WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT Weekly. Vol. 66 No. 7a We are Westmount February 9, 7569 Design-build contract targetted for year-end Sweet! Greenhouse risk analysis reveals many challenges to overcome
BN L;KH>>E SM>>E>N brought to light at a risk analysis work - shop January 11 for members of the city If all goes according to plan, the city is council, staff and others who will be in - aiming to award a design-build contract by volved in the process, said Benoit Hur - the end of this year to rebuild Westmount’s tubise, the city’s assistant director general iconic greenhouse complex, the Indepen - for infrastructure and engineering. dent learned last week. The start of work “The existing greenhouses were built would not be known until that time when around the needs of the 1920s,” Hurtubise a consortium is chosen for the work. told the Independent last week. “It’s a whole The complexity of the project was different ballgame now.” The next steps include an ongoing needs analysis, the technical preparation of ten - Letters p. 6 ders, evaluation of the bids and creation of Photo: Ralph Thompson Bought & Sold by A. Dodge p. 17 the design before con - Five-year-old Olivia Laberge can’t wait to get her hands on a maple taffy stick offered at King George Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 21 struction can even start. continued on p. 12 (Murray) Park as one of the city’s winter carnival events February 4. More photos, p. 20. Febr uar y 1 5 d eadline coming up Max Sports department looks to
Castle community to design medals General Dentist Comprehensive Dental BN L;KH>>E SM>>E>N city’s semi-annual sports banquets. The Restoractive Services hockey one takes place April 19. Advanced Aesthetic The number of entries received so far to Andrew Maislin, operations manager Smile Design 514.941.8802 the city’s “Design Your Medal” contest is for Sports and Recreation, said the cur - being kept secret until the deadline rent medals depict generic players of each 1 Place du Commerce Suite 100 Wednesday, February 15, city officials said sport. These have been bought in bulk île des Sœurs H3E 1A3 last week. The contest is aimed at finding “but we thought it would be fun and in - RE/MAX ACTION INC. a new design for the hockey, baseball and teresting for the commu - 514 769-3939 1225 Greene Ave, Westmount soccer awards presented to teams at the nity to create its own de - continued on p. 3 drmechanic.com
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BN L;KH>>E SM>>E>N presenting proof of current residency at in July and August for ages 5 to 17. Also cult at the management level, “it should the office in the Westmount recreation new is a week of hockey camp from Au - make it easier for the community,” said On the approach of registration opening centre. gust 21 to 25. Andrew Maislin, operations manager for February 14, a Tuesday, for the spring and This applies to any Westmount resident the Sports and Recreation department. summer session of Sports and Recreation registering for the new sessions. Fee in - Changes in summer camp weeks “This is what we’re aiming for.” programs, Westmount residents have been creases are also in effect for many activi - Another major change involves the sum - Jazz dance will also be introduced to the receiving notices rather than the custom - ties. These range mostly from 6 percent to mer day camps. These previously took youth spring line-up as well as “Chanson ary activity brochure. 13 percent (see story below). place in two-week sessions but will now be Magique” in two separate classes for one- “We’re going green this year and print - held instead as eight separate weeks. to two-years olds, and another for three- to ing only a limited number,” said Claude New youth programs offered “What we saw was that a lot of kids at - four-year-olds. Danis, program and community services Among the activities for youth, adults tended only one of the two weeks,” Danis Registration for swimming activities director. The brochure is accessible on the and seniors are a number of new offer - explained. opens April 25 online or in person at the Sports and Recreation webpage at West - ings at the youth level. While the change is expected to make pool desk starting May 23. mount.org. These include the introduction of fenc - the scheduling of counsellors more diffi - Also because of the new calendar year, ing to the spring session as well as spring she said, “we’re reminding people that hockey for Novice through Bantam from their online accounts have been “sus - April 28 to June 23 and three weekly ses - Fee hikes range from 6% to 13%; pended” and can be reactivated only by sions of intensive summer skating lessons some rates unchanged Medals cont’d. from p. 1 BN L;KH>>E SM>>E>N Mount Royal, Montreal West, Hampstead, signs,” he said. last week? That won’t be known until the LaSalle, Verdun and Dorval) shows the “We always try to be on the cutting three entry boxes are opened, Maislin said. An increase in sports and recreation increased Westmount charges to be lower edge,” he added. “This is meant to be a These are located at the Westmount recre - fees for the spring and summer season’s by some 40 to 90 percent than an average community effort. Anyone of any age can ation centre (WRC), Westmount Public Li - registration period opening this month of the others sampled. participate, not only people involved in the brary and Victoria Hall. “I want it to be a range from about 6 percent to 13 percent In general, many of the youth activities sporting programs.” surprise,” he said. “No one has seen the en - for many of the programs and activities, that cost $50 or even $65 or $85 last year How many entries had been received by tries. People just drop them into the according to tariffs By-law 1505 adopted by have been raised by $5. While weekly boxes.” city council December 5. Some remain youth swimming classes remain un - PSO assists woman He said he had “peeked inside” the box unchanged. changed at $55, the adult master’s swim at the WRC using a flashlight and judged The price of the annual facility access fee goes from $75 to $85 for the swim locked out on Windsor there to be about 25 entries. He’s assured card as well as youth swimming and ten - season. Pilates for adults rises from $70 to A public safety officer remained with a there will be designs in each category be - nis lessons for example, are among those $75. locked-out resident of Windsor Ave. Jan - cause he knows of families planning to remaining at last year’s level. Increases in some of the fall and winter uary 31 until a locksmith arrived to open submit them for all three sports. “While there is typically less of an in - programs will kick in with the June reg - the door, Public Security officials said. The The winners should be known about a crease in the youth programs than the istration period. This will see 10-percent officer had answered the call to assist the week after the deadline, Maislin said. adult ones,” said department director increases in adult hockey, in particular. woman at 8:18 pm but was unable to find The designs are to be drawn or painted Dave Lapointe, “we haven’t raised the fees Participation in the Senior hockey league, any way to access the home and help her to fit a 6-cm square box on the entry form. much in 10 years while our costs for in - for example, goes from $400 to $440. inside. She was unsure whether she had This can be obtained at the three munici - structors, for example, have increased. Again in 2018, these are expected to go to left the keys inside or had lost them. The pal buildings or downloaded from the We’re still much lower than most munic - $480. locksmith was reported on the scene at Sports and Recreation page on the city’s ipalities we studied.” By contrast, Lapointe said he knows of 9:03 pm. website. 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Letters to the Editor City should move fast on January 30, a plan was unveiled show - On the surface, okay, but but still some way to go to help the shiv - ing the positioning of sound barriers along ering masses. on sound wall the new Route 136 that is under construc - what about under? Barry Pless, Lansdowne Ave. Ever since its completion in 1972, resi - tion to replace Highway 720. Although I agree with Mr. Bolland that Prince Al - dents living close to the Ville Marie ex - there will be barriers positioned to protect bert doesn’t look the way it did a couple of pressway (Highway 720) have been asking those living in Montreal just south of years ago. (“At mercy of rain,” January 31, Thanks for checking in their elected officials for relief from the Route 136, I was appalled to learn that, as p. 6.) I would like to thank Greg McBain, his constant noise emanating from the high - of yet, no such barriers are planned for It now boasts new asphalt, no bumps; staff at Westmount Public Security and way. After many studies and delays over Westmount residents living north and new sidewalks, not cracked; and interest - Jerome Beaudoin and Ghislain Laporte the years, we now have a window of op - south of Route 136. This, despite the fact ing bump-outs that will add greenery to from Station 12 in Westmount for the out - portunity. that at an MTQ information meeting held the street, all the while emphasizing pedes - standing care they took of my staff in my With the reconstruction of the highway, in July 2015, residents and city officials de - trian safety. store during my absence from Montreal. action must quickly be taken by our elected manded that the MTQ work on an on- Unseen by all of us is the work done Public Security and police officers came officials to ensure that a solution is found highway sound barrier solution. underground, from new water services to every day to check on their safety, made to finally solve the problem. According to the MTQ, they are “in talks updated hydro infrastructure. sure the cameras were on and the suspi - At the last MTQ Bon Voisinage meeting with the city of Westmount.” Yes, unfortunately parts of residents’ cious man had not returned. After over a year and a half, residents are front gardens were dug up, and perennials, My sincerest gratitude. Correction – 430 concerned that the MTQ is dragging its shrubs and flowers were removed. Sharyn Scott, feet and that unless the city moves fast The Public Works department regrets owner of Sharyn Scott (shop) Clarke Ave. and decisively to get results, we just may that parts of gardens had to be removed for see the opportunity slip by. the construction of the new sidewalks and Blame it on Canada In the article on 430 Clarke Ave. (Jan - in some cases to allow for new water en - uary 31, p. 18), the History by the House As a resident who deals with the ever in - for slow meters creasing highway noise, I call on our city tries into homes. column incorrectly referred to an em - Included in the notices sent to residents The slow response time of Westmount’s ployee issue in Steven D. Levy's com - officials to do their utmost in pressuring parking meters is very likely due to the the MTQ to finally bring noise relief to about the work done on the street was the pany, and to financial issues, in the con - information on how to contact city project limited power-generating capabilities of a text of Mr. Levy's transfer of the property our neighbourhood. relatively small solar panel operating in Patricia Dumais, Greene Ave. coordinators for any issues, especially in 1971. No such issues existed. The In - damage to property. Issues brought to their Canada’s unfavourable winter-operating Editor’s note: Please see our news story on dependent and Andy Dodge apologize for attention were addressed and brought to conditions, with light from the sun coming the January 30 meeting, p. 7. – KM the error. the contractor’s attention. in at a low angle, short daylight hours and At this time, Public Works cannot eval - many overcast days. uate the state of grasses that were planted This design limitation would probably in the summer. But they have assured me dictate the use of low powered, relatively WESTMOUNT that this spring, any grass that doesn’t sur - slow computer circuitry. vive the winter will be replaced. John Dorey, Victoria Ave. INDEPENDENT As with all infrastructure projects, the city retains a percentage of the contract Stone or concrete? We are Westmount. amount due to the contractor TGA until all Makes a difference How Can We Help You? work is completed to the satisfaction of I very much appreciated Mark London’s the city. It is also important to note that a observations regarding the plans for Stories and letters five-year guarantee period is in effect for Dorchester Blvd. in his recent letter (“Left Presstime: Monday at 10:30 am Kristin McNeill: 514.223.3578 this project. Dorchester area, but still have views,” Jan - [email protected] Public Works has learned from this pro - uary 17, p. 6) from his perspective as a for - Publisher: David Price ject and was able to reduce the problems mer chair of the Westmount Architectural Editor: Kristin McNeill Advertising Sales with residents’ gardens when TGA worked Arleen Candiotti: 514.223.3567 and Planning Commission. Chief reporter: Laureen Sweeney [email protected] on Wood Ave. this fall. Like Mr. London, I think that most cur - Going forward, more care will be taken rent residents wish that the north side Letters & Comments: Classified ads to ensure that perennials, heirloom plants could return to its original splendour be - www.westendclassifieds.com We welcome your letters but reserve the right or those of sentimental value are moved fore the Victorian homes were demolished to choose and edit them. Please limit to 300 Accounting before work starts on a street. in the 1960s. I particularly agree with his words and submit before Friday 10 am to be Beth Hudson: 514.223.6138 I understand that the gardens on Prince comment that “I hope that the city and cit - considered for publication the following week. offi[email protected] Albert won’t look the same for sometime, izens are vigilant in ensuring the highest Please check your letter carefully as we may and look forward to watching their trans - quality public realm and new buildings, be unable to make subsequently submitted formation. We also publish the Free Press which should reflect the character of those changes. E-mail any letter or comments to newspaper in Hampstead, Councillor Rosalind Davis, District 4 on the south side in terms Côte St. Luc and NDG. [email protected]. of design and materials, continued on p. 14 Letter writers should not expect to be published New bus shelter ‘step in in every issue, or in back-to-back issues, or Correction repeatedly in the same season or on the same 14,500+ copies right direction’ topic. The Sherbrooke/Grosvenor bus shelter: Some names were linked to the wrong DW Yay and boo. Yay: replaced at last. Boo: not grades in “Local students fly onward at St. much shelter, too little glass. Boo: no George’s-hosted Scholar’s Cup,” (January Owned and published by: bench. Yay: two inches smaller; no longer 31, p. 15). St. George’s students Emily Mac - Sherbrooke-Valois Inc., 310 Victoria Ave., #105, Westmount, QC H3Z 2M9 Fax: 514.935.9241 an eyesore. Donald and Jessica Marshall are in grade Seriously a step in the right direction 11, and Lillian Simons is in grade 10. WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – February 7, 2017 – 7
Noise levels will be well above predicted levels Sound barrier still not in Turcot plans
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It appears the Ministry of Transport (MTQ) erroneously forecasted the level of noise that will emanate from the incoming Route 136, which is under construction on Westmount’s border with the South - west borough. In the past, MTQ officials have claimed that Westmount will be better protected from the noise because Route 136 will be Good living comes with lower on the escarpment than the current age. Why not retire in perfect Route 720. However, as it turns out, the elegance and ultimate com- sound reduction will be minimal, with av - erage decibel levels hovering between 65 fort? Our caring staff will and 72 dBAs, MTQ officials such as Line tend to all your needs 24 Gamache and Sandra Sultra announced hours every single day. January 30 during its NDG-Westmount Neighbourhood Committee meeting held Please call us regarding our in city hall. “Currently in the Turcot project plan, affordable rentals: there is no screen planned for the north side, the side of Westmount,” Gamache said in French, noting there is no min - istry funding allocated for this expense currently. Studies also show, she added, that there are tight spaces like that around Virginia Elliott, left, listens while Jill Prescesky addresses the NDG-Westmount Neighbourhood Hallowell Ave. that will make it difficult to Committee meeting on the Turcot project held in Westmount city hall on January 30. install a sound-deflecting screen. How - monly called the Ville Marie expressway. It ever, Gamache said this issue is still open was built in 1972 and over the years has for discussion and nothing is final. Sultra drawn its fair share of noise complaints added it is normal to add elements to a from Westmount and Southwest borough project of this magnitude as it progresses. residents. There are currently some 20 changes in During the January 30 meeting, the discussion at the moment, she said, bring - MTQ released data that revealed dBAs be - ing up examples from the Champlain fore and after construction of Route 136. bridge and Turcot projects. Irvine Ave., south of St. Catherine St., was Now, unless city and provincial officials reportedly experiencing noise that, every can find a solution quickly, the new high - 24 hours, averaged in the 70- to 74-decibel way will open in 2018 with no sound wall range. Hallowell and Greene avenues between Westmount and the 136’s west - weren’t much different. Sound walls are bound traffic. Though one may be retro - generally installed when decibel levels ex - fitted in later, officials said. ceed 55. Route 136 is replacing Route 720 – com - Once the new highway continued on p. 10
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1 1/3/17 12:47 PM 8 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – February 7, 2017 City hall flags lowered STM repositions Trunks of infected ash trees left visible over Quebec City new Grosvenor for snow cleaning slayings bus shelter
Flags on Westmount city hall were low - BN L;KH>>E SM>>E>N Two trees cut down recently on Victoria ered Monday, January 30 over the shooting Ave. near the Metro store parking lot and of worshippers at a mosque in Quebec A new bus shelter installed January 25 at across the street near Somerville were “in - City that led to six reported fatalities and the southwest corner of Sherbrooke and fested” with the emerald ash borer, ac - additional injured persons. Grosvenor to replace one removed last cording to Public Works director Patrick Mayors in the province received a “mis - summer was repositioned January 30, Raggo. sive” the next day from the Quebec min - Public Works director Patrick Raggo said While the remaining portions appear to istry of Municipal Affairs and Regions say - last week. The work in all instances had passers-by to suggest the trees had been in ing that Philippe Couillard required all been carried out by the Société de trans - good condition, “the trees were completed government buildings, schools, hospitals port de Montréal (STM), he explained. infected by hundreds of beetles and be - and municipal governments to lower flags The first positioning of the replacement cause of that were unsound,” he said. “It until further notice, Mayor Peter Trent shelter “was not what we had approved,” was best to remove them as a preventive said. Raggo said. “From what I understand, measure.” “In the event there [is] more than one there was a mistake. It was not put on the The trunks of the ash trees have been flag...it’s the Quebec flag that must be low - concrete slab (that had been poured for left standing about three feet off the ered first,” the email was “careful to point it). It was corrected January 30.” ground. This is to facilitate snow removal out,” he added. “It’s interesting that Que - The workers, he explained, had installed over the winter, he explained. To have cut bec can be so punctilious in assuring ‘Que - the replacement shelter more or less in them down to stumps would have posed a bec first’ at such a time of mourning.” the same position as an original one that danger to city sidewalk cleaning crews who had been there many years but had been might not have seen them. They are to be Cabbie sets off alarm removed last summer when found to in - removed in the spring. The trees will not be replaced since the An alarm was accidentally set off at Vic - trude on private property by two inches (see story August 16, p. 11). existing tree pit would not provide ade - toria Hall January 31 when a taxi driver quate space for a new tree to grow to ma - pulled open a side door, Public Security of - Raggo noted the style of the new shelter conforms to the city’s criteria that such turity, said urban forester Robert Liveanu. ficials said. An employee was inside the A tall stump with fresh shavings as seen January – LS building at the time when the alarm was structures in Westmount not display ad - 20 on Victoria Ave., just north of Somerville. sounded at 5: 21pm. vertising. Photo: Staff WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – February 7, 2017 – 9
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provincial policy on road noise, the costs of 55-decibel range. Decibel levels, she noted, has evolved. cont’d. from p. 7 such a construction would be a 50/50 split are averaged over a period of 24 hours, The next NDG-Westmount Neighbour - is in full use, the MTQ is now showing a between the city and Quebec. meaning neighbours of Route 136 are go - hood Committee meeting, according to predicted drop in decibels by a mere one to Samiotis, representing District 8, took to ing to hear the roadway around the clock. the MTQ website, is Monday, March 27 five points. This news drew an angry out - the microphone to say she was “shocked” The noise is reportedly worse on the sec - from 7 pm to 9 pm in the Centre commu - cry from Westmount residents, who were by these revelations. Discussions of a ond floor of homes, adding two to three nautaire St. Raymond on Upper Lachine reacting to what they perceived as a broken sound wall date back to the 80s, she noted, decibels. Rd. in NDG. promise by provincial officials that the and, more recently, it was understood that Samiotis said it makes much more roadway’s new positioning would dampen those streets west of Hallowell Ave. would sense to integrate a sound wall into con - noise. be better protected by the lowered roadway. struction of Route 136 westbound rather Route 136 is, for the most part, lower “Today we are finding out that this may than retrofitting the highway after it is than the outgoing 720, and it includes a not be the case,” said Samiotis, noting the completed, which is the likely scenario. bus lane running between the two east- MTQ “refuses” to incorporate the sound “I get that plans evolve and things and west-bound structures. A sound wall is wall into the Turcot project because it is change,” said Samiotis over the phone. to be constructed between the lanes, and supposedly “a different circumstance” than “But it’s not the place of a city councillor to, on the south side of the highway between other, similar situations. “But I would ar - at a public meeting, find out about a sig - Lenoir and Rose de Lima streets. gue, especially after this evening, that the nificant change. It’s up to the MTQ to no - However, there is nothing planned for circumstances have to be treated the tify the municipality particularly because directly north of the highway, where West - same.” we, at the municipality, have been trying to mounters have long been fighting for Samiotis added, “It is obviously a politi - meet with the minister about the incorpo - more noise protection. Currently there is a cal problem. I’m registering my complaint, ration of this sound wall into the Turcot prototype, transparent wall near Abbott my disapproval and frustration with this.” project for many weeks now without suc - Ave., but it is not enough, people like In a post-meeting phone interview, cess. That was my frustration.” Councillor Theodora Samiotis have ar - Samiotis said the noise “will be slightly The day after the public meeting, Sami - gued. As it was, she noted, that wall took better, but we abandoned any discussions otis said that she spoke with the mayor, years to get installed. with the minister of transportation” be - and that the next step will be to push even cause the city was told the area west of harder for a meeting with the Transport According to the MTQ, there have been Councillor Theodora Samiotis addresses the sound wall discussions with Westmount Hallowell Ave. would not qualify for a wall minister. She said she will be complaining because it was supposed to fall under the to the Transport minister about how this NDG-Westmount Neighbourhood Committee dating back to 2012 and, according to the January 30.
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Westmount’s Sales analysis Arthur smiley face October ’68 transfers: Younanian Significant mark-downs Notaire – Notary the large duplex at 202 Côte St. Antoine 4635 Sherbrooke West Rd., corner Mount Stephen Ave., for Westmount, QC H3Z 1G2 Real Estate $1,475,000, the highest price for a duplex- Tel.: (514) 931-2531 type condo in Westmount’s history. The AE=N DF=?> other October sale was for a small apart - Fax: (514)931-2534 ment at 10 York St. Both sold slightly [email protected] higher than their municipal valuations, with an average mark-up between the two The following article relates to the registra - of 5.6 percent. Quality, Convenience tion of deeds of sale for Westmount property in Addition of a dozen single-family sales &Customization October 2016, gleaned from non-city sources. in October brings the total for the first 10 A list of sales can be found on p. 17. For sta - months of 2016 to 157 registrations, the tistical purposes, sales in 2016 are being com - highest pace since 2010. Of that number, pared to the 2014 municipal evaluation since 94 had prices between $1 million and $2 the new valuation roll did not come into force million, while another 28 were above the until January 1, 2017. $2-million mark. Several high-priced mark-downs last Oc - Highest price so far in 2016 is the tober helped bring the average ratio in $5,780,000 sale of 61 Aberdeen Ave. in Westmount below parity. A large home at June. Unique lamps and chandeliers, 718 Upper Lansdowne Ave. sold for just over half its municipal valuation of custom shades & repairs $3,517,500 while another at 30 Forden Ave. Car crash at Greene 5903 Sherbrooke W. (at Royal) went for $2 million while evaluated at (514) 488-4322 $3,734,600. sends one to hospital [email protected] Five of 12 sales registered in October The driver of a car was taken to hospital sold for an average mark-down of 8.8 per - after a two-car collision at Dorchester and Can you guess what common household object cent compared to their 2014 municipal val - Greene January 31, Public Security offi - made these smiley faces, photographed on uations, and in fact 12 percent below the cials said. A patroller came across the ac - January 31 in lower Westmount? See p. 22 for new 2017 municipal valuations. cident at 4:02 pm and stopped to relieve answer. Photo: Westmount Independent On the other hand, a bungalow at 4862 two tow truck drivers who were controlling Westmount Ave. sold for a mark-up of al - traffic while Urgences Santé personnel most 40 percent, while another at 632 Bel - awaited police before transporting the vic - Dog left tied up mont Ave. went for 31.5 percent more than tim. The collision reportedly occurred A man was issued a $77 ticket for leaving its 2014 tax value. Four single-family when a Toyota Prius travelling north up his dog tied to a city pole on Sherbrooke St. dwellings topped the $2-million mark Greene on the green light was hit in the in - near Claremont January 26, Public Secu - while three of the 12 sold for less than $1 tersection by an eastbound Hyundai Santa rity officials said. The large dog was spot - million; the lowest price saw 139 Abbott Fe going through the red light. The drivers’ ted unattended at 10:50 am by a patroller Ave. go for $725,000. identities were not recorded, and police who saw it still there 10 minutes later. The were left in charge. officer found the owner having a haircut Oct. condo sales inside a nearby hair salon. He lived in Two condominiums rounded o u t the list W oman hit by taxi as ND G. o f Oc tob e r sal es, including 60 percent of light changed ESTATE & MOVING SALES Tabagie Westmount Square A woman was hit by a taxi at Sherbrooke Vente de succession et déménagement WOOD International news agent and Claremont January 26 but refused to 514 236-4159 RESTORATION be taken to hospital, Public Security offi - [email protected] | www.rondably.com ON-SITE SERVICE • British & European newspapers cials said. The accident was reported by a city parking inspector at 6:46 am. The •Touch-ups and Repairs • Specializing in fashion & interior RONDA BLY design • Imported chocolates woman had apparently been crossing the B.COM., M.ED., CPPA intersection diagonally but backtracked be - •Polishing and Staining • BELL lifestyle natural products cause of snow removal vehicles. By that •Kitchen Cabinets • Lottery tickets and maps time, the traffic lights had changed. She •Fine Furniture suffered slight pain in the left elbow and Westmount Square stated she had banged her head on the •Woodwork At foot of escalator leading from/to ground but had not lost consciousness. HENRY CORNBLIT, professional craftsman Greene Ave. entrance The accident was described as minor. The FREE ESTIMATE 514.369.0295 48-year-old lived on Sherbrooke in NDG. www.woodfinishingmontreal.com (514) 935-7727 Police and Urgences Santé also attended. WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – February 7, 2017 – 19 ‘Suspicious activity’ Retail Watch checked out special wood-burning oven, to eat there or setting ideas. I have always loved their A young man trying to climb up onto a take home. Being Italian, it also offers china stools, and enjoy blue and white balcony of a house on Victoria January 23 some of the best pastas in town. I love the ones in my garden every summer. They turned out be helping a locked-out resi - V>HFEA<; R>=?H;L> vibe: part families, part stylish Prosecco are moving just in time. When one enters dent, Public Security officials said. sippers. Angelo Mercuri, co-owner of both the shop now, I feel like the proverbial Partrollers were answering a call at 1:27 establishments with partner Tomasso “bull in a china shop” as there are so many pm for suspicious activity at a house on Mule, said Vago would “re-open in Febru - things to admire, but so little room as I ca - Victoria south of Somerville to find the ary,” and has plans to celebrate that loca - reen around carefully clasping my over - man was a friend of a resident who was at - Blink in Westmount, and there is a new tion’s 15 years. flowing briefcase. However, as of February tempting to discover if a window might shop or restaurant – and also, sadly, a clos - 1336 Greene Ave. 6, one should be able ogle with ease in the provide access to the home. In the end, the ing – some just for the holidays and others much-expanded space. resident called her mother to obtain the se - for all seasons. Walking the streets, the Blink. It’s gone: PARM 1234 Greene Ave. rial number of the key, and a new one was Indie keeps you up to date. We blinked and almost missed this. A Closed Sundays. made by a locksmith who recognized the mere few months after the Indie an - woman. Bistro on the Avenue opens nounced this resto’s Sherbrooke St. debut Park’s two places back open under new owners (at 4922), owners of Lucille’s Oyster Dive Good news! Park Restaurant and Sous have closed Parm. Chef, the gourmet grocery shop (a life- Barking dog disturbs The much-beloved and once-belea - saver for my last minute dinners), are open guered neighbourhood watering hole and Rudsak finally opened again after the November 13 fire. Lavan - apartment neighbours restaurant has re-opened with new own - A dog was heard barking “constantly” in - Finally, it opened on December 24, and deria is still closed. ers. One partner is head chef. Launched 27 side an apartment building on Sherbrooke just in time for the holidays, with its Park Restaurant, 378 Victoria Ave. years ago, it is fabulous once again. A January 27 when public safety officers an - gleaming black flooring, grey and brick Closed Sundays. snappy new black awning has welcoming swered a neighbour’s complaint at 11 pm, walls. Love the leathers. Sous Chef, 370 Victoria Ave. Closed Sun - twilight twinkling lights. As I lunched according to Public Security officials. The 4879 Sherbrooke St. days. there with friends, we sampled the duck dog’s owner could not be reached at his cell Open daily. confit (port reduction/maple syrup sauce), New pizzeria on Victoria? number. At 12:26 am, a second complaint black cod from Greece and mussels (with was received. A ticket for $77 was reported Coach House opens downstairs After what seems like months of ham - a tinge of Sambuca), served in a simple to have been mailed to the owner who had mering and sawing behind the construc - white tagine. Their subtle flavours ex - Husband and wife team Anna Kaufer already been warned verbally about the tion boards hiding the space at 364 Victo - plained why the establishment was already and Morris Zimelstern are co- barking last month. Officers were to follow ria Ave., we have learned that the space will full – again. Word-of-mouth is the People partners/owners in Coach House, known up when able to contact the resident. magazine grapevine in Westmount, so be - to Westmounters as the go-to place for an - soon be Pizzéria Neuf Cent (900), one of a fore you could say “holiday season,” it re- tiques, both to buy and sell. “We have been franchise, already existing throughout opened December 3. Explained owner En - upstairs on Greene Ave. since 1973,” com - Montreal. Watch this space for a March cion Obana, the restaurant has “all new mented Zimelstern. “I remember when opening. personnel – five chefs and 25 wait staff this street had two-way traffic.” In October, from some of Quebec’s top restaurants.” they opened what they are calling a “pop- No alcohol at Summit The newly-refurbished space is simple and up” space downstairs. One wanders over elegant; the chandelier and light sconces beautiful Persian carpets and rugs sized lookout HAPPY FEET, complete foot care. come from France. The food is fusion for all spaces. (Mine is for the cold tiled Three 20-year-old women were issued Corns, callouses, ingrown toenails, French-Italian, including “hand-cut kitchen floor!) Full of gleaming, polished $77 tickets for possessing alcohol at Sum - trimming thick nails, etc. Foot tartares,” the lunch menu ranges from furniture, mirrors and art, I loved the won - mit lookout January 19 at 10 pm, Public Se - salad to sirloin. Today the bar, where derful grand piano, waiting for a Glenn curity officials report. They were residents massage, manicure, home service. friends once met in crowds of four deep, Gould or a Keith Jarrett hand – or even bet - of Montreal, Pierrefonds and Kirkland. Sonia 514-825-3006 has a gorgeous granite counter, and we ter; a child with dreams. “still serves our famed martini,” said 1329 Greene Ave. Obana. Closed Sundays. 1362 Greene Ave. Open for lunch and dinner, seven days a Marie Dumas takes over week. former Living boutique space VAGO: Closed for a moment One of my favourite “Alladin’s caves” – in that it offers so many treasures – is Greene Recently, friends visiting from London Ave.’s Marie Dumas boutique. It is about to made a reservation for dinner at Greene offer a lot more. The shop is taking over Ave.’s popular Vago, only to arrive to see a the former Living boutique space just up sign saying “closed for January holidays.” the street. Managing it are sisters Marie Luckily they still ate well. They wandered and Stéphanie, partners with their mother around the corner to St. Catherine to its Francine. It is a go-to shop for sparkling, sister establishment, Bacaro Pizzeria Ur - shiny baubles, all kinds of gift ideas and baine. Already celebrating three years, the fabulous not-fake-feeling fake flowers. name is inspired by Venice’s “bacari,” the Soon, there will be an expanded bridal reg - ancient local word for a bar/resto offering istry, Stéphanie said. Their store window is a simple quick bite. An array of the thin- renowned for the displays that offer table crust pizzas is made in front of you in a 20 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – February 7, 2017 Outdoor, indoor events draw winter revellers during carnival
BN R;CG@ T@FDGIFE with a full day of activities in King George fire, hot chocolate, cookies and hot dogs. ation centre (WRC) with a youth skating (Murray) Park, the location for some There was also a maple taffy spread (pro - show at 5 pm, followed by a performance The city of Westmount’s annual winter “Frosty Fun” events, including a snow - vided by Érable sur Neige), an old fash - by Le Patin Libre, a contemporary skating carnival took place between February 1 and man-making competition, the popular to - ioned horse-drawn sleigh ride, games, group supported by Conseil des arts de 4 this year. boggan run with large rubber inner tubes, races and a tug-of-war. Montréal. It was a sold-out show. On the Saturday, it took to the outdoors marshmallow-roasting around a large bon - The day ended in the Westmount recre -
Marshmallows around a crackling log fire were, as usual, a big hit.
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New York has the famed Metropolitan Museum Ball. Montreal has the Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) annual gala. And what a triumph this year was! Gowns were outstanding: style on steroids with sensa - tional statement-making gowns. On the occasion of the inauguration of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavil - ion for Peace on November 5, the MMFA held “Give Peace a Dance.” Under the co- presidency of Michael Penner, board chair Hydro Québec (there with his wife Michaela); Brian Porter , president/CEO Scotia Bank (with his wife Megan Porter ); and Marie-Hélène Sicard , senior VP From left: Danielle Champagne, Marie-Hélène Sicard, Nathalie Bondil, Jacques Parisien, Marleen Beaulieu, Roula Rossy, Andrea Daniels Rosenbloom, Sodexo (with Anthony Reed ), the sold-out Sophie Langlois, Heidi Hollinger, Michèle Plourde, Johanne Champoux, Claire Webster, France Caron, Paule Fontaine, Michael Penner, Willamina Leus Martire, Brian Porter and Geneviève Lafaille. gala introduced guests to the Pavilion’s new space. with a design of doves signifying peace Champagne (MMFA Foundation director), Caron, Paule Fontaine, Michael Penner, MMFA steering committee co-pres were was designed by Westmounter Astri Prug - Marleen Beaulieu, Roula Rossy, Andrea Willamina Leus Martire, Brian Porter and Johanne Champoux and Claire Webster ger . Daniels Rosenbloom, Sophie Langlois, (with Stuart ). Webster’s cream satin gown Committee members included Danielle Heidi Hollinger , Michèle Plourde, France continued on p. 22
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Social Notes cont’d. from p. 21 Geneviève Lafaille. Board chair Jacques Parisien addressed the guests at the VIP champagne cocktail, as did the Hornstein’s son Norbert Horn - stein. Chic in sequins, Nathalie Bondil , direc - tor general and chief curator MMFA, thanked Michel de la Chenelière, whose donation meant that another floor could be added to the pavilion, showcasing 800 works of art. Noted amidst the über-elegant crowd were Quebec media celebs Julie Snyder and Mitsou ( with hubby Iohann Martin); ministers Mélanie Joly (with Félix-Antoine Marzell ) and Kathleen Weil (Michael No - vak), as well as Paul Maréchal, MMFA’s curator Hilliard Goldfarb and former board chair Brian Levitt (with Portia Leg - gat ), Raymond Bachand, Marie Sénécal Tremblay and Bruce McNiven, France De - nis-Royer and Raymond Royer, designer Denis Gagnon, Françoise Lyon and Martin Pesant, gallerist Antoine Ertaskiran, Au - From left: Michel de la Chenelière, Marie Senecal and Bruce drey Vallière and Eric Boyko, Jocelyne and From left: Raymond Bachand, Marc-André Blanchard, Mélanie Joly and Félix- McNiven. Louis Audet, Serge Joyal, Isabelle Marcoux Antoine Marzell. and François The ball raised a record $1.2 million net, Olivier, Nathalie announced Elisabeth-Anne Bütikofer, Goyette and Philippe Lamarre and Marc- MMFA press attachée. André Blanchard, permanent representa - tive of Canada to the UN. Westmounters present included Mary Just making snowballs Daily (MMFA curator modern interna - A young man was followed by an un - tional art) and Paul Desmarais III, Mary dercover public safety officer January 20, and Siim Vanaselja, Angie and Tony Lof - Public Security officials said. He aroused freda, Ellen and David Laidley, Peter and suspicions at 1:35 am as he was seen going Susan Varadi (striking in ruffled scarlet) onto private property on Côte St. Antoine, Camilla Leigh and Benn Mikula, Joan Westmount Ave. and Victoria. He was fi - Ivory and daughter Sarah Ivory with hubby nally intercepted and stated he was only Guthrie Stewart and Jacques Maurice and picking up snow to make snowballs. He Dominique Bertrand, whose gray satin was described as co-operative and was al - feather-accessorized gown had an asym - lowed to continue on his way home to the metric hem. area of Upper Roslyn. Montreal artists and singers each de - signed a gala dining room. Gold sponsors were CIBC Bank, Scotia Answer to p. 18 Bank, Power Financial Corporation, question Groupe Banque TD and Power Corpora - A city-issued composting bin. Jacques Maurice and Dominique Bertrand. tion of Canada. Michael and Mic hae la Penner. WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – February 7, 2017 – 23
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