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Opinion pieces that leave the reader hanging with that tired old cliché \u201conly time will tell\u201d are inherently weak, for they don\u2019t make a bold assertion or even a mild prediction about how a situation will turn out.Taking that safe, lightly travelled road of non-commitment can be fine in some cases, but it always leaves the reader unsatisfied.So | apologize in advance, as that is exactly how this column will end.Although rare, it\u2019s always easier when a news story ends with a period.But in this case the biggest news of 2012 thus far is being punctuated by a series of question marks and ellipses supplied by the small but very vocal group of residents opposed to the Westmount Recreation Centre (WRC) project, the construction of which was officially announced last Monday.Mayor Peter Trent and City Councillor Patrick Martin \u2014 the two main champions of this magnificent groundbreaking complex \u2014 have projected a very rosy picture of life in the Westmount Park area after the WRC is built.Both financially and ecologically, the WRC is going to be a success, they say.The $38-million project that was unanimously approved by city council last Monday is seen by its supporters as something that will surely stand for generations as a shining example of how astute budgetary planning and innovative architecture can be combined to create a monumental athletic complex that cannot run over budget any more than, say, a man can have a baby.On the other side of the fence, the dozen or so representatives of residents opposed to the project are not ready to throw in the proverbial towel.David Ludmer, the local architect who has parlayed his vehement scepticism of the project into a planned run for mayor in the 2013 municipal election, remains steadfastly convinced that the City is making a grave mistake and that time will prove him right.The same applies for Patrick Barnard, who successfully fought to prevent the City from installing artificial turf on the Westmount Park playing field across the street from his Melville Avenue home and has since been using similar lobbying tactics to fight the WRC project.His heels remain firmly dug into the natural soil of his beloved park; he attended last Monday's press event announcing the official launch of the project as the lone voice of dissent in the room, warning that with this expensive, two underground rink complex the City is \u201cdigging itself a hole both physically and financially.\u201d While it is always wise to be instructed by history, we must also bear in mind that the WRC is no Olympic Stadium, Peter Trent is no Jean Drapeau, and the City of Westmount is a much more efficient and transparent municipal body than the City of Montreal ever was.Pierre Pomerleau, president of the well- known construction firm that will be carrying out the WRC project, told me last Monday that according to the current schedule, shovels should be in the ground by the end of February, with excavation of the pool and tennis court area taking place from March to June.This, Long live the Queen! To the editor: I felt all right at the last regular council meeting of the City of Westmount (Feb.6) well past resolutions \u2014 which may well have been Mayor Trent and Councillor Martin\u2019s finest hour.But at Resolution 8 \u2014 \u201cConference Attendance by Council Members \u2014 I began to feel sick.I therefore left the town hall.It was the first time since 1985 that I did not stay to the end.I apologize for that.I was going to ask, at the second question period, if council was going to send a congratulatory message to Her Majesty the Queen on being on the throne for 60 years.A film should be made of her long life \u2014 but the film star should be British or Canadian (not American, as is the case of the film on Margaret Thatcher).In the same manner, no British actor should play WWW.WESTMOUNTEXAMINER.COM Urban Sprawl Worsening in Quebec The house on the left is part of the Greater Montreal region and the one on the right is part of the Greater Quebec-City region.along with the fact that all the legal requirements are now firmly in place, means there is probably nothing anyone from Save the Park or organizers of the Change Westmount Arena Plan petition can do to stop the project going forward.The area around Lansdowne and de Ronald Reagan in a film! Vive la Reine \u2014 Long live the Queen! Gerald Glass Metcalfe Avenue Thankyou, Mayor Trent and city council To the editor: After our petitioning for some time for holiday street decorations worthy of our city, Westmount has come through with flying colours! As members of Westmount\u2019s business community, we find the holiday decorations in the Sherbrooke/Victoria and Greene Avenue For this week's Toula\u2019s Take, log on to www.westmountexaminer.com Maisonneuve will soon be reverberating with the loud noise of heavy machinery.Will that drown out the voices of the dissenters?Will their warnings eventually prove prescient?And so, with profound apologies.Only time will tell.sectors to be exceptionally beautiful, and we have received rave reviews from the public as well.We would like to publicly extend an appreciative \u201cthank you\u201d to Mayor Trent and all of city council for their efforts and enthusiasm in making this happen.This is just one more reason to remind ourselves what a wonderful city Westmount is to live and work in.The Sherbrooke/Victoria Merchants Association SEND US YOUR LETTERS! 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be encourg Recreatio designed Standard fie projet enlk ae Wid 4 = JJ 5 / = ~> - - _\u2014 JOR = \u2014 a ae ms Es A= OPINION WWW.WESTMOUNTEXAMINER.COM Taking a Paul MARRIOTT GREEN VIEWS FROM GROSVENOR Sustainability is a much-used buzzword these days, but Westmount city council made it a central tenet of the official platform following their election in 2009.All departments are supposed to operate with a sustainability checklist as part of their standard operating procedures, following the initiatives put in place by the previous council under the direction of Joshua Wolfe.Now that Wolfe is no longer employed as Sustainability Officer, it is up to individual departments to carry the mantle, under the direction of Councillor Theodora Samiotis, Commissioner for the Environment.As a member of the Westmount Healthy City Project Environment Committee (HCP/EC), which is ultimately headed by Samiotis, I was encouraged to learn that the Westmount Recreation Centre (WRC) is going to be designed to be certified to the LEED Gold Standard.Since the original announcement of the project over two years ago, I have consistently asked for this.With the announcement on Monday, Feb.6, was the news that the LEED Gold certification will add approximately $1.5 million to the budget \u2014 of which $1 million is the investment needed to go from \u201ccertified\u201d status to \u201cgold.\u201d Some people will see this as pure cost, neglecting to understand the value this investment brings.With something like the WRC, the full lifecycle costs of the building must be considered.Ice rinks and swimming pools are large consumers of energy.Over the lifetime of the facility, these costs can be significant.If we assume the new WRC lasts as long as the current one, then the extra energy that a non- LEED building would cost would be over $17 million, assuming an inflation rate of 3 percent.For the duration of the special tax to pay for the project, the savings in energy costs alone more than cover the incremental cost of going for Gold status.LEED is not just about energy savings, though these are an integral part of the standard.The acronym stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and has 100 possible points allocated in the categories Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, Innovation in Design and Regional Priority.A LEED certified building has to achieve between 40 and 49 points, Silver 50-59, Gold 60-79 and the highest rating, Platinum, more than 80 points.Currently there are 17 LEED Platinum projects in Canada, including two in Montreal \u2014 the new Air Transat headquarters, as well as the new planetarium.Platinum level is difficult to obtain without going to net-zero energy consumption, something which is virtually impossible for an ice rink.Important aspects of the LEED standard are in the categories other than Energy.Credit is given for re-using an existing site, rather than developing on virgin land.Other important credits are given for including features that encourage active transportation, such as bike racks and proximity to metro and bus services.Since the WRC is adjacent to the de Maisonneuve bike path, the inclusion of a BIXI station would not only make sense but would gain LEED credit.Minimization of the amount of parking space also gains credit \u2014 it will be interesting to see how many of the proposed 67 spaces are actually required.It must be remembered that parking is not only utilized by users of the WRC, but also by its staff \u2014 the more the latter can be encouraged to use active transportation, the better.Another interesting feature of the WRC project that will gain LEED credit is the use of natural lighting.The Lansdowne Avenue fagade is all glass, as is the aspect overlooking the swimming pool and these will, together with the Agora, also gain credit.The Pittsburg Penguins recently opened a $320 million LEED Gold arena, and Upper Canada College\u2019s $17.5 million dual-rink project is also LEED Gold.Later this spring, the HCP/EC will be putting on a series of public talks, one of which will be about LEED.yoo fous A on: soe : aa rT as ATH Abe 7 PA St RDA UNIVERSITY OF MAINE | FORT KENT UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT UNIVERSITY FOR YOU?THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FORT KENT MIGHT BE JUST WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR! different countries, and a supportive, bilingual community.UMFK will conduct two OPEN HOUSES on the following dates: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:00 p.m.to 9:00 p.m.Holiday Inn Aeroport Montreal Rubis Banquet Room 6500 Cote de Liesse Montreal, QC The University of Maine at Fort Kent offers a unique educational experience in the US, accredited and reputable academic programs, championship sports teams, students from 20 Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:00 p.m.to 9:00 p.m.Holiday Inn Aeroport Montreal Rubis Banquet Room 6500 Cote de Liesse Information on university programs, scholarships, student life, and team athletics will be available.Montreal, QC For further information, visit us online at: www.umfk.edu, or call Andre Anderson in the Admissions Office at: (207) 834-7603.STR SIT TN PT TE TEC PSS SP ST TL a FENETRE RTE EEE EE NEO et Te aT ue T LL) UT AORN RTE EEE PR PE CITE ONE RCI CEE G - 2107 \u201891 Asen1ga4 \u2018Aepsiny] - soujuex3g junoursaM - WODJUIWEXIIUNOWIISIM MMM Ce OC CEE OO CET SECRET CRIE) % CRAY IT 6 - Thursday, February 16, 2012 - Westmount Examiner - www.westmountexaminer.com IRKRAR ROAR 0 S LOCAL NEWS- OPINION ln Tan \u2018 à ee A ° FIFTEEN YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 13, 1997: ROBILLARD ACCLAIMED: \u201cWestmount MP Lucienne Robillard will be acclaimed as the Liberal candidate for the next general election in a nomination meeting tonight, Feb.13 \u2014two years to the day since she won the seat in a by-election.With federal elections predicted as soon as this spring, Robillard is expected to give more than 200 Liberal sup- a porters \u2018a first taste of the new party platform.\u201d THIRTY YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 11, 1982: MR.DRESSUP AT W.H.S.: \u201cAs Mr.Dressup, Ernie Coombs, star of the popular CBC children\u2019s television program now in its 16th year, will perform a live stage show at Westmount High School, designed specifically for young children.On stage, as on TV, Mr.Dressup invokes the child\u2019s rich imagination to enhance his enjoyment of the show.On stage with Mr.Dressup will be his famous \u2018tickle trunk,\u201d an almost magic repository for all sorts of props and costumes.\u201d Where to find Le Week-End in Westmount ® Queen Elizabeth Health Complex- 2100, Marlowe ® Jean Coutu \u2014 5107, Sherbrooke Ouest e Clini-Plus Pharmacie- 5025, Sherbrooke # 108 e Groupe Sutton- 245, Victoria e The Westmount Examiner- 245, Victoria, suite 210 e Metro Supermarché/entrée Sherbrooke Ouest- 4840, Sherbrooke Ouest e Lee Discount- 4843, Sherbrooke e L'Oeufrier (resto)- 4785, Sherbrooke Ouest e Manoir Westmount- 4646, Sherbrooke ® Westmount Library- 4574, Sherbrooke Victoria Hall- 4626, Sherbrooke e Westmount YMCA- 4585, Sherbrooke e Westmount City Hall- 4333, Sherbrooke e Shaar Hashomayin- 450, Kensington e Nick\u2019s Restaurant- 1337, Greene e Re/Max- 1330, Greene e Five Seasons/5 Saisons- 1250, Greene © Jean Coutu- 1222, Greene e Centre Green- 1090, Greene e Tabagie Westmount-1, Westmount Square e Royal Lepage- 4150, Ste-Catherine * Appartement 2, Westmount Square- (via de Maisonneuve) Appartement 3, Westmount Square- (via de Maisonneuve) e Atwater Library- 4023, Tupper e Second Cup- 1500, Atwater (entrance on de Maisonneuve) e Dawson College- 3040, Sherbrooke Ouest, bureau 2E5 e Wesmount Arena- 4675, Ste-Catherine e SAQ- 4855, Sherbrooke e Place Kesington- 4430, Ste-Catherine Le ee a Le WWW.WESTMOUNTEXAMINER.COM Madonna challenges antiquated notions of female sexuality M ToULA Foscotos TouLA's TAKE TOULA.FOSCOLOS @TRANSCO NTINENTAL.CA Ey When it was announced that Madonna would be performing at the Super Bowl halftime show, I responded with a shrug of the shoulders.I'm neither a fan of football, nor overblown spectacles designed to entertain a crowd full on Budweiser and Buffalo wings by the time the entertainment rolls around.While I've never been a big fan of her music, I've always appreciated the fact that she\u2019s one of the few artists out there who, for 30 years, has consistently been able to reinvent herself and stay relevant.That's no small feat for a pop world so fickle it usually forgets who you are by the time your name has made it to print.Despite my indifference, I caved and watched the show.It was a solid 12 minutes of fast-paced, perfectly-orchestrated, visually- stunning candy-coated entertainment, thanks in part to Montreal\u2019s very own Moment Factory.Being the savvy businesswoman that she is, Madonna played up to her past, by showcasing her old hits, but also promoted her latest silliness, Give Me All Your Luvin\u2019, instantly propelling it to the top of the iTunes charts.\u201cNicely played, Madge,\u201d 1 thought.Everyone back to watching grown men in tights toss around a pigskin, while polishing off the last of the chilli.Not so fast.The tweets (it was estimated, an average of 8,000 of them per second for five minutes) started coming in fast and furious.\u201cDid you see that old lady gyrating on the dance floor?\u201d \u201cI am praying there won\u2019t be a wardrobe malfunction this time.\u201d \u201cYou know that times have changed when Madonna on her knees is no longer fun to watch.\u201d And on and on they went.many of them from friends on Twitter.People I follow and like.I watched the tweets go by and my indifference for Madonna quickly became indignation on her behalf.Bruce Springsteen was 59 when he performed at the Super Bowl.Tom Petty, 57.Paul McCartney, a whopping 69.Mick Jagger?No spring chicken either.Madonna, at 53, is ironically one of the youngest performers, and without a doubt, one of the fittest to perform, yet she was vilified for being too old.Notice a theme?All the previous names belong to men.Ageism, it would appear, is much more permissible and socially acceptable when the target is a woman.Madonna, who works out two hours a day to maintain her stunning age-defying figure, danced around in five-inch stilettos, did cartwheels, and leapt from a kneeling position to a standing one over and over again, yet many viewers (many who probably wouldn\u2019t last ten minutes on a treadmill without calling the paramedics) dared mock her.\u201cI find whenever someone writes anything about me, my age is right after my name,\u201d Madonna said in the December 2011 issue of Harpers Bazaar.\u201cIt\u2019s almost like they're saying, \u2018Here she is, but remember she\u2019s this age, so she\u2019s not that rel- evantanymore Or \u2018Let's punish her by reminding her and everyone else\u201d When you put someone\u2019s age down, you're limiting them.\u201d \u201cWhat does any of this matter, apart from the icky burst of mean-spiritedness?\u201d asks Forbes Magazine writer, Liz W.Garzia.\u201cIt matters because your wives and daughters and sisters and mothers are going to get older, too.[.] It matters because this ageist mentality translates to the images we send out into the wide world in TV and film, and where we disproportionately prioritize youth we send the message to our young women that they are relevant only briefly and superficially, like shooting stars.Or like pop stars.\u201d Madonna elaborated on the topic in another interview: \u201cOnce you reach a certain age you're not allowed to be adventurous, you're not allowed to be sexual.I mean, is there a rule?Are you supposed to just die?\u201d Madonna\u2019s half-time show brought to the forefront the underlining sexism and ageism that still permeate a world that should - but still doesn\u2019t\u2014know any better.In that sense, Madonna at 53 \u2014 continuing to refuse to go quietly into the night- is more relevant today than she ever was in her 20's.Clothing donations can be made directly at the boutique, 1355 René Lévesque Boul.W.during business hours: Monday to If you have been thinking about cleaning out your closet, now is the time \u2014 the local YWCA has announced that it will be holding a clothing drive from Feb.20 to March 4.The Montreal Women\u2019s Y needs clothing donations for its Fringues & Cie thrift shop.The non-profit boutique also doubles as a school-to-work program for young women between the ages of 18 and 35 who are having trouble finding work.By participating in the Fringues & Cie program, these women get professional experience in the retail and customer service sectors.This paid training lasts six months and helps them integrate into the community, both socially and professionally.In collaboration with Emploi-Québec and the Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-T'ile, the Fringues & Cie team works towards providing a better future for these young women.Wednesday from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m., and Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m.to 9 p.m.Deposits can also be made at Women\u2019s Y reception desk at all times.For more information, call 514-866-9941, ext.515.dis The ov ashe iste bau to Monda AN Avenue led ™ f ep oe Prim ht wk 290 LOCAL NEWS Summit dog owner hopes to 4 JOSEPH CZIKK The owner of an aggressive Doberman mix says he is more than willing to solve an ongoing issue with his dog that drove a distraught neighbour to seek the help of city council last Monday.À visibly upset Valérie Morin of Bellevue Avenue stood up at the February meeting and called on the City to do something about the Reza Zadeh and Tiger Photo: Joseph Czikk \u201cmonster\u201d that has repeatedly attacked her dog.\u201cCan\u2019tthe City do anything to protect us?\u201d Morin pleaded.\u201cI am really sick of walking around Summit terrified that I'm going to have my dog hurt.\u201d Morin described how an aggressive dog named Tiger has attacked her dog when she walks in the area of Summit Circle.She claimed 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Dec.1, and there were no \u201cevident signs of injury\u201d on Morin\u2019s dog.While Morin told city council that a Public Security officer informed her that nothing could be done unless blood was drawn, Sedgwick offered a clarification.\u201cThat's not the case,\u201d he told The Examiner last week.\u201cThey may have just said there needs to be some sort of evidence of an attack \u2014 either an injury to the dog or an independent witness \u2014 some evidence that something took place.\u201d As for the two other incidents, Zadeh, a 23-year-old McGill student, says a family member was walking Tiger and he regrets that it happened.Although Zadeh said Tiger is always calm with any other dog or person, Mayor Peter Trent refuted that claim in his response to Morin.\u201cTknow for a fact that\u2019s not true because I've heard of another dog attacked by that same dog,\u201d Trent said.Nevertheless, Zadeh claims that when his family met with a Public Security officer they pledged to do 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