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Friday - June 25, 2010 main Vol. 2 No. 8 street week The Laurentians’ English-language weekly online magazine www.mainstreetweeknews.com Happy Canada Day We’ll see you at Ski Morin Heights on July 1 Looking for English-language resources and information? Visit: www.laurentianlife.com main street week Word from the editor... Susan MacDonald Available on-line the 1st - 3rd & 4th Friday of every month at Waist or wasted? www.mainstreetweeknews.com One of the funniest Les Éditions Main Street Inc. bloopers ever printed P.O. Box 874, Lachute QC J8H 4G5 in Main Street was the • headline “Pedestrian Tel.: 819-242-2232 Crossings – a Waist • of Paint.” Though the Toll Free: 1.866.660.6246 grammatical error was • humorous, the message Fax: 819-242-2022 it carried certainly was • not and I am astounded [email protected] at the lack of courtesy • motorists still show toward pedestrians today. © 2010 Les Éditions Main Street Inc. On my trips throughout the Susan MacDonald - editor-in-chief Laurentians, I can’t help but [email protected] count the cars that ignore pedestrians standing at the bright yellow crosswalks waiting to cross the street. I watched, one Jack Burger - co-editor & layout day, as an elderly couple, the gentleman gently holding his wife’s arm, stood patiently on the [email protected] sidewalk waiting to cross Main Street in Lachute (near the Bank of Montreal) and I counted 12 Advertising & Marketing cars drive by without stopping before I parked myself in the middle of the street and dared the [email protected] next vehicle not to stop. In frustration, it did of course, and as the driver behind the wheel made faces at me, I blatantly made them right back and pointed to the yellow lines. You would have thought this charade would have drawn some attention to the situation but other than a few our cover picture: casual glances it largely passed unnoticed. The Red Hats are coming... Similar incidents happen every day, in every town and village, and I can’t help but ask myself “why”? I know somewhere this rule is written in the driving manuals and must be part of the driving test that is the pre-requisite to obtaining a driver’s license – every driver must be aware of it - but somehow, it seems this regulation is considered by most to be insignificant and too often ignored. Drivers are the first to complain about bicycles and skateboards on the streets because of the dangers they present – and rightly so, but this does not give them the right to claim the city streets for their exclusive use. Though pedestrians do not walk down the streets, they do have the right to cross them – safely! Crosswalks were designed for that purpose; they’re obvious, placed at strategic points throughout the cities – and they are ignored. We all have family; elderly parents, daughters pushing baby strollers, careless teenagers, sisters, brothers, aunts and uncles and at some point in time, they all walk somewhere, they all cross streets. They are the faceless pedestrians waiting at the crosswalks as motorists drive A fixture at the annual Trinity Church Strawberry Social, the Red Hat Society Women always bring that special je unheedingly by - someone’s family. Please help them all “get to the other side” safely. ne sais quoi to this annual event. Photo: Chris Beames I felt this message was worth repeating; not in a derogative manner, but rather as an appeal to all We Want Your Photos! drivers to improve their driving etiquette. As motorists, we should all show a little more courtesy E-mail us your pictures to and compassion towards the pedestrian members of and the visitors to our communities. Let’s [email protected] not let all that bright yellow paint marking our crosswalks go to, well, waste. Les Maisons Roco 1440, route 117 Nord Mont-Tremblant 819-425-2414 Ron & Brian Cole Custom Home Builder RBQ: 8233-5100-25 Independent Distributor The WESTVIEW www.maisonsroco.ca Main Street Week - 2 - June 25, 2010 ATL receives 6th EDITION OF THE MINI-JEUX D’ARGENTEUIL $2,550,000 in Getting the “Green” Light for success (LachUTE, JUNE 17) The 6th edition of the Mini-Jeux d’Argenteuil will be shifting into high gear on July 15. It is with great pleasure that funding the MRC d’Argenteuil and its partners, the City of Lachute, Loisirs (MIRabEL, JUNE 22 ) The Honourable Laurentides, Polyvalente Lavigne and Laurentian Regional High Denis Lebel, Minister of State for Canada School, invite all kids 6- to 12-year-old to experience this day which Economic Development, today announced combines health and pleasure. that the Association touristique des The event is part of the RM C d’Argenteuil’s shift towards healthy Laurentides Inc. (ATL) will receive changes.. The “My health in mind” program promotes the adoption of $2,550,000 in non-repayable funding to a healthy lifestyle, namely; 0 tobacco, 5 fruits and vegetables per day implement its commercialization plan. and 30 minutes of physical activity daily. This financial support has been awarded through Canada Economic Development’s It is in the spirit of camaraderie and celebration that some 400 Community Development program. youngsters from Argenteuil will assemble at the Laurentian Regional High School and Polyvalente Lavigne site. From 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., participants will have the opportunity The 700-member strong ATL, a to play different sports: soccer, badminton, cheerleading, karate, baseball, Olympiad, weight-lifting, mountain preferred partner of Canada Economic climbing, golf, basketball, ball hockey, flag football, gymnastic and tennis. An all new activity is making its debut Development’s Laval-Laurentides- this year: make way for hip-hop! In addition, Ultimate Frisbee is making a return after a year’s absence. Lanaudière Business Office, has developed a three-year strategy, ending in 2012, Enrollment for the Mini-Jeux d’Argenteuil is free and you can register your child at one of the nine municipalities aimed at domestic and international of the MRC d’Argenteuil, your local daycamp or the MRC d’Argenteuil. A special thanks is extended to the MRC markets. Building on nine years of efforts d’Argenteuil’s Francophone and Anglophone elementary schools for their on-going commitment to promote this by the ATL, the strategy has met with event. considerable success: between 2001 and Each participant will receive a Mini-Jeux d’Argenteuil lime green t-shirt, the official color of the 2010 edition.N ot 2007, the annual number of tourists from only will the youngsters proudly wear green, but the Mini-Jeux organizers are commited to making the games outside Quebec increased by 187,000. environmentally friendly. To that effect, Tricentris will be on site with its mobile recycling station. What’s better “The Canadian economy is showing signs than a healthy body in a clean environment! of recovery, and tourism development For the first time since the beginning of the Mini-Jeux d’Argenteuil, the spokesperson’s role will not be given to is precisely one of the options that will a male athlete but a female one. She is skater and dancer Amélie St-Denis, from Lachute. Her role is to promote improve economic conditions. In the the adoption of a healthy lifestyle to the kids. This young athlete represents a model of athletic perseverance and Laurentides, the tourism industry, which success for the young people of the region. employs 16,000 people, is unquestionably Once again, the municipality with the highest number of participants, on a pro rata basis of its youth population, a pillar of the regional economy. We lend will be presented with the A.T. Joe Gilmore Trophy. This trophy was named after the past warden of the RM C who our financial support to enterprises that left his mark on the region. through his implication in many youth orientated projects and belief that our young come together to present an integrated people’s health and welfare should be everyone’s number one priority. offering on the international market, because this strategy translates into a We must mention the participation of the Mini-Jeux d’Argenteuil’s sponsors, without whom the event would not greater increase in tourists from abroad be as colourful: Parc Carillon, P.E.P. Prêt-à-porter, Subway, the Caisse Desjardins d’Argenteuil, Naya Waters, the and is right in line with our interventions,” MNA for Argenteuil, Mr. David Whissell, the Sûreté du Québec, the Aliments Lebel from Lachute, Lachute Lions explained Minister of State Lebel. Club and finally the ClubR ichelieu de Lachute. Tourism is a Canada Economic These partners’ generous contribution not only allows this event to take place, but also gives us the opportunity to Development priority for action, not offer a free Mini-Jeux t-shirt to all participants, along with free drinks and snacks, and this, on top of all the door only because of the economic benefits prizes. it generates but also because it is an One thing is for sure: July 15 not only promises to bring the color of summer to the MRC d’Argenteuil’s young important asset for diversifying the people but will also give them important encouragement to make a healthy lifestyle a part of their day-to-day region’s economy. routine. It’s a date! Our high-speed wireless connectivity is available in the Laurentians Tired of waiting for Residential and Commercial high-speed internet Service service in your area? 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