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Receive the Mtl Times via E-mail - www.mtltimes.ca Saturday, May 29, 2021 Vol. 26 No. 32 birrafanelli.com Covering Montréal & Surrounding Areas BREAKING STEREOTYPES“Be what you want to be. Break those stereotypes.” - Kalika Hastings Photo: Georges Sayegh Get your vaccine! Don't Delay! CALL FOR A PRIVATE SHOWING! D.D.O. 227 Blue Haven asking $468,227 3 Bedroom; 2 1/2 bathrooms; Central A/C & Furnace NEW; 1 car garage (rare in this area) ;lots of storage; large backyard St. Laurent! 2080 Johnson asking $774,888 Semi-detached cottage with the MOST amazing renovations! This SOLD home also has a separate entrance leading to a private HOME OFFICE. Better hurry! Lauren Marks Vesely Courtier immobilier Real Estate Broker 514-944-8336 DEDICATION • DEVOTION • DETERMINATION 2 www. mtl times.ca May 29, 2021 • Shop local and earn $10 The Pointe-Claire Village and Valois Village Shares. paign, the general public is invited to sup- Commercial Associations are proud to an- The general public can participate in the port participating local businesses. A list of nounce the second edition of the ‘’I shop campaign by purchasing gift cards at participating companies can be found by in the Village’’ campaign to support local www.laruchequebec.com/villagepointe- visiting the webpage: www.communi- businesses as well as community organiza- claire or www.laruchequbec.com/villageval- tyshares.com/shoplocal tions affected by COVID. After the success ois once the site goes live on Monday, May Montréal helps boost local economy for of last year’s edition, this campaign hopes 24th at 10 am. For each purchase of a $20 small businesses to foster solidarity and support for both voucher, buyers will get $30 to spend in The City of Montréal is very happy to the local economy and the community. one of their favourite local shops. contribute to this crowdfunding campaign With a goal of $100,000, the ‘’I shop in the "This campaign was very successful last overseen by the Pointe-Claire Village and Village’’ campaign will run on La Ruche’s year, and the merchants are excited to offer Valois Village Commercial Associations. This website from May 24 to June 6 or until gift it a second time. This is a winning combi- initiative will help boost activities for local certificates are sold out. This campaign ob- nation for our merchants, customers and businesses. This financial contribution falls jective includes a contribution from Des- the community’’, explains Ute St-Jean, Pres- within City of Montréal’s Economic recov- jardins, which will donate up to $10,000 to ident of the Pointe-Claire Village Commer- ery plan, A Boost for the City: Acting Now, West Island Community Shares. cial Association. "The support has great which puts businesses at the heart of the A huge thank you to all partners, without meaning for our local shops and the mer- recovery. The crisis has brought on an out- whom this great campaign would not be chants of Valois are thrilled to be a part of pouring wave of solidarity from the popu- possible: The City of Montreal, the City of the 2021 “I shop in the Village” campaign,” lation towards local businesses. Montréal Pointe-Claire, the Pointe-Claire Village and shared Valerie Meades, President of the Val- encourages this movement of generosity by Valois Village Commercial Associations, ois Village Merchants Association. supporting crowdfunding campaigns that Desjardins, La Ruche, PME MTL West-Is- Supporting local businesses highlight shopping local and help merchants land, CN and West Island Community Through the ‘’I shop in the Village’’ cam- have rapid access to liquidity. Get with the Times! mtltimes.ca • May 29, 2021 www. mtl times.ca 3 4 www. mtl times.ca May 29, 2021 • What’s happening in Montreal Throughout most of this summer, Mon- season, which also marks the company’s environmental impacts through informa- trealers will be seeing some familiar faces 50th anniversary. tion that is easy to learn. on billboards, BIXI stations, buses, as well The show presents contemporary ballet On June 2, an international jury will de- as local television stations Radio-Canada with its roots at the heart of the music cide which of the 24 teams will be se- and CTV Montreal, in promotion and of Patrick Watson, who is also a cele- lected as semi-finalists for the support of one of Montreal’s most brated musician and performer, in which Technovation World Summit, which is prominent charitable organizations that 20 of his musical pieces will be featured. scheduled to take place on August 12 and helps the city’s most vulnerable citizens. The premise focusses on a woman who 13. The Welcome Hall Mission has just re- sits alone motionless on a bench located cently launched its awareness campaign in a bus shelter. While she waits for the for this spring and summer. And like the bus, the night lights become reflected on Montreal first phase of the campaign, which ran this the wet ground. And then in the twilight, past fall and winter, it will utilize a number bodies come to life and a strange dance of prominent Montreal personalities, begins between the lone woman and the bookworms who will spread the message that Mon- ghosts that are part of her past. trealers are there to help their fellow Tickets for “Vanishing Melodies – Music Montreal bookworms now have the Montrealers who are in need, especially by Patrick Watson” are now on sale. For opportunity to experience the many during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well more information, or to purchase tickets, worlds of literary Montreal, as the Blue as give a face to those who go the extra go to: Metropolis International Literary Festival length by donating their time and re- www.dansedanse.ca has just launched a series of literary sources to a number of charitable organ- walking tours podcasts that are now izations, as well as those clients and available to those who want to go be- individuals who directly benefit from yond the bookshelf and discover what their efforts. makes Montreal such a literary city. Some of the local personalities who are Four of the six podcasts (which also part of the new phase of the Welcome can be used as self-guided tours that one Hall Mission’s campaign include CTV can visit these areas in the spotlight) en- Montreal weather specialist Lori Graham, compass Montreal, while the other two broadcasters Leslie Roberts and Anne- focus on two regions of Quebec. Each Marie Wittenshaw, Canadian Olympic one is filled with original texts about the track & field gold medalist Bruny Surin, chosen stops written expressly for each journalist Jamie Orchard, and TVA Sports respective tour/podcast, which are read host and former CF Montreal captain aloud by the authors or professional ac- Patrice Bernier. tors. The campaign is being done with the By Stuart Nulman The four literary walking tours of Mon- collaboration of OUTFRONT, the spon- treal are: “Montreal Shopping & Books” sorship of the Home Depot, and support mtltimes.ca with Monique Polak; “Yiddish Montreal” from a number of Montreal media out- with Shelley Pomerance; “Tensions and lets. *** Intersections”, which deals with Mon- Founded in 1892, the Welcome Hall Congratulation go out to the four treal’s Gay Village, with Nicholas Dawson; Mission is an organization that gives teams of enterprising girls from elemen- and “Montreal en todo sentido”, which much-needed help to people who are tary and high schools in Montreal and focuses on Montreal’s many Spanish- dealing with such serious personal crises Ottawa, who won awards for their proj- speaking communities, with Ingrid Bejer- as poverty, homelessness, job and food ects in the Technovation Montreal Demo man. insecurity and mental health issues. This Day, which took place on May 15 and 16. To tune into the literary walking tour is accomplished through a number of The 24 teams who competed in the of your choice, go to: programs like a free dental clinic, two Demo developed over the past five www.bluemetropolis.org/walkingtours free “Marche Bon Accueuil” grocery months a startup project and an accom- stores, the “Coeur a soeur” program that panying mobile app that addressed an *** aids over 100 pregnant and new mothers certain issue or community need that And congratulations go out to the four every year, and the newly-launched “Pro- were outlined by the United Nations’ Anglophone Montreal writers who have gramme Bienvenue”, which deals with the Sustainable Development Goals. Their been nominated for this year’s Governor- issue of chronic homelessness by helping entries were judged by a panel made up General (GG) Literary Awards, the most people move into permanent housing, of four entrepreneurs and IT experts. prestigious literary prize in Canada for thereby eliminating or reducing the need The first prize winners were the Kawaii over 80 years. This year, over 70 books in for emergency shelters. Chan Girls (Junior Category) for their 14 categories have been nominated, in For more information, go to: “Planet Pets” project, which educates which the winners will be officially be an- www.welcomehallmission.com kids about endangered species; and the nounced on June 1. Quintessence Quintet (Senior Category) The Montreal GG nominees are: Oana for “Womensture”, which helps to both Avasilichioaei, who was nominated in two The Ballets Jazz spread awareness of – and break the stig- categories, Poetry (for her book Eight mas and taboos – of menstrual health in Track) and Translation for her work on of Montreal Nigeria. the novel The Neptune Room; Lazer Winners of the competition’s Jury Lederhendler, a two-time GG