeting , 7 Thursday, June 20 Fields,” the exhibit continues until Sun - Milkwood” (1975) depicts a young woman pm to 8:30 pm at 5100 de Maisonneuve Blvd. Auction of unclaimed objects from police day, June 30 at Han Art Gallery, 4209 St. outlined in black. Black twigs painted with Station 12, 7 pm at city hall. Catherine St. loose brushstrokes adds a design element Wednesday, June 19 to the work. Monday, June 24 “The Jewish Painters of Montreal” Several of Borenstein’s oil paintings of • Demolition meeting, Vanguard School at West End Gallery building , 5 pm at city hall (see “ Hearing St. Jean activities organized by the city of Quebec towns are included: “Ste. Lucie, Westmount, 2 to 10 pm in Westmount This exhibit features work by artists Quebec” (1963) and “St. Césaire, Quebec” set for demolition of Vanguard building, June 4, p. 1). Park. In case of rain, activities will take from Montreal’s Jewish community, cre - (1965), featuring his mentor A. Y. Jackson place at Victoria Hall, 4626 Sherbrooke St. ated from 1930 to 1975. Noted for both so - in the foreground. A rare watercolour, • Stephanie King reviews The Marriage Plot cial realism and landscape, these artists “Brittany Boats” (1939), is painted in include: Alexander Bercovitch, Ghitta Borenstein’s signature orange and red. Caiserman Roth, Harry Mayerovitch, Interesting in both content and style, Louis Muhlstock, Ernst Neumann, Moe “Jewish Painters of Montreal” continues Reinblatt as well as Jack Beder, Rita Brian - until Saturday, June 22 at West End sky and Sam Borenstein. Gallery, 1358 Greene Ave. Beder is known for his streetscapes. The test of time Painted in oils, “Along St. Louis Square” (1940) features Montreal architecture, These exhibits provide a unique oppor - while “Gastown Vancouver” (1940) depicts tunity to view work of artistic and historic a commercial street. The exhibit also in - significance. Han Art Gallery’s Perehudoff cludes five sketches from his series “Cafe exhibit is the first in Quebec since 1993, Scene.” Drawn from 1930 to 1935, the while West End Gallery’s retrospective, café’s clientele come alive in quick, repet - “The Jewish Painters of Montreal” reflects itive strokes. our Canadian heritage. Briansky’s sketches “Country Interiors” 22 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 Trent protests to AMT, CP Prospect-ors decry train signals in front of homes By Laureen Sweeney and only learned about it at a meeting with to “demand” the repositioning of the two now that a third track is being added the AMT and Canadian Pacific (CP) May Prospect signals. Similar ones are also to improve commuter service. A group of residents on Prospect are up 21. That was when she had requested an slated for the foot of Abbott and behind the Both Chandan and Candido propose in arms over a large signalling structure to information meeting be held and offered POM condo building at 4700 St. Catherine the new gantry be installed a little to the be installed in front of their street, whose city hall as a venue (see June 11, p. 5). in district 7. See story below. east at Weredale Park in front of Batshaw houses face the train tracks. “The AMT ran out of fliers,” she ex - A private meeting was set up with Can - Youth and Family Services, an office build - “Why smack in the middle of the only plained. “It’s very sad because the whole dido, a group of area residents and Mayor ing not occupied at night. street facing the track?” asked resident intent of the meeting was to give people Peter Trent, Samiotis and Lulham for June He said he had spoken with an AMT of - Frank Candido. an avenue to discuss plans with the AMT, 13 on the sound barrier and train issue ficial who told him that had potential. The residents are also upset that but it was the execution that faltered.” with (see “CP refuses land for berm”). Prospect, along with Clandeboye, had not Despite an email sent from Samiotis to received fliers announcing an information six Prospect residents June 4 and an email Signals must meet criteria CP refuses land meeting June 6 on railway construction from the Westmount Train Action Com - Councillor Cynthia Lulham, who works work this summer distributed by the mittee (WTAG) sent to 13 people living on professionally in the railway industry, told for berm Agence métropolitaine de transport Prospect June 3, no one attended from the Independent that the positioning of sig - A group of Prospect residents learned (AMT). Prospect or Clandeboye. David Schacter of nals is prescribed by Transport Canada ac - at a meeting with Mayor Peter Trent The problem came to light when local WTAG said he sent out 200 email notices cording to various criteria such as June 13 that a proposal to build a sound- councillor Theodora Samiotis sent out re - in total. distances from each other and the muffling berm along the tracks in their minder emails June 4 to several of the res - Resident Candido said he did not feel switches. The lights don’t flash, she said, district was no longer an option since idents, encouraging them to attend the the need to attend since he believed the and are installed in cones so they cannot Canadian Pacific would not allow con - meeting to receive up-to-date information construction work impacted residents fur - be seen from the side. struction on railway land. on the work and “the impact it will poten - ther west where a third track is being built The old signalling structures have to re - While the city had reportedly been ad - tially have for our area.” and that people on Prospect would not be main in use, and therefore in place, until vised of the decision in February, resi - “I think it is important,” she wrote, “for affected by the signalling station. the new ones were operational, which dents had not been informed. “We asked residents to be at this meeting – particu - “This is not just about construction would suggest that they had to be installed to be kept better informed,” said resi - larly those living on Prospect, Greene and noise for a few weeks, the impact is for the at different locations,Lulham said. dent Frank Candido. Clandeboye area, as some of the major sig - rest of our lives,” stated Anita Chandan, The new Prospect signals would re - The city would, however, be meeting nalling work that is being planned will be whose house at 41 Prospect, directly over - place existing ones at Hallowell and at At - with Transport Quebec officials June 27 taking place in that section of the tracks.” looks the location of the proposed new water. to discuss a feasibility study regarding a She told the Independent that the city structure. The new structures, called gantries, are sound barrier. had not been consulted about the work Candido said it was now the city’s role needed to span three tracks rather than

Prospect, cont’d. from p. 1 POM residents also facing new signals? ropolitaine de transport (AMT) to hold a conveyed to us.” Prospect residents may not be the only the tracks. special meeting this week with residents He requested that the CTA “intervene ones looking out their front windows onto The current signal structure (gantry) is of Prospect over the new signal structure. immediately” so that an alternative to the one of the three proposed new railway sig - just to the east of the building, aligned al - “We want to bring both sides together,” schedule can be discussed by all parties nalling structures (see “ Residents tell most at the Bethune tunnel into the Pub - Samiotis said. and an effort made to accommodate the AMT, CP to limit track work to daytime lic Works yard. A tentative meeting date of Thursday, concerns of residents impacted by only,” June 11, p. 5). So may some resi - He said he asked a Canadian Pacific of - June 20 at 7 pm at Centre Greene was un - changes to the rail network. dents of the “POM” condo building at ficial at the end of the train meeting June confirmed, Samiotis said Monday at press While notices announcing the original 4700 St. Catherine. 6 at city hall to position the new gantry to time. meeting had not been delivered by the Councillor Gary Ikeman, who is presi - the west of the building rather than in the “I’m pleased the mayor understands AMT to Prospect and Clandeboye, Can - dent of the condo association, said he was middle of it. “He said he would look into the situation and is playing ball with us,” dido told the Independent June 14 his com - told that one of the three new ones would it.” said Candido, who pressed for the private plaints of inadequate communication and be directly behind the building, which is meeting along with five other Prospect res - his decision not to attend the meeting now actually the front façade for condos facing idents concerned they had not been ade - were “irrelevant.” quately informed about the plan to erect a “What we’re faced with is the construc - 26-foot signalling structure (gantry) in tion of the signals so we need at all costs to front of their houses (see story above). delay the start of the work until they agree Two of the three described at a public to move them.” information meeting June 6 are to be The private meeting between Trent and Electronic Independents placed in front of homes facing the tracks. residents also included Samiotis and These are at Prospect and the “POM con - Councillor Cynthia Lulham, both of whom available dos” at 4700 St. Catherine (see June 11, p. represent districts affected by the second 5). summer of work on the railway line re - Enjoy the Indie at supper time on Tuesdays! In his letter to the CTA, Trent stated lated to the installation of a third com - Sign up by writing us: that “We are not satisfied with the manner muter track. that the notice of the proposed work was ofﬁ[email protected]. WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 – 23 Arlington street sale, part 2

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HÔTEL DE VILLE Prochaine séance du conseil : CITY HALL Next Council Meeting: Horaire estival en vigueur le mardi 2 juillet Summer schedule in effect Tuesday, July 2 Entre le 3 juin et le 6 septembre 2013, les bureaux Between June 3 and September 6, 2013, Westmount’s administratifs de Westmount seront ouverts du lundi administrative o[ces will be open Monday to Thursday au jeudi de 8 h à 16 h 30 et le vendredi de 8 h à 13 h. from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. La Bibliothèque publique sera fermée le dimanche. Club d’échecs et de Scrabble The Public Library will be closed Sundays. Chess and Scrabble Club Prévention du Virus du Nil occidental Les vendredis 21 et 28 juin de 14 h à 17 h. West Nile Virus prevention program Fridays, June 21 & 28 from 2 - 5 p.m. Drop by for a friendly game as we look forward to meeting new Les autorités provinciales mènent cet été des opéra- Venez jouer une partie amicale, nous sommes à la This summer, provincial authorities are conducting players! Info: 514 989-5299. tions d’épandage de larvicides dans certaines régions recherche de nouveaux joueurs. Info : 514 989-5299. larviciding programs in some regions of Quebec, du Québec, dont Montréal, pour lutter contre les Journée d’archéologie including Montreal, to reduce the population of Archeology Day moustiques responsables du virus du Nil occidental mosquitoes that carry the West Nile Virus (WNV). Le jeudi 20 juin à 16 h, Salle des activités. Enfants de Thursday, June 20 at 4 p.m., Storytime Room. For ages (VNO). Westmount et 18 autres villes et arrondisse- Westmount and 18 other cities or boroughs on 7 ans et plus. Avec Stephanie Maurel, en collaboration 7 and over. With Stephanie Maurel in collaboration ments de l’Île de Montréal seront ciblés pour le pro- Montreal Island will be part of this programme. avec le Musée Redpath et le département d’anthro- with the Redpath Museum and the Anthropology gramme. Consultez le www.westmount.org pour en Consult www.westmount.org for more details. pologie de l’Université McGill. Viens découvrir com- Department of McGill University. Come learn about connaître davantage. ment on emballe les momies, en apprendre sur les Public Auction June 20 pot reconstruction, lithics, mummy wrapping and Vente à l’encan le 20 juin pierres historiques, l’ancienne poterie et bien plus ! Thursday, June 20 at 7 p.m. at Westmount City more with Stephanie Maurel. Info: 514 989-5229. Le jeudi 20 juin à 19 h à l’hôtel de ville de Westmount. Info : 514 989-5229. Hall. A public auction of unclaimed bicycles and La Ville procèdera à une vente à l’encan de bicyclettes various objects will be held on Thursday, June 20 at COMMUNITY EVENTS et divers objets non réclamés le jeudi 20 juin à 19 h au ÉVÉNEMENTS COMMUNAUTAIRES 4333 Sherbrooke St. W.; preview from 6:30 p.m. 4333, rue Sherbrooke O. Visite préalable à compter de Cash only. Consult the list of items for auction at 2013 Fête de la Saint-Jean in Westmount 18 h 30. Argent comptant seulement. Consultez la liste Fête de la Saint-Jean 2013 à Westmount City Hall or at www.westmount.org. Monday, June 24 from 2 p.m. in Westmount Park. d’objets devant être vendus au 4333, rue Sherbrooke O. Le lundi 24 juin de 14 h à 22 h au parc Westmount. Celebrate Saint-Jean with activities, entertainment, ou au www.westmount.org. Fêtez la Saint-Jean avec un après-midi et une soirée Westmount’s Administrative ORces music, cake and the traditional bonfire! Bring a picnic d'activités, de spectacles et gâteau, courroné par le closed June 24 and July 1, 2013 or purchase a snack on site. Info: 514 989-5226. Bureaux administratifs de Westmount feu de joie traditionnel ! Apportez-vous un pique- The City’s administrative o[ces, including City Hall, er fermés les 24 juin et 1 juillet 2013 nique ou achetez une collation sur les lieux. Activités Sports & Recreation, Victoria Hall, Hydro Westmount, 2013 Canada Day in Westmount st Les bureaux administratifs de la Ville, dont l’hôtel pour tous à compter de 14 h. Info : 514 989-5226. Public Security and Public Works will be closed on Monday, July 1 , noon to 5 p.m. in Westmount Park. th de ville, Sports et loisirs, Victoria Hall, Hydro West- Monday, June 24 because of the Quebec National Holi- Celebrate our country’s 146 birthday with friends mount, Sécurité publique et Travaux publics seront Fête du Canada 2013 à Westmount day and on Monday, July 1st because of the Canada Day and neighbours. BBQ hosted by the Westmount fermés le lundi 24 juin en raison de la fête nationale Le lundi 1er juillet de midi à 17 h au parc Westmount. holiday. Kitchen waste and garbage collections will Dolphins Swim Team, followed by inflatable games du Québec et le lundi 1er juillet en raison de la Fête Venez célébrer le 146e anniversaire de notre pays take place according to the regular schedule. and water games with the Westmount lifeguards. du Canada. Les collectes de résidus alimentaires et avec vos amis et voisins ! BBQ de midi à 14 organisé Rain or shine event. Info: 514 989-5353. d’ordures s’effectueront selon l’horaire normal. par l’équipe de natation les Dauphins de Westmount, Sign up for E-Westmount Your connection to City information.Receive emergency Summer concerts in Westmount Park Inscrivez-vous à E-Westmount suivi de jeux gonflables et jeux aquatiques avec les notices, municipal bulletins and more by email. Visit our Six Sundays at 2 p.m. beginning July 7. Bring a chair Votre connexion à l’information de la Ville. Recevez sauveteurs de Westmount. Beau temps, mauvais website at www.westmount.org or send a subscribe or picnic and listen to live jazz, classical and popular par courriel des avis d’urgence, des bulletins et autre. temps. Info : 514 989-5353. message to [email protected]. music every Sunday afternoon in Westmount Park Visitez le site www.westmount.org ou envoyez un from July 7 until August 11. First concert of the series: message à [email protected]. Concerts d’été au parc Westmount Six dimanches à 14 h à compter du 7 juillet. Apportez WESTMOUNT RECREATION CENTRE Les malcommodes (jazz). Info: 514 989-5226. CENTRE DES LOISIRS DE WESTMOUNT une chaise ou un pique-nique au parc pour un après- Construction of the WRC in pictures midi de musique jazz, classique ou populaire tous les di- SPORTS & RECREATION See photographs of the construction site La construction du CLW en images manches entre le 7 juillet et le 11 août. Premier concert anytime at www.westmount.org or Westmount Science Camp: register now! Des photograpies de toutes les étapes de la construc- de la série : Les malcommodes (jazz). Info : 514 989-5226. tion sont en ligne au www.westmount.org. Suivez le follow the progress of the work via Camp begins Monday, July 8. The Science Camp for Facebook.com/westmountrecreation- 6 to 13-year-olds is back in 2013 with another exciting projet via Facebook.com/westmountrecreationcentre et SPORTS ET LOISIRS Twitter@constructalert. centre and Twitter@constructalert. programme of activities and field trips in partnership Camp de sciences de Westmount : with McGill and Concordia Universities, the Montreal Campagne pour le CLW : MERCI ! inscrivez-vous dès maintenant ! WRC Campaign: THANK YOU! Neurological Insitute and others. Register at Victoria Un grand merci à tous les participants, les bénévoles Camp à compter du lundi 8 juillet. Le camp de sciences A huge thank you to everyone that participated, Hall. Info: 514 691-9307 and www.westmount.org. et les donateurs des événements Tournoi de hockey pour les jeunes de 6 à 13 ans est de retour en 2013 avec volunteered or donated to the very successful de rue, Scheherazade - une soirée au Souk et du un programme excitant d’activités et de visites en Street Hockey Tournament, Scheherazade - Une Tournoi de Tennis, qui furent un grand succès. Soirée au Souk and Tennis Tournament. Stay partenariat avec, entre autres, les universités McGill et Suivez le progrès de la campagne. tuned for the Brick Appeal! Concordia et l’institut neurologique de Montréal. Inscrivez-vous au Victoria Hall. Info : 514 691-9307 et BIBLIOTHÈQUE LIBRARY www.westmount.org. Club de lecture d'été TD : Bon voyage! TD Summer Reading Club – GO! Dès le lundi 3 juin. Thème 2013 : « LES VOYAGES »! Starting Monday, June 3. This year’s theme is all about Tout au long de l’été, la section des enfants de la biblio- JOURNEYS! Throughout the summer months, the thèque propose des activités conçues pour inciter les Children’s department will host a number of events enfants à faire de la lecture. Demandez votre trousse designed to inspire kids to read. Ask for your Reading au comptoir des enfants – il y a des prix fantastiques à Kit at the Children's Desk – you'll earn great prizes gagner ! Info : 514 989-5299. this summer! Info: 514 989-5299.

inscrivez-vous | Sign up: [email protected] 514 989-5200 • www.westmount.org • [email protected] 26 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 Flore discovers watery vestige in its new location By Martin C. Barry remains of an interior swimming pool. “It must have been about 10 feet deep,” You never know what you’re going to Lord said, pointing out details in an area uncover when you’re moving into a new at the back of the first storey, where a space. basin-like structure was filled with gravel The owners of Flore, a flower and décor after the building was rededicated for com - store currently located at 5008 Sherbrooke mercial use. St., were in the midst of refurbishing their According to Lord, the building has a new outlet just down the street when they colourful past. “It was supposed to have made an interesting discovery. been a bordello,” he said, adding that the “Years ago this was a private house,” pool is said to have been installed by “an said Gilles Lord, who has run Flore with old gentleman” many decades ago. Denis d’Etcheverry since 1995. Lord and d’Etcheverry plan to move In the process of gutting the basement into the new location at 4932-4932A Sher - and first floor of the former townhouse brooke in September when the renova - built in 1911 to create a combined space, tions are completed. they uncovered what they believe are the

Gilles Lord, co-owner of Flore, is seen here May 31 in an area of the store’s new location on Sherbrooke, where he thinks there was once an indoor pool. Surplus, cont’d. from p. 3 There is no specific plan yet for the un - appropriated surplus of $804,000, accord - wide costs. Almost $1 million also went to ing to city director general Duncan the Montreal Metropolitan Community for Campbell. the city’s regional share. The year’s results also reflected delays Council immediately appropriated $2.6 in the timetable for the building of the million of the surplus to specific items. Westmount recreation centre, which gen - The lion’s share of this – $2 million in erated more revenue than expected from equal amounts – was allocated to the ex - interest on short-term cash deposits offset tension of the new arena’s second rink (to only slightly by increased costs of extend - be repaid through fundraising) and to soil ing the recreation programs. decontamination of the former Glen bus Less snowfall than expected in 2012 re - terminal property on-going since 1991. duced those costs and shaved some This amount brings the city’s total ac - $800,000 off the budget of $3.3 million cumulated surplus to $21.4 million ear- while personnel vacancies and less graffiti marked for specific causes such as translated into lower than budgetted Pub - unexpected snowfalls. lic Security costs.

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Martin Allaire, Director - West Island/Montréal/South Shore 514 483-1870 - 1 888 342-6565 - WWW.DIGNITEQUEBEC.COM WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 – 27 How tall will new Senior chow a love pool fence be? Nicky would do best in a home with a The confident, experienced and consistent By Laureen Sweeney That fence, however, was installed some owner. This senior would love a tranquil 50 years ago before motion detectors and Underdog home with kids 14 years and older, where Along with landscaping details for the other surveillance tools became common - Club he’s either the only dog or with another new Westmount recreation centre (WRC), place. The area will now be closely moni - older, balanced and calm dog to keep him one item that also appears to be undecided tored, said Councillor Patrick Martin. Jayme Wilmann company. is the height of the pool fence, which now Plans consulted at city hall prepared be - If you are interested in adopting Nicky, is to be extended to include some portion fore the dog run was closed show the pool please contact Marilyn at the SPCA’s An - of the now closed Lansdowne dog run. area enclosed by a black chain-link fence Nicky was inherited by family mem - nexe at: 514.895.5326 or adoptions.spca- The fence around the perimeter of a of unspecified height surrounded by hedg - bers, who brought him to the shelter after @gmail.com. pool property must be at least six feet high ing. Pools in the backyard of homes are one month when they realized under the city by-law, according to Urban now also required by provincial law to be having a dog was too much re - Planning director Joanne Poirier, though fenced off at a height of four feet to pre - sponsibility for them. Staying she said she did not know if a higher one vent direct access from the house. true to many of the characteristics was contemplated. “I would be more com - In Westmount, where the six-foot high of his breed, this 10-year-old chow fortable with eight feet,” said Sports and fence enclosure is also required, most peo - chow is calm, independent and Recreation director Mike Deegan, the ple choose to erect the four-foot fence well-behaved. city’s WRC project coordinator. across the end of the property where the Nicky is absolutely stunning The old pool fence was 10- or 12-feet pool is located, Poirier explained. even as a senior with a gorgeous high, but people still managed to climb it. and full cinnamon-coloured coat. In their native China, chow chows are often referred to as Running dog hit by car at night “songshi quan,” which translates A dog running north on Belmont and from the jaw and have an injured hind as “puffy lion dog.” Workers at across Westmount Ave. June 4 was hit by paw. Officers provided the cabbie with a the shelter have taken to calling a westbound car at 11:20 pm, public safety blanket to protect the car. The dog lived on Nicky the “Lion King.” officers report. The driver, a woman living Belmont north of Westmount Ave. It was At just 42 pounds, he is a bit on Upper Lansdowne, called Public Secu - not wearing a collar. Few other details underweight and needs to gain a rity and when officers arrived they found were recorded in the rush to get the dog to few. the dog’s owner on the scene arranging for the hospital, officials said. Police were con - Chow chow’s tend to attach a taxi to take them to an emergency ani - tacted but reported as saying they did not themselves to one person to mal clinic. need to take a report. whom they remain fiercely loyal, The dog was reported to be bleeding so Nicky is really struggling in the shelter environment. Abandon - Dog group, cont’d. from p. 1 will to re-activate or start up a new owners’ ment has resulted in confusion association. for Nicky, so he is becoming de - Nicky area, she said, where “dogs are blamed for Among some 25 who attended was pressed and sad while waiting for so many things they aren’t responsible Beryl Parker, who many current residents a new home. Fundraiser update for.” may remember as the lightning rod be - When he finds his forever home, he And the “misconceptions that dogs hind the start of the original dog owners’ will happily reward his new person with John Benoit of Ben and Tournesol re - wreck everything” motivated her to speak association some 30 years ago, working continual affection, a steady bond and a ported in an email thanking donors and with other dog owners and organize the with the city on leash- laws, dog runs and keen sense of devotion. buyers that during the recent Sher - preliminary meeting to determine education awareness campaigns. Nicky needs daily walks but does not re - brooke/Victoria sidewalk sale, his store’s whether there was sufficient support and “We plan to support Summit Woods quire a large amount of exercise, and will fundraiser for Gerdy’s Adoptions and Res - any way we can,” Engels said. “We respect be very relaxed and easygoing in the cues “managed to raise $24,000 – an

it and probably use it more than others. house. amount far superior to what I imagined Poodle needs 12 We want to preserve it and expand aware - possible.” stitches after ‘hit-and- ness of this respect and preserve our right to be there.” Ah, My Second Home run’ attack She said the group hopes to contact all Westmount dog owners about their plans boarding for A Westmount woman went to Public through a mailing to everyone with a dog Security offices June 6 to report an at - licence, if this can be worked out with the Are you planning a cat-friendly DOGS tack on her dog by another May 31, offi - city. summer vacation? cials said. The attack caused Another plan is to set up a “Friends” We will: Nina Valery “considerable injury” to her white poo - component of the group. This would be •Checkyourhomeregularly dle by a tan pit bull that took place at composed of non-residents who buy West - •Giveitalived-in-look 514-932-8623 2:45 pm on The Boulevard west of mount dog licences that enable them to •Wateryourplants Mount Pleasant near her residence. The use the dog runs and Summit Woods. •Careforyourindoorpets [email protected] owner of the other dog, described as an For more information or to become a unknown woman in her 20s, was re - member, she said, dog owners should Experienced and Fully Insured animal consultant ported to have just kept on walking with email [email protected] or TTouch - certified practitioner it. [email protected]. basic first aid 28 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013

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WESTMOUNT Price Upon Request WESTMOUNT 303 Grosvenor $995,000 WESTMOUNT 636 Lansdowne $1,090,000 WESTMOUNT 361-363 Grosvenor $1,195,000 Contemporary masterpiece with state of the art Beautiful, renovated 3+1 BDR attached, garden and Classic, very spacious 6 bedroom semi-detached, DUPLEXin Victoria Village, large rooms, deck, 3 technology and an amazing master suite! ﬁnished basement. Good value in a fabulous location! family owned since 1943. MLS 10591120 ﬁreplaces, 3 parkings – Currently w 2 great tenants!! MLS 10329472 MLS 9334461 CONDITIONAL OFFER

BROSSARD 8145 St-Laurent, PH 400 $599,000 BROSSARD 8145 St-Laurent, #303 $375,000 WESTMOUT ADJ. 1950 Sherbrooke W. DOWNTOWN 1201 Sherbrooke W. $8,900,000 Impressive 2 level Penthouse with 1,000 sq.ft. terrace! Pristine and bright 2 bdr condo in Le Hameau des New condo project! New concept offered 100% raw Landmark location with historic roots. MLS 8742629 Recently renovated, 2 bedrooms, 3 parking spaces. Berges, with 2 parkings and an enclosed terrace! to allow most ﬂexibility with price/design, starting MLS 9013192 MLS 9575029 at $350/sq.ft.

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WESTMOUNT 21 Thornhill WESTMOUNT Upper Clarke WESTMOUNT 66 Aberdeen ILE-DES-SOEURS 100 Hall, PH 1402 Splendid 4 bdr semi, large peaceful garden, garage. Impeccable 6 bdr stone residence. Stunning 4 bdr semi on huge lot w amazing views! Penthouse in splendid Val de l’Anse building. Listed Price $1,495,000 Listed Price $1,925,000 Listed Price $499,000

Marie Sicotte Jeannie Moosz Real Estate Broker – Groupe Sutton Centre-Ouest, inc. Deeply Rooted Values Real Estate Broker – Groupe Sutton Centre-Ouest, inc. 514.953.9808 514.299.3307 [email protected] [email protected] www.mariesicotte.com 32 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 18, 2013 PROPERTIES FOR SALE

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1 WOOD GROSVENOR UPPER BELMONT REDPATH $1,995,000 | MLS 9764701 $1,879,000 | MLS 10255095 $1,795,000 | MLS 10834473 $1,495,000 | MLS 9352922 VIEWS! Opportunity to transform 2318 sq.ft.! Move-in 5+1 bdrm house Lovely renovated Bungalow Renovated 2+2 bdrm bungalow

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CIRCLE ROAD 1250 GREENE CLARKE GROSVENOR $1,150,000 | MLS 10410709 Only 5 units left! Starting at $1,437,475 $1,295,000 | MLS 9554100 NOW ASKING $699,000 | MLS 10008103 See all our Detached 4 bdrm family home Call to book your appointment today Sun-ﬁlled corner condo in great location! 2,800 sq.ft., 2+2 bedroom properties at PLATEAU DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN ATWATER MARKET jillprevost.com

CARRÉ ST. LOUIS 1210 DE MAISONNEUVE TOWERS ST. AMBROISE NOW ASKING $699,000 | MLS 9876493 $680,000 | MLS 9963955 $479,000 | MLS 9082494 $383,000 | MLS 9567733 Beautiful 2-storey Victorian condo Fully furnished 2 bdrm 19th ﬂr condo Uniquely renovated 2 bdrm condo Bright 1+1 bdrm condo, Quai des Eclusiers

Jill+Joan Prévost 514.591.0804 [email protected] [email protected]

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