TUITIONFREE Comptabilité et Gestion d’Affaires Inc. Accounting & Business Management Inc. Mustaque A. Sarker Accountant & Business Consultant 100% Job Success Rate Accounting + Bookkeepingpg Business Managementementment & TaxesTaT xexes Digital Laayayoyyoout & Printing CALLCAALL FOR FOROR INFOINFO ON ON NEXT NEEXXXT SESSIONSESSIONSSION Programs leading to a Minisi try 524, Jean Talon St. West, suite 3 • 11y year progrrama Of Education Diploma • State of ththe ara t 4 colour press LOANS & BURSARIES AVAILABLE Montreal, Qc H3N 1R5 • Silk screening, CNC Technical Skills • Learn the latest software, including: T. 514.274.5793 Le seul journal de Parc-Extension depuis 1993 Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark & InDesign F. 514.274.5793 3737 Beaubien East, Montreal, Qc, H1X 1H2 [email protected] Tel.: 514 376-4725 The only paper in Park-Extension since 1993 www.rosemount-technology.qc.cawwwwwww.w.roossemount--teteecchnoloogygy.y.qc.cc.ccaa Vol. 25 • No. 13 • 30 juin / June 30, 2017 • Tel.: 514-272-0254 • www.px-news.com • E-mail: [email protected] Bonne fête Canada! • Happy Canada Day! 60th ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS SENIOR SPECIAL 2 PIZZAS DISCOUNT ARS E 60 60 Y Small $3 OFF Large $5 OFF 60 60 Medium $4 OFF X Large $6 OFF JUMBO $760 OFF FAMILY DAY EVERY SUNDAY ST EVERY 1 MONDAY ONE FREE KIDS MENU MEAL e P depuis 1957 l OF THE MONTH 15% OFF ia PER PURCHASE OF ADULT MEAL iz c *DINER ROOM ONLY za er a m uth om entique non c 901 RUE JEAN TALON O. missjeantalon.com 514 274-4147 514 274-8510 How green was my alley Uproar on Wiseman over plan to undo paving in rear lane ate restoration of the pavement on this section of the alley.” More MARTIN C. BARRY than two dozen people ended up signing. Ever since the Borough of Villeray/St-Michel-Parc Extension decided some years back to support the increasingly popular No consensus, says Petritsis trend of converting paved alleys behind many homes into “green” According to Petritsis, the borough informed residents of spaces, there’s been support for the concept by some, while Wiseman and Stuart by letter more than a year ago that a green others continue to believe that lanes should serve their original alley project proposal was being taken into consideration. But purpose as a rear access to homes. she maintains that a consensus of agreement was never reached, A woman who lives on Park Extension’s Wiseman Ave. since a large number of immigrant families in the area have between Ogilvy and St. Roch is in the latter category. She’s up an insufficient grasp of either English or French and probably in arms over efforts the borough has begun to turn the paved wouldn’t have understood the letter. stretch behind her house into a so-called “green alleyway.” The “The lane is a service area,” she said. “It’s not meant to be a project was initiated by another nearby resident who formed a botanical garden. Service vehicles have to pass freely through citizen committee to lead the project. here. With the holes that are dug there – especially the one behind my house, which I didn’t give them authorization to do – The perfect alleyway cars come and go over the hole, splashing mud all over the place.” “Our alley was a perfectly paved alley – no cracks, no bumps, beautiful,” Helen Petritsis, who’s lived in the area since the early Local councillor silent 1970s, said in an interview with Nouvelles Parc Extension News. Petritsis maintains she tried to contact Park Extension city “The kids play there with their bikes, running freely. It’s very nice.” councillor Mary Deros a number of times, all without success. This blissful state was marred, according to Petritsis, when a “She promised me an interview. She never showed up. She never public works crew arrived one day to excavate and break areas of came.” In an e-mailed answer last November, Deros acknow- the concrete lane in order to create several rectangular-shaped ledged receiving an inquiry about the lane from Petritsis, saying openings in the pavement. Earth was poured in and grass and she would “be in touch.” Petritsis maintains she has heard nothing flowers were planted. Since then, planting boxes have also been from Deros since then. set up on the sides of the lane, sometimes obstructing the passage While the Borough of Villeray/St-Michel/Parc Extension of vehicles. Helen Petritsis of Wiseman Ave. says that she and has been pursuing policies in recent years designed to reduce Things got dirty other residents of her street and of nearby Stuart summertime heat with measures such as greening over paved Ave. don’t want their rear lane turned into a “green” rear lanes, Petritsis claims they could have chosen a more appro- Before the planting took place, Petritsis complains, the open- alleyway. priate rear lane since there are other laneways in the neighbour- ings in the pavement filled with water, mud and the excrement of hood in much worse shape. cats (mistaking the enclosures for kitty litter boxes presumably), to the borough council and Eco-quartier Parc Extension, stating Nouvelles Parc Extension News attempted to reach Councillor and children from the neighbourhood were returning home filthy. that the undersigned residents of Wiseman and Stuart avenues Mary Deros for her take on the situation. She had not responded Fed up, Petritsis went door-to-door with a petition addressed “are opposed to the green alley project and demand the immedi- by our deadline. MLS: 13503188 MLS: 26967358 REDUCED! Groupe Sutton Excellence inc. Agence immobilière • Office: 450.662.3036 Excellent Service CHOMEDEY: Cottage, 3 bedrooms. Close to everything. Easy to show. Must See! Call me for an appointment. Exceptional Asking $269,000 Results APARTMENTS FOR RENT *CHOMEDEY* Duplex centrally situated. • VIMONT LAVAL • Close to highways, schools, shopping. Easy to show. SALES Two 4½ apartments PRESIDENT’S ACHIEVEMENT for rent. Close to trans- GOLD MLS: 19688992 AWARD AWARD portation, highways and 2010 2011 shopping. MASTER MASTER YƵŝĐŬKĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJ͊ SALES SALES One lower renovated 4½ NEW LISTING AWARD AWARD apartment and one up- 2013 2016 per, both with parking. For an appointment: oula Kottaridis Voula: 514.993.5010 V Real Estate Broker MLS: 27829589 MLS: 27829589 • 30 juin / June 30, 2017 514.993.5010 450.902.8378 [email protected] &ZĞǀĂůƵĂƟŽŶŽĨLJŽƵƌ Nouvelles Parc-Extension News CHOMEDEY: Cottage, centrally situated , 3 bedrooms, living room, dining CHOMEDEY: Very well kept bungalow in a great location close to everything, room, maple kitchen, many updates, Must see! 3 bedrooms, living room, great lot. Call me for appointment. • ŚŽŵĞǁŝƚŚŶŽŽďůŝŐĂƟŽŶ͊ 2 Ce qui sera ouvert ou fermé à l’occasion de la Fête du Canada À l›occasion de la Fête du Canada, Espace pour la vie Le 1er juillet, le marché En déménageant, n’abandonnez de nombreuses installations de Le 1er juillet, les installations seront Bonsecours (350, rue Saint-Paul pas votre animal ! la Ville de Montréal continueront ouvertes au public selon l’horaire Est) sera ouvert de 10 h à 21 h. à offrir leurs services et activités, régulier : Renseignements : 514 872-7730. À l›approche de la période du alors que d›autres modifieront leur déménagement, la Ville de Montréal horaire. Le Jardin botanique et l’Insecta- Le 1er juillet, Pointe-à-Callière, tient à rappeler aux propriétaires rium de Montréal, de 9 h à 19 h musée d’archéologie et d’histoire l›importance de ne pas abandonner de Montréal (350, place Royale), leurs animaux domestiques. À ce La plupart des bureaux de la Ville, soit les bureaux d’arrondissement sera ouvert de 11 h à 18 h. sujet, consultez le guide pratique Le Biôdome, de 9 h à 18 h et Accès-Montréal seront fermés Renseignements : 514 872-9150. Vivre à Montréal avec son animal er durant la fin de semaine du 1 et disponible sur le site Le Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan, de 2 juillet, selon l’horaire régulier et Service de référence pour le 9 h à 20 h également, le lundi 3 juillet 2017. relogement http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/animaux/ Les citoyens peuvent consulter les Renseignements: espacepourlavie. Un Service de référence est offert sites Internet des arrondissements, ca ou 514 872-1400. par la Ville de Montréal pour venir via le site ville.montreal.qc.ca, ou Stationnement en aide aux ménages à faible contacter le 311 ou le 514 872-0311 Rappelons que les bornes de paie- Autres installations revenus qui seront sans logis au (extérieur de l’île) pour obtenir des ment automatisées demeurent Le 1er juillet, les marchés publics 1er juillet. Une ligne téléphonique renseignements sur les services payantes durant le congé de la Fête seront ouverts de 7 h à 17 h, à l’ex- dédiée est disponible pour vérifier du Canada et que les panneaux offerts. ception du marché Jean-Talon qui l’admissibilité à cette aide d’ap- d’interdiction de stationner doivent sera ouvert de 7 h à 18 h. point : 514 868-4002 ou visitez le être respectés en tout temps. Les services de collectes Renseignements : 514 937-7754. site de la Ville de Montréal. Les collectes de déchets, de rési- dus verts, de résidus alimentaires, de matières recyclables et d’objets AVIS PUBLIC volumineux auront lieu selon l’ho- raire régulier. Les écocentres OPÉRATION – PRÉVENTION – QUALITÉ SÉANCE ORDINAIRE Les écocentres seront ouverts INSPECTION DES BORNES selon l’horaire régulier d’été. Pour Les membres de votre conseil d’arrondissement, Anie Samson, maire de trouver tous les renseignements D’INCENDIE ET EAU ROUGEÂTRE l’arrondissement, Mary Deros, conseillère sur les écocentres, les citoyens de la ville, district de Parc-Extension, peuvent consulter la section Elsie Lefebvre, conseillère de la ville, district de Villeray, Sylvain Ouellet, Environnement du site Internet de conseiller de la ville, district de François- la Ville de Montréal.