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Furthermore, camera/police stop was doing nothing untoward and would city council rejected the proposal and their regardless of the application of the I write about a letter (“Police stop cam - have been able to observe the same from reasons have been summarized in recent SCAOPI by-law, this project would un - era owner,” p. 6) in the April 10 edition of their police cruiser without exiting it. So issues of the Independent . As the second doubtedly increase the value of the neigh - your newspaper. again, why did police waste one second of proposal was no more palatable than the bouring properties. There is so much wrong about this in - their precious time and our hard-earned first, all the writing was on the wall that it For the record, I live very happily diag - cident that it needs to be talked about. tax dollars to park their car, exit from it, would be rejected. Given the culture of the onally across from a four-storey condo First and foremost is just the fact that stop the gentleman and question him? city and the passion of its citizens, the out - building, which is situated next to a ten- “some people in the area were nervous Granted they were courteous and polite, come was not a surprise. storey apartment building! about people with cameras.” but what suspicious activity was he en - Mr. Montanaro states that the rejected Tim Carsley, Barat Rd. Really! In this day and age? When vir - gaged in that warranted what appears to development would have increased prop - tually everybody on the planet is carrying be an unjustified police stop and ques - erty values in the neighbourhood. Again, I Hey, teachers, don’t a camera in their pocket! What precisely tioning? disagree. The significant reduction in both leave your kids alone were they nervous about and why? Were These questions need to be asked and sunlight and ambient light on neighbour - I am writing you in the hope that my they committing some illegal act they answered. ing properties and the crowding resulting message will reach the proper school thought he might have photographed? Gene Kruger, Côte St. Antoine from its large footprint and looming authorities, since I do not know who is Let’s be clear here, this was the area of Stunned Montanaro height would certainly have had a negative involved. Greene and St. Catherine, a shopping and effect on property values. Zoning by-laws I live on Strathcona. In the afternoons, commercial area, not a children’s park or was stunned on 4898 exist to provide a thoughtful, measured, a group of schoolchildren, accompanied school zone where one might suspect the At the risk of readers rolling their eyes and, perhaps most importantly, predic - by their teachers, walks down my street. I camera-carrier of more nefarious purpos - at seeing another letter concerning devel - table structure to a neighbourhood. If they have no idea which school these children es.....but then the whole idea of being ner - opment of 4898 de Maisonneuve, I cannot were to be so easily tossed aside in this attend, but I would like to appeal to their vous about people with cameras is ludi - let the comments made by real estate bro - case, then no area in Westmount would be teachers to try to exercise some control crous as has already been mentioned. ker Joseph Montanaro go unchallenged safe. all property values would decrease over them and to instill in them some Next is the fact that the police wasted (April 3, p. 1). because potentially any development any - sense of civil behaviour. These children even one second of their time and our tax- Commenting on the rejection of the where would be on the table. Who would walk with impunity all over our lawns, payer dollars once they saw the gentleman pro posed non-conforming development, risk buying a property today when the sur - with no respect for private property. I am was just walking with a camera on his per - Mr. Montanaro is quoted as saying “I be - rounding properties could undergo un - getting tired of cleaning up after them. son. Even if the gentleman in question lieve people were stunned by the city deci - wanted development tomorrow? Any over - It would be greatly appreciated if their was taking photographs in public, from sion, as I was.” Not only am I stunned that riding of zoning restrictions must be done teachers could supervise them to ensure public areas and as long as he was not tres - anyone believed that the project would be very judiciously, otherwise it could be - that they understand that they should re - passing on private property or obstructing accepted as is, I was even more surprised come a slippery slope and Westmount be - spect the homeowners on the street. traffic, he was committing no crime. to learn that units were already being sold! come a hive for speculators and home to Claudette Bellemare, Strathcona Ave. Since when does walking along a city As with the previously rejected propos - empty buildings awaiting demolition. street (a completely normal and legal ac - al a year and a half ago, this one was wild - Mr. Montanaro is correct in stating that Prince Albert incompetence tivity) while carrying a camera (another ly inappropriate with regards to the neigh - the units would have sold, but demand completely unacceptable perfectly normal and legal activity) merit bouring homes both in size, footprint and alone is a poor excuse to go ahead with a I have just read this week’s article “Re - project. If Mountainside United Church construction contracts awarded for road were to be demolished and several condo projects” (p. 5). Questioner Mr. Paul Mar - towers constructed, they would sell. That riott stated that the recent reconstruction WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT doesn’t make it the right thing to do. Mis - work on Grosvenor, Prince Albert and We are Westmount takes have been made in the past result - Westmount avenues “has already failed.” ing in our being saddled with buildings Editor Advertising sales I can attest to that! that are inappropriate for their environ - It all started with Phase I in 2015. West - David Price: 514.935.4537 Arleen Candiotti: 514.223.3567 ment. We are fortunate now to have rules [email protected] [email protected] mount Hydro, Public Works (water main) in place to put the brakes on such devel - and Bell worked for over 20+ weeks prep - Chief reporter Classified ads opment and force sober evaluation. Laureen Sweeney www.westendclassifieds.com ping for the complete reconstruction of We look forward to development of Prince Albert the following summer north Graphics Accounting 4898 de Maisonneuve that conforms to the of Sherbrooke St. Ted Sancton Beth Hudson: 514.223.6138 existing zoning regulations. There were delays, disruptions etc. I offi[email protected] Hugh Ray, de Maisonneuve Blvd. have sent countless messages and pictures Presstime: Monday at 10:30 am to the Independent and then-councillor Ros - (except before long weekends, Friday at 10:30 am). Surprised by alind Davis reflecting the sub-par work. Letters & Comments: We welcome your letters but reserve the right to choose and edit 4898 contention When Phase II began in 2016, the them. Please limit to 300 words and submit before Friday 10 am to be considered for I am somewhat surprised at Mr. Biro’s contractor had power-hosed significant publication the following week. Please check your letter carefully as we may be unable to contention (letter: “Council watching our residue that had secured itself onto the make subsequently submitted changes. Letter writers should not expect to be published in back re 4898,” April 10, p. 6) that the pro - freshly poured cement. This intervention every issue, or in back-to-back issues, or repeatedly in the same season or on the same topic. posed residential building at 4898 de resulted in “tag” marks everywhere from 14,500+ physical copies DW, plus low-resolution email and web versions Maisonneuve would not “enhance the north of Sherbrooke to Côte St. Antoine. Distribution: Tuesday to Friday (longer when interrupted by postal holidays) quality of life in the neighbourhood.” Apparently they were supposed to dis - It seems to me it would be preferable Owned and published by: appear the following year. It turns out that Sherbrooke-Valois Inc., 310 Victoria Ave., #105, Westmount, QC H3Z 2M9 to have a well-designed five-storey resi - they didn’t. dential building rather than the decrepit Part of the new sidewalk had not cured WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – April 24, 2018 – 7 Letters to the Editor properly and the contractor came back in ing has happened with the possible ex - 2017 to redo it. It meant cutting our drive - ception of No. 1), but one can ask, why way a second time! The first time was in does that project not extend to Greene 2016 and again last year. They also had to Ave.? remove part of the unistone walkway. There is no evidence of progress under They failed to put the stones in the prop - 2). By the way, what on earth are “candle - er pattern and the mortar is all but gone. sticks*”? The buck is passed to the STM I again addressed this issue with Public for this project. How come Sherbrooke Works and the city sent someone to reset east of Atwater has been relatively well the stone as they had a picture of the orig - synchronized for years under the big bad inal pattern on hand. It is now 2018 and city of Montreal? the section of sidewalk that was redone As for 3), there is simply no detail here twice in two years and street asphalt are of what has been done or is intended. crumbling and cracked. Hard to hold the administration account - It is completely unacceptable that the able on the basis of such vague state - city administration accepts this type of in - ments. competence. Unmentioned by Ms. Lulham is the Nathalie Allard, Prince Albert Ave. situation on The Boulevard where the lights at Belvedere and Mount Pleasant, Metro grocery’s only a block apart, are constantly out of parking lot hazardous synch leading to unnecessary frustration. Open letter to councillors Bostock, Brzeski Surely easily fixed. Also on Westmount Cars lining up to enter the Metro park - Ave. at Grosvenor and Victoria, which is ing lot on Victoria often block the sidewalk jammed solid at rush hour because the se - for pedestrians – a hazard. Occasionally, quential light invariably turns red mid- notably for cars entering from the north, block, which, combined with the lane re - drivers appear not to see or take notice of duction, backs up traffic severely at both pedestrians – an accident waiting to hap - ends. Rectifying this would not in any way pen. What about painting a no-stopping impact safety in the school zone. grid over the sidewalk and have the park - Westmount council, for obscure rea - ing attendant and PSOs* administer it? sons, has failed for years to recognize that Chris Lyle, de Maisonneuve Blvd. traffic flow and its twin, synchronization, *Editor’s note: It is our understanding that in municipal politics, ranks high in im - public safety officers (PSOs) cannot ticket portance for Westmounters and our for moving violations. – DP neigh bours. The Genivar Report, commissioned at Synch-ing necessary considerable taxpayer expense and an - for traffic flow nounced with much fanfare has been Mr. Schacter’s letter (“Will Traffic Is - gathering dust for nearly five years with - sues Now be Addressed?”) in your Novem - out any detailed public commentary from ber 28 edition (p. 6) was opportune. Coun - or action by the city, beyond the long-in- cillor Lulham (letter, August 22, p. 4) gave coming removal of a couple of useless the first public acknowledgement that a mid-block stop signs on streets already ac - problem might exist when at least some coutred with multiple speed bumps. The councillors finally must have realized they city is accountable to its citizens for a com - could no longer ignore observations such prehensive plan and timetable. It is long as those of Rick Leckner, well-known traf - overdue. If certain things really cannot be fic expert, in his letter of August 15 (p. 4). done, there should be an explanation. We In her letter, since re-elected councillor should not have to rely on casual letters to Lulham promises or asserts: 1) Synchro - the Independent . We are counting on the nization of lights on St. Catherine between new commissioner and Transportation Lansdowne and Clarke. 2) “[C]andlesticks Advisory Committee, which together sure - symbols for bus priority” on Sherbrooke ly enough human resources to get the job St. which will “allow us to synchronize done. these lights as well.” (The deadline for Robert Cowling, Parkman Place completion was December 31, 2017). 3) *Editor’s note: A “can - “[T]he city has been working to improve dlestick” is a fourth, conditions on our arterial roads to facili - white traffic light that tate traffic flow.” allows buses to enter I have delayed further comment in the an intersection before hope that there would be by now, and we regular traffic. Please are well past the “best before” date, visible see our photo from evidence that these works had come to Sherbrooke and De - pass. But as far as I can tell, little or noth - carie, April 22. – DP 8 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – April 24, 2018 Centre Greene kids’ room gets a major facelift for free
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B8DDJ tor used some kind of device to unlock the He said criminals specializing in car vehicle. break-ins have become incredibly quick at While the past week or so was a rela - “Now was this device electronic? Was it entering a vehicle by smashing a side win - tively quiet one in Westmount for crime a tool? All we know is that this person did - dow and grabbing an object, or simply incidents, a Montreal police official is n’t see any damage to their car,” said checking to see if a vehicle is unlocked and warning motorists to be careful not to Laperrière. then entering without any effort. leave valuable objects in plain view inside “What people should do is to make sure “A lot of the thieves now do it within 10 their cars – whether or not the area where when they do park their cars that they to 15 seconds. They’re in and out and they’re parking seems to be relatively safe leave their objects of value out of sight, to you’d hardly even notice it. Sometimes, and busy. make sure that there’s nothing that would they’ll come with a special tool that they’ve To make the point, Cst. Stéphan Laper - attract attention,” he continued. manufactured themselves. They will rière, community relations officer at Sta - “Even if it’s just a bag that might give maybe break a window, then reach in, grab tion 12 on Stanton St., cited an incident – the impression that it contains something and leave. the only criminal event reported in West - of value, you’re less likely to be targeted or “It’s done so quickly that you probably mount from April 13 to 19 – which took become a victim of a theft.” wouldn’t even notice it,” added Laperrière. place around 6 pm on April 17 on Sher - Westmount’s Public Safety department “A passerby not paying attention would brooke St. near the corner of Grosvenor recently posted a warning sign on Sher - not even notice that something like this is Ave. brooke St., around the parking lot at the happening. That’s why you have to be one He said the owner of a car had parked public library, telling motorists to “Keep step ahead of them and make sure there’s there, then went to quickly retrieve some valuables out of sight” and to “Prevent nothing visible from the outside.” personal effects at a nearby building Theft” in order to “Have peace of mind!” where he rents an office. However, as the Seen here on April 19, this warning, posted by According to Laperrière, “Wherever Coffee with a Cop car’s owner recalled afterwards, a suspi - Westmount’s Public Safety department on there are a lot of cars parked, so at a lot of The staff at Station 12 will be hosting a cious individual lingering at the building Sherbrooke St. near the public library’s parking exterior parking lots, there’s a risk of Coffee with a Cop event at the Second Cup entrance appeared to be watching him lot, warns motorists to take precautions against something like this happening. Even cars on Greene Ave. near the corner of Sher - carefully. car break-in thieves. parked along the street where there’s a lot brooke St. on May 9 from 1 to 3 pm. “We’ll When the car’s owner emerged from during his brief absence and some items of people going around, people are still at be there answering questions and serving the building no more than a minute later, of personal property were missing. Ac - risk of getting something stolen in their free coffee to anyone who wants to come he said, he found his car had been entered cording to the police report, the perpetra - car.” and talk with us,” said Laperrière. 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A talk given on April 12 at the Atwater been much different today had we dealt Idealcottage or Library by former Westmount-St. Henri with Russia somewhat differently than we top-of-the-line Liberal MP and cabinet minister Donald did,” he continued, noting that Western Johnston on his latest book, Missing the countries were eager to embrace former rentalproperty. Tide: Global Governments in Retreat , drew Soviet satellites, including Poland, an audience of more than 60 people, in - Czechoslovakia and Hungary, although cluding a number of old friends and for - there was more resistance to treating mer political colleagues. Russia in the same way. Among the guests were former Liberal “I thought there was a bit of schaden - Morin Heights cabinet ministers Francis Fox and Ed freude in all of that – that many people Lumley. Peter Blaikie, a one-time Progres - really enjoyed the difficulties with which Village sive Conservative Party president and the Russians were struggling. “Because I $529,000 Johnston’s former partner at the defunct don’t think Putin had to happen. But he Superb stone Montreal legal firm Heenan Blaikie, also did.” house, large attended. Although he acknowledged that Putin “I wrote this book out of a sense of frus - never seemed “that keen on Western allies landscaped tration,” said Johnston, who served as sec - or engaging with the West,” Johnston said property in retary-general of the Paris-based Organi - he was invited by the Russian president to the village zation for Economic Co-operation and De - pitch the benefits of OECD membership. for absolute velopment (OECD) following his political “He listened very attentively. We spent tranquility! career. about an hour, an hour and a half, but he While noting that he completed writing listened to his advisors. And then, shortly the book before Donald Trump had be - after that, George W. Bush came forward come the United States’ president in 2016, with his plans to put missiles on the Pol - Johnston nonetheless had the opportunity ish border.” That and other factors, ac - The Bigger the Dream in a last-minute revision to describe cording to Johnston, ended up changing The More Important Trump as “as a bull in a global china Putin’s perception of the US and its allies the TEAM shop,” which he now says “is not far off as friendly to Russia. the mark.” While admitting that “we basically The book’s cover alone is bound to at - thought that democracy was on the www.groupe21.com tract its share of attention. 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While there, they’ll be lodging at a Director Organist A Manoir Westmount resident along seniors’ residence and practising tai chi Sco! Bradford Mark McDonald with her husband for the past five years, daily during the stay. “I’ll have a lot to tell Sauvé teaches the traditional Chinese ex - you when I come back,” said Sauvé. ercise methods of qigong and tai chi dur - Shortly after she and her husband first Sunday, April 29th, 4 pm ing sessions she gives twice weekly to moved to the Manoir, she began partici - other Manoir Westmount residents. pating in several of the residence’s leisure “I really enjoy what I do and I enjoy all and volunteer activities. She served on the Programmes of you,” Sauvé, a former resident of St. resident council for two terms, has per - $20 at the door Henri, said after being presented with a formed in the annual Acting for Fun show, Proceeds go to Organ Restoration volunteer of the year certificate and a bou - and is one of the residence’s regular bingo quet of flowers by Buth and Manoir West - callers. mount general manager Tom Thompson. “Since she’s been a resident here, she’s St. Ma!hias’Anglican Church “I hope you get something out of the tai been quite an inspiration to other resi - 131 Côte St-Antoine chi and qi gong . I think you do because of dents on the benefits of moving and keep - corner of Metcalfe the number of people who say they’re so ing active,” Buth said. Westmount relaxed afterwards.” Sauvé, who is in her Shirley Sauvé’s name will be added to late 80s, is very active. 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Quebec provincial Liberal Party event at “Have you ever heard him say he is a Dawson College CEGEP on April 22. It proud Canadian?” he asked the crowd. “I was part campaign stop, part town hall am. And a proud Quebecer.” and part Liberal Party caucus, with the media excluded from one portion. Weil on new role It was billed as for “English-speaking Weil spoke about her role as minister Quebecers,” not “anglophones,” in an ef - responsible for Relations with English- fort to be more inclusive. Speaking Quebecers by answering a ques - Invitees included Liberal Party mem - tion asked by provincial legislator David bers, anglophone community leaders and Birnbaum, who acted as moderator at one the press. Residents could attend by regis - point, about what she had found to be tering in advance. the group’s priorities after touring the Quebec premier Philippe Couillard province. spoke at length, along with ministers Health care (including in remote areas Geoff Kelley (Native Affairs), Kathleen and with regards to mental health), se - Weil (Responsible for Relations with niors, French second-language skills and From left, Carlos Leitão, Kathleen Weil, Philippe Couillard, André Fortin and David Birnbaum. English-Speaking Quebecers), Carlos notices in English in hospitals and clinics, Leitão (Finance) and André Fortin (Trans - lion still in need. numbers and stating 52 percent of new she answered. She also advocated for this port). 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St. Matthias’ lower hall, Tuesday, May 1 131 Côte St. Antoine. 10 am to 1 pm. Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal Monday, May 7 presents high school public speaking win - ners and Alissa Sklar, PhD, on “ScreenS - Demolition hearing re 51 de Lavigne. mNart and Mediawise: Strategies fo r Rais - C ity h all. 5 pm . City council meeting. City hall. 7:30 pm. BEAUTY by NEALY Wednesday, May 9 Station 12’s Coffee with a Cop. Second Laser hair removal Cup on Greene Ave. 1 to 3 pm. Facials (all types) Saturday, May 12 Microdermabrasion The Krishnamurti Information Centre Wax & electrolysis presents video Living with an Uncaring Therapeutic massage Spouse . $5. Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Ave. 2 to 4 pm. We use and sell: Nealy Chea Free Parking To be listed in Comin’ Up Please send your Westmount event, to: The Hillside Pediatric Clinic is moving to 5100 de Maisonneuve, said a sign on its door photographed elle & lui [email protected] on April 12 (left). 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