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BY-ELECTION ON JUNE 9 Island’s eastern tip divided by culture, language, allegiances

LINDA GYULAI des Prairies-Pointe aux Trem- GAZETTE CIVIC AFFAIRS bles than in most of the city’s REPORTER 19 boroughs. The borough of 107,000 resi- The borough of Rivière des dents is really two constituen- Prairies-Pointe aux Trembles cies divided by Highway 40. is the largest on the island of Spread over 42.3 square kilo- , but a coming mu- metres,it is the largest bor- nicipal by-election is showing ough in Montreal in terms of it also is one of the most di- space and sixth largest in vided. terms of population. None of the three major po- North of the 40, Rivière des litical parties at city hall has Prairies is a Liberal bastion announced a candidate for where nearly half of the resi- the June 6 by-election to dents are of Italian origin and succeed borough mayor Joe a full one-quarter of the popu- Magri, who stepped down for lation speak English at home. health reasons on March 12. To the south, Pointe aux MARCOS TOWNSEND THE GAZETTE And the choice for Mayor Trembles is a Parti Québécois ROMPIN’ AND ROAMIN’ Robert Sargent plays with his pal Wally yesterday as the sun goes down on ’s Union base where about one-third of another exceptional spring day at Thérrien Park in Verdun. Montreal’s string of unseasonably warm Montreal, Louise Harel’s residents are of Haitian ori- Vision Montreal and Richard gin and 90 per cent speak and sunny weather may soon be chased away by April showers forecast for the next several days. Bergeron’s Projet Montréal of French at home. whom to run appears to be more challenging in Rivière Please see VOTE, Page A4

LOONIE FLEXES its wings for parity Canadian currency surges as high as 99.9 cents U.S. as analysts say strong fundamentals, vibrant U.S. marketplace make par inevitable. Page B1

TRASH PILES UP CANADIENS CONTROL PLAYOFF FATE over Easter holiday ZUMBA is latest infectious fitness craze in a nail-biting tilt against the Islanders Blue-collars refuse over- This dance-inspired booty-shaking workout A win and a Rangers’ loss to Sabres could clinch time in a pressure tactic originated in Colombia and is spreading like postseason berth, Dave Stubbs writes. Page B7 as city begins “bargaining wildfire across North America. Page C4 blitz,” Jan Ravensbergen Text HIO123 to 11-2-11 to get more on the Text ZUMBA123 to 11-2-11 Habs. Standard text messaging rates apply. reports. Page A4 to read more about Zumba.

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