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Montreal West Viewspaper
November 2015, Vol. 43, No. 8
New business on Westminster
SUNSOURCE
by Heather Baylis
Now that there’s a bright yellow sign that
says Sunsource at 14C Westminster North,
you can’t miss this new source of a large variety of nuts, coffee, tea, organic Italian cold
pressed olive oil, chocolates and more!
About 25 years ago, Parviz Mahdavian
started an import/export business that specialized in nuts… all kinds of nuts from all
over the world. At one time Parviz was the
largest importer of pistachios in Canada. And
then one day about ten years ago, one of his customers suggested
he open a retail store so that others could enjoy the freshness of
Sunsource’s high quality products, which led Parviz to open his
first store in Westmount. The Westmount location has since become
a neighbourhood shop. It is doing very well mainly because the
middle-man has been cut out and the nuts are fresher and at a better
price than comparative quality elsewhere. Parviz was looking for
a similar situation for a new store… and it’s here on Westminster!
The nuts are roasted and packaged here in the MoWest store.
Roasting is done on Tuesday and Saturday, so if you want to get a
whiff of the delicious smell of roasting nuts, drop by then. And, of
course the nuts can’t get fresher, but you’ll have to wait for a day
for them to cool down before you can buy them. Their specialty is
almonds: at least 15 different varieties without including almond
powder and sliced almonds.
But that’s not all; the nuts are then combined with dark or milk
chocolate or yogurt (again made and packaged at the back of the
store) and there are Belgian chocolates and bite-sized pastries and
cookies (made by a baker with the store’s products) that go exceedingly well with a cup of local artisanal-style coffee (you buy the
IN D EX
Sheraton Drive awaits Halloween
Community Centre.............. 2, 16-17
CRA ............................................ 16
Environmentally yours .................... 13
Guides .............................................. 9
Informerly yours ................................ 3
Libraries ...................................... 6, 20
Looking back .................................. 12
Mailbox .............................................. 4
News from the pews .................. 14-15
Réunion du Conseil .................... 19
Rotary ............................................ 4
Schools ...................................... 6-8
Scouts .................................... 10-11
Town Council Report........................ 18
Vôtre en environnement .............. 13
beans and grind them there or take them
home unground).
And if that’s not enough to tempt you to
investigate Sunsource, there are cooking
products like quinoa, chia, seven or more
kinds of cashews, trail mix (made right
there!) and… my favourite: the largest, most
luscious, tender jumbo Medjool dates I’ve
ever tasted. Oh, you can also have gift baskets, boxes, bags customized to the tastes of
your favourite foodie….
Drop by and meet Parviz and his wife
Fami who will be more than happy to help
you with your purchase.
Sunsource
14C Westminster North
333-7676
Weekdays: 10 am to 6 pm
Saturday: 9:30 am to 5 pm
Sunday: closed
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This year’s funds are going
to Meals-on-Wheels, the newly
renovated Children’s Library,
Little Red Playhouse/Coco’s
Place as well as Edinburgh
School and Elizabeth Ballantyne
School. Thanks to all of our participants and sponsors we raised
almost $10,000.
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Rick Lavell - Treasurer
Heather Baylis
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November 11
Many thanks to:
Tournament Chairman Sam McCoubrey presents trophy to champions Glynne Ennis, Sam, Brian Hession, Marc Trudel and Mike Donato
MOWEST GOLF TOURNEY:
HUGE SUCCESS
The 4th Annual MoWest Charity Golf Tournament was played
on Thursday, September 17 at
Caughnawaga GC.
The 75 golfers of all ages and
talent levels enjoyed a beautifully sunny day of fun and camaraderie with their friends and
neighbours, all to benefit local
charities.
Following 18 holes of sometimes great, and at times not so
great, golf we had refreshments
on the deck and then moved inside for a satisfying dinner with a
few speeches and a very successful silent auction. We are already
looking forward to next year’s
event, so start practising now!
The winning foursome this
year was comprised of Glynne
Ennis, Mike Donato, Brian
Hession and Marc Trudel who
narrowly beat out last year’s
champ Ryan Emery and his
group by going one over par on
the back nine. The men’s long
drive competition was won by
Rob Trickett while rookie
Brooke Burke took home the
women’s. Martin Bazinet won
closest to the pin. Tournament
Chairman Sam McCoubrey
along with his father Bill and
teammates Tim Fitzpatrick and
Marc Bienstock won the simple space putting contest. The
coveted pink ball award went to
the group of André Lavoie,
Chris Marilley, Gerry McDonagh and Michel Kakon.
Thanks to Randi Weitzner
for her ever present camera lens
to keep us all honest and smiling.
Seasonal flu
VACCINATION
The following groups all
contributed to the success of our
fundraising efforts and should
all be thanked and supported by
our community as a whole:
Westminster Florist, Andy Michelin of Richter, Evenko, PJ
Impex, Burger de Ville, TSN690,
Assurances R.C. Coull Inc.,
Giant Tiger, Dr. John Drummond and Associates, Richard
Lavell, Isabelle Papineau and
David Doubt of Sutton Realty,
Dave Stenason of Rempart,
Kevin Perkins of KPMG, Meldrum the Movers, Pharmaprix,
Westminster Dry Cleaner, Petros, Dr. Susan McDonald,
Graf, Taylor Made, IMK, Ye
Olde Orchard Pub, Simplespace, Sandy Maag of Ernst &
Young, Cath Gardner of Imagine Realty, Jacob Kleinfeld,
veterinarian Dr. Yves Bernier,
Beny Masella, Sherbrooke
Street Capital, Wolf Tanks,
Brock Condos, Fuller Landau,
Dagwoods, Action Sport Physio,
Totem Teas, Solo Cycle, Pasteizza, Trattoria Micca, Trattoria
(Notre Dame), Old Time
Hockey, Bol de fruits de qualité
/ Quality Fruit Bowl, MiniCoût, Pâtisserie de la Gare, Top
Beauty, Philip Clement of
Royal Lepage and Paul Harrison of Royal Lepage.
by CSSS Cavendish
Tuesday, November 24,
10:30 am-2:30 pm
Music Room, Town Hall,
Bring your Medicare card!
Free vaccination for people at higher risk of developing complications due to age or health:
• children age 6 to 23 months
• people with certain chronic diseases, such as heart, lung or kidney disease, diabetes,
major obesity, cancer, asthma or a weakened immune system;
• pregnant women in good health who are in their 2nd or 3rd trimester;
• people age 60 or older;
• close contacts of groups of people at risk or of children under six months old,
health-care workers and pregnant women in their 2nd or 3rd trimester.
Anyone else who wants protection can be vaccinated at their own expense.
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Informerly yours
While waiting for Halloween
On the move
Wedding bells
photo: Harold Rosenberg
Little Learners’ Pre-K group went on the annual pumpkin picking outing at our favourite flower shop with Alex.
The little computer store, known as Ultrasoft Innovations and
run by Richard Eckerlin, has moved as of November 1 to 16 Westminster Ave. North, Suite 100B (Basement), opposite Pharmaprix
and between Sunsource and Pâtessirie de la Gare. The hours continue to be noon-6 pm, Mondays-Saturdays. The phone number remains the same: 438-938-6240. And you can still take in computers
and electronics for recycling.
Jennifer Watchorn and Michael Rosenberg were married at
Montreal West United Church on October 17. Mike, who attended
Royal West Academy, is the son of Janice Hamilton and Harold
Rosenberg of Ballantyne Ave. N. Jen is the daughter of Lynda and
John Watchorn, who were married at the same church in 1982.
Lynda Watchorn taught at RWA and Wagar High in the 1980s and
’90s. The couple currently reside in NDG.
Two new dentists
Dr. John Drummond & Associates have been providing
comprehensive, compassionate
dental care in MoWest for over
25 years. This fall, two additional dentists have been welcomed to the team: Dr. Athena
Diamandis and Dr. Maria ElHusseini.
Dr. Diamandis graduated
from the Faculty of Dentistry of
McGill University in 2006,
where she was taught by Dr.
Drummond. Upon graduating,
she completed a one-year multidisciplinary residency at the
Royal Victoria Hospital. She
went on to private practice for a
year in Montreal before moving
to Rochester, NY. There, she
practised
community-based
dentistry, providing dental care
to school-aged children. In
2010, she returned to Montreal
and to private practice. At that
time, she joined Dr. Drummond
to help teach in the Pre-Clinical
Operative Program at McGill
Dentistry and became a faculty
lecturer.
Dr. Maria graduated from the
Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Montreal in 2014.
Following graduation, she
moved to Boston where she
completed a Certificate in Advanced Education in General
Dentistry at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School
of Dental Medicine.
Dr. John Drummond & Associates
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Photo: Doctors Athena Diamandis, John Drummond and Maria
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Rotary Club
Dylan Clark
Rotary scholar
Dylan Clark is a Rotary International
Global Scholar who is in his second year
at McGill with the climate change adaptation research group. Dylan is from Colorado, but says he is from Iowa as he did
go to Iowa State University.
Dylan’s presentation was titled Land Safety In Nunavut.
He took some outstanding pictures and said he got some
sponsorship money from National Geographic. His research questions
and objectives were to:
• understand who is being injured and
what is driving the injuries,
• quantify the relationships between
environmental hazards and SAR
(Search and Rescue) needs,
• explore how economic and societal
changes influence SAR needs,
• determine what behaviours increase
risk, and what are protective and
• identify opportunities for adaptation.
Dylan talked about search and rescue in
Nunavut and said incidents increase as the
ice is beginning to freeze and then when the
spring thaw starts. He is looking at both the
social and physical influences. He also said
they do not make snowmobiles like they
used to. They are not made to last up in the
north and they are not as easy to repair as
they once were. He was in three communities and said Arviat is the fastest growing
one in Canada. The other two places he visited were Ranklin Inlet and Whale Cove.
He said he talks to the elders to get their
input and said there is a correlation between
temperature and accidents. Dylan went out
on the hunt and has the pictures to prove it.
He said they do enjoy their tea and he tried
his hand at fishing for Arctic char and
shooting seals but still needs practice.
Coming Rotary events
November 5:
Royal West Academy
India Exchange
November 12: Juno Beach, Canadian
landing beach on D-Day
December 10: Rotary Christmas party,
6 pm
The Montreal Westward Rotary Club is
always looking to embrace new members.
If you are someone who wants to give back
to your community, city, country or the
world, Rotary is an excellent way. Rotary is
a worldwide organization that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical
standards and helps build goodwill and
peace. There are approximately 1.2 million
Rotarians across the globe and that number
is still growing.
Our club meets for lunch at noon every
Thursday at the Town Hall. We often have
very interesting guest speakers. Come
check us out some time. For further information please contact Doug Yeats at
[email protected].
from Doug Yeats
Mailbox
Forget not Pharmaprix!
We in MoWest are lucky that
Pharmaprix arrived here to serve
us with reasonable pricing of food items
and other things we need.
I have used them from the start and
saved enough cash to eventually pay off my
mortgage loan.
Thank you Pharmaprix.
from Ulla-Margrit Turunen
160 Westminster North
Altruism is alive and well
in MoWest
As I was reading the current edition of
The Informer, the small box soliciting articles on people meriting a mention caught my
eye and I thought I would send you my story.
In this era of indifference and self-centeredness, it is hard to imagine altruism still
exists, so I thought I would share an experience that proves this statement wrong. In
fact, it reinforced my belief that good resides within each person.
While on my way to the CSL shopping
mall, I had fallen to the ground due to a
combination of physical and mental ailments and was sitting on the edge of a
driveway retaining wall on Connaught near
West Broadway¸ unable to move. Quite
some time went by as I waited to regain my
strength and tried to get up. Several people,
young and old, passed and hardly looked at
me, while those who did scurried on, probably afraid to “get involved” with someone
who might be “under the influence” or a potential “predator.” Likewise, some vehicles
seemed to slow down as they looked at me,
but kept going. I finally decided to call a
taxi since nobody was home.
Suddenly, an SUV slowed shortly after
passing me, then stopped and backed up.
The driver rolled down his window and
asked whether I was all right or needed assistance. I gladly accepted this offer and he
helped me to get aboard. Mike Dahan introduced himself and I learned that he
worked in the neighborhood; in fact, he is
an owner of a firm on Avon Road, that specializes in solar products. Sunforce is a privately held company established in 2003,
whose products can be found at retailers
worldwide. I have used solar energy on several of my projects overseas, so this struck
a common chord.
However, I realized the more “common
chord” is that each of us needs a helping
hand in life now and then; but we never
know when or where we will need it. It is
good to know that there are people out there
like Mike Dahan!
Thanks for listening.
Michael Primiani
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Refugee sponsorship update
Lauren Lallemand of Action Réfugiés
Montréal gave an excellent presentation last
month to MoWesters interested in Syrian
refugee sponsorship. If you weren’t able to
make it, I’ll outline the key points and you
can contact me for more information.
The presentation centred around a program called “2 to 5” in which two to five
individuals come together to sponsor a single refugee or family. Here’s how it works:
• The estimated cost to sponsor a single
refugee is approximately $12,000 and for
a family of four it’s approximately
$30,000.
• This money is not paid to the government or handed directly to the refugee,
rather it is the estimated cost the sponsors will incur for refugee housing, food,
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furnishings, clothing, etc. for the first
year after their arrival.
Refugees arrive as permanent residents
and therefore can work, are covered by
Medicare and have access to all social
services and language courses.
Sponsors are principally responsible for
1) payment of basic living expenses for
the first year, 2) assistance in navigating
health, education, banking and translation services and 3) assistance in the
refugee’s employment search.
Sponsors are not responsible for any of
the refugees’ debts or if they commit a
crime while in Canada.
All refugees are well screened for medical issues, security and criminal offences before being admitted.
Parrainage de réfugiés, mise à jour
Lauren Lallemand d’Action Réfugiés
Montréal a offert une excellente présentation le mois dernier à des gens de Mo-Ouest
qui souhaiteraient parrainer des réfugiés
syriens. Si vous n’avez pas pu venir, voici
les grandes lignes et vous pouvez me contacter pour plus amples détails.
La présentation a porté sur un programme appelé « De 2 à 5 » où de deux à
cinq personnes se réunissent pour parrainer
un réfugié ou une famille. Voici, en gros,
comment cela fonctionne.
• Parrainer un individu coûte approximativement 12 000 $ et pour une famille de
quatre, on parle d’environ 30 000 $.
• L’argent n’est pas remis au gouvernement ni directement au réfugié; il s’agit
plutôt du coût estimatif que les parrains
supporteront pour loger, nourrir,
meubler, habiller, etc. le ou les réfugiés
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pendant la première année suivant leur
arrivée.
Les réfugiés arrivent comme résidents
permanents et peuvent donc travailler,
sont couverts par le régime d’assurancemaladie et ont accès à tous les services
sociaux et cours de langues.
Les parrains sont principalement responsables 1) des frais de subsistance de base
pour la première année, 2) de l’orientation vers les services de santé, d’éducation, de banque et de traduction et 3)
d’aider à la recherche d’emploi du
réfugié.
Les parrains ne sont pas responsables des
dettes des réfugiés ni des crimes commis
au Canada, le cas échéant.
La santé, la sécurité et le dossier criminel
de tous les réfugiés sont soigneusement
contrôlés avant leur admission.
So how does a group of “2 to 5” MoWesters find a refugee family to sponsor? It
turns out that Montreal has the highest Syrian population in Canada. Action Réfugiés
Montréal has a list of hundreds of local Syrians looking for help sponsoring friends and
family in refugee camps overseas.
Our plan is to help match MoWest sponsorship groups with local Syrians needing
assistance in their efforts. This way of identifying particular refugee candidates has the
added benefit of selecting individuals with
ties here in Montreal, making integration
much easier.
I’ll keep residents abreast of any new developments as they occur. Please contact me
for more information or if you’d like to get
involved.
Elizabeth Ulin, Councilor
[email protected]
Comment un groupe « De 2 à 5 » de MoOuest trouve-t-il une famille à parrainer? Il
s’avère que Montréal a la plus grande population syrienne au Canada. Action Réfugiés
Montréal détient une liste de centaines de
Syriens cherchant de l’aide pour parrainer
des parents et des amis dans les camps de
réfugiés outremer.
Notre plan est de rapprocher des groupes
de parrainage de Mo-Ouest et des Syriens
de Montréal ayant besoin d’appui dans leurs
efforts. Cette façon d’identifier des candidats-réfugiés précis comporte l’avantage
additionnel de sélectionner des individus
ayant déjà des liens avec Montréal, facilitant leur intégration.
Je tiendrai les résidents au courant de
tout développement. Veuillez me contacter
pour plus amples renseignements ou si vous
souhaitez vous impliquer.
Elizabeth Ulin, conseillère
[email protected]
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Nos élèves se surpassent
au cross-country
À l’école des Amis-du-Monde, on prend
au sérieux notre santé ainsi que les saines
habitudes de vie. Nous voulons donner à
l’enfant le goût de faire du sport et le plaisir
de se mettre en forme tout en le valorisant
et en l’aidant à développer son estime de
soi. Le respect des autres participants, la
persévérance et la volonté sont des valeurs
que nous voulons donner aux futures
générations. C’est avec ces valeurs que nos
élèves ont participé à l’activité de crosscountry. Les élèves du premier et du deuxième cycle ont participé à l’activité dans le
parc à côté de notre école, avec la collaboration des titulaires et des spécialistes d’éducation physique. Chaque élève a reçu un
certificat pour les efforts effectués. Les jeunes du 3e cycle ont eu la chance de participer au cross-country régional, en date du
7 octobre, au Parc Centenaire D.D.O. De
nombreuses écoles de l’ouest de Montréal
étaient présentes à l’événement. Nos élèves
ont donné le meilleur d’eux-mêmes et ont
trouvé cette expérience différente,
« Cool » et, surtout, à refaire! Ce fut une
journée demandant beaucoup d’efforts aux
enfants et cela les a motivés à atteindre
leurs limites, parfois même à les dépasser.
Cet évènement est une belle occasion pour
permettre aux enfants de connaître leurs
forces et leurs faiblesses, ce qui leur donne
le goût de persévérer et de s’améliorer. À
peu près 40 élèves du 3e cycle ont participé
à cette journée. Ils étaient heureux de pouvoir relever ce défi et sont revenus fiers de
ce qu’ils avaient accompli.
Article rédigé grâce à la participation de
Michel Labrie, Valentina Vancea
et Denise Nimara
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Elizabeth Ballantyne School
West End
Quilters’ Guild
The West End Quilters’ Guild is up and
running now with the onset of fall. We have
quite a few new members so it promises to
be an exciting season. At our last meeting,
one of our members gave an extensive
demonstration of a variety of battings, their
various uses, and costs. Very interesting to
quilters who are constantly searching for
that perfect batting!!! Anyone interested in
more information about our Guild, can contact Mary at [email protected].
Lucas Uimonen, Oliver Boudreau, Joshua Winternitz, Hyunmin Kim (Matthew), Guy
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We Love EBS!
We sat down with grade 6 students recently to talk about what they had enjoyed at
school over the last seven years. Here are some of their insights and favourite things:
What do you think has been the best thing
in this school for you?
The best thing about the school is that the
teachers make learning fun.
All the teachers have been great and
amazing. Especially the French teachers!
The Child Care Workers really care for
us. Mr. Brent comes and plays football with
us in the park and Ms. Colette is always
there to lend a hand.
What about favourite activities?
So many activities at lunchtime with the
gym teacher: hockey, softball, basketball and
lots of sports. We even have leagues now and
have a huge field in the back to play.
Always lots of activities in the school like
Terry Fox, Halo Race, and our Cycle 3 trip
to Saint-Côme. That’s the best. That was the
greatest trip. We really got to know each
other during that trip. We did a lot of tubing!
Any favourite subjects?
Our favourite subjects are art, gym and
French! Even the French homework is fun!
We feel we are ready to go out in the world
and speak French. Math is really good in this
school too.
What’s so great about this school?
What’s really great about this school is
that it’s a small school and everybody knows
one another and everybody plays with
everybody. Even at the park after school!
Kids who come to this school are great.
So should we tell other kids to come to
this school?
YES!!!
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30th anniversary!
ART etc. was started in 1985 by
Véronique Belzil Boucher and because of
her wonderful idea and determination to
bring that idea to fruition, we all have enjoyed 30 years of artisan discoveries, wonderful gifts and appreciation for the talent
that surrounds us in the places where we
live. ART etc. 2015 will take place at the
Town Hall on Saturday, November 14
from10 am to 5 pm AND Sunday, November 15 from 10 am to 4 pm.
We have over 35 artisans this year and
some of the items you will find on display
are pottery, paintings, jewelry, chocolates,
children’s items, dolls, soap, candles, cards
and paper products, photography, jams, preserves, vintage items, wood carvings, knitted items, artisanal glass, woodworking and
wood art, specialty embroidered items for
people and pets, infinity scarves, baking,
books, hair bows and clips, quilts and
much, much more!
ART etc. looks forward to seeing you at
the show; bring your friends and neighbours
to this wonderful MoWest tradition! You
will find amazing gifts for everyone on your
list (including yourself)!
Café floral
The Café floral (featuring Jay Garland’s excellent buttercup squash soup,
sandwiches, home-baked goodies, tea and
coffee) will be open from 11 am until 2:30
pm on Saturday, November 14.
Manned by the Horticultural Society
members, the Café floral offers a convenient opportunity for lunch before browsing
for treasures from our local artisans or for a
relaxing tea or coffee break when the shopping is done. We are thrilled to welcome the
Children’s Library whose members will be
running the Café on Sunday from 11 am to
2:30 pm. The menu is currently a secret!
Check it out!
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Edinburgh School
Edinburgh school is very
pleased to welcome two new
teachers: Ms. Christine Crawford, music teacher, and Mr.
Abdel El Hama, science teacher.
Ms. Christine Crawford has a BA in
composition and psychology and a Masters
in music education from McGill University.
She has been teaching music for the past
ten years and has worked in different primary schools as a music specialist. Ms.
Crawford’s educational objective is to provide a music program that helps to develop
the auditory sense of the student, their creative potential with regard to the world of
sound and their ability to express themselves and communicate through music.
While studying with Ms. Crawford, students explore various percussion instruments,
flute, guitar and singing. Students perform instrumental and vocal performances in class,
work on stimulating and creative music proj-
Welcoming new teachers
ects, and identifying elements of musical language through listening exercises.
Mr. Abdel El Hama completed a graduate degree in science and began his teaching
career as a high school science and math
teacher 14 years ago. Education has always
been a passion for Mr. El Hama. After a few
years in the secondary education system he
was offered a position in a primary school
and welcomed the challenge. He feels his
mission as an elementary school teacher is
to objectify the material world and initiate
children to follow a scientific approach in
its investigation. In his opinion, observe,
question, experiment and argue are the
building blocks in science education. How-
ever, he also feels that rigid academic discipline should not inhibit students’ curiosity,
creativity, critical thinking and interest in
scientific and technical progress.
Edinburgh super stars
Our Level 5 student, Emma Ferro, is
collecting and delivering outer milk bags to
a volunteer group that uses them to make
sleeping mats for homeless Haitian children
in Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic.
The milk bags are cut and then knitted or
woven into sleeping mats for children that
attend the Collège Amélioration Jeunesse, a
division of Youth Upliftment International.
Many of these children live at the school
and must sleep on the floor. Others have
make-shift homes where they sleep outdoors on the ground. The sleeping mats give
these children a clean, dry, bug resistant area
where they can sleep more comfortably.
Each mat requires between 300 to 500 milk
bags. Accumulating enough bags is a slow
process but Emma’s commitment to this
project will certainly make a huge difference to the well-being of these children.
Our annual Terry Fox Run was a great
success this year. The kids are so enthusiastic and committed to this cause and participation is always high.
Hats off to Avah Pennefather for raising $5000 for the MoWest Terry Fox Run!
Congratulations to more stars
• Luc Boulch for winning the MoWest
Junior Tennis Championship.
• Ava Surette for winning the NDG Minor
Baseball Championship (Cardinals).
• Marcus Surette for winning NDG
Coach Pitch Championship (Red Sox)
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Guiding
The Guiding year is off to a great start!
October saw a lot of joint
activities between the different
levels of Guiding.
Provincial day camp
We had perfect weather for our annual
provincial day camp the first Saturday of
October. The weather was perfect for a fall
day. The girls cooked their lunches over an
open fire. For dessert, the girls enjoyed apples and S’mores. It just would not be the
same if there were no S’mores! The Sparks
and Brownies enjoyed making new friends,
hiking, a photo scavenger hunt, cooperative
games, hat crafts and singing.
The Guides participated in activities a
little more challenging and participated in
a scavenger hunt. They had a special treat
of hiking to the Bluff and making bannock!
The Pathfinders and Rangers enjoyed a
Wa-Thik-Ane Amazing Race-themed activity day. The clues had them enjoying activities all over the camp. The girls returned
home late in the evening a little tired but full
of wonderful memories.
Cookies, cookies!
In early October, as part of the unit meeting, the Sparks and Brownies decided to go
out together and sell cookies door-to-door
in the neighbourhood near the church. The
girls were so excited to be doing this that
they asked if they could sell cookies at
EVERY meeting!
Cookie selling helps girls develop skills
related to safety, handling money, planning,
self confidence, goal setting and responsibility. So if you see a Girl Guide with cookies, you can support a fantastic organization
and girl greatness!
We performed the traditional joint enrollment in October. From Sparks up to
Rangers, all of our first year girls were enrolled. It was a wonderful evening.
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MW Scout Group
Having been to Japan before, I knew what the country
was like, but I’d never been to
a Jamboree, let alone a World
Jamboree. My job as part of
the IST group (International Service Team)
was to fly in early and
get things set up particularly for the program that we would be
running on-site.
Just before our 24-hour journey began, we saw pictures on
Facebook of our campsite under
several inches of water, thanks
to the tail end of a typhoon. Fortunately, by the time we’d taken
our six-hour train ride from
Tokyo to Ajitsu, good drainage
had cleared the water even if
there were no tents up. After
registering at the welcome centre near midnight, we marched
off to an industrial sized tent,
set up camp for the night while
listening to the slapping of tent
straps meant to hold the tent
down in high winds.
The next morning we set out
for our camp site and set up 62
red tents for our 120 ISTs on a
gravel and sand base. High
winds still prevailed and it was
a bit of a sandstorm that first
day. But we were not alone as
other contingents arrived and
setup around us over the next
two days, each with its field of
colour-coded tents.
That second night they were
still expecting 100 km an hour
winds, so we took down the
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poles
of
our tents,
weighed
them down with two-by-fours
so that they wouldn’t get damaged. We trekked off that night
to a nearby sports dome where
a real night’s sleep was finally
ours, if you could get past most
of the snoring. I had no issue
with that as the minute I put on
the travel eye mask, I was gone.
Day two
By the second day we went
off to discover what jobs we’d
been assigned. Before leaving
Canada, we had already chosen
where we’d be working. ISTs
were primarily responsible for
helping run programs in each of
the modules: water, nature, science, culture, peace, faith and
belief, or working in the Global
Development Village, as I did.
Others helped out with services
such as HR, transport, food and
trading, safety, guest relations, or
manning the sub-camp offices.
Global Development Village
Working in the Global Development Village meant we got
to choose from a list of 80 activ-
ities, with 20 external partners
who would come in to run programs for the Scouts. Such international groups as UNICEF,
Red Cross, YUNGA, KAICIID
(for improved inter-faith relations), Right Start Foundation,
One Billion Service Hours and
many others were present. Four
other ISTs and I chose The
Goals (thegoals.org) which promotes awareness about the new
global sustainability goals.
In 2000, the United Nations
set eight goals for global sustainability to be attained by 2015.
Now in 2015, they have set 17
new goals to reach by 2030. The
23rd World Scout Jamboree was
the first launch of a crowd-sharing application that can be run
on even the most basic cell
phones all over the world. The
platform allows users to learn
about each of the goals and to
develop project ideas that can be
shared across the planet, then
picked up, worked on and improved upon by anyone who
wants to apply them.
When the participants finally
arrived, and the Jamboree
began, our job was to bring in
groups of people from different
countries, have them watch a
short introductory video, start a
group discussion to focus on
which was the most important
goal in their local community.
Once that was chosen, we had
them brainstorm a project idea
that they could take on when
they got home. We took their
emails and a picture of each
group. It is the task of The
Goals team to follow-up with
each group on their projects. We
were able to get a global
overview of the issues and
problems of each country and
what was important to them.
The goals varied from governance to aid for refugees to
equality to food to poverty to
education and many more. As
each group chose a goal, they
placed a sticker on a world map.
Exposition tents
Each country had an exposition tent where they would have
posters, small take-away gifts,
and activities representing their
country. At Canada House, or the
igloo as we called it, you could
dress up in various costumes
such as winter clothes or a
hockey sweater, get your picture
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taken in front of a green screen
and add various scenery photos
as backgrounds.
As part of the peace program, the participants did a daytrip into Hiroshima where they
saw the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (the Genbaku dome),
which was the only building to
remain standing after the bomb
detonated. During the week of
the 70th anniversary ceremony
(August 6), they visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum that documents the
devastation and pain of the victims. Finally we saw the Children’s Peace Monument,
representing the story of Sadako
and the thousand paper cranes.
Over 150 countries
With over 150 countries represented, nearly 34,000 attendees, 8,000 international service
team members, it was like
building a village for 10 days
and then tearing it down.
Groups of Canadians, like all
the other countries, were split
up into smaller units and scattered amongst groups of other
countries so they could mix better. Where each contingent
camped, they set up a flag for
their country. The sky was lit-
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tered with more flags than I can
identify. It gave me goose
bumps to look at it.
But overall, that intangible
feeling of what is so essential to
a Scout Jamboree, is that feeling
of camaraderie. You can sit down
to breakfast beside someone
from Australia, Nigeria, Macedonia or Switzerland and you know
you will have someone who is
willing to take part in whatever
activity is on-slate for that day.
Jamboree tent. The next World
Scout Jamboree will be a tricountry effort between Canada,
the U.S. and Mexico. It will be
held in West Virginia, at the
Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve. They can
accommodate 50,000 people on
a site built specifically for jamborees. They have three different zip line courses alone. It
promises to be a well-organized
event and I would highly recommend the experience.
Amongst the contingent
tents was the 2019 World Scout
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this Urban Arts Festival, encouraging young
people to take part in hip hop, break-dancing and graffiti art competitions. The
“Vents” made sure all the spray paint cans
were sent for the proper recycling.
The Venturers also organized a selfdefence night one Friday in the basement of
the MW United Church. (Thank you to the
church for loaning us the space). Sensei
Danny Griffith came to teach the course.
Danny shared his many years of experience
with a great sense of humour. Danny has an
8th degree black belt and is a World Karate
Champion. Seven participants spent two
hours going over tactics that they could use
if they were confronted by an aggressor in
a dark alley. Everyone had a great time.
We have plenty of other great activities
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Looking back
Silvio Narizzano
the movie director
who grew up on Brock North
by Harold Rosenberg
In 1924, the Narizzano family moved to their new house at
156 Brock Ave. N. Silvio was
one of five Narizzano children
(Alberto, Silvio, Yola, Dino,
Dolce) to grow up there. He
would go on to become a noted
television and film director.
Silvios’s father, S.W. Narizzano, was managing director of
a fruit importing business, Saxonia Fruit Preserves, located in
Lachine. Silvio was educated at
Loyola High School in Mon-
treal and Bishop’s University in
Lennoxville, Quebec.
Silvio began his career
working in theatre, directing
productions at the Mountain
Playhouse in Montreal. In 1952,
he switched to the screen while
working at the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, assisting directors such as Norman Jewison and Ted
Kotcheff. Within a few years,
he was working in British television, directing various TV series. His first film, in 1965, was
a British thriller called Fanatic,
starring Tallulah Bankhead,
Stephanie Powers and Donald
Sutherland.
His most successful film was
Georgy Girl (1966), a risqué romantic comedy set in swinging
60s London, starring James
Mason and Lynn Redgrave.
The film, which had a catchy
theme song, received four
Academy Award nominations,
as well as a British Academy of
Film and Television Arts
(BAFTA) nomination for Best
British Film.
Other films Silvio directed
include Loot (1970) starring
Richard Attenborough and
Lee Remick and Why Shoot
The Teacher (1977) that starred
Bud Cort and Samantha
Eggar. He also directed Bloodbath (1979), a horror movie
starring Dennis Hopper.
His work tailed off in the
1980’s after he began suffering
bouts of depression. He kept
homes in Mojacar, Spain and
London, U.K.
Childhood friend Elizabeth
Hillman, formerly of 157 Ballantyne Ave. North, lived in the
house behind the Narizzano
house. She recently recalled,
“the Narizzanos lived back-toback with our spare lot. That
was in the early 1930s. My
brother and I went to birthday
parties at their place when we
were all little. I am not sure how
many younger children there
were after Alberto (Silvio’s
brother) and Sylvio. The
youngest girl was called “Baby”
Narizzano.
“My father and Mr. Narizzano did over-the-fence visits,
talking about radishes and
strawberries. As the war approached, my father and Mr.
Narizzano had political disagreements, resulting in the end
of the backyard chats and also
the birthday parties.”
“As we grew older, my
brother and I didn’t know the
Narizzano kids very well. They
went to Loyola when we were
in Montreal West High. We
thought Alberto and Sylvio
were okay, but we had a completely different set of friends.
And then years and later, there
was Sylvio’s name in the credits
for some super films made in
England. He was obviously
very talented – what a thrill to
think we knew him when!”
Silvio Narizzano died in
London on July 26, 2011, age
87.
Many thanks to Silvio’s sister, Dolce (“Baby”) Little, his
cousin Sandra Scoppettone,
his friend Elizabeth Hillman
and my wife, Janice Hamilton,
for help in preparing this article.
Photos of Sylvio
courtesy of Dolce Little
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News from the Pews
MW United
…the brick one
Who doesn’t look forward to November? I ask myself. For one thing it brings
the bazaar on Saturday, November 7 between 10 and 2:30-ish. As well as being a
good place for jams, jellies, pickles, home
baking, handmade decorations and knitted
items, Muir’s Bakery’s meat pies through to
cinnamon buns, nifty silent auction stuff
(MSO tickets, football/hockey stuff, car
stuff, all kinds of services, plus themed baskets…), there is also the kids’ table with
some mighty special items. And how about
apple pies for you to bake from frozen?
Two kinds of lunch options await: homemade soup and cake in Ross Hall, or hot
dogs in the kids’ area. Did I mention Advent
candles? It’s one time where you will find
the congregation working in different ways
and different places, having a ball while
doing so. Gotta love the bazaar! Do drop in.
And then it’s Remembrance Sunday on
November 8 – a tradition that we hold dear.
Following worship, the parade to the Cenotaph begins at our church at 12:30, making
its way down Westminster for the community’s observance.
Our November Labyrinth Walk will be
Tuesday, November 24 between 7 and 9. If
honouring the passing of the seasons is of
interest to you, consider observing the
approaching winter solstice with this walking meditation. It can be an opportunity to
take stock, to seek direction, or simply to
enter into the peace of the walk for your
own well-being. Extra candles will surround the Chartres Cathedral design in
keeping with the increasing darkness. No
cost, no experience necessary, just please
walk in socks or slippers.
Before you know it, Advent will arrive.
Sunday, November 29; the church will be
dressed for the occasion, Communion will
be served and the first of the Christmas
carols and hymns will make their appearance. That evening our congregational fireside supper of turkey et al will be held.
Advance reservations please. Always delicious and fun.
Please consider yourself welcome any
Sunday at 10 am for worship with Rev.
Janet Bisset, Sunday school with Brenda
Murray and coffee following if you wish.
Reach us at 482-3210 or at mwuc.org. All
are welcome.
from Susan Upham
St. Philip’s
On Sunday, November 1, All Saints Day,
we will celebrate the saints of our community by recognizing all those who give of
their time and talents for the ministry of the
church, both within the parish and in the
wider community. We are all saints and we
would not exist without all our members
contributing, whether in ministries of worship, pastoral care, education, hospitality,
outreach, service or administration.
Sunday, November 8 will be our annual
Remembrance observance at the 10 am Eucharist.
Our annual Christmas bazaar takes place
on Saturday, November 14, from 10 am to
2 pm. Come and check out the delicious
baked goods, jams and jellies, knitting, jewellery, candy, books, antiques and attic
treasures. This year we have a very large selection of furniture (some antique and some
more contemporary). And don’t forget the
Individual
soup lunch, prepared and served as always
by the Men’s Fellowship.
November is also when our outreach efforts kick into high gear. Once again, we are
participating in Operation Christmas Child,
sending shoebox gifts to children in developing countries. The collection date for the
shoeboxes is Sunday, November 15. White
Gift Sunday is November 29; we collect
gifts for children served by the Mile End
Community Mission. On Saturday, December 5, our Memorial Hall will be the collection and sorting centre for the NDG Food
Depot’s annual holiday food drive. If you
will not be around on the day of the food
drive, donations can be dropped off at the
church weekdays between 9 am and noon
or on Sunday mornings.
Thank you to everyone who came out
for our tree planting on September 21. We
had good representation not only from
our members but from MoWest residents, including Mayor Masella. Joseph
McGregor, a traditional elder from Kahnawake, offered some moving reflections,
as did Chief Christine Zachary Deom.
We pledged to work further with the Kahnawake community to promote reconciliation.
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Kingsly Mforteh and Mangie Ngum. Two
adults were also baptized: Alison Gero, a
member of the Tyndale St-Georges Community, and Victor Tendonze. Congratulations to all.
On Sunday, September 27, the following
members were ordained as Elders of MW
Presbyterian Church: Enih Achah, Wilson
Ayafor, Joyce Tegha Kuchah, Herman
Mbounou, Jacob Didier Nde and Francisca Walter. The Session extends them a
warm welcome.
Many of you are coming to our fall card
party. It is always such a pleasant afternoon
and we thank you for supporting us.
Reminder
Our fall sale will be held on Saturday,
November 14, from 9:30 am to 2 pm. A
light luncheon will be available. As well, a
draw will be held to determine the lucky
winner of two Montreal Canadiens hockey
tickets. For info on rental tables or the purchase of hockey raffle tickets ($10 each or
3/$25} please call the church office – 4847913. Contributions gratefully accepted, as
well as items for sale on consignment.
Ongoing
Prayer service on the 4th Friday of every
month at 7 pm.
Coed Youth Group, 12-17 years and 1825 years. For information please call Mildred at the church office – 484-7913.
Bible Study will be starting in November. For info – 484-7913.
Weekly Sunday service and Sunday
school at 10:30 am, followed by a social
hour. All are welcome.
from Janet Dimock
St. Ignatius
There has been a great deal of recent
media attention focused on the refugee crisis in Europe. However the attention will
die down as the cold of winter approaches,
making travel by land and sea more arduous. Yet this is the time when we can make
a difference in helping these families find a
safe haven from the persecution and fighting going on in Syria and Iraq. With the
help of groups working with the Syrian
Christian community already in Montreal,
St. Ignatius parish has identified a family to
sponsor and has agreed to take on the responsibility of supporting and helping them
to integrate into the community.
The paperwork and processing of
refugees is a long process that can take as
much as a year prior to a family’s arriving
in Canada. Once here, aside from financial
assistance, the parish will be responsible for
helping the family to find housing and furnishings, getting the children enrolled in
school and helping find work for parents, assisting them with setting up bank accounts,
finding doctors, filing income taxes, etc.
Preparations for some of these tasks
have already begun and we are looking for
people who would like to help in any way,
including financially (tax receipts will be
issued). If you are able to help we ask that
you look to our web site st-ignatius.ca/blog/
or call the parish at 481-7768 to find out
more. The more help we have, the easier it
will be to help integrate this family into our
city, and the sooner we can assist more
men, women and children who are suffering and struggling to find peace.
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eligible to participate in two low- or no-cost
programs.
The Action Transport program provides transportation to medical appointments and treatments. (Return trips are not
included, but members may be eligible for
taxi tickets.) Accompaniment is also available. Users must be over 60 years of age,
unable to use public transport, ineligible for
Adapted Transport (STM) and living on low
income (up to $27,000 for individuals or
$32,000 for couples).
The Day Away Program is a community-based day centre held on Wednesdays
and Thursdays and is designed for isolated
low-income seniors. It offers a range of activities as well as a healthy lunch. Transportation is available.
NDG Senior Citizens’ Council (NDGSCC)
is a non-profit community organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of adults
(50+) by encouraging mutual aid and civic engagement. NDGSCC aims to lessen the impact
of social and economic isolation through programs and services, outreach, advocacy, research, joint action and education. NDGSCC
works to address the underlying causes of
poverty and social exclusion by supporting social justice initiatives that represent the real
changes required to promote dignity, not charity. We provide a sense of belonging and restore hope to individuals who might otherwise
remain invisible in society.
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Let’s talk soccer…
September 28 was a perfect sunny Sunday for the CRA soccer finals. During the
games there were some nail biting moments, incredible upsets and cheers could
be heard blocks away from both Hodgson
and RWA fields. Congratulations to all the
players and coaches for all their efforts and
dedication to this past season.
A special mention to our soccer director
Greg Macgregor and his team, Alison
Piela (girls’ coach) Sabrina Manolakas
(micro co-ordinator) and Jonah Takata
(assistant micro coach). Their energy and
enthusiasm for soccer spread quickly
throughout our community and could be
seen on the fields. We are thrilled to have
them join us for our indoor soccer program
that started this fall at RWA. In addition we
would like to thank all the volunteers who
helped during uniform distribution and on
finals day and let’s not forget our amazing
referees who did an incredible job this past
season. Thank you everyone.
Congratulations!
The Norman Rae Volunteer Coach of the
Year award is presented at the end of the
season to soccer coaches that have shown
dedication, leadership and sportsmanship
throughout their coaching career.
The 2015 recipient for the girls’ coach
of the year was Carol Fiedler and the boys’
coach of the year was Heather Gray.
Both Carol and Heather have dedicated
numerous years of coaching to this community and have been tremendous role models
for our players. We would like to thank
them for their years of coaching and congratulate them on this award.
New this year was our Most Improved
Referee award. This award is given to the
referee who has shown commitment, determination and enthusiasm towards referee-
Carol Fiedler, Greg Macgregor, Heather Gray and Tristan MacKenzie
ing. Our soccer director Greg Macgregor
selected Tristan MacKenzie as this year’s
recipient.
Congratulations to everyone and we will
see you on the field in the spring!
Ongoing programs
Indoor soccer
Greg Macgregor and his team Alison,
Sabrina, Jonah and Christina have the fall
session of indoor soccer well under way at
Royal West Academy. The micro players
(ages 5 and 6) are keeping their coaches on
their toes while they learn new drills and
have mini-scrimmages. Alison Piela, our
girls’ coach, brings all her energy to the
gyms and keeps the girls moving and honing their skills. On the boys’ side, Greg
Macgregor is making sure to add some
tricks to the regular drills and games that
keep the boys active.
There are still a few spots left, if you are
interested in joining, contact the CRA office
at [email protected] or call 485-8598.
Future hockey stars
Our youngest players (ages 4-5-6) are
learning the basics of hockey through
a variety of drills focusing on skating
techniques, puck handling and mini-scrimmages. This program taught by our hockey
director Eric Rayment, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at the Legion Rink.
Figure skating
We welcomed back Anne Smith and her
daughter, coach Heather Smith, to the Legion Rink for another season of spins and
step sequences. Our program follows Skate
Canada guidelines and awards badges from
levels 1 through 6.
Gym-tastic!
This September, we welcomed Dede
Yim from the Wimgym Gymnastics Club
and her new team of instructors. They have
the kids going through equipment circuits,
balancing on beams, hanging from rings
and learning their gymstop. This program is
open to 3½-5 and 6-10 years old. Registration for the winter session will open soon!
Winter session: January 5 - March 16
Spring session: March 30 - June 1
Skating lessons (pre-skate to level 6)
Wow, what a brave group of skaters. It’s
not easy slipping and sliding all over the ice,
but these kids are determined. Program coordinator Mackenzie Bullett and her team
show these newest skaters how to make
snow with their skates and to get up off the
ice in less than five seconds, twirl, balance
and control. The current fall session is full,
but keep your eyes open for a possible winter session.
Judo
Our sensi Steve Morissette has a full
class of students eager to learn the next
move. We have added new judo mats for
our students thanks to the money we raised
from our fundraiser Dinner at the Hall last
spring. We have a couple of spots left for 8to 12-year-olds.
If you are interested or need more information about these programs please contact
the CRA office at 485-8598 or by email at
[email protected].
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Community Centre
Pumpkin parade
Sunday, November 1
Halloween is over, what to do with
your pumpkin? Come join us at Strathearn Park for a pumpkin parade. Register
your pumpkin at 6 pm, set it up along the
path and at 6:30 pm the judges will make
their decisions.
Prizes for the scariest pumpkin, most
whimsical and much more. It will be a fun
and beautiful night!
Remembrance Day
ceremony
Sunday, November 8
Procession starting at Curzon at 12:15
Ceremony: The Cenotaph at 12:30
The ceremony will be followed by a reception for Veterans and their families at
the Town Hall.
CP Holiday Train
Saturday, November 28
The Holiday Train stops in MoWest!
Activities start at 5:30 pm at Davies
Park. Enjoy the brightly-decorated rail cars
full of Christmas cheer raising food and
cash donations for MoWest Meals-onWheels and the NDG Food Depot.
facebook.com/montreal-west
cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train
Birthday parties
Celebrate your child’s next birthday with
us. We offer a variety of themes and activities including arts and crafts, cupcake decorating and beading. Included in the
package:
• access to the Town Hall Music Room or
Davies Chalet for 3½ hours (table and
chairs included)
• animation by a dynamic animator including all materials for 1¼ hours (approximately)
• face painting
• choice of theme: super hero, fairy party,
Minions, dinosaurs, just to name a few
• free parking available
The cost is $210 for a party of 10 children. For larger parties, extra fees will
apply. For more information, please contact
the John A. Simms Community Centre,
484-6186.
MW
50+ Club
Try these out!
Saturday, November 28 there will be an
open house offering a variety of our fitness
programs (45 minutes) to try out, free of
charge. Registration is mandatory. Babysitting service will be available, but only for
people attending any classes from 9:1511:15 am at the Community Centre. The following is the schedule of programs available
for the day.
ADULT PROGRAMS
Barre with Shirley
Time: 8:30 am
Place: Music Room, Town Hall
TRX
Time: 9:30 and 10:30 am
Place: Davies Chalet
Parent and Tot Fitness
Time: 10:30 am
Place: Assembly Hall, Town Hall
Zumba with Gilda
Time: 10:45 am
Place: Music Room, Town Hall
Yoga for men
Time: 11:15 am
Place: Music room, Town Hall
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
Bilingual Discovery
Time: 9:15-11:15 am
Place: Community Centre
Age: 2-4 years
New participants only
Captain Catalyst
Time: 10:30 am
Place: Community Centre
Ages: 3-5 years
2
4
10
12
16
20
24
2
November
Movie matinée:
Black or White
Guided tour of the new
MUHC Hospital
Premium outlet shopping
trip, Mirabel
Photographer: Frederic
Hore presents Rustic Siberia
and the Russian Far East
Diners’ Club: Oregano’s Grill
Senior Discovery Tours
Bridge: new players are
welcome!
December
Have Yourself a Swinging
Little Christmas, Upper
Canada Playhouse
For more information,
please call 484-1610
Foot clinics
November 18
$40 for the first visit and
$35 for subsequent visits
by appointment only
484-6186
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by Carol Foster
Town Council Meeting: September
The September meeting of
Council both began and ended
with a discussion of the destruction of trees
in the Town. The Mayor began by reporting
that Hydro-Québec had advised the Town
that they were planning to cut down fully
mature trees along the tracks instead of just
trimming them as was their previous practice. At the request of the Mayor, they
agreed to delay their work until they had
met with the affected residents (on Radcliffe and Roxton), explained the rationale
and answered questions.
The request for communication in another
project affecting the Town was made to the
Minister of Transport’s office. Information
being sought concerns all the planned road
closures resulting from the continuing work
on the MoWest Interchange which is part of
the Turcot Yard reconstruction. As a result,
several public information sessions have
been arranged for early October.
The Mayor invited residents to attend a
Meet the Candidates night, organized by the
Town and hosted by Mike Finnerty from
the CBC. He also announced that CP’s Holiday Train would be making another appearance in the Town on November 28.
According to the Town Clerk’s Office,
several properties in the Town will be auctioned off on November 25 for non-payment of taxes, unless the balance owed is
paid before that date.
The Town will participate in “The Partners for Climate Change” program organized by the Federation of Canadian
Municipalities. The “Roots and Remembrance” initiative, posting biographical information of interest regarding past
residents as well as war veterans, will soon
be seen around the Town.
An amendment to the traffic bylaw concerning parking regulations on Strathearn
was passed.
Councillor Feeney announced that a 2%
increase in the water tax bills was due to a
5% increase in the amount charged to the
Town by the City of Montreal for the provision of water. The Pension Committee has
determined the Town’s pension plan is in
good shape. The amount of $53,400 in back
property taxes plus interest is currently
owed to the Town.
Four sections of sidewalks have now
been repaired with cement rather than the
usual asphalt patches, according to Councillor Torres. She reminded residents to
bundle small branches for the weekly
pickup and to call Public Works for the
pickup of large branches.
Councillor Tasker-Brown continued to
encourage residents to make full use of the
organic waste pickup to increase the ton-
nage the Town receives financial credit for.
A long-awaited tree policy is expected to be
adopted in November. The dog committee
is meeting to consider rules for use of the
new dog park and PAC has decided to increase its meetings to twice a month in
order to deal with its increased load.
Yoga for Stiff Men is one of the new programs offered by the Recreation Department, according to Councillor Ulin. Thirty
per cent of this summer’s park events were
rained out, but residents can still look forward to events such as the pumpkin parade
as well as the Remembrance Day ceremony.
Councillor Ulin is continuing her bylaws
campaign and reported 18 more notices concerning violations of waste-bin bylaws have
been given out and two contractors have
been fined for off-season leaf blowing. Five
more tickets have been issued for the lack
of building permits and dog licences will be
closely monitored beginning in October.
Question period
The dog park, once again, was a contentious topic for many of the speakers during question period. This time, it was the
composition of the surfaces that was in dispute. The plans call for most of the park to
be covered with grass. It will also include a
track composed of fine gravel composite for
approximately 30% of the area. This is to
help improve drainage from dog urine,
which eventually damages the grass, and to
facilitate Public Work’s maintenance of the
area. But fears were expressed that dogs
might eat the gravel and that this would be
an invitation for cats to use the track as a
toilet. The fact, pointed out by the Mayor,
that expert opinions had been sought and
that other dog parks are using this configuration, did little to calm the dissatisfied
speakers. The Mayor explained that the
issue could always be revisited in time and
Councillor Tasker-Brown suggested that the
formation of a dog owners association
would help provide useful feedback.
One of the attractions of living in MoWest is its access to Highway 20. However,
the coming detours, with no consultation,
that will result from the rebuilding of the
Turcot Interchange will severely limit this
access for four to five years and is pure “in-
sanity” according to a vehement Ballantyne
resident. The Mayor agreed wholeheartedly
and urged the speaker to bring together a
like-minded group of residents to emphatically make their views known during the
planned meetings with the Transport representatives. The Mayor promised to provide
the time and location of the meetings.
Two fire hydrants are out of commission
on Brock North, according to a homeowner
on that street, and the Mayor promised to
look into it. This resident also noted that the
sidewalks on this street are in desperate
need of repairs and that a section in front of
her house had to be dug up during the excavation of her drain and she wondered if
the city would help pay for the restoration
of that section. The Mayor explained that
the homeowners are responsible for any
damage done to the sidewalk or street all
the way to the Town’s main drain. He
agreed that the sidewalks are in terrible
shape but wants to wait for funding to repair
the infrastructure which would include replacing sidewalks.
In response to an inquiry about the land
for sale next to Elizabeth Ballantyne
School, the Mayor responded that should it
become affordable, the Town is definitely
interested in purchasing it.
The topic of trees came up again and this
time it was an irate citizen who expressed
outrage over the cutting down of four mature trees during the construction of the new
dog park. A noisy discussion of responsibilities ensued. Upon being accused of not
doing enough to protect the Town’s
“canopy,” the Mayor pointed out the initiatives introduced during his term such as the
$10 Tree Give Away program, the offer to
help pay the costs for residents who want a
more mature tree as a replacement for one
cut down and the many hours spent on the
development of a tree policy for the Town.
Councillor Tasker Brown added that this
unfortunate incident emphasizes the need
for the protection of trees during construction and that the tree policy could insist that
this protection be guaranteed in any contract given out.
Trees, dogs and sidewalks all having
been discussed, the meeting was then adjourned.
DR. HEATHER FOX B.S ., D.D.S.
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C
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Tel: 487-4577
Fax: 487-8376
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Par Carol Foster
Réunion du Conseil : septembre
Traduction par René Boucher
La réunion de septembre du
Conseil a débuté et s’est terminée par une
discussion sur la destruction d’arbres dans
la ville. Le maire a débuté en rapportant
qu’Hydro-Québec avait informé la Ville de
son intention d’abattre des arbres matures
le long de la voie ferrée plutôt que de simplement les émonder comme précédemment. À la demande du maire, H-Q a
accepté de retarder ses travaux jusqu’après
avoir rencontré les résidents de Radcliffe et
Roxton affectés, expliqué ses raisons et
répondu aux questions.
Une demande de communication a été
adressée au bureau du ministre des Transports dans le cadre d’un autre projet
touchant la ville. L’information recherchée
a trait aux fermetures de routes découlant
des travaux dans l’échangeur de MontréalOuest, partie de la reconstruction de la Cour
Turcot. Comme résultat, l’on a organisé des
séances publiques d’information pour le
début octobre.
Le maire a invité les résidents à un débat
des candidats mis sur pied par la Ville et
animé par Mike Finnerty de la CBC. Il a
aussi annoncé que le Train des Fêtes du CP
visitera à nouveau notre ville le 28 novembre.
Du greffe de la Ville on a appris que
plusieurs propriétés en défaut de paiement
des impôts fonciers seront mises à l’encan
le 25 novembre, à moins que le solde dû ne
soit acquitté d’ici là.
La Ville participera au programme
« Partenaires dans la protection du climat »
de la Fédération canadienne des municipalités. L’initiative « Nos racines, notre mémoire », l’affichage de données biographiques concernant des résidents passés et
des anciens combattants, sera bientôt visible un peu partout en ville.
Le Conseil a adopté un amendement au
règlement de stationnement sur Strathearn.
La conseillère Feeney a indiqué qu’une
augmentation de 5 % du montant que Montréal facture à la Ville pour la fourniture
d’eau potable se traduit par une hausse 2 %
des comptes de taxe d’eau. Le comité du
régime de retraite a conclu à la bonne santé
du régime de retraite de la Ville. Les arrérages d’impôts fonciers dus à la Ville totalisent 53 400 $ plus intérêts.
Selon la conseillère Torres, quatre
tronçons de trottoirs ont été réparés avec du
béton plutôt qu’à l’aide de plaques d’asphalte comme à l’habitude. Elle a rappelé
d’attacher les petites branches en paquets
pour la collecte hebdomadaire et de contacter les Travaux publics pour les plus grosses.
La conseillère Tasker-Brown a continué à inciter les résidents à utiliser la collecte des matières organiques afin
d’augmenter le tonnage pour lequel la Ville
reçoit des crédits. Elle s’attend à l’adoption
d’un politique de l’arbre, attendue depuis
longtemps, en novembre. Le comité sur les
chiens se rencontre pour discuter des règles
d’utilisation du nouveau parc canin et le
CCU se réunit maintenant deux par mois
pour faire face à sa charge accrue.
Yoga pour hommes tendus est un des
nouveaux programmes qu’offrent les
Loisirs, selon la conseillère Ulin. La pluie
a forcé l’annulation de quelque 30 % des
évènements dans nos parcs cet été, mais les
résidents sont toujours conviés au défilé des
citrouilles ainsi qu’à la cérémonie du Souvenir. La conseillère poursuit sa campagne
sur les règlements et a rapporté 18 nouveaux
avis distribués concernant des infractions au
règlement sur les contenants à déchets et
deux entrepreneurs mis à l’amende pour
utilisation de souffleuses à feuilles hors-saison. Cinq autres constats d’infraction ont
été donnés pour travaux sans permis de construction et l’on surveillera de près les permis pour chiens en octobre.
Période de questions
Le parc canin a encore été sujet de controverse pour plusieurs pendant la période de
questions. Cette fois, c’était la composition
des surfaces que l’on remettait en question.
Les plans indiquent que du gazon recouvrira
le gros du parc qui comprendra aussi une
piste de petit gravier sur environ 30 % de la
surface. Cela aidera au drainage de l’urine
des chiens qui endommage le gazon au fil du
temps et facilitera l’entretien par les Travaux
publics. Certains ont exprimé des craintes
que les chiens puissent manger les gravillons
et que cette surface attire les chats qui l’utiliseraient comme toilette. Le maire a expliqué que l’on avait consulté des experts et
que d’autres parcs à chiens utilisaient cette
même configuration, mais n’a pas réussi à
calmer les intervenants insatisfaits. Le maire
a ajouté que la question pourrait éventuellement être réexaminée et la conseillère
Tasker-Brown a suggéré la création d’une
association des propriétaires de chiens qui
pourrait offrir sa rétroaction.
Un des avantages de vivre à Mo-Ouest
est son accès à l’autoroute 20. Cependant,
les déviations à venir résultant de la reconstruction de l’échangeur Turcot, sans consultations aucunes, réduiront grandement
cet accès pour quatre ou cinq ans et constituent une pure « folie » selon un résident
de Ballantyne en colère. Le maire s’est dit
totalement en accord et a invité l’intervenant à réunir un groupe de résidents du
même avis pour clairement faire valoir leurs
points de vue lors des réunions planifiées
avec les représentants des Transports. Le
maire s’est engagé à faire connaître la date
et l’endroit des rencontres.
Une résidente de Brock Nord a rapporté
que deux bornes d’incendie sont hors
d’usage dans cette rue et le maire a promis
de s’en occuper. Elle a aussi parlé de l’état
pitoyable des trottoirs dont une section avait
dû être excavée devant chez elle lors de la
réparation de son égout; elle se demandait
si la Ville aiderait à défrayer la réfection de
cette section. Le maire lui a expliqué que
les propriétaires sont responsables des dommages aux trottoirs ou à la chaussée jusqu’à
l’égout principal de la municipalité. Il a
admis que les trottoirs sont en piteux état,
mais il veut attendre le financement pour réparer l’infrastructure, ce qui inclurait le
remplacement des trottoirs.
En réponse à une demande concernant le
terrain à vendre à côté de l’école Elizabeth
Ballantyne, le maire a répondu que si son
prix devenait abordable, la Ville serait certainement intéressée à l’acquérir.
Le sujet des arbres est revenu sur le tapis
et cette fois, c’est un citoyen furieux qui a fait
part de son indignation quant à l’abattage de
quatre arbres adultes pour l’aménagement du
parc canin. Une discussion animée des responsabilités s’ensuivit. Accusé de ne pas en
faire suffisamment pour protéger la « voute »
de la ville, le maire a répliqué en soulignant
les initiatives introduites durant son mandat,
comme le programme Arbres à 10 $, l’offre
d’aide financière aux résidents quant au coût
d’un arbre mature en remplacement d’un autre
qu’on a abattu et les nombreuses heures investies dans l’élaboration d’une politique de
l’arbre pour la Ville. La conseillère TaskerBrown a ajouté que cet incident déplorable
souligne le besoin de protection des arbres
pendant la construction et que la politique de
l’arbre pourrait insister pour que cette protection soit garantie dans tout contrat octroyé.
Arbres, chiens et trottoirs ayant tous été
discutés, la réunion fut alors levée.
Ongles, Coiffure, Esthétique
Pedicure, Manicure, Waxing,
Nail Gel, Acrylic Nails,
Hand Paint Design,
Eyelash Extensions, Make up,
Unisex Hair Styling, Colouring,
Highlights, Perm,
Hair Straightening,
Hair Up Do’s
Monday - Saturday
55 avenue Westminster Nord
484-0118
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COMING EVENTS
Please call the editor: Heather at 489-7022
e-mail: [email protected]
Next deadline: November 11
November
Sun 1 Pumpkin parade. Strathearn Park. 6 pm.
Tue 3 Open House at Elizabeth Ballantyne. Please call the
school to book a tour: 484-1006. 9:00 am-3:25 pm.
Fri
6 MoWest Children’s Library reopens. Open house:
9 am-3:30 pm. Ribbon-cutting ceremony: 3:45 pm.
Sat
7 Family bazaar. MW United. 10 am-2:30 pm.
Monsieur Magic show. In Curzon Creative Preschool’s
room in MW United. $10 per child, free for parents.
10:45-11:30 am.
Sun 8 Remembrance Sunday. St. Philip’s. 10 am.
Remembrance Day ceremony. Procession starts at Curzon 12:15 pm. Ceremony: The Cenotaph at 12:30 pm.
Wed 11 Luncheon bridge (Day Ladies section). And you don’t
have to play bridge! $9 for non members. Contact Dale
at [email protected]. Curling Club. 12:30 pm.
Sat 14 Fall sale. MW Presbyterian. Light luncheon available.
160 Ballantyne N. entrance. Information on table
rentals: 484-7913. Contributions gratefully accepted, on
consignment as well. 9:30 am-2 pm.
ART etc. and Cafe floral (soup, sandwiches and homebaked goodies, 11 am-2:30 pm). Town Hall. 10 am-5 pm.
Christmas bazaar and lunch. St Philip’s. Home baking, jams and preserves, candy, crafts, jewellery, collectibles, linens, knitting, raffles, videos/CDs, books and
much more! For information, please call 481-4871.
10 am-2 pm
Sun 15 ART etc. and Cafe floral (11 am-2:30 pm). Town Hall.
10 am-4 pm.
Tue 24 Seasonal flu vaccination. Music Room, Town Hall.
Bring your Medicare card! 10:30 am-2:30 pm.
Evening Labyrinth Walk. Wadsworth Hall, MW United.
7-9 pm.
Sat 28 Open house offering a variety of fitness programs to
try out, free of charge. Please see page 17.
CP Holiday Train. Enjoy the brightly-decorated rail cars
full of Christmas cheer raising food and cash donations
for MoWest Meals-on-Wheels and the NDG Food
Depot. Davies Park. 5:30 pm.
Sun 29 Fireside dinner. MW United. 5:30 pm.
Mon 30 Town Council Meeting. Town Hall. 8 pm
December
Sat
5 NDG Food Depot food drive. St. Philip’s. 9 am-3 pm.
Curzon Creative Preschool invites you to celebrate
the holidays with a night out and annual auction, live
music, great company and, of course, great things!
Tickets are $5, for more info, please contact Tara Gerrie
at 438-829-1066.
Classifieds
FOR RENT: dream country house near Morin Heights Ski Centre and the Viking Ski
Club. Trails accessible from the house. 4 bedrooms, 2 fireplaces, sauna on Lac Notre
Dame on 1 acre of land. Weekly/weekends Call Edward 347-3278.
Looking for a local, bilingual mama for PART-TIME WORK with a great little organization.
For more information, please contact me at: [email protected] or at 952-2874.
Opening hours / Horaire
Monday to Thursday / lundi au jeudi
9:00-12:00; 13:30-18:00
Friday / vendredi
9:00-12:00; 13:30-17:00
Saturday / samedi: 10:00-15:00
LA GRANDE
RÉOUVERTURE
November 6
La Bibliothèque de M-O pour les jeunes vous
offre maintenant un décor tout neuf aux couleurs
éclatantes ! Vous êtes invités à célébrer avec nous
la réouverture de nos locaux le vendredi 6 novembre. Nous vous attendrons entre 9 h et 15 h 30
pour visiter nos installations rénovées et à 15 h
45, une cérémonie d’inauguration aura lieu aux
portes de la bibliothèque. Par la suite, un chanteur
pour enfants sera sur place et animera notre petite
fête. Des rafraîchissements seront servis. Vous
êtes tous bienvenus à cette célébration ! Par la
suite, nous organiserons aussi une réception en reconnaissance
à nos donateurs, entre
18 h et 20 h.
The MoWest Children’s Library is newly
renovated in gorgeous,
bright colours!
The grand reopening
event will take place on
Friday, November 6. From
9:00 to 3:30 pm, the public is
welcome to visit our open
house. At 3:45 pm there will
be a ribbon-cutting ceremony
at the library doors, followed
by a children’s folk singer in
the library. Refreshments will
be served and all are welcome!
Afterwards, a donor recognition reception will be held from
6 to 8 pm.