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WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT Weekly. Vol. 21 No. 21b We are Westmount October 22, 3125 Front east fence to be removed: city Dog spa day held to raise awareness Neighbours disappointed by of breed-specific legislation (BSL) outcome of Roslyn school redo BH L7EB::@ SG::@:H parking area dominates the streetscape on Roslyn Ave. An outcry from neighbours around They claimed the design had been ill- Roslyn School highlighted some of the cit - conceived, that residents had never been izen concerns at the city council meeting consulted and the city had not been en - October 3. The outcome of the major pro - forcing the same strict regulations it im - ject to redo the property was not what was poses on private homeowners. expected, they said. Urban Planning director Joanne Poirier Instead of enhancing the aesthetics of told the Independent the day after the meet - the neighbourhood, the new 6-foot-high ing that the portion of chain-link fencing chain-link fencing surrounding the entire around the southeast section at Roslyn and site made it look like “a penitentiary,” one Westmount Ave. had been installed with - claimed. out approval, and the city had sent out a A garbage container keeps filling up and notice as soon as it was done ordering mit - has not been moved back into its place igation of the problem. since the construction, and the expanded “We also had a meeting [two weeks ago now] with authorities from the [English Mon - continued on p. 16 Letters p. 8 At a “Pity Party” hosted by Pampered Petson September 25, Tyson, a 12-year-old pit bull, receives the Art Scene by H. Black p. 9 finishing touches following a bath from the shop’s groomers Vanessa Muraca, left, and Kayla Hiscock. Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 17 Bike path See story, p. 3. Photo: Martin C. Barry consultation set Dog hit at The Boulevard/Grosvenor EXTRAORDINARY béatrice baudinet for Nov. B Two cocker spaniels were reported to be lives here running around loose at The Boulevard A public consultation meeting on the and Grosvenor September 29 when one LIZA KAUFMAN bike routes along Côte St. Antoine and was fatally hit by a car at 1:36 pm, Public B.514.934.1818 Certified real estate broker Westmount Ave. has been set for Tuesday, Security officials said. A witness, who was C.514.912.1482 514.232.5932 November 1. found holding the other dog by its collar, [email protected] lizakaufman.com In announcing the date at the city coun - had been unable to get the car’s licence cil meeting October 3, Councillor Philip number. Officers traced the dogs’ owner www.baudinet.ca Cutler said the time of day and location through a veterinarian tag to a resident of Diamond Award Winner had yet to be determined. It’s at this meet - Roslyn who said she had recently moved to Top 10 team for N°3* Royal Lepage ing that the city plans to reveal the data it Westmount from the US and was unaware in Quebec Quebec. 2009–2015 has been collecting during the bike route of the regulation to obtain dog licences. sothebysrealty.ca experiment launched last April. She was driven home with her dogs. 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Councillor Theodora Samiotis, as com - “Is there a precedent,” whereby a prop - missioner of Urban Planning, announced erty owner can block such a lane this way? the permit’s deferral at the start of the asked Caroline Speirs from 43 York. She meeting. It required further study, she ex - was told to research the background of her plained. house at the time it was built. This might The proposed fence would run along provide some information on rights of pas - the south side of the small private lane sages and servitudes. that goes east off Prince Albert Ave. at the Irma Alvarez of number 41 later said back of property belonging to 4898 de that the way her house was built in 1913 re - Maisonneuve, where a large condo project flects the need to use a lane since large was recently turned down by the council. items, such as appliances, cannot be taken The fence would block the only access to in and out of the front entrance. the back yards, parking spaces and base - “Given how lower Westmount has been ment doors of numbers 41 and 43 York built out, with properties so close together, St., residents said during the question pe - so many laneways and the like, neighbours riod. have had to collaborate to make our lives Peter Smale asks council October 3 about the status of the fence permit. “I ask for a gate to be put in the fence work,” she said. “These good-neighbour cess to the rear would also devalue the ing the second question period why the that would permit us to enter [our prop - norms are part of what makes this com - property. fence permit had been removed from the erty,]” said Steven Cobrin of number 41. munity work.” Peter Smale, the property developer for list of permits to be approved. “Neighbours need to make accomm o d a - Sh e also sai d she feared that blocking ac - 4898 de Maisonneuve, asked council dur - Glencairn This luxurious residence has a gourmet kitchen fit for the most discriminating chef. 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I’ve had pit bulls all my life, and of fun,” she said. ample of Montreal, which is specifically cided to raise awareness of the downside of they never attacked anybody nor were they Although Ranieri said she does occa - targeting pit bulls, but rather should em - breed-specific legislation (BSL) with a spe - mean to any person or even another dog. sionally have to work with some difficult ulate the city of Calgary, which passed a cial “Pity Party” for pit bulls on September They’re the most trustworthy dog breed to dogs, “in my experience it’s usually the dangerous dog by-law without singling out 25. have actually.” smaller dogs that are difficult,” she added. any specific breed. Throughout the afternoon, owners were Despite the claims of those supporting “We haven’t had any issues with any “Each dog is looked at individually to invited to bring in their beloved pit bulls to BSL, Colarossi maintained that the tem - larger breed dogs. They’re all usually calm. see if it is in fact a dangerous dog,” she be treated to the canine equivalent of a perament of any dog is determined by how No issues with biting or snapping. That’s said. See photo, p. 1. free spa treatment at the dog grooming it is treated by the owner. a more common issue we see with sm a ller boutique on Sherbrooke St. near Clare - “If they treat them well, and they give mont Ave. It consisted of a bath and them a lot of love and affection, then forced-air drying off. they’re going to be great dogs, but if they “Pit bulls are actually the opposite of treat them in a rough and aggressive way, what they say – they give a lot of affec - then they’ll be tough and aggressive,” she tion,” Pampered Pets client and pit bull said. owner Anita Colarossi said in an interview Pampered Pets owner Anna-Maria Woman hit when Runner driven home Out of bounds. And northbound. cyclist’s brakes fail after fall A cyclist hit a pedestrian stepping off A Westmount woman was driven home the curb to cross at Sherbrooke and by Public Security September 27 after Greene September 28, Public Security offi - falling at Lexington and Edgehill, depart - cials said.