The Westmount examiner, 14 juin 2007, Cahier 1

[" = (Westmount D #amminer _ Vol 72, no 24 « Thursday, June 14\" 2007 » www.westmountexaminer.com + 9.800 copies MAKING ALL OF WESTMOUNT YOUR HOME Whata delicious way to say \u201cThanks Dad >! cible J leben RNAS GEA Fruit Dean To ondee call or visit: Forte 514-935-8484 41S6b Ste.Catherine * Westmount www.ediblearrangements.ca 101642 Jen COMMUNITY LIFE Warm Reception Summer arrives with the annual Springfield block party.Page 8 COMMUNITY LIFE Low-Beer Honoured Les amis de la Montagne award Prix du Mont-Royal to Edith Low-Beer.Page 23 1894282 City steers clear of condo owners dispute Differing standards a key point in insurance stalemate > Martin C.Barry he City of Westmount will T be getting involved in a dispute between an insurance company and several de Maisonneuve Boulevard condo owners who were forced out of their homes by a fire'18 months ago \u2014 even though their boarded-up building at the corner of Melville Avenue is considered by many to be an eyesore.\u201cOur role is to assure that their plans conform to the building code and if there are changes on the exterior,\u201d Mayor Karin Marks told the Examiner.\u201cFverything 1s ready lo £0, she added.The (huilding permit is ready for them to pick up, so that's been donc.The rest of it is really à legal issue betwcen the residents and the msurance company 0s now just a matter of who's going to be paying for it, which is not something the City has any say in.\u201d Carol Pass, the owner of a unit at 4500 de Maisonneuve, claims that AXA, an insurance City Councillor Tom Thompson was the guest speaker at this month's Westmount Municipal Association meeting, where he traced the com pany whose policy was history of Quebec\u2019s municipal administration system.See page 3.roto Martin ¢ Burry (Continued on page 3) & CONDCS HOMES 2 Thursday, June 14,2007 The Westmount Examiner www.westmountexaminer.com ORFSEAL GOLLARD RADISON $3,900,000.65 ra NS 275 ST-JACQUES, PH-701 $3,900,000.WWW MARTIN ROULEAU COM 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The vive 1 auth the also esta dec: the he s « ann the bec: run an « inve anti said (Cont $ will / clai diffe will; / ove ô.195 sadc ji Locai N > Martin C.Barry roblems with Quebec's present system of Po administration can be traced back over the course of the province history, according to Westmount city councillor Tom Thompson.During a presentation, entitled Civic Power in Quebec: Myth or Reality, made to members of the Westmount Municipal @®.last week, Thompson traced the historical roots and some of the influences he maintains have contributed to Quebec's current political system.He suggested the province's old seigneurial system, which was not abolished until the mid- 19th century.left an indelible imprint.\u201cIn that time, you didn't have citizen representation, you had the interest of the seigneur and the interests of the militia, and the interests of the Church and the interests of the magistrates of the government,\u201d said Thompson.\u201cIn fact, the habitants, they didn't care.They knew how to live off the land and survive, | guess, better than most.\u201d Thompson noted that Lord Durham, author of the famous report recommending the assimilation of French Canadians, had also made some of the first suggestions for establishing municipalities.About threc decades later, Westmount became a city.\u201cSo the municipalities act was a very good start,\u201d he said.\u201cIt annoyed the captain of the militia, il annoyed the Church and the curé, it annoyed the seigneur, and it annoyed the merchants, because they were the group that was really running things.But now the local people had an opportunity to do more and to be more involved.\u201d Moving on, he noted that Liberal prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier once quipped, \u2018Notre maitre l'avenir, (\u2018Our master the future\u2019), in contrast to the French Canadian nationalist, Abbé Lionel Groulx, who said, \u2018Notre maître le passé\u2019 (\u2018Our master the past\u2019).Describing Groulx as an anti-American, anti-imperialist and isolationist, Thompson said, \u201cHe thought if everybody who stayed Thompson traces roots of Quebec civic power for WMA Tom Thompson explains civic power to members of the Westmount Municipal Association.rt mart © Barry here in Quebec spoke French and embraced a certain religion \u2014 let\u2019s call it Catholicism \u2014 then everything would be fine.\u201d Thompson traced the former PQ government\u2019s aborted megacity project back to the massive debt the City of Montreal accumulated from its pension plan, among other things.\u201cMost of these people who were in the PQ (Continued from cendo, page ! supposed to provide complete coverage, will only pay part of the total restoration cost.A total of 1] condo unit holders are claiming up to $500,000 \u2014 that being the difference between the amount the insurer is willing to pay and the actual restoration cost.AXA has offered to indemnify up to the vel of code standards that were in force è.the building was erected in the late 1950s.But the condo owners are being saddled with the cost of meeting current code standards.\u201cMy understanding is that the building was built at a certain period in time under the code as it was then,\u201d said Marks.\u201cIf a building is damaged more than a certain amount and is rebuilt, it has to be rebuilt according to the code as it stands now \u2014 not according to the code as it was when it was first built.They are insured for the replacement value.not replacement to a higher standard \u2014 which is the standard of the City.Or they're saying that it's not to a higher standard, which is the standard that the City now requires.\u201cI think where the problem lies is that they say the tenants are saying, \u2018well, replacement has to be to the standard that\u2019s in force, because you have to meet the current bylaws,\u201d added Marks.\u201cSo they're saying the insurance company should pay for it because that is replacement value.You're replacing what they had before, but according to what the City requires now.\u201cThe insurance company, | understand, is saying no, \u2018replacement is replacement of exactly what was there and what we're now being asked to do is a higher quality\u2019 and therefore theyre not agreeing to pay for it .But I believe that what happened is the bylaws when the building was built are different from the bylaws today.\u201d government decided that you don\u2019t have to worry,\u201d he said.\u201cAll you do is borrow against the future.And if you're a government, you can borrow more money.\u201cSo we got into some borrowing problems there.The City of Montreal got into some borrowing problems.But there was the answer \u2014 the simple and charming answer: one island, one city.One island, one city, one union.\u201cIt is my hope that eventually in Quebec we will have two things that we can be proud of,\u201d Thompson concluded.\u201cOne person, one vote, and no taxation without representation .Our vote, if we're voting here on the island of Montreal, is not worth the same vote in the regions.\u201d GRIFFITH MCCONNELL RESIDENCE CHER AREA The heat is on! Sign up for gracious apartment living in our newly renovated suites before September and receive 1 MONTH FREE (514) 482-0590 5790 PARKHAVEN AVENUE www.griffith-mcconnell.ca COTE ST-LUC HAW 1Y1 435 ER LEON IOUILUEXIIUNOLLIISOM MIN Jaulwiexy JUNOWISIAM ay +] QUU] epsany | 00¢ \u2019 \u20ac 4 Thursday, June 14,2007 The Westmount Examiner www.westmountexaminer.com PE y Ville de Westmount +, City of Westmount .AVIS D\u2019ENTREE EN VIGUEUR REGLEMENTS D\u2019EMPRUNT Nos 1343, 1344, 1345 et 1346 AVIS PUBLIC EST PAR LA PRESENTE DONNE PAR LA SOUSSIGNEE, GREFFIERE ADJOINTE DE LA VILLE DE WESTMOUNT, DE CE QUI SUIT : Les règlements d'emprunt énumérés ci-dessous, adoptés par le conseil municipal de la Ville de Westmount lors d'une séance générale tenue le 19 mars 2007, sont réputés avoir été approuvés par les personnes habiles à voter lors de l'enregistrement tenu le 28 mars 2007.La ministre des Affaires municipales et des Régions a approuvé les règlements 1343 et 1346 le 5 juin 2007, et les règlements 1344 et 1345 le 8 juin 2007: Règlement n° 1343 intitulé «RÈGLEMENT AUTORISANT UN EMPRUNT DE 4 195 000 $ RELATIF À L'EXÉCUTION DE TRAVAUX DE RÉFECTION ROUTIÈRE, DE RECONSTRUCTION DE CONDUITES D'AQUEDUC ET DE RÉHABILITATION DE CONDUITES D'EGOUT» dont l\u2019objet est notamment: 1) d'autoriser un emprunt de 4 195 000 $ pour le financement des travaux de réfection routière, de reconstruction des conduites d'aqueduc et de réhabilitation des conduites d'égout; 2) de prélever les taxes nécessaires sur tous les immeubles imposables situés sur le territoire de la municipalité afin de pourvoir aux dépenses engagées relativement aux intérêts et au remboursement en capital des échéances annuelles de l'emprunt contracté en vertu du présent règlement; et 3) d'affecter à la réduction de l\u2019emprunt toute subvention qui pourrait être versée.Règlement n° 1344 intitulé «REGLEMENT AUTORISANT UN EMPRUNT DE 600 000 $ POUR LES TRAVAUX DE RÉALISATION DU PROGRAMME DE RESTAURATION DU RÉSEAU DE DISTRIBUTION ÉLECTRIQUE D'HYDRO WESTMOUNT» dont l\u2019objet est notamment: 1) d'autoriser un emprunt de 600 000 $ pour le financement des travaux de réalisation du programme de restauration du réseau de distribution électrique d\u2019Hydro Westmount; 2) de prélever les taxes nécessaires sur tous les immeubles imposables situés sur le territoire de la municipalité afin de pourvoir aux dépenses engagées relativement aux intérêts et au remboursement en capital des échéances annuelles de l'emprunt contracté en vertu du présent règlement; et 3) d'affecter à la réduction de l'emprunt toute subvention qui pourrait être versée.Règlement n° 1345 intitulé «RÈGLEMENT AUTORISANT UN EMPRUNT DE 250 000 $ POUR LES TRAVAUX DE POMPAGE ACCÉLÉRÉ DES HUILES USÉES SOUTERRAINES» dont l\u2019objet est notamment : 1) d'autoriser un emprunt de 250 000 $ pour le financement des travaux de pompage accéléré des huiles usées souterraines; 2) de prélever les taxes nécessaires sur tous les immeubles imposables situés sur le territoire de la municipalité afin de pourvoir aux dépenses engagées relativement aux intérêts et au remboursement en capital des échéances annuelles de l'emprunt contracté en vertu du présent règlement; et 3) d\u2019affecter à la réduction de l'emprunt toute subvention qui pourrait être versée.Règlement n° 1346 intitulé «RÈGLEMENT AUTORISANT UN EMPRUNT DE 395 000 $ POUR L'ACQUISITION DE VÉHICULES» dont l\u2019objet est notamment: 1) d'autoriser un emprunt de 395 000 $ pour l'acquisition de véhicules; 2) de prélever les taxes nécessaires sur tous les immeubles imposables situés sur le territoire de la municipalité afin de pourvoir aux dépenses engagées relativement aux intérêts et au remboursement en capital des échéances annuelles de l'emprunt contracté en vertu du présent règlement; et 3) d'affecter à la réduction de l'emprunt toute subvention qui pourrait être versée.Ces règlements entrent en vigueur conformément à la loi.Toute personne intéressée peut consulter lesdits règlements et en obtenir copies au bureau du greffier, 4333, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Westmount, Québec, durant les heures d'affaires d'été, soit du lundi au jeudi, de 8 h à 16h30 et le vendredi, de 8 h a 13h.DONNÉ à Westmount, Québec.ce 14° jour de juin 2007.NOTICE OF COMING INTO FORCE LOAN BY-LAWS No.1343, 1344, 1345 and 1346 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE UNDERSIGNED, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF WESTMOUNT, OF THE FOLLOWING: The loan by-laws listed below, adopted by the Municipal Council of Westmount at a general sitting held on March 19, 2007, were deemed to have been approved by the qualified voters at the registration held on March 28, 2007.The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions approved By-laws 1343 and 1346 on June 5, 2007 and By-laws 1344 and 1345 on June 8, 2007: By-law 1343 entitled \u201cBY-LAW TO PROVIDE A LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,195,000 FOR THE ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WATER MAINS AND THE REHABILITATION OF SEWERS\u201d The object of which is, among other things: 1) to authorize a loan in the amount of $4,195,000.the proceeds of which shall 0 applied to the cost of the roadway reconstruction program, the reconstruction of water mains and the rehabilitation of sewers; 2)to provide for the levying of a special tax at a sufficient rate on all taxable immovables located in the territory of the City to meet the City\u2019s obligations under the said by-law; and 3) to provide for the reduction of the loan by any contribution or grant that might be made.By-law 1344 entitled \u201cBY-LAW TO PROVIDE A LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $600,000 FOR THE SUPPLY OF LABOUR AND MATERIAL FOR HYDRO WESTMOUNT NETWORK RESTORATION PROGRAMS\" The object of which is, among other things: 1) to authorize a loan in the amount of $600,000, the proceeds of which shall be applied to the cost of labour and material for Hydro Westmount Network Restoration Programs; 2) to provide for the levying of a special tax at a sufficient rate on all taxable immovables located in the territory of the City to meet the City\u2019s obligations under the said by-law; and 3) to provide for the reduction of the loan by any contribution or grant that might be made.By-law 1345 entitled \u201cBY-LAW TO PROVIDE A LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 FOR THE UNDERGROUND ACCELERATED HYDROCARBONS RECOVERY PROGRAMME\u201d The object of which is, among other things: 1) to authorize a loan in the amount of $250,000, the proceeds of which shall be applied to the cost of labour and material necessary for the underground accelerated hydrocarbons recovery programme; 2) to provide for the levying of a special tax at a sufficient rate on all taxable immovables located in the territory of the City to meet the City\u2019s obligations under the said by-law; and 3) to provide for the reduction of the loan by any contribution or grant that might be made.By-law 1346 entitled \"BY-LAW TO PROVIDE A LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $395,000 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF VEHICLES\u201d The object of which is, among other things: 1} to authorize a loan in the amount of $395.000 for the acquisition of vehicles; 2) to provide for the levying of a special tax at a sufficient rate on all taxable immovables located in the territory of the City to meet the City's obligations under the said by-law: and 3) to provide for the reduction of the loan by any contribution or grant that might be made.These loan by-laws shall come into force according to law.Any interested person may consult the said by-laws and obtain copies thereof at the Office of the City Clerk.4333 Sherbrooke Street West, Westmount.Quebec.during summer office hours.Monday to Thursday.from 8:00 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.and Friday.from 8:00 a.m.to 1:00 p.m.GIVEN at Westmount.Quebec, this June 14.2007.Nancy Gagnon.avocate - Greffière adjointe / Assistant City Clerk 3 ares oe vei OPINION Too soon for summer hibernation seems to have been a lull lately as half the Council attended the Federation of Canadian Municipalities\u2019 conference in Calgary.But it is too soon to relax.Save the Park supporters are not alone in wanting to hear that council has found a solution to the artificial turf saga.Many, including some councillors, would have liked to have seen it dealt with before the FCM.There will be much work to be done on the alternatives to meet the soccer and other recreational needs.Council should be concentrating on the future.Why prolong the turf issue?pouncil\u2019s June meeting is this Monday evening \u2014 early this month (June 18).The next general meeting is scheduled for August 27.This is a 10-week hiatus, which is probably unprecedented.A change of routine in summer may be recuperative, but two months is pushing democracy to the extreme.H as summer begun a little early this year?There Composition proposal Meantime, Council eagerly hopes for the latest shoe of municipal reform to drop.The current session of the National Assembly ends next week, so everyone is being pressured to bring through anticipated reforms.The local agglom is now discredited on all sides.Big Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay got a near unanimous endorsement of his plan to adopt a council made up of all the Island's clected officials, including suburban mayors.That is just as the Transition Committee proposed two years ago! Tremblay proposes dropping the ludicrously undemocratic system which enabled him to nominate the Montreal members rather than allowing voters\u2019 to be represented.He has not vet apologized for pushing Jean Charest into it, nor has Charest acknowledged his folly in supporting it! The Liberal government has put a high priority on reform of all the aggloms.The ADQ, as official opposition, requires it and is committed to abolishing them.Before accepting any compromise, the ADQ has undertaken again to consult the mayors.The PQ, as the second opposition party, has made a backroom deal to support the Liberals: they claim credit for the forced-mergers, but not Charest\u2019s imperfect demerger solution! So the players have lined up \u2014 Charest, Dumont, Tremblay.The omens seem good for at least major reforms of the Montreal council.Quebec calls again At the Union of Quebec Municipalities conference at the end of last month, the Island mayors were represented by Bill Tierney (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue) and John Meaney @\".Premier Jean Charest and his RE/MAX WESTMOUNT INC.1330 Greene Ave.PS TIR à 4933-6781 Civic Alert Jan WEDGE Municipal Affairs Minister Nathalie Normandeau went out of their way to promise them reforms.Then last Wednesday, a delegation of nine mayors, who made a 12-hour drive to Quebec City, got a rewarding welcome from Raymond Bachand, the Minister responsible for Montreal who is leading the reform plans.There, too, were Normandeau and the Montreal Liberal caucus.Their evening meeting took place in the cabinet offices, although Charest was not present.Nearly all the local MNAs took part.\u201c] have never come away so convinced that the Liberals were listening to us,\u201d enthused Beaconsfield\u2019s Bob Benedetti.The situation was confirmed with a separate meeting with the ADQ and a group of MNAs led by Martin Camirand, a former member of the St Jérome executive who is now opposition spokesman for municipal affairs.\u201cThey were also very understanding of our position,\u201d Benedetti added.\u201cIt was 3 a.m.when we got back, but all felt optimistic about what we were told.\u201d Intensive negotiations between the mayors ant the minister have been going on ever since, both by phone and e-mail.In the demerger years, the mayors and other activists fought for the council to have such a composition.But it does not transform it.With the hindsight gained from attempting to unravel Montreal\u2019s inside workings \u2014 particularly the domination by the central functionaries rather than the elected \u2014 the mayors want something more.It could be good for Montrealers, too.Corporate model One possibility, inspired by the unanimous report of the Pichette Commission of 1993, is a series of municipal corporations.They would be similar to the established STM, which operates the Metro and bus services with its 7,500 workers.Its management is at arms length from the political control, although the agglom is responsible for the funding and major decisions.Many regional services could be operated in the same way.Tremblay is, in fact, suggesting that water provision should be one of them.This is complicated under the present agglom because Pointe Claire operates its own system.Citizens there are paying the debt of building the plant, but because of agglom rules must also pay a share of Montreal's water costs, even though they do not use it.Liberal votes on the West Island are threatened if the double-pay method is not changed, hence Tremblay's eagerness to alter it, Other departments that could be operated similarly include police, fire, evaluation, regional parks and even the local Arts Council.In a sense this is turning back the clock to the old MUC, which controlled most of these services before 2002.The big difference: there is no likelihood of the suburbs having any veto as with the MUC.Waste reform Other tasks that might qualify for regional supervision are the disposal of garbage and recycling.These have become Montreal\u2019s liability although door-to-door collection are local responsibilities.With the need to decrease the garbage and increase recycling, local direction is in the best position to promote these goals.If huge \u2018OGILVY, + you monsieur » LS landfills are to be managed, or \u2014 very unlikely \u2014 a new incinerator is to be built, only then is it possibly a regional matter.More feasible Island-wide might be the operation of composting facilities.However, we may need multiple plants once we take Kitchen waste seriously, so perhaps this should be à local service rather an Island-wide one.In the longer term, Mayor Karin Marks is thinking that treatment methods could become very local and responsive to those creating waste rather than giving the problem to someone else.The idea of these separate companies is very promising.In the business world such organizational models are common.Sprawling corporations make sure that operating divisions have the freedom to work efficiently to meet their goals.Why not with Montreal?(Continued on page 16) & ARK RALPORCAGREN TED LTD y CORAN (0 WIONIQUILUEXIJUTNIOLUISIM MMM \u2014 5673 Monkland N.D.G.5144823347 e +] oUN( APPSINY] J3UIWEXT JUNOWSAM ay] +01018266 Lt 200 S Opinion No place like home Commentary Wayne LARSEN larsenw@transcontinental.ca It is a sick, sorry tale of legal bickering that once bordered on the mildly absurd but has now transcended all vestiges of common sense and entered into the dubious realm of sheer bureaucratic stupidity.A year and a half ago, neighbours in a condo building overlooking Westmount Park \u2014 yes, the very same playing fields currently being viciously defended by anti-synthetic turf advocates \u2014 were suddenly forced from their homes when a major fire tore through the building.Windows and doors in the most heavily damaged units were boarded up as stunned residents went off to live in borrowed, rented or otherwise procured temporary accommodations while waiting for the high sign to return.That sign never came.From the bone-chilling days of late- November 2005 to the oppressive heat of mid-June 2007, these people have yet to be able to go home all because of a legal hiccup that precludes adequate payment from the insurance company to cover the cost of renovating the damaged units.It is said to be a question of codes \u2014 the need to rebuild to meet the standards of a municipal code that was considerably modified since the building was first erected.The insurance will cover the replacement of the original features, but not the improvements now required by the updated code.This may sound simple, but it amounts to a horrible catch-22 for the victims, who have been betrayed by the system.Not only have they been out of a home for all this time, but what about their investment?Even the savviest real estate agent in Westmount would have a hard time selling a condo unit in a burned-out building, despite its view of the park and proximity to the bike path.There are no real villains in this case.The insurance company is conducting itself according to standard procedure, while the innocent condo owners continue to be victimized by circumstances beyond their control.Any lawyer will tell you there are plenty of cracks and loopholes in our complex legal system, but this is one big crack that must be filled immediately.Whether this will happen is anyone\u2019s guess, and in the meantime all we can do is follow this terrible stalemate with mounting disgust and the bitter realization that yes, this kind of thing can happen in Westmount.?Garage sale fever get you over the weekend Father's Day à to the editor Don't blame the City To the editor: The Westmount City Council announced last October, that in order to accommodate the increased demand for soccer-playing facilities in Westmount, they were considering replacing the natural grass of two soccer fields with a durable synthetic surface, south of Westmount park.There was a skirmish against this idea instituted by some residents of Melville Avenue, whose homes face the park.This has developed into a \u201cturf war.\u201d At several recent city council meetings, practically all the question periods have been taken up by questions and comments opposing the idea.A 1,000-strong opposition petition was presented at the last meeting.Even very young daycare children were brought into this so-called \u2018tempest in a teapot\u2019 Though when I questioned people who had signed the petition, they did not know the reason why the City was considering the action.Much space is devoted in the local press to the topic and there was even an article in the Montreal Gazette about it.Not since the \u201cAnti- Westmount Merger\u201d actions have so much efforts of our citizens been mobilized.I suggest the opponents refer to the article in the Examiner of May 3, headed \u201cReport backs artificial turf proposal.\u201d It referred to artificial turf installations in Dollard des Ormeaux and Kirkland, concluding that the environmental and health risks are negligible.Also, as reported in the Examiner on May 23, according to Frederick Law Olmstead expert Dr.Charles E.Beveridge, there are \u201csports facilities and venues, where the artificial grass, as I understand it, is becoming very successful.\u201d Furthermore, not all the people who spoke at the consultation mecting on the subject were against the proposed use of artificial turf.We are fortunate in having an excellent, conscientious and responsible mayor and city council in Westmount \u2014 and we can rely on them to act in a judicious way with this matter.À certain group of Westmounters should stop challenging them.Stanley Baker De Maisonneuve Boulevard Rotary sale not best ever To the editor: Thank you for the picture and article in the June 7 edition of The Examiner, but I must correct some of the information.This year\u2019s auction and garage sale was definitely more of a financial success this year than last, but it was not the best ever as implied by the headline and article.We had a string of years in the late 1990s when we managed greater returns; but we are very happy with this year's result.Thank you also for the personal praise, but 1 must insist that this was a team effort by most members of our club and a very dedicated group of community volunteers and Rotaract Club members from McGill and Concordia.Many people put in long hours during the year doing pickups and then during the week long preparations before the sale.This event is a great example of recycling in many aspects.First the kind donations trom Westmounters and others of useful items they no longer need.Then the Rotary Club sells them in 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for Westmounters concerned about the proliferation of fast-food restaurants in their area.With McDonald's said to be ready to open an outlet near the corner of Sherbrooke and Claremont, the word this week was that Starbucks is about to open a coffee shop on the same corner, across from the Second Cup.A subway sandwich counter will soon be opening a few blocks west, near é Residents and store owners like Flora-Lee Wagner and Shelley Kerman say the problems with litter in the streets that have been bad until now are just going to get worse.Their concern, as well, is that the number of franchises will grow \u2014 and consequently wear down the local character of the neighbourhood \u2014 when the McGill University Health Centre\u2019s sprawling hospital campus is eventually built in the Glen Yards.Wagner, who lives just around the corner from the now-vacant space that McDonald's plans to move into, spent some time on the Internet, where she discovered that there are nearly 33,800 anti-McDonald websites, including several involving residential issues.\u201d Ten Years Ago June 12,1997 A WIN-WIN SITUATION: \u201cIt already looks a lot like Westmount, but now residents just beyond the north-east edge of the city feel a lot more like Westmounters as they enjoy local recreation facilities despite remaining Montreal taxpayers.The City of Westmount has reached an agreement with Montreal to allow homeowners in the Tradau area which refers to Trafalgar and Daulac streets \u2014.to use sports facilities like the pool, skating rinks, and tennis courts, Mayor Peter Trent told council on Monday might.It's a win-win situation, he said, because the City of Montreal will foot the bill for the one-year period so those residents don\u2019t have to pay additional taxes.It also means the City of Westmount will make money on the deal.The additional 400 or so honourary Westmounters will be worth about $84 each, plus $11 for an individual permit or $22 for a family\u201d Forty-Five Years Ago June 15, 1962 LOCAL FLAGS DESECRATED: \u201cAlert Westmount detectives ended a flag desecration spree in the early hours of esday morning when a 16-year-old juvenile é apprehended on the grounds of the staid City Hall on Sherbrooke Street in the act of pulling down and tearing up several Union Jacks and the Scottish standard.On questioning it was learned that the young lad had his imagination fired by another group of youths who had earlier started their wrath at a gathering in the drill hall at Craig Street.They were urged on by a bearded beatnik type, who started the proceedings claiming he was the president of the Ralliement National des Canadiens en Faveur d\u2019un Drapeau Distinctif\u201d unicipal government cannot operate in a vacuum.That is why the City of Westmount regularty meets with colleagues from far and near, discussing different ideas and approaches, and finding ways to improve how municipalities serve the general public.One of these forums of ideas took place last week in Calgary, when the Mayor and three city councillors, including myself, attended the annual conference of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.The FCM presents a strong, unified voice to senior levels of government on matters of interest to member cities.The purpose of the conference 1s to review the past year's progress, establish an agenda for the fature, and to conduct internal ele and committee nominations.The FCM was founded 70 years ago (with Westmount as a founding member) and now represents 1,600 municipalities.Among many other achievements, it was the driving force behind the Green Municipal Fund.a $550 million Government of Canada endowed fund, the only national fund that specifically addresses the needs of municipal governments and their partners.The Green Fund has become the premier source of financial solutions, resources, expertise and services for municipal governments pursuing environmental infrastructure initiatives.Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Jack Layton and Stéphane Dion each addressed the assembly on consecutive days.There were some common themes in the three speeches: all stressed the importance of \u2018partnership, the need for guaranteed long-term federal financing for municipalities, to help with the cost of what Dion called \u201cthe infrastructure deficit.\u201d and the importance of environmental Initiatives.Layton, a former president of the FCM, received the warmest reception.Layton invited city councils to pass resolutions supporting the NDP-sponsored childcare bill, now winding its way through Parliament.He also called on the FCM to have local resolutions calling for government surpluses to be dedicated to municipal infrastructure financing.General Rick Hillier, chief of staff of the Canadian Armed Forces, gave a rousing 45-minute speech with a slide show, without notes.He explained what Canadian forces are doing on our behalf, why they are doing it, and how Canadians can help them.Canada\u2019s cities and towns are home to most of the young men and women who wear Canada\u2019s umform around the world, Whether it is in Afghanistan or here at home, these soldiers ctions (Continued from Letters, page 6) Then, finally, The Rotary Club of Westmount recycles all the money raised to worthwhile local and worldwide projects that might not otherwise get done.For example, our smoke detector program, support for local youth, the fight to eradicate polio from the world and much more.Ever thought of being a Rotarian?Call 514-935-3344 or e-mail info@rotarywest- mount.org.Thanks to everyone involved, including the great co-operation we get from the City of Westmount.Ted Sancton Chairman, garage sale committee The Rotary Club of Westmount City Councillor À George BOWSER need the support of their families, friends and neighbours every day.In addition to speeches, conference delegates attended study groups, committee meetings, and a large trade fair for merchants and organizations with products and services that municipalities may need or want.Topics covered in seminars, meetings and tours included water and waste water, public security, sports and recreation programmes and facilities, community transportation (a hot topic this year), waste management, finance, infrastructure and trees, parking, pest control and the recovery of lost pets.| was particularly interested in an interactive website about safety awareness, aimed at children, parents and teachers.You can find it at www.thinkresponsibly.ca.The value of the conference is in learning what the FCM is and docs, and how it helps us to better appreciate the work municipal governments do, and see how that service might be improved.It is a vital tool for cities like Westmount, as we look to the future of municipal government and how it serves the public.- * George Bowser is City Councillor for District 5.More information on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities is available online at www.fem.ca Library and Archives Canada ivi Canada The TD Summer Reading Club.Where books come to life.Make at tun for your kids to read this summer with TDs Summer Reading Club.They Il get a chance to improve their skills, and have fun with things like games.visits from authors, storytellers.puppet shows and more.Plus they'll receive à poster.stickers and activity book to track their reading.Supporting local programs that nourish your child's imagination is just one of the ways were helping to build a better comunity.Register today for free at your local library.0.Summer Reading Club A joint initiative with Library and Archives Canada Bibliotheque et Archives Canad 1 aun| aepsany | WO TAURI UTIO WIS 2M MMM Jaunuexy Junowisap ay) 00.\u201d \u2019 L COMMUNTIY LIFE A neighbourly start to summer Annual Springfield block party brings families together The ever-popular group shot.photo Martin C.Barry Library serves gardening enthusiasts > Matthew Surridge The colourful world of Elsie Meighen Reford will be revisited next Wednesday at the Westmount Public Library, when author Hélène Jasmin gives a presentation on the life and deeds of the noted gardener and landscaper.Born in 1872, Reford was a prominent woman in Montreal society.À cousin of Prime Minister Arthur.Meighen and the friend of Governor-General Grey, she founded the Women's Canadian Club of Montreal, and helped in the landscaping of the Plains of Abraham.But she\u2019s best known as a passionate gardener, the creator of the Reford Gardens, or Les Jardins de Métis, about 600 kilometres downstream from Montreal xaminer.com on the St.Lawrence River.- Centre \u2026 \u201cLearn to dance like a star\u201d * Swing * Chacha 340 1 i infoebalfoomdancesport.ca NEE 8 Thursday, June 14, 2007 The Westmount Examiner www.westmounte Despite difficult terrain and a short growing season, Reford created a 20-hectare garden in Métis, in which she introduced several varieties of flowers to Québec, including azaleas and the rare Himalayan blue poppy.Two books about the gardens, written by great-grandson Alexander Reford, the current director of the Reford Gardens, are available for loan from the library's collection.Jasmin's French multimedia presentation, part of the library's Cultural Lecture Series, will be given in the Westmount Room at 7 p.m.on Wednesday, June 20.Registration for the event is at the library\u2019s circulation desk, or can be made by phone at 514-989-5386.In addition to writing on the history of Québec, Jasmin is vice-president of La Belle Amérique, a society dedicated to the > Martin C.Barry esidents of Springfield Avenue, as well as nearby Mount Stephen and Metcalfe avenues north of Sherbrooke Street, know each other a little better now after welcoming summer on Sunday, June 3 at their third annual block party.The idea for the celebration came from Springfield Avenue resident Diana Bruno, who was away for this year\u2019s event.Ten residents were on the organizing committee.As in years past, the nearby Shaar Hashomayim synagogue contributed platters of salad, sandwiches and drinks.The only other well-known block party in Westmount is held on Arlington Avenue in August annually.The children\u2019s activities on Springfield included a relay race, a bean bag toss, face painting, an artist\u2019s corner and ping pong, as well as the freedom to bike and play on the street without concern for cars.\u201cWe included everyone from Metcalfe and everyone from Mount Stephen,\u201d said Robert Waghorn, proudly cradling his newborn child.According to Waghorn, there have been four new arrivals on Springfield since last year and they were all invited.\u201cEveryone gets to know one another, is acknowledging one another, is a lot more neighbourly, community-oriented,\u201d he said.\u201cI think everybody's really keen to keep it going,\u201d said Metcalfe Avenue resident Maureen Pallett.\u201cWe have some new families appreciation and preservation of Québec and North American heritage.The presentation on Reford and the Métis gardens will come only six days after the Westmount Horticultural Society's fourth annual Secret Garden Tour, which takes place on Thursday, June 14, from 9:30 to 11 a.m.As in previous years, participants can tour 11 of Westmount's most intriguing back gardens.Tickets are available at Victoria Hall for $35, which includes a route map and a box lunch.Library Director Ann Moffat noted that \u201cThe library has wonderful resources on gardening, especially now, due to a very generous donation by Stuart Robertson of books on all aspects of gardening.\u201d Robertson.a Westmount resident and frequent library user, writes about gardening for the Montreal Ballroom DanceSport Bu Nova cie 3 NOVAmontréal Foot Care Clinic Basic Footcare Session Administered by a RNurse Men & Women, 1st visit $30 Each follow-up session $25 Queen Elizabeth Health Centre Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday For appointment: 514-866-6801 1863421 1852332 Le DRESSMAKER ANGELA Fast.Efficient service Alterations for the entire family Specialists in Evening and Bridal Wear Silks and Ultrasuede We do Button Holes Fashion Consultant Drop in or Call us at 186077 5139 Decarie #305 Mon.- Fri.95 or by appointment \u20ac coming in this year and it's a great chance for everybody to meet and for the kids have a wonderful time.\u201d Another Springfield resident, Natacha Martin, was getting into the swing of things, organizing the children\u2019s games and applying paint to her daughter Morgane\u2019s face.\u201cWe've been here on the street for 11 years now,\u201d she said.\u201cIt\u2019s a nice way to meet the neighbours.\u201d She agreed block parties are a great way to meet fellow residents after a long winter spent cooped up indoors.\u201cJust last year, I met people right here on the street that I'd never seen, and they've been there 20 years,\u201d she said.Between work and other pressing matters, she had never found the time to get to know them.Gazette and discusses gardening on CBC Radio.The books donated by Robertson have already been integrated into the library's circulating collection, thanks to a special effort by the library's cataloguing staff.The books may be found on the third floor, at call number 635, and at call number 712 in the North Findlay Room on the main floor.The library has prepared a pamphlet with a bibliography of selected available gardening books; designed by librarian Laura Baiocco.the pamphlet illustrates on one page the various call numbers of subjects related to gardening, including controlling insects and garden design.Among the great number of books donated by Robertson were duplicates of some already in the library collection.The library was able to take advantage of the donation to sell the older duplicates, thus raising money to put towards vet more books.The sale began with the recent meeting of the Westmount Horticultural Society, lasted one week, and successfully sold the majority of \"books at prices ranging from one to five dollars.\u201cGardeners are 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Victoria Village Cosy 3 1/2 on Chesterfield on 2nd floor.View of park.1 1/2 baths.Heat & electricity incl.$950 mth heated.Downtown rental - Penthouse apartment on 2 floors in the Port Royal.Best views in the city! $4,800/mth.Immediate occupancy.RDG - Upper duplex on Terrebonne near Hampton, 3 brms, new kitchen, 2 balconies.$1,300/mth unh, July 1st.Westmount ~ Summer rental - Fully furnished 3 bedroom home in the heart of Victoria Village.Renovated kitchen and baths, nice deck and garden.June, July and August.References.$4,000/month Know Your Wrights Ted WRIGHT As regular readers know, | believe in primacy of the law and negotiation when possible.There are always repairs that can be done in almost every dwelling at any specific moment.It is usually only when a landlord (or sometimes a tenant) denies his responsibility to take care of a building that the City gets involved.A recent case, two weeks ago, shows both the denial of legal responsibility with non-completion of a legal promise and the possibility to negotiate a settlement acceptable to both parties.Specific details have been removed to guarantee privacy.Our client came to the clinic and complained of repairs not being done, promises for repairs not finished and appliances not purchased.A legal letter to the landlord was required to be sent to the property owner before the City could be informed.The mise-en-demeure (legal letter) concentrated on the following: + Bathtub tiles not replaced as promised and necessary.+ Painting required in several areas.* Surface-mounted, non-grounded (not three-pronged) electrical outlets.* Areas where a water infiltration problem was potentially not solved.* Areas where plumbing work had been done and the wall was left open.+ Duct tape used as long-term plumbing tool on pipes.+ Skylight windows (interior) missing, with plastic film as substitute.* Potential mold problem.* Furnaces left open and in pieces.As you can see, the tenant had some valid concerns.When you put these together with the fact that the landlord lives downstairs and has Bathroom tiles were not replaced.spent considerable money to make himself a relative palace, it is difficult to understand why he would not do repairs that are legally required and complete or furnish the things that have been legally promised to the tenant.Remember, this case, unresolved, has been festering since the tenant moved in.The landlord made many promises to the tenant and the tenant made many entreaties to the landlord.No adequate result.Often, in this type of concern, there are many hidden agendas.While listening to the story, I was able to discern the following: * The tenant trusted the landlord due to specific misplaced beliefs.* À certain amount of arrogance entered the picture.+ Class position, landowner versus renter.* Nothing was put in writing, therefore lying and resulting mistrust existed.+ | visited the premises in question, along with a witness.Photos of the exterior were lorsque vous choisissez un agent RE/MAX WESTMOUNT INC.Experience ® Knowledge pb Availability Reputation 933-6781 Teamwork Downtown/Centre ville These are the qualities to look NDG, Westmount, for when choosing an agent , Hampstead.Esti Jedeikin Cote St.Luc, Snowdon Affiliated Real Estate Agent Expérience Montreal West/Ouest Connaissances Disponibilité Deux bureaux a votre service Réputation Now with two locations Effort d\u2019Equipe Voila les qualités que vous devriez rechercher Chartered Real Estate Broker 2 & D © S > Cr $ 8 .(ane \u2019 .Ronald Benveniste 1330 Greene Ave.Affiliated Real Estate Agent taken.These photos would be used as identifying, establishing shots, for court evidence.There was no effort made, whatsoever, to hide the reason for this inspection.Should the landlord have left his dwelling and questioned me, 1 would have given my business card, explained the reason and attempted to negotiate and get it in writing.I remain polite and as welcoming as possible.It is by far more preferable to negotiate.If the landlord had threatened to call 911, I would have done it myself the second he threatened or blocked entry.This is a last resort.You want to resolve concerns, not start others.Anyway, upon entering the dwelling, we discovered missing ceramic tiles in the entry, broken/missing windows in the skylights, apparent beginnings of mold, holes in walls, incomplete plumbing repairs, inadequate/no longer up-to-code electrical outlets, (Continued on page 24) What's selling?For how much?ï - Read Andy Dodge\u2019s analysis of the Westmount market in The Examiner\u2019s monthly Real Estate section. Westmount WestmountAdj.Downtown Westmount Downtown Outremont WestmountAdj.Westmount NDG LOUE TE PAU St Sulpice $3,450,000 Trafalgar $2,450,000 Summit Cr $1,800,000 Bishop $1,595,000 St Sulpice $1,295,000 Westmount PRES) = Outremont Elm $795,000 Hartland $669,000 Downtown Westmount St Antoine $625,000 to King Edward $459,000 St Antoine $459,000 De Monkland $425,000 DrPenfield $359,000 Marcil $359,000 JUST LISTED II Westmount Westmount lwww.mypaint?, \u2026 | = i À i IG EEN on $3.4 450,000 SOHN) Lethbridge $959,000 Victoria a.000 Westmount Downtown Downtown peste LEY re FA 933.5888 2000 +1 aun me 1 Jaulwex3 Junowsap ayy WO IAUTUEXIUNOILISAM MIN si REAL ESTATE HOME TRANSFERS IN JANUARY 2007 2007 ADDRESS FROM TO PRICE VALUATION 42 Anwoth Daniel Kaufman Richard Mashaal $1,689,500 $1,235,700 82 Belvedere Glenn J.Feldman Gabriel J.Assaf $825,000 $931,700 617 Carleton Pedro Juan Salesas & Solange Zini Debra Raicek $1,750,000 $1,850,000 29 de Casson David B.Kippen Joseph Clement & Lisa Elkin $895,000 $745,700 1111 Greene?Tobias M.Prutton & Rebecca Phillips Myrtho Drouin $410,000 $418,500 337 Grosvenor Sally Louise McKinnon André Pagé & Francine Langan $700,000 $631,800 560 Grosvenor Philippe Roy & Amal Amarouch Liana Thibodeau & Jean Hamaoui $1,055,000 $1,135,400 362 Kitchener Warner Weston Biddle & Jennifer Fazio Stephanie Rabinovitch $1,100,000 $1,054,000 45 Oakland Anelia Ann Patrick (Wright) Adnan Kaddaha $870,000 $1,101,000 50 Summit Circle Jane Kemple Allan 2925729 Canada Inc.$888,000 $523,100 6 Sunnyside Robert Paradis Charlton Jacques Villeneuve $3,025,000 $2,800,000 731 Upper Belmont Norman Rishikof & Ellen Perlman Pierre Monaghan & Heather Brennan $1,017,500 $1,22 L 10g\" 758 Upper Lansdowne Monica Ruffo Christianne Brunelle & Maxime Soucy $808,000 $860,700 * 481 Victoria Eric Melka & Catherine Forbes Marc Bacon & Michele Litvac Braunstein $730,000 $707,800 26 Winchester Pauline Latour Glen William Grossman & Joanie Schwartz $480,000 $444,800 DUPLEXES 328-30 Grosvenor?Zoran Mihajlovic & Gordana Arsic Nancy Brott $370,000 $412,200 254A-B Metcalfe Francis Dumais Joan Genest Quiniou & Yann Quiniou $900,000 $715,500 565-65A Victoria estate David Wilson Casgrain Joseph Dimitri Barazin $915,500 $1,164,100 CONDOMINIUMS 205 Victoria, #301 Karen Blauer Alexis Youssef $470,000 $490,400¢ APARTMENT BUILDINGS 235 Metcalfe Braxo Enterprises Inc.9123-8584 Quebec Inc.$7,075,000 $4,609,100 6 Burton estate William Noble François Blouin & Joé Harvey $379,000 $444,700 9 Grove Park Anne Hamilton Patrick L.Benaroche & Susan F.Kling $1,000,000 $924,000 457 Lansdowne Philippe Jacques René Bartissol & Sandrine Marie Bernadette Rossigneux Michael Ashby & Nicole Lévesque $925,000 $842,700 4860 St.Catherine Jennifer Hayward Bi Wei Qu $415,000 $371,400 42 Summit Crescent La Fiducie Argenteuil Summit Crescent Trust $1,500,000 $1,950,200 4334 Westmount Aved Lea Kirschner Victor Mashaal $3,800,000 $2,356,9004 CONDOMINIUMS 466 Grosvenor Martin Leblanc Steve Walter Gruber & Kristine A.Lorentzsen $428,000 $355,000 1 Wood, #203 Lise Giroux Martine Maranda $578,000 $636,100\u20ac aDced was signed in July but not registered until January.bDeed was signed in December but not registered until January.¢Valuation is a combination of $450,200 for apartment, $40,200 tor garage space.dincludes garage at 602 Argyle.Evaluation tor 4334 Westmount Avenue is $1,705,400, tor 602 Argyle is $631.500.eValuation is a combination of $573,900 for apartment.562,200 for garage space.The Westmount Examiner www.westmountexaminer.com (Continued from Civic Alert, page 5) 007 S Legal timeline = The Liberals have yet to admit it, but the y demerger law was framed to punish those = suburbs that took advantage of the party's & demerger promise.Mario Dumont defined it as being politically expedient rather good government.He could make sure that its successor is j=] = = = © more good government and less politics.Major administrative changes would be involved in the corporation proposals \u2014and they are only part of what is being discussed with Bachand and the ADQ.Whatever finally surfaces, 1 hope there will be the opportunity for proposals to be thought through.The rush at the end of a parliament with new legislation \u2014 sometimes changing hourly \u2014 does not seem the best setting for implementing such fundamental reform.Bring back Lortie! Perhaps next week's law will set out only broad government objectives.Then wise men could fill in the details so that the precise laws could be adopted in the fall with time to make good budgets for 2008.Where would those highly competent people come from?Why not ask Pierre Lortie if he would, with the Transition Committee, revisit and adapt their two-year old work.They were, on the whole, Montrealers, J who knew more about what was needed than a minister from the Gaspé or Quebec City bureaucrats! It wasn't the Lortie team that got us into this mess.They predicted it.They could provide a sound short-cut to get us out! + Community activist Don Wedge can be reached at calert@web.net.His columns are archived at www.westmountexaminer.com, go to Opinion, se ee +-e ATE HINT oN \u20ac AIT C2 H E R I TAG E 0 = Courtier immobilier agréé k = Franchise indépendante et autonome de Royal LePage 0 ; = > 63 = Edythe Berman = 0 Alex Chaya ; , ) Margaret Guthrie = \u2014 8 Marie-Thérèse Lacroix Adam Lally Michael Lally Diane Pelosse Glenn Peterson \u201cNathalie Picard | i Marlene F.Rubin Gilles Rochon WON IAUTIUEXIUTIO IIS AM MMM = + Ellie Silver Oscar Tarakjian James Thomas Ginette Tremblay Martha Tsadilas Giltian Wright Allen Zhai ä © Now two locations to better serve you 1245 Greene Ave.4 Westmount Square, suite 110 \u2018Haun aepsany | PE NI © SEs oy Te 3 bs MEL ZR RT = A HN FC NE A CE he |] re westmount1@royallep page.ca 5 se a P088 | IIIIDIOINLNEIINIEUNNI PS = III UULE IL: = REAL ESTATE Busy January, light February in Westmount > Andy Dodge anuary was a very busy month for Westmount real estate agents, notaries and movers, it appears, though volume of realty closures dropped off again in February.The first month of this year saw closings of transactions for 14 single-family dwellings and two duplexes, for prices ranging from $480,000 10 $3,025,000.The Montreal registry office also processed one transaction of a Grosvenor duplex which had actually been signed at the notary\u2019s office last July and another sale of a small house on Greene \u2018Avenue in December.The former brought a price of only $370,000 and the latter $410,000, both far below the typical prices for Westmount homes.Among the sales signed in January, the wp price involved a large home at 6 Sunnyside Avenue, whose price soared above the next- highest price, $1,750,000 for 617 Carleton Avenue.From there prices were bunched mainly in the range between $700,000 and $1,100,000, then the low of $480,000 went for 26 Winchester Avenue which was the only sale under $700,000.Markups were drastically lower than typical for Westmount, not only because this is the first list to be compared to the new 2007 valuation roll, but because prices were generally down since the middle of 2006.Seven of the 16 one- and two-family houses sold for less than the new 2007 valuation, the biggest markdown involving the double- coach house at 565-65A Victoria Avenue which sold for less than 80 percent of its new tax value.On the high side, a relatively modest semi-detached house at 50 Summit Circle sold for almost 70 percent more than its municipal evaluation, with a price of $888,000.Only one condominium sold in January, one of the first resales of a unit at 205 Victoria Avenue, corner St.Catherine Street.built in 2005.The third-storey apartment was purchased from the developer in February, 2005, for $414,000, selling two vears later through an agent for $470,000.Also sold in January was the 64-unit apartment building at 235 Metcalfe Avenue, which went for $7,075,000, well over its 2007 municipal evaluation of $4,609,100.In February, six single-family dwellings changed hands for prices as low as $379,000 - 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(602 Argyle) which was evaluated separatel ¢ #e ® #-e e-e 9 ee -e #@ te REAL ESTATE May saw record volume in Westmount A total of 28 one- and two-family dwellings were sold, more than for any single month since March of 2000, and the year\u2019s biggest month in the past seven years in May, T* Westmount real estate market had its according to listings marked \u2018sold\u2019 by the Montreal Real Estate Board.volume is closing in on heyday levels 1,300,000 R BY MONTH, JANUARY 1995- MAY 2007 BASED ON ACCEPTED OFFER DATES 1,200,000 1,100,000 1.300.000 3,250,000 1,000,000 1.200.000 1,150,000 300,000 1.100.000 uÎ p 1.050.000 R | 800.000 1.000.000 ¢ 950.000 Ë JJASONDJ FMAM 700.000 | 600.000 500.000 +00,000 1995 11996 19971998 1999) 2680 2801) 2082 300,000 Area TITTTTITTTTY TITTY TT TT TT TTT I TT TT TT Rr rH Tr TT vA IPSN LLASCNL) ALISON LIENS EM ESCOLA LSND IMAL FL MALESCCIMA LIAS LYST ESO ANDY DODGE & ASSOC.INC MONTH e NEW TD CANADA TRUST NY MALL BUSINESS ADVISOR Wed like to introduce Robert Chechile as your new Small Business Advisor.With over 9 years of banking experience.Robert Chechile understands the pressures of owning and operating a business and is committed to helping you by: » discussing your business banking needs » offering professional banking and investment solutions * delivering excellent personal service Drop by the branch to meet your new Small Business Advisor and discover how we can make your business banking easier.We look forward to seeing you soon.We're open longer to serve you better.Monday to Wednesday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.Thursday 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.Friday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.Saturday 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.1916763 5002 Sherbrooke Street West (Sherbrooke & Claremont) Westmount T: 514-489-9337 Ext.247 F: 514-489-4787 chechr@tdbank.ca Canada Trust Banking can be this comfortable of 1998 and 1999.The difference this time, of course, is that the market which is hovering around the $1,250,000 average level was exactly half that in 1998-99, and moved even higher over the next five years before pausing in 2005.If the high volume and thus demand \u2014 is going to push prices even higher, it may soon be the case that there is very little left in the under-$1 million category in Westmount.In May, of the 28 house sale contracts negotiated, 13 \u2014 almost half \u2014 involved prices over $1 millon, The highest price was $3,150,000, of three sales over $2 million negotiated in the month.On the low side were four sales under $500,000 with the lowest at $424,000, but still the raw average price was $1,123,700.One house sold for more than double its new municipal evaluation while seven sold under evaluation, but the average for the month was a 23-percent markup.And while April recorded six condominium transactions, there were none in May.It would seem buyers anticipate a stronger investment market in the single-family dwellings, and apparcatly they have the money to be able to invest it.Volume was soaring in adjacent- Westmount neighbourhoods, too, especially in NDG, where six sales were reported on Grey/Vendôme/Marlowe/Northcliffe avenues, and the Trafalgar/Daulac area just cast of the city limits where four homes were sold.Volume and prices appear to be lagging in the Shaughnessy Village area, but very positive in other adjacent-Westmount neighbourhoods.1t is difficult to say why the market has become so strong so late in the season, but there appears to be renewed confidence in the Montreal economy at least among the highest spenders.This confidence can be expected to trickle down to lower-priced houses and, condominiums eventually; certainly it is encouraging to know that there are plenty of buyers willing to put down Large sums of cash to get into the Westmount market.NOTE: The preceding article relates to offers to purchase Westmount residentiat dwellings which were reported by the local real estate agents as having been accepted in May, 2007.Because they are not final registered sales, the addresses and prices cannot be made public, but give a good idea of current trends in local real estate activity.The graph on the left offers a picture of these trends over time.* Supplements * Herbs L'Essentiel Sante A Professional Supplement Store NOW OPEN SATURDAYS 10AM - 3PM * Homeopathy * Natural products * Essential oils (Aromatherapy) e Natural skin care products WE CARRY THE MOST EXTENSIVE VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL NUTRACEUTICALS & SUPPLEMENTS \"AVAILABLE IN THE MONTREAL AREA Homeopath and Naturopath : available to help guide you Donald Pearson & Mel Alter 4 proprietors 1225 IE Ave, ground floor) (near Ste.Catherine St.) Westmount Ey worl UILUEX3UTOLISIM MMM 00T \u2018+1 oun( Ted Wright .Be as organized as possible.Solve as many unknowns as you can.Assign specific duties to your friends.Move ts supervisor, parking, refreshments etc.Make à floor plan of your new apartment.Give à copy to everyone.Post a floor plan on the new apartment wall.4, Plan your move.Room by room.Pack the truck in the casiest order to empty.Plan truck filling.Label each room on the plan and in the new apartment.Label all items as per room.Boxes and bags should not be too heavy.If i's casier for anyone to carry, it will be quicker.7.Find boxes on recycle day, from dry goods stores or from people who have just moved.Or buy them brand new.8.Send someone ahead to verify the parking and move-out progress of the previous _\u2014 vs \u20ac = tenant.30 ways to make moving an adventure and not a chore 9.Have at least two cell phones for contact, updates, emergencies, food orders, etc.10.Use same-sized boxes.Use orange garbage bags, not green, for the move so they won't be mixed up with garbage.11.Write the contents and room with felt markers on the bags.Use large labels if using green bags.12.Have double sets of moving tools.Multi-head screwdrivers, pliers, tape guns etc.13.Do not label valuables as valuable.Do not leave them alone.Cover original boxes.14.Move valuables the day before, or store at a friend's place or family home.15.Use car trunk as a lock-box.Cover things in the back seat.Do not leave them alone.16.Make sure the phone, Internet, Hydro (final reading).cable, etc.is cancelled and the mail re-directed.17.Clean up your old apartment.Take final photos.Check for any damage caused by ETE AR you, and repair it.18.Make sure all doors and windows are closed and locked during and after the move.19.Get extra sun block, light bulbs, cleaning supplies, toilet paper and water.Have a ladder available.20.Your local dollar store or hardware has gloves, small tools, tape, drop-cloths, etc.21.Moving areas must always be kept clear.Check for loose stairs, railings, etc., and repair them.22.Measure all doorways, corridors, corners, railing width, etc., beforehand.Measure your furniture.23.Use the lane, back stairs, balcony doors, windows as extra access/exits.24.Invite the landlord in for a final inspection.Return keys to the landlord or the new tenant.Get receipt.25.Have fast dry plaster/paint tools available for damages during move.(Sec #17) 26.Locks should be changed by the landlord very soon after move, or you install your REAL ESTATE own.27.Have lots of liquids during the move.Light food, with protein to sustain energy.28.Alcohol is for afterwards only, otherwise it will slow your move.Move now, fun later.29.After or during the move is an ideal time for thieves to hit your apartment of vehicles.Stay close.30.Party! 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Your friends are still your friends.At least most of them.Set up a communications network {cell phones) to cover any problems 18 coordination.The above covers many of the common occurrences and needs before, during and after a move.It will assist your friends to be aware of the normal concerns and the things most likely to be forgotten or ideas that fall into the category of \u201cWhy didn't we think of that?\u201d Anything legal is covered only in a rudimentary fashion.Specific detailed legal advice may be required in specific legal circumstances.Consult counsel as needed.WANT TO ADVERTISE IN OUR MONTHLY REAL ESTATE SECTION?CALL 514-363-5656 TO FIND OUT HOW.7 Concours, National & Mondia de chant chäéral New this year: LAVAL'S NATIONAL COMPETITION: » My) LAVAL'S WORLD COMPETITION: 5t to 8th ZT June 20th to 30th Every night free concerts at Laval's venues, churches and chapels.® - @ HUGE CONCERTS at the Centre de la Nature de Laval on June 16th, 22nd and 23rd André, Les Trois Accords, 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Royal.The award was presented to Low-Beer on the terrace of Montreal City Hall \u2014 which boasts a spectacular view of the mountain \u2014 by Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough Mayor Helen Fotopulos and Les Amis president Peter A.Howlett.\u201cThe Prix du Mont-Royal is an occasion for the Ville de Montréal to honour and to say thank you to individuals, such as Mrs.Low- Beer, whose often unacknowledged work in the shadows is carried out for the good of the entire community,\u201d said Fotopulos.\u201cOur 2007 Prix du Mont-Royal recipient is part of a generation of women in Quebec who, through their commitment to society and their devotion, paved the way for current and future generations,\u201d said Howlett.\u201cMrs.Edith Jacobson Low-Beer is a truly exceptional person who deserves our fullest admiration and who is, without a doubt, a reference for us all.\u201d The first edition of the Prix du Mont-Royal in 2005 was awarded to Pierre Dansereau, considered the father of ecology in Quebec and 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LUONIQUILLEXSJUTIOLUIISSMN LM JQUIUIEXZ JUNOWISIM 3Y + \u2018FT Oury \u201cepsny] OC \u2019 et REAL ESTATE Negotiation is always the best policy {Continued from Know Your Wrights, page 14} bathroom tiles and required waterproofing not up-to-code, and additionally some questionable fireproofing material over the open furnaces which the City would be required to verify, low amperage-value electrical extension cords used for a permanently installed vacuum cleaner, etc, (more was found than what was in the letter).Extensive photos were taken and copies of the report provided on CD electronically as well as paper.In other words, the tenant truly had a few problems.The City would visit and make its report.The proprietor would then be forced to meet code etc.While doing the inspection, the landlord hurriedly left the building.The landlord was very aware that the tenant had finally decided to get serious.He consulted his own lawyer, which, of course, is always very highly recommended.ANDY D oD GE & A ss 0 c IN c Wall left open after plumbing work.{| Real estate consultants & appraisers Obviously, whatever advice that was given No specific amounts are mentioned here resulted in an offer and negotiated settlement.to assist anonymity and to not allow readers C.P.357, Succ.Victoria, Negotiation is by far the better choice.to assume the same level and type of Westmount H3Z 2V8 Some of the terms of this agreement are settlement would or should apply to them.\u20180 below: It was a fair amount and the associated Tel: 482-8560 : * À brand new fridge and stove.conditions met the needs of all parties.FAX: 482-8621 8 * À rent reduction for loss of rental value.My message to tenants is this: Get it in www.andydodgeassociares.com » Further financial considerations which writing, get receipts, send legal letters.Take were acceptable to all parties.care of your residence.Get promises in writing, My message to landlords is this: Get it in writing, get receipts, send legal letters and do repairs in a prompt manner.Put promises in writing.It is preferable to put the money into the building rather than a payout to a tenant because you still have to do the repairs.Negotiation is always best.In this case, after both parties consulted legal experts to be sure of their particular rights and obligations, ended up with everyone walking away, their heads held high.It was a win-win situation! + This ts a general overview only.Please seek legal counsel or come and see us.Ted Wright is coordinator of Westmount Legal Clinic, every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.at the Westmou YMCA, 4585 Sherbrooke St.W Send questio!.to tedquestions@yahoo.ca or via fax to 514-277-8403, or mail to PO.Box 48101, Montréal, Qc, H2V 458.Please provide a phone number to verify identity.Your name will not be published without your permission.Mr.Wright contributes to various media in Canada, both print and electronic, Should you wish personal, more extensive assistance, professional fees may apply.He may also be 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Convenient condo Sunny semi-detached Victorian gem ug oh 68 a, rig) 600 Côte St.Antoine 343 Clarke #1 4663 Victoria 336 Metcalfe New Price 3799.000 Asking $519.000 Asking $649,000 Asking $899,000 Delightful famity home Spbacn.us 4 bir unner Art deco beauty For rent: 2 bdrm apt tg.540 Grosvencr 12 St.George's Fi.4955 Fonsard 435 Grosvenor #1 Asking $885.00C Asking $579,000 Asking $1,950/mth Garage available Twe storey apartment Super sunny semi Pristine 4 telrin borne pad 8 54-45 de Masonneu.e 659 Grosvenor S44 Lansdowrs C02 Bedrnont Asking $234,900 Asking $1.149.000 Asking $879,000 Asking $1,189,000 woyiautuexaiun OUIISIM MAN VOT + [ SUR Arpsiny y JoUIEXZ JUNOWIISIM YL \u2019 ST | THE ROOFING SPECIALIST ,\u2014 \"yd ie oan UT 0 4 oo Lo 4 + he RE Sg Ne 7 5 Take a moment to relax.Yodsesr'twork, yh tal Imngss É i Promotes deep relaxation and njmiftat.' ia os 7 : 50h Mita June 15% féhiiz pris mati of L- the Naty : 2 Wiltbe a wildigRo ansier your.4 £7 A 26 Thursday, June 14,2007 The Westmount Examiner, www.westmountexaminer.cam + iy STRESS-RELA: paige otievés mild inso without 8 yp! Fagtiteisales représéitative.\u2018 RL jestions a He » d-give Bu à treesainle: 2 Re : LI.- ; naturalfactors.com apr; EHS, à 3 rs EY (519) 482-8233 +8 -_à votre sar y qi A, 4 N \"5126 Sherbrooke West (vendome) > SERVING WESTMOUNT SINCE 1928 7 NORM DEP UI ¢ COLLIE I NCE 19 238 IY Entrepreneur de toitures ® Ro Residential © Commercial e SLATE ROOFING e SHEET METAL e TILES COMMUNITY LIFE Pirouette Fashion Circus hits the Shaar > Stanley Baker The Metcalfe Hall of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim was crowded for the recent Sisterhood presentation of the latest fashions for men, women and children \u2014 put on this year with a circus theme.Sixty-nine members of the Shaar served as the models for the event, and although amateurs, they all managed to carry themselves and display their clothes in a most professional way.The hour-long show was divided into 18 scenes \u2014 among them La Papparazzl, Al Capone, Elves, Haute Couture, African Zulu, Naughty & Nautical, Fairies and Envers \u2014 which changed in rapid succession.The models, many of whom were required to act in several scenes wearing different garments, were under pressure to change clothes as fast as humanly possible.ofing contractor e Industrial propellers on the hats of children, shoes on the hats of ladies, and men wearing fedoras in different scenes.Much of the show's success can be attributed to event co-chairs Jessica Yaffe and Ingrid Muroff, as well as choreographer Warren Leacock, coordinator Sally Yep and piano man Michael Kornik.Local fashion houses sponsored the event, with the programme indicating where the delightful clothes were available.The evening concluded with a champagne reception, where everyone congratulated one another on another job well done.This was the second year the Fashion Circus has been organized, and judging by the enthusiastic response, it will no doubt become a regular event on the Shaar\u2019s calendar of events.e SHINGLES e SKYLIGHTS TEL.: 514 595-8648 7/7881 Elmslie, LaSalle RA 2 CO Association de la construction du Quebec Region de Montreal qe 9 Sal be NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS + ASSOCIATION Las eo Il i - g af Fess qe ass Ra Nr Ne © HEIN 2W6 fax: 514 595-0700 Licence RBQ 1117-5692-81 1826696 120407 The accessories were a highlight, such \u2019 \u2018 PURE GAT RA, Lats aves oe SAS ein ve ee vill \u2018 | | © 0 +0 bare i, + lr Sage 4 a st Vint: Westmount mosquitoes in baseball final Face the CSL Avengers in intercommunity championship > Noah Sidel ollowing a solid 5-2-0 regular season, the Westmount Wings are in a dogfight with the Cote St.Luc Avengers for mosquito intercommunity baseball supremacy.\u201cThe Wings did really well in mosquito and should really challenge to win the division,\u201d said Westmount Recreations Bruce Stacey.Westmount wrapped the season up in cond place behind those same Avengers, who finished undefeated at 6-0-0.The Hampstead Hawks were third at 4-4-0, with the Montreal West Mudhens coming in behind then at 3-4-0 and TMR at the bottom of the league with an 0-8-0 record.\u201cOur players work very hard and you can see it on the field\u201d said Stacey of the Wings, who play their homes games out of the Westmount Athletic Grounds behind Westmount High School.\u201cThey are well coached and they compete well with the other communities.\u201d In recent years, the intercommunity league has been dominated by Côte St.Luc and Hampstead.and indeed, those two cities are facing off in the championship series of both the peeweu and bantam divisions.Hampstead led the way in peewee play with an 8-1-1 record, with TMR coming 1 second at 3-3-0, CSL third at 5-5-0, Dollard-des-Ormeaux im fourth at 3-4-1 and Westmount ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU \u2014 For four vears now, l\u2019ve set off at the beginning of spring for lovely St-Jean-sur-Richelieu for the Alouettes training camp.As some of you may know, my other job is as the web and publications editor for the Montreal Alouettes football club.In fact, getting to report about local sports on one end and work in the sports industry on the other brings me great professional pleasure.St-Jean is truly an interesting little town, I'm an admitted big city snob, and my knuckles have been rapped for my pro-Montreal, anti-small town attitude.One of my favourite moments was when 1 quipped to my boss that there are more pretty girls on Sherbrooke than in Sherbrooke and he looked at me as is to say, \u201cCan it, Champ.\u201d St.Jean, however, is a different story.Okay, I don\u2019t love being away from Montreal for close to three weeks.And 1 certainly don't love being away from my bed and the people I love for that long.But once we're here, it\u2019s just a lot of fun.I guess it's not that crazy that a kid from the West End has grown up to work for a pro sports team in Montreal, but it certainly is a thrill.Being in the same dorm as some of the most admired athletes in the city is something 1 appreciate every day.Here in St.Jean, we stay at a Canadian military college on the river that has great facilities, decent dorm rooms and well, horrendous food - but lots of it.A regular day has us out at practice in the morning, in the office most of the afternoon, and then out on the football field playing some ball ourselves in the carly evening, Live from training camp 2007! 4 Accelerated Results i + Accountability © © RAND.UPENING Westmount's premier private one-on-onc personal training studio / Private Training Suites vi One-on-one attention d Increased Motivation + Emphasis on Proper Technique oH Decreased Risk of Injury | Individualized Programs 5, / Progressive Training TM FITNESS TOGETHER 1 Client 1 Trainer 1 Goal PY A eh\u201d TEX 2 \u201cRd UE in last at 1-9-0.It was much of the same tor the local squad at the bantam level, with TMR leading, the league at 0-1-1, Hampstead second at 4-2-1, MoWest third at 3-2-2, CSI tourth with a 2-5-0 mark A n d Westmount last at 1-0-0, \u201cThere's an cbb-and flow effect in these leagues.As the plavers get older, sometimes à group will be stronger as they advance and the younger kids will From there, its dinnertime, the players go off to their meetings, and we plug away till sometimes midnight or later.Once the season gets rolling, it's more of a 9-10-5 kind of day, but for now it\u2019s sunrise to sunset football, football and some more tootball.This year has been a real treat because of some of the changes we've had around the team Now don't get me wrong \u2014 | was always à Don Matthews fan, and 1 got along quite well with the man.But now with Jim Popp and his LY Assorted sizes from A $22.99 to $34.99 a Order early! We also custom design 7 cakes for all occasions! à Treat your Dad to a delicious Dairy Queen frozen cake! .4890 Sherbrooke W.(corner Prince Albert) 485-6583 strugple.\u201d Stacey said, \u201cIn this case.the mosquitoes are our strongest team and the future looks good for us.\u201d The mosquito Wings Kicked oft their title series against Cote St.Lue past press time on Tuesday might, and will play Game 2 this Saturday at 2:15 pan.at the WAG, The peewee series between CSL and Hampstead has already completed two games, both too late to make it mato this newspaper.The bantams play Game 2 tonight at Pierre Elhot Trudeau Park in Cote St Tac.\u201cAllin all the intercommunity baseball program ts doing very well\u201d Stacey said.\u201cWe had a hide bit of a drawback with DDO dropping out of mosquito and bantam at the last minute, but we actually got most ol our games in this year The Kids in all of the communities are really into the games and baschall is thriving across the board.\u201d assistants running the entire show around here, the atmosphere is more my kind of bag.Jim is first and foremost about the most knowledgeable person l\u2019ve ever met when il comes to football \u2014 even more than my dad! The key is that he's also one of the hardest working, yet laid-back people around.That attitude has kind of permeated the team and people are a) more relaxed and b) are twice as productive.Indeed, a promising atmosphere as we launch into the coming Canadian Football League scason.9 © © © \u20ac i] cn ait] hureg a © Vendôme Metro UOIIQUNLTKIUTNOUSINHMN \u2018+L oun( xepsiny y J3UIWIEX3 JUNOWISSM YL -00\u20ac LT 28 Thursday, June 14,2007 The Westmount Examiner www.westmountexaminer.com FEATURE A shootout in Westmount Park > Robert N.Wilkins t 4:30, the morning of Oct.17, 1905, less than A five months after the tragic suicide of Philippe Cluzel (see Examiner of March 22), yet another high-stakes drama unfolded in the quiet niches of Westmount Park.That crisp autumn morning, Policeman Charles Vickers of the Westmount force spotted, while on night patrol, a suspicious character lurking about at the corner of Sherbrooke and Victoria Streets in the town's centre.When the individual in question made a wide detour in order to avoid coming face to face with the law enforcer, Vickers decided to follow him from a distance.To all appearances, they both sauntered east along Sherbrooke Street, down Lansdowne Avenue, and eventually entered Westmount Park at Western Avenue (today de Maisonneuve) At this point, the nonplussed police officer momentarily lost track of his man.Iss difficult for us today with remarkably abundant electric power to appreciate just how dark it would have been in a park in 1905 at night.There would, in fact, have been very little, if any, lighting of an artificial nature.Nevertheless, Vickers soldiered on into the park not knowing what was awaiting him.He astutely observed the imprints of footsteps in the white frost on the ground.Suddenly, while distracted with this discovery, he was confronted by the armed man in question and ordered to stop in his tracks.He did so.The scofflaw directed Vickers to walk in front of him deeper into the park yet, at the same time, he failed to disarm the law enforcement officer.Vickers wisely heeded the command and 1900389 Switch your main personal SUERTE EG EL VT acdount and get a free iPod.+ \u2018is dik f The Conado fst Compo.Of all the reasons to switch to TD Canada Trust, this one is the most entertaining.Now.for a limited time.you can get an iPod shuffle by using EasySwitch to transfer your main personal or small business chequing account to TD Canada Trust.You can also upgrade to a 2GB iPod nano or a 30GB iPod.Visit your branch or call 1-888-814-4753 for details or visit tdswitch.com/easy Offer ends August 3, 2007.D Canada Trust iPod is à trademark of Apple Inc.registered in the U.S.and other countries.Apple is not à sponsor of, nor à partner in, this promotional offer.EosySwitch Banking can be this comfortable ti Even the idyllic setting of turn-of-the-century Westmount Park was not free from crime.moved gingerly forward.After an agonizing few moments, the officer unexpectedly realized that he no longer heard the tread of feet behind him, so he turned abruptly.The dubious character was now a full 30 feet away and Vickers despairingly seized the moment, and his revolver! \u201cWe are equal now,\u201d he bellowed at the suspect, who immediately responded with a shot directed at the officer.It missed.Both darted behind trees, and thence began a shootout worthy of an old-fashioned American western.The Montreal Star proclaimed in its familiar histrionic, Tory fashion: \u201cOn the one side there was the desperado anxious only to get away, and in the death of the man before him seemed his only chance.On the other side was the watchman entrusted with the important duty of protecting the property of the town which employed him, and he meant to get his man dead or alive.\u201d In all, nine shots were fired\u2014five from the gun of the miscreant and four from Vickers\u2019s service revolver.Only the latter had success, striking the felon in the right arm, whereupon, according to The Gazette, \u201che quickly dropped out of business.\u201d Now wounded and, for all intents and purposes, captured, the individual in question (later identified as one Frank Mooney) agreed, albeit reluctantly, to allow himself to be escorted to the nearby police station.The Gazette picked up the story: \u201cFor a while he went along quietly, merely attempting to drop things from his pockets, which the constable made him replace.At the corner of Metcalfe Avenue and Sherbrooke Street the man made a most determined effort to escape, after trying in vain to hit the constable over the head with a hammer he had in his possession.\u201d When the pair arrived at the station, Mooney was systematically searched and discovered to have had in his possession a litany of burglars tools\u2014from a jimmy to several picklocks, \u201cthe articles he had been attempting to distribute along the road.\u201d As he was near fainting from loss of blood, he was brought to the Western Hospital (today the Children\u2019s) where his elbow wound was dressed by Dr.Galletly.He was later transferred to the infirmary of the Montreal jail where he awaited court proceedings.Later, in the afternoon of that same day.Mooney was brought before the Hon.Judge Ulric Lafontaine of the Police Court, Court of King's Bench, then located in the old Justice Building adjacent to the Montreal City Hall.Showing no remorse or pain (\u201cthough his Photo courtesy of the Westmount Historical Association right hand was almost black with blood driven to it by the tight bandage round the wound\u201d), Frank Mooney, aka Frank Malloy, pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempted murder and demanded a lawyer.He made no attempt to hide his face but, at the same time, glared ominously at the sketch artist who had been sent to cover the story for The Montreal Star.Mooney did eventually retain legal counsel - Maitre J.P.Cooke of the law firm Cooke and Mullin\u2014and all appeared before Judge Matthias C.Desnoyers on Oct.25 of that same year.During the proceedings, Cooke aggressively tried to shake Constable Vickers version of the events to such an extent that Desnoyers cautioned the legal practitioner, later interrupting him with the exclamation: \u201cYou might be able to bluff a jury of ignorant men, but you can\u2019t bluff me!\u201d Time ultimately established that Mooney.42, an American from Cleveland, had just completed serving a four year sentence in Buffalo, NY, for having shot a policeman in that city and whose own police superintendent described him as \u201can all round crook.\u201d On Nov.10, Mooney, testifying on his own behalf before a Montreal jury, casually explained away the existence of a black mask found in his pocket as belonging to his little daughter \u201cafter a party at his home\u201d in Ohio.However, he failed to comment on the presence of other assorted and dubious items which were found in his possession at the time of the encounter with Constable Vickers.The jury took all of 15 minutes to find Mooney guilty of attempted murder and he was eventually sentenced accordingly.As for Constable Charles Vickers, his Westmount excitement was not exclusive to the incident in question.On Oct.20, 1905 (only three days after his adventure with Mooney in the city green), he made the macabre discovery of the dead body of one George Wilkinson, cabman, living at 135 Nazareth Street, Griffintown.Vickers had spotted the horse drawn cab sauntering along on Western Avenue (today de Maisonneuv, riderless, and he decided to investigate.Tht officer, who only days earlier had courageously engaged a harden criminal in a gun fight in a tenebrous Westmount Park, jumped back in horror when he opened the cab door and saw the corpse of its late driver! 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Have things lying around the house you want to get rid of?Rent a table at Ye Olde Garage Sale for $25.Info: Delores LaPratt at 514-504-8978.Sunday, June 7 Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, 395 Elm Ave, presents Jewish Communities of the World at 9:30 a.m.The topic of Quebec Nationalism will be discussed by guest speaker Mary Marshall, Consul General of the United States in Montreal and past Consul D hisclmneous employment GED Wisclncous employment Yranscontinental vr Quatrième groupe de presse crite au Canada avec des revenus annuels pres de 500 millions de dollars et environ 3000 employes, Medias Transcontinental inc.est le plus important editeur de journaux regionaux et communautaires au Québec et le second au Canada MÉDIAS TRANSCONTINENTAL est à la recherche, pour son atelier Innograf Montréal, d'un(e) : INFOGRAPHISTE - TEMPORAIRE (9 MOIS) Lieu de travail : Montréal Relevant du directeur de production, les principales responsabilités du poste d'infographiste sont de produire des annonces publicitaires et de faire la mise en page rédactionnelle.De plus, il s'agit d'effectuer des changements et des corrections aux documents selon les procédures établies.La personne recherchée possède un diplôme d'études collégiales en infographie ou en art graphique jumelé à deux (2) ans d'expérience dans un poste similaire.Elle démontre une capacité à travailler sous pression et elle est organisée.Elle est également disponible pour travailler le soir.Les personnes intéressées par ce poste sont priées de faire parvenir leur curriculum vitae soit par la poste à l'adresse suivante : Innograf Montréal, 8770, boul.Langelier, bureau 210 Montréal (Québec), H1P 3C6 à l'attention de Frédérick Boisvert ou par courrier électronique à boisvertf@transcontinental.ca ou par télécopieur au (514) 899-5001 au plus tard le 17 juin 2007.Veuillez vous assurer de spécifier le titre du poste.Prière de ne pas téléphoner Les demandes seront traitées en toute confidentialité.Médias Transcontinental favorise l\u2019égalite des chances en matière d'emploi et d'avancement PHI SEULES LES PERSONNES RETENUES POUR UNE ENTREVUE SERONT APPELEES.; CP Hisceloneass employment GD BULLETIN BOARD General of the United States in Quebec City.$5 admission for breakfast and lecture.Info: 514-937-3575.Monday, June 18 Monday Morning Torah Institute presents Contemporary Jewish Women's Issues with Rabbi Adam Scheier at 11 a.m.at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, 425 Metcalfe Ave.Info: 514-937-9471.Wednesday, July 1 Marriage Information Meeting al Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, 4100 Sherbrooke St.W., at 5:30 p.m.Couples considering intermarriage, or conversion by one partner before marriage, are invited to tour the facilities and learn about Temple\u2019s policies and practices from Rabbi Leigh Lerner and Executive Administrator Michelle Serrano.Appointments can be booked with Ra 3 Lerner following a brief meeting.Info: 514-937-3575, Ongoing Galerie Avenue Art, 10 King St., presents \u2018Horizons, an exhibition by Anthony Hobbs, through June 16.Gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 10:30 to 5 p.m.or by appointment.Info: 514-867-3745.The McClure Gallery of the Visual Arts Centre, 350 Victoria Ave., presents \u2018The Newfoundland Series\u2019 by Mary Martha Guy and works by Catherine Hoey through June 16.Info: 514-488-9558.Westmount Baptist Church, 411 Roslyn Ave., invites the community to join in the Alpha Program, which runs through June 24.Info: 514-937-1009.Register today for Mini Med School at The Children\u2019s Hospital.A chance to hear from six leading health experts on subjects like autism, palliative care, emergency medicine, and much more.Cost $60 for adults, $30 for students and seniors.Classes start on Sept.10 for more info call 514-412-4307 or www.thechil- dren.com.Seating is limited so please register © today.Heofth/hospital + Part-Time Registered Nurse for Palliative Care Required immediately -Member ONQ -Bilingual -Palhative Care and/or Commuity Health experience -Drivers license and vehicle required -Competitive salary.flexible hours, benefits package Apply to .NOVA Montréal.tel : 514.866.6801; fax : 514.866.4902 Email maria stovin@novamontreal.com NEE il 4 Se 1913989 (945) Car purchase DEMANDÉS/WANTED C.V.by fax: 450-688-8019 ME a CANNONS TRICKS VOITURES/CARS Toute condition/Any condifiohs ; West-End/West Island Auto $ Ri OLYMEL is a world class Ca- 363- nadian Pork and Poultry Pro- 63-601 ] duct Producer.with more than Lost/found 9.000 employees throughout Canada.Our Red Deer location is now hiring food processing workers.Competitive wages, relocation program.employee incentives!! 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