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By Laureen Sweeney

In selecting Tom Thompson last weekas its Volunteer of the Year, the West-

mount Municipal Association (WMA) willrecognize someone who mastered the artof effecting change through volunteerismand bringing people together to work will-ingly.

“I don’t believe in fines as a way of forc-ing people to adhere to regulations,”Thompson told the Independent. “I believethe road to success is through encourage-ment.”

It’s an approach he has used throughmany volunteer positions, 14 years on citycouncil and in his profes-sional career at McGill

Thompson is volunteer of year

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Point/counterpoint p. 7Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 30

Comin’ Up p. 28

Public notice p. 21

Goodbye old arena

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Westmounters adorned two outside walls of the arena with goodbyes on April 28. The result was two walls of drawings and cards, the most common sentimentbeing: “Thanks for the memories and looking forward to the new arena.” See other photo, p. 25. Photo: Westmount Independent

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By Laureen Sweeney

Superior Court judge Richard Mongeauissued a written ruling April 24, confirm-ing his verbal dismissal four days earlierof a request for an urgent freeze on thecity’s arena/pool project.

The legal quest was the first step in anoverall bid to seek temporary and perma-nent injunctions against the $38.3-millionproject by architect and project critic DavidLudmer, Westmount Park United Churchand a parishioner, Robert Tait.

While interior stripping of the oldarena was started by the city April 20 im-mediately following the verbal court deci-sion, work by contractor Pomerleau Inc.appeared to gain momentum Monday, justbefore press time, as work equipmentbegan moving in for preparation of thework site and for installation of trailersthis week.

The written court judgment explainedthe judge’s decision that plaintiffs had not

made a solid case for an injunction, one ofthe requirements for a preliminary projectfreeze, but it was not known how, or if, thecase would be pursued.

Mayor Peter Trent declined to commenton the written ruling.

To study dossier

Ludmer said he had not yet spokenwith his lawyer and said “we’ll decide whatthe best course of action is once we studythe dossier.”

All options remain open, he said, not-ing that the request for a freeze was thefirst of three steps in the legal process.“Unfortunately we lost the first one, butwe’re still in the game and will take it onestep at a time.”

In the absence of the church minister,Rev. Frank Giffen, and until a board meet-ing could take place upon his return,church representatives said they did notknow how they would proceed but weredisappointed to “lose” and stated they

hoped to work with the city in respect totheir community events.

The church is concerned about retain-ing access to its front door on de Maison-neuve, as well as with possible damage toits building.

Judge Mongeau rejected the urgency ar-gument for an immediate freeze on theproject, writing that the plaintiffs hadknown for several months about the plansbut had not taken advantage of the legal

demolition process. They did not use theold arena so would not suffer irreparabledamage by its demolition.

Furthermore, the court was “not con-vinced” that modifications in the Pomer-leau plan or project budget hadsubstantially changed the nature of theproject from that described in the loan by-law and as argued by the plaintiffs. There-fore a solid case for injunction had notbeen provided, the judge wrote.

Contractor moves in equipment to arena/pool site, Ludmer: ‘we’re still in the game’

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By mutual agreement of neighbours,city officials, the developer and the con-tractor, construction work at 215 Redferndid not get off on the right foot.

That’s why Councillor Cynthia Lulhamcalled all concerned to a meeting at cityhall April 24 to exchange views and try tomove forward after “numerous” calls shesaid she had received from residents com-plaining about safety, traffic, parking andthe condition of the worksite.

Permits for exterior demolition andwork to convert the former Reader’s Di-gest building into luxury condos were is-sued by the city March 23.

The neighbours’ concerns were many,starting with the street being a narrow onefor accommodating all the constructiontraffic and that it was a busy school corri-dor used by numerous students walkingto and from St. Léon, Westmount Highand Selwyn House. Why was it that noflagman was on duty that afternoon at3:30? That insulation was blowing aroundand left hanging out of upper windows?That someone was unloading supplies

early Sunday morning? And that a con-struction truck, photographed in action,was actually driving down the street on thesidewalk.

“Those things should not be happen-ing,” Lulham told the con-tractor. “I think you’ve gotthe message that there isa level of dissatisfaction…The goal is to try andmake this as painless aspossible. Try to make itbetter.”

“It has gone off on thewrong foot,” said contrac-tor Robert Ribuffo ofModule Construction.“But we’re trying to mini-mize the impact as muchas possible.”

And developer JosephBerger said, “We don’twant to disturb anyone. Ifthere is any exception,give us a call and we willtry to remedy it.”

Communication withresidents and with sub-

contractors was key, Lulham explained inrelating lessons learned from the con-gested work site at 11 Hillside. And Bergersaid he would post plasticized notices onthe hoarding.

“With all the subcontractors involved ata work site,” she said, “I urge you to de-velop a communications plan and makethem aware of our rules and that there arepeople living on the street.”

Opposite the site on Redfern, there areeight houses with small front yards andthe large Redfern Apartments at the cor-ner of St. Catherine.Some residents have

Neighbours meet with city, contractor, developer

Work at Redfern site off on ‘wrong foot’

At the end of the Redfern meeting April 24, Councillor Cynthia Lulham(right) speaks with, from left: contractor Robert Ribuffo, developerJoseph Berger, Amara Gelinas of the sales office and attorney JasonBerger.

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Not in support of failedrequest for injunction

I would like to clarify a comment at-tributed to me in an article in the Inde-pendent (“Court asked to put freeze onarena/pool project,” April 17, p. 1). Whencontacted by Laureen Sweeney, I did saythat I was unaware of the church’s actionuntil informed by a friend and that I didunderstand the church’s concerns regard-ing the arena/pool plans (restricted accessto the main entrance, possible damage tothe building, etc).

What I failed to say and what I wouldlike the readers to know is that I do notagree with or support the injunction.

Cities, towns and villages are not static– changes are a given. All constructionbrings with it temporary inconveniencesfor neighbouring properties.

Surely there was a better way for thechurch to communicate these concerns toour city officials.

One of the things that I love about liv-ing in Westmount is that it is a city withthe heart of a small town – a place whereour city officials are also our neighboursand often our friends.

Involving the courts in our disagree-ments is not how friends and neighboursshould act.

Mary Lund, St. Catherine St.

A right maybe, but not right

The April 25 edition of the Gazette de-scribed an information meeting at Con-cordia University to introduce the frontrunner for the position of president. Agroup of 20 students believed that theyhad the democratic right to disrupt theproceedings using bullhorns and chants todrown out what those in the audience hadcome to hear. Didn’t those in the audiencehave the democractic right to be in-formed? Why does one trump the other?What are the rules?

We are not immune to this in West-mount!

The democratic right to file for an in-junction in an attempt to stop the firststage of our new recreation centre was in-voked by two individuals and one institu-tion. I have somewhat more sympathy forWestmount Park United Church althoughI’m not sure why. Maybe because it’s achurch and therefore their motives mustbe at a high level. Maybe it’s becausemoney which could have been used to im-prove its structure will now be used to payfor court costs and lawyers.

I have no sympathy for Mr. Ludmer –who thought the best location for therecreation centre would be the Glen Yards.When this did not receive support (noteven from the Save the Park group), he

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spoke out against the project at councilmeetings – which is his right.

However, to hold hostage the 80-pluspercent who responded to the original sur-vey in favour of the project by attemptingto get an injunction has the democraticright but it’s not right!

Sam Beitel, Abbott Ave.

Dear Underdog ClubOn Sunday April 22, my friends and I

held a dog party. It was a birthday party formy dog Henry. He turned 1, and he is along-haired Dachshund.

It was also my friend’s dog’s secondbirthday. He is a Bernese mountain dognamed Titan.

It was held at the dog run behind theWestmount arena. Many of my friendsand their parents came with donations foryour club. We had paw-print cake, thedogs had biscuits, bones and toys. Weraised $172. It was a cold but great day!Claudia Beattie, Westmount resident

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From left: Meagan Goth, Olivia Gurman, Olivia Desnoyers, Claudia Beattie, Vivianna Galasso andAllyson Rohlicek. Inset photo: the girls with their dogs, including the birthday Dachshund, Henry, andbirthday Bernese, Titan.

Preparation of the work site this weekfor the new recreation centre was to closeArena Drive to all traffic this week, city of-ficials said. Academy Rd. becomes a deadend street with approximately two parkingspaces removed at the end to provide turn-around room. Some parking space alsowill be removed from Park Place.

A small portion of the bike path was tobe moved slightly to make room for the se-curity hoarding.

Arena start bringschanges to streets

The police, fire department and GazMétropolitaine were called in after a pri-vate company severed a gas line on UpperRoslyn near Belfrage, police said.

The incident took place at 8:30 am onApril 25. The contractor, which was doingexcavation work on the road, hit the gasline. They called 911 and a perimeter was

set up around the area. As well, some res-idents were ordered to evacuate theirhomes.

Gaz Métropolitaine completed the re-pairs approximately within an hour andresidents were allowed back into theirhomes at around 10 am.

Gas leak on Upper Roslyn evacuates homes

Bulldog foundA bulldog was found running around

the lobby of the apartment building of4560 St. Catherine April 18. It was takento the Public Security station by officers,who later returned it to the building andfound the owner, a new tenant. A warningwas issued to obtain a licence and the dogwas returned.


By Dan Lambert

The Westmount Walking and CyclingAssociation (WWCA) supports the city’sMaster Traffic Plan initiative to reduce traf-fic and promote walking, cycling and useof public transit – collectively called activetransportation.

As the negative impacts of motor vehi-cles become better known, many citiesaround the world are implementing pro-grams to reduce traffic and increase activetransportation. Traffic reduction measureslargely consist of limiting traffic capacityso drivers either take alternative routes orswitch to active transportation. In theshort-term, restricting through traffic inWestmount will result in some drivers tak-ing alternative routes through adjacentcommunities, however, once those com-munities implement similar programs,overall traffic will decline and active trans-portation will grow.

The shift

To achieve this shift in commutingfrom individual cars to active transporta-tion, it is also essential to increase publictransit and cycling capacity in parallel withtraffic reduction measures. While West-mount does not control public transit, theSTM would respond to Westmount’s plansby providing increased service.

The potential to reduce traffic and in-crease public transit was demonstratedlast summer when numerous roads andbridges were shut down for repairs. TheSTM responded by increasing public tran-sit capacity, which a large number of carcommuters quickly adopted. Encourag-ingly, many of those commuters did notswitch back to driving when the road andbridge construction was completed.

The objective of Westmount’s initiativeis not to abolish through traffic but to sim-ply reduce it, so we would like to focus onwhy Westmount residents should supportthis initiative. In other words, what’swrong with the current 66,000 cars per daydriving through Westmount?

Health

Motor vehicles damage one’s health inseveral ways. Vehicle exhaust containspathogens, which are linked to a range ofhealth problems, particularly respiratory.A health study by Toronto’s public healthdepartment concluded that traffic-relatedpollution causes about 440 prematuredeaths and 1,700 hospitalisations per year.Younger and older people are especiallyvulnerable. Municipal and provincial gov-

ernments can reduce that exposure by re-ducing heavy traffic in densely populatedcommunities.

Second, collisions with motor vehicleskill six people and injure 500 every day inCanada. Because of its weight, speed andhard shell, a car travelling at 40 km/hr hasan 80 percent probability of killing apedestrian or cyclist in a collision. Indensely populated urban communitieslike Westmount, pedestrians and cyclistsshould feel safe from such dangers.

Third, driving daily, without compen-sating with physical exercise, contributesto obesity, with all its related health issues.Active transportation is one easy way to in-corporate physical activity in one’s dailyroutine and thereby remain healthy. Forinstance, many schools have initiated pro-grams to encourage students to walk orcycle to school to combat child obesity.

Community

A significant share of Westmount’spublic space is dedicated to motor vehi-cles. So, in addition to increasing the riskof injury to pedestrians and cyclists, traf-fic creates both visual and noise pollution.Through traffic is particularly harmful be-cause many through-traffic drivers are lessconcerned about their impact on the com-munity they are transiting – their objectiveis to get to work or school as quickly aspossible.

For these reasons, heavy excess traffichas a negative impact on the character andliveability of our community. If more ofour public space were dedicated to widersidewalks, restaurant terraces, shops, bikepaths, etc., our community would acquirea more human scale and become moreliveable and attractive. Westmount doesnot have to be a motor vehicle thorough-fare, as demonstrated by many other com-munities that have reduced traffic and arenow enjoying the benefits.

Pocketbook

Road infrastructure is very costly tobuild and maintain. The more people usepublic transit, the less road infrastructureis required. Also, health care to treat motorvehicle collision injuries and other motorvehicle-related health problems is costly.Therefore, over the long-term, less trafficwould reduce both infrastructure andhealth costs. While reducing traffic inWestmount alone will not immediatelygenerate these cost savings, they will beachieved in the long-term through trafficreduction programs combined with in-creased active transportation in commu-

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venient, we cannot dismiss the negativeimpacts of heavy traffic. Therefore, our as-sociation encourages residents to supportthe city’s initiative. Furthermore, we urgethe city to implement these measures be-fore the start of Turcot reconstruction andthe opening of the new MUHC, both ofwhich will add through traffic pressure onWestmount. Several Montreal boroughshave either implemented or are planningtraffic reduction programs. We feel it isnow time for Westmount to act.Dan Lambert is a Lansdowne resident andpresident of the Westmount Walking and

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Work sites left openPublic safety officers reported finding

unsecured construction sites at 53 and55 Surrey Gardens overnight April 17.Gates in the hoarding were open andone had come off the hinges.


Laureen Sweeney

Public safety officers arrested two 16-year-olds April 20 in Westmount Park inconnection with fresh graffiti found in thecomfort station and on park benches andgarbage cans, Public Security officials re-port.

They were each issued tickets for $118for defacing public property under nui-sance By-law 257. Their parents were in-formed what had happened and that thecity would be claiming clean-up expenses.One boy lived in NDG, the other in Mon-treal East.

The city’s security camera initiallypicked up three youths acting suspiciouslyat the comfort station at 8 pm.

When Sgt. Steve Payne arrived, hefound fresh black graffiti on a washroomdoor and began watching the three at 8:07pm as they sat on a park bench. Within

minutes, he saw one take a paint markerand begin writing on the top of a garbagecan beside the bench.

On the arrival of PSO Paris Papadatosfive minutes later, the officers placed threeyouths under arrest, advised them of theirrights and called police, said assistant Pub-lic Security director Greg McBain.

When police arrived at 9:15 pm, theyidentified the two who were believed re-sponsible but, in keeping with police pol-icy regarding graffiti and first-timejuvenile offenders, declined to chargethem with a criminal offence, McBainsaid.

Following the city’s zero tolerance ongraffiti the two were fined, however, byPublic Security under the municipal by-law. The washroom door was described ascovered with graffiti and similar tags werefound at a number of locations in the park.

PSOs catch 2 more for graffiti,city claiming damages

Wesselmann’s pop artat Galerie de Bellefeuille

Jacques Bellefeuille carefully unpacks acid-free paper-lined boxes with prints by Tom Wesselmann, aleading American pop artist of the ’60s. Westmounters and gallerists Helen and Jacques Bellefeuilleworked with the Tom Wesselmann estate and the David Janis Gallery in New York to curate the exhibit,which runs from Saturday, May 19 to Friday, June 1 at Galerie de Bellefeuille, 1367 Greene Ave. Thede Bellefeuille exhibit parallels the Tom Wesselmann Retrospective at the Montreal Museum of FineArt, May 18 to October 7. Photo: Veronica Redgrave

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Starting in July 2013, Canadians who are eligible for, but not yet receiving OAS will have the flexibility to delay receiving it in exchange for a higher monthly amount at a later date.

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Canadians are living longer and costs for the Old Age Security (OAS) are rising.

On April 1, 2023 the Government of Canada plans to start raising the age of eligibility for OAS and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) from 65 to 67.*

The number of working-age Canadians per senior is decreasing, placing additional pressure on the OAS program.

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By Joanne Penhale

Listening to Roger Miller through ear-buds, his daughter and her friends sur-rounding him, Paul Creighton died onApril 15. Widely known in Westmount forhis presence at city countil meetings andfor his fervent advocacy for Westmount’sdog runs – Creighton was often at theLansdowne dog run or winding throughthe streets with his dog Chaucer, stoppingalong the way to exchange stories withneighbours.

“He was a man of very high morals,”said Amy Creighton, explaining her fa-ther’s disappointment with his years in theCanadian foreign service. Soon after earn-ing his BA from Waterloo Lutheran Uni-versity (now Wilfred Laurier) and hismarriage to Beverley Petty, he became viceconsul in the Dominican Republic. In themid 1960s, Creighton then worked brieflyin New York with the UN before acceptinga post in Tanzania. “Truth, integrity, jus-tice ... those were big things for Dad,” Amysaid. He was actually repulsed, she said, bythe inner politicking and social elitismamongst diplomats.

“People let him down, and the animalsnever did,” she continued.

He was closest to Chaucer, the fourthin a succession of Great Pyrenees.Chaucer accompanied Creighton to West-mount city council meetings to advocate –sometimes battle – for the Lansdowne dogrun. And several cats ruled his home onArgyle Ave. He moved there with his wifeBeverley and kids Christopher and Amy in1973, after finishing an MBA at WesternUniversity. He worked as an economist,

and in 1976 became an independent con-sultant – an international headhunter –which he was doing until last year.

Creighton was born in Swift Current,Saskatchewan in 1937 to a Norwegianfamily. Amy said her dad spoke of an idyl-lic childhood in Ottawa, where his fatherwas army major. He was a Boy Scout withhis older brother Jon. They watched 5-centmovies which the stars would actually at-tend – like Gene Autrey, with his horseChampion. And they took summer vaca-tions in Saskatchewan, where they playedwith real guns.

Creighton was accepted at the RoyalConservatory of Music for piano, and hestudied art with painter Henri Masson.His 5-year-old-granddaughter, Lexington,remarked that nobody drew as well as hergrandpa, according to her mother Amy.

He ran, unsuccessfully, for council inthe 1991 election.

At the Lansdowne dog run, a dog ownerpointed to the bench where Creightonused to sit, watch the dogs and socializewith others. “He could really take themickey out of someone,” she said. “In ahumorous way.”

Creighton leaves behind son Christo-pher, who lives in Japan with his wife and13-year-old son, and daughter Amy, whoteaches at Concordia University and whoalso teaches fitness classes at Victoria Hall,and her daughter Lexington. Creighton isalso survived by his older brother Jon, wholives with his wife in Toronto. BeverleyCreighton died in 2006.


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Chaucer, a Great Pyrenees, and sevencats now find themselves looking forhomes after the death of their owner, Paul

Creighton. Two setsof cats are siblings,and all but one wererescues. The non-rescue, according tohis daughter AmyCreighton, was a catshe brought home

with her in 1997 upon leaving Budapestand moving to London. Figuring he

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See photos ofsome of the cats tothe right. Chaucer ispictured above.

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By Laureen Sweeney

A Westmount resident, concernedabout the long-term cumulative effect ofradiofrequency emissions on health, iscalling for the city to hold a public meet-ing and debate on the electromagnetichydro meters it has quietly been phasingin since 2008.

These digital models can be read re-motely from the street, eliminating theneed for meter readers to gain access to adwelling or property as required for thetraditional electromechanical model. Theyare identifiable by their dials that look likehands on a clock.

Megan Durnford – a film maker andthe mother of young children who has

been delving into the world-wide healthcontroversy over radiofrequency (RF)emissions – discovered to her surprise ayear ago that one of these new meters wasbeing installed on the wall of her house onVictoria Ave.

And since then she has been carryingon an email exchange with city officialsand council members asking, without suc-cess, that her meter be removed and re-placed with one that does not emit RFwaves.

“The key thing for me is that West-mount is installing radiofrequency meterswithout any public debate of the issue,which is already known to be controver-sial,” she says. “These meters shouldn’t beforced on people.”

By comparison, she explains, cellphones and other wireless devices areused by choice.

The meter’s radiofrequency emissionsare well below the maximum permissible

exposure safety regulations adopted byHealth Canada, explained Hydro West-mount officials.

But according to Stéphane Belainsky of3E Electromagnetic Environmental Ex-pertise Inc., a specialist who works withpeople having related health sensitivities,the problem with these standards used byindustry is that they are based on the heat-ing effects of radiofrequency on humantissue rather than on the effects caused bylesser amounts of RF.

The lesser amounts “don’t heat you upbut have been determined by researchersto have an effect on heart arrhythmia,glandular problems, cancers and otherconditions.

“There’s proof enough,” he said, “thatthe World Health Organization recentlyreclassified RF emissions as potential 2Bcancer-causing agents among which areDDT and lead.”

Hydro Westmount program

Hydro Westmount has already installed2,500 of these second-generation RF me-ters at homes and businesses out of the11,000 meters in service, said the utility’sdirector, Pierre Dubé.

The RF meter is the only one HydroWestmount is now purchasing because ofits remote reading function, he confirmed.

While the meters are read only onceevery two months, however, they are ac-tively emitting radiofrequency waves inbursts of fractions of a second throughoutthe day at approximately 30 second inter-vals.

They are not as advanced technologi-cally as the “next” generation of so-calledsmart meter.

He described the smart meter as an RFmodel that contains a clock. This enableselectricity to be charged according to timeof use. It can communicate as far as 3 kilo-meters away from router to router,whereas the Westmount meter has a dis-tance of about 1,000 feet.

Test results

Soon after the installation of Durn-ford’s new meter, she hired Belainsky totest it.

The findings from directly in front of itrevealed that the meter was emittingbursts peaking at 7,310 microwatts persquare meter (µW/m2), pulsed approxi-mately every 30 seconds, she says.

While the RF waves decreased with dis-

tance, the meter is located near a windowand only a few feet from the family’s din-ing area on the deck in the long narrow lotof a townhouse. The emissions werefound to be penetrating inside.

Belainsky told the Independent that it is“very tricky” to make apples-to-applescomparisons between various pieces of RFequipment or safety standards since thereare so many variables and complexities in-volved.

For example, a plugged-in cordlessphone on its base, he said, typically emitsaround 7,000 µW/m2 at a distance of 2.5meters. But this is a constant emission,whereas the hydro meter is in millisecond

bursts.After Durnford’s meter was tested, she

advised Hydro Westmount that it hadbeen covered in aluminum foil and thatthis had “drastically” reduced exteriorreadings to 340 µW/m2 and completelyeliminated them inside the house.

It is actually “illegal” to tamper with theutility’s meter, Dubé said, and that wrap-ping it prevents the remote reading capa-bility.

While Durnford offered in writing tounsheathe the meter at the time of read-ing, she says she has never been asked todo so and doesn’t know how or when it isbeing read.

Meters replaced after 10 years

In explaining the Hydro Westmountprogram, Dubé said that in accordancewith Measurement Canada’s criteria, “wehave to replace meters after 10 years.”They are also replaced when someone up-grades an electrical system.

The only meters now available are thesecond generation digital type, he said.“Just like the rotary phone, mechanicalmeters are no longer made.”

He did acknowledge, however, thatsuch second-generation meters are avail-able without the radiofrequency compo-nent. This means they display digitally thecumulative consumption of electricity but

cannot be read remotely.“Technically,” he said, Hydro West-

mount could acquire a few of these in lim-ited number for anyone “insisting” on anon-RF meter who agreed to undertake areading their own meter, though thiswould defeat the purpose of the remote-reading program.

“Maybe we could open that door on avery, very minimal scale,” he suggested.

Right to opt out

The right to opt out of smart meter pro-grams has already been won, sometimesthrough courts, by residents in some ju-risdictions. These include BC, Maine andConnecticut. This optionis also being proposed,

The radiofrequency hydro meter is installed directly over the deck at Megan Durnford’s house onVictoria Ave.

Resident seeks public debate on new hydro meters2,500 radiofrequency models already installed by

Westmount, opt-out might be considered

The digital radiofrequency hydro meter

continued on p. 14


By Laureen Sweeney

With the proliferation of wireless equip-ment, including the installation of rooftoptransmitting antennae on several West-mount apartment buildings, perhaps thetime has come to look at ways to managethe issue, says Tom Thompson, whochairs the city’s Community Life commit-tee of the Healthy City Project (HCP).

The HCP was launched 20 years ago inWestmount under World Health Organi-zation initiatives.

Thompson sat on city council andheaded the HCP steering committee in2008 when the city made its decision topurchase the new radiofrequency hydrometers, one he remembers clearly.

While the new meters were not dis-cussed at the time by the HCP, he said,“good questions are now being raised andit’s an issue we should be looking at,” per-haps in terms of developing managementguidelines, he suggests (see separate story,

p. 12).Thompson, through the HCP, was in-

strumental in city council adopting re-strictive guidelines for the use ofpesticides. This is one of reasons he hasbeen selected as this year’s Volunteer ofthe Year by the Westmount Municipal As-sociation.

“I’m sensitive to these issues,” he ex-plained, “because we don’t know what theimpact of any of these radiofrequency in-stallations will have. Some people – thevery young and some others – are morevulnerable or sensitive to them.”

Martin: Science says ‘no problem’

On the other hand, Councillor PatrickMartin, commissioner of Utilities andPublic Works, said that “all the sciencetells us there is absolutely no problem.”

Concerning the hydro meters, he said,a change in placement on a wall might berequired in some cases to reduce the im-pact of emissions.

Managing radiofrequencyequipment: an issue forHealthy City Project?but with an added fee, by Hydro Quebec

in its ongoing hearings before the Régiede l’énergie, the provincial electricityboard.

Users have no choice in Ontario, how-ever, where smart meters are mandatoryas part of a provincial “green” program tocharge for electricity by time of use.

“But why take the chance on jeopardiz-ing health when it’s not necessary?” asksDurnford.

She doesn’t own either a microwaveoven or a cell phone. It’s her choice, shesays, the same one she wants to have overher hydro meter.

And, as research continues to bring outmore and more information on the impactof RF emissions on health from even lowlevels, she says, it is incumbent on regula-tory agencies to upgrade their safety stan-dards.

The problem, said Belainsky, is thatthere are few long-term data regarding theimpact on health from radiofrequency, orits contribution to the overall “cocktail ofexposures from heavy metals and all theproducts around us. We don’t know whatthe collective effect is in a communityfrom all the radiofrequency emissionsfrom all sources.

But, he added, “we have at least a dutyto inform people so they can take a sounddecision.”

‘Update safety standards’continued from p. 12

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The following article relates to the regis-tration of deeds of sale for Westmount prop-erty in March 2012, provided by city officials.A list of sales can be found on p. 19.

The highest price ever paid for a single-family dwelling in Westmount wasachieved in March this year, as the lovelystone mansion at 3617 The Boulevard soldto the Chinese consulate general for $7million.

The figure easily beats out the$6,501,000 paid for 80 Sunnyside Ave. inMay 2001, a sale which included three de-

velopment lots at the corner of EdgehillRd. and Lexington Ave. Those lots are nowbeing developed.

Meanwhile the next highest price inWestmount’s history, $6,410,000, was re-ported to have been agreed to for 205Edgehill Rd., right across the street fromthe lots under development.

The $7-million price tag is an indica-tion that resistance barriers are being bro-ken in style; in February, four of the sixsales in the month were for prices between$2 and $4 million, and the average pricefor the month was $2,286,667.

For March, the average moves down to$1,888,200 even including the $7-millionsale, but it is still the second-highest (afterFebruary) raw average monthly price inWestmount’s history.

In fact, the average price was pulleddown by four sales under $1 million, withthe lowest being 354 Grosvenor Ave. at

$600,000. The biggest markdown involvedthe estate of Mildred Bronfman Lande fora house that even the deed reported “ismore than 80 years old and requires sub-stantial work,” the mansion at 4333 West-mount Ave. (corner Argyle), which sold for$2,300,000 despite having a valuation of$2,808,000.

Highest mark-up was recorded for 373Olivier Ave., a stonefront townhouse thatsold for $1,248,000.

Two duplexes are included in the resi-dential category, both selling in the$800,000 to $900,000 range.

In the condominium market, March in-troduced a new building, which is nowbeing “sold up” to many buyers who pur-chased the property in the past two yearsoff building plans. The three-storey struc-ture at 11 Hillside Ave., formerly the siteof the Caledonia Curling Club, is now al-most ready for occupancy. Nine apart-

ments sold in March for prices rangingfrom just over $260,000 to just under$435,000. The deeds also indemnify thebuyers for sales taxes but those are not in-cluded in the base price, which establishesthe municipal transfer tax to be paid. Mon-treal has yet to evaluate the building for taxpurposes, so there is no comparison crite-rion.

Other condo sales include two on theseventh floor of Westmount Park Towers(the “Pom”), 4700 St. Catherine St., an-other at 295 Victoria Ave., corner deMaisonneuve Blvd. and one flat in a made-over duplex at 482 Victoria Ave.

The only other sale in the month in-volved a share-sale of a commercial build-ing at 328 Victoria transferred to acorporation whose owner actually ownsthe other half of the building.

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Thompson, who chairs the CommunityLife committee of the Healthy City Projectas well as the MAB/Mackay Foundation’sdevelopment committee, is also a memberof the board of the Visual Arts Centre anda former member of the Marianopolis de-velopment committee.

He is a former president of the WMAand chaired the Healthy City Project formost of its 20 years, bringing guidelinesfor pesticide use as well as compostingand other environmental programs intoreality.

When asked how he felt about beingnamed volunteer of the year, he said “I liketo see other people get these things.”

He will receive the Derek Walker vol-unteer award at the WMA’s annual gen-eral meeting at Victoria Hall Wednesday,May 9.

The value of volunteers, Thompsonsaid, “is to develop a quality of life in acommunity by getting people involved and

effecting change.”His own service to the WMA includes

guiding its presentations to the BAPE en-vironmental hearings in opposition to theFoster Wheeler incinerator project and ini-tiating a survey of city services.

Thompson has also served as vice pres-ident of the Fraser Hickson Library, chairof Red Cross Water Safety in Quebec, amember of the PSBGM parents’ commit-tee and a Y volunteer.

Tom Thompson

Thompson awardedcontinued from p. 1

Migration started

Bird migration season is reported in force, as this ruby crowned kinglet alights on a rock in an Arlingtongarden April 26. Photo: Ralph Thompson


AVIS D’ENTRÉE EN VIGUEURRÈGLEMENTS Nos 1421, 1422, ET 1423

AVIS PUBLIC est par les présentes donné à tous ceux qui peuvent êtreconcernés, que les règlements mentionnés ci-dessous, adoptés par le conseilmunicipal de la Ville de Westmount lors d’une séance ordinaire tenue le 16 janvier2012, sont réputés avoir été approuvés par les personnes habiles à voter à la suitede la procédure d’enregistrement tenue le 22 février 2012. Le ministre des Affairesmunicipales, des Régions et de l’Occupation du territoire a par ailleurs approuvéces règlements le 18 avril 2012 :

Règlement n° 1421 intitulé « RÈGLEMENT ABROGEANT LE RÈGLEMENT AUTORISANT UN

EMPRUNT DE 120 000 $ POUR LA MISE À JOUR DES SYSTÈMES INFORMATIQUES, DE L’ACQUISITIONDE MATÉRIEL INFORMATIQUE, DE LOGICIELS ET D’UN SYSTÈME DE BASE DE DONNÉES

RELATIONNELLES », dont l’objet vise à abroger le règlement nº RCA05 23025 dans lebut d’annuler le solde résiduaire de ce règlement d’emprunt;


EMPRUNT DE 70 000 $ POUR L’ACQUISITION D’ÉQUIPEMENT SERVANT À LA GESTION EN TEMPS

RÉEL DU RÉSEAU ÉLECTRIQUE D’HYDRO WESTMOUNT », dont l’objet vise à abroger lerèglement nº RCA05 23029 dans le but d’annuler le solde résiduaire de ce règlementd’emprunt;


EMPRUNT DE 50 000 $ POUR L’ACQUISITION D’UN VÉHICULE ÉLECTRIQUE POUR HYDROWESTMOUNT », dont l’objet vise à abroger le règlement nº RCA05 23031 dans le butd’annuler le solde résiduaire de ce règlement d’emprunt.

Ces règlements entrent en vigueur en date de ce jour.

Toute personne intéressée peut consulter ce règlement sur le site web de la ville :www.westmount.org et en obtenir copie au bureau du greffier situé au 4333, rueSherbrooke Ouest à Westmount, du lundi au vendredi de 8 h 30 à 16 h 30.

DONNÉ à Westmount, le 1er mai 2012.

NOTICE OF COMING INTO FORCEBY-LAWS 1421, 1422 and 1423

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to all who may be concerned that the by-lawsmentioned below, adopted by the Municipal Council of the City of Westmount at aregular sitting held on January 16, 2012, were deemed to have been approved bythe qualified voters at the registration held on February 22, 2012. On the other hand,the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy approved these by-laws on April 18, 2012:

By-law 1421 entitled “BY-LAW TO REPEAL THE BY-LAW TO PROVIDE A LOAN IN THE AMOUNT

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HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AND A RELATIONAL DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM” the object ofwhich is to repeal By-law RCA05 23025 in order to cancel the residual balance onthis loan by-law;


OF $70,000 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE COMPUTERIZED REAL TIME

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF HYDRO WESTMOUNT ELECTRIC NETWORK” the object of which isto repeal By-law RCA05 23029 in order to cancel the residual balance on this loanby-law;


OF $50,000 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR HYDRO WESTMOUNT” theobject of which is to repeal By-law RCA05 23031 in order to cancel the residualbalance on this loan by-law.

These by-laws shall come into force today.

Any interested person may consult the by-law on the City’s website:www.westmount.org and obtain a copy thereof at the Office of the City Clerk locatedat 4333 Sherbrooke Street West, Westmount, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to4:30 p.m.

GIVEN at Westmount, on May 1, 2012.

Mario Gerbeau, Greffier de la Ville/City Clerk

Ville de WestmountCity of Westmount

It is Kahlil Gibran who said “Ever has itbeen that love knows not its own depthuntil the hour of separation.” Petite Puceknows this firsthand, havinghad the good fortune of spend-ing much of her life with anowner who adored her, butthen suffering the loss of a lov-ing owner when the personpassed away last year.

Petite Puce is an adorable 11-year-old Lhasa Apso mix who islooking for a family or individual withwhom she can spend the rest of hergolden years.

Members of her late owner’s familytried to take her in, but they didn’t have thetime, and the mourning pooch became in-creasingly despondent. By the time shewas turned over to Eleven Eleven AnimalRescue, she had all but stopped eating andhad become severely underweight.

A visit to the vet showed that some of

Petite Puce’s misery and lack of appetitewere caused by decayed teeth and a guminfection. She has since received treat-ment.

All in all, things are looking up for Pe-tite Puce, who is a much happier dog nowthat she has found herself in a caring anddevoted foster home, and is beginning togain weight and enjoy life again. Sheadores her co-canine, a pug, and does wellwith cats and other small, calm dogs.

Big dogs and little children can makePetite Puce nervous, how-ever, so a relaxed environ-ment with children over theage of 12 would be the idealretirement setting for thissenior dog.

But don’t be fooled by Pe-tite Puce’s age! This sprightly

gal is extremely active for her age and ab-solutely loves to go for her daily walks. Shealso loves to cuddle up on the couch andcan be very attentive and affectionate.

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By Michael Moore

Perhaps taking heart from an expres-sion about not giving up until a volup-tuous lady bursts into song, a quartet ofWestmount boys’ hockey teams ralliedwith their playoffs on the line to capturetheir respective league titles.

In near mirror images of each other,Westmount’s squads in the Atom A, Pee-wee A and B, and Midget A divisions alllost the opening game of their best-of-three final series before edging their op-ponents in the final two meetings to winthe title.

Exemplifying the cliché about defencewinning championships, the Atom AWings, anchored by strong team defence,neutralized their opponents’ offences ontheir way to the title, allowing just fivegoals in seven playoff games.

Steamrolling their way into the semi-fi-nals then slipping past the second-rankedMont-Royal/Outremont (MRO) Devils inovertime, the Wings fell 2-1 to the LachineRapides in the opening game of the finalsbefore winning 2-0 and 4-1 to best theirtop-seeded opponent.

With two teams competing in the Pee-wee A semi-finals, hopes of an all-West-mount final were dashed when the Wingswere knocked out by the LaSalle Jaguars.Avenging their fallen compatriots, the top-seeded Predators split the first two gamesof the final before capturing the title instyle, winning 3-2 in overtime.

Building off of their performance, thePredators captured the Lac St. Louis Re-

gional Championship days later, one offive championship banners won by theteam. See photo.

The Peewee B Wings completed West-mount’s sweep of the age level, despite anopening round wake-up call. Finishingfirst with an 18-1-3 record in the regularseason, the Wings dropped their first-

Atom A, Peewee A & B and Midget A

Resiliency helps Westmount hockey to four-peat

Westmount Peewee A Predators pose with family and fans after capturing their fifth banner of theseason – the Lac St. Louis Regional Championship. Photo: Bobby Garfield

round game to the LaSalle Panthers onlyto be saved by virtue of their first-seed sta-tus.

After winning their next three games,including exacting revenge against thePanthers, the Wings faced off against theSt. Laurent Sonic, dropping the first game4-2 before stifling their opponents in thefinal two match-ups, winning 2-0 and 5-1.

Completing Westmount’s title-winningquartet by relying on their defensiveprowess, the Midget A Wings breezed into

the semi-finals with three shutouts in asmany games before knocking off the MRODevils 3-2 to reach the finals.

In a repeat of the Atom A final, West-mount responded to a game 1 loss with ashutout in game 2 and a convincing agame 3 victory to win the title.

With its post-season success, West-mount hockey has gained some braggingrights heading into next season, with thetitle foursome tying LaSalle for the mostchampionships won this season.

Pos. Team GP W L T GF GA FJ Pts.

Novice A9 Wings 18 3 14 1 39 96 18 25

(Lost in second round)

Atom A3 Wings 18 12 2 4 76 56 18 46

(Won Atom A title)

Atom B7 Predators18 7 9 2 58 64 18 34

(Lost in semi-final)

Peewee A1 Predators22 19 2 1 88 16 22 64

(Won Peewee A title)

4 Wings 22 14 6 2 74 36 22 52(Lost in semi-final)

Peewee B1 Wings 22 18 1 3 99 28 22 61

(Won Peewee B title)

Bantam A1 Wings 22 21 1 0 93 17 22 64

(Lost in second round)

Midget A3 Wings 22 13 4 5 61 36 19 50

(Won Midget A title)

Midget B2 Predators22 17 5 0 99 45 22 56

(Lost in third round)


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By Heather Black

Galerie V-Trimont was set to open a sec-ond art gallery May 1 next to the Old PostOffice at 1308 Greene Ave.

Owned and operated by husband-and-wife team Alain Trimont and DominiqueVartanian, the gallery features contempo-rary work by international and local artists,including Vartanian herself. Painting bothabstract and figurative compositions –often under the name Varte – Vartanian re-cently exhibited at Holt Renfrew.

The new gallery also exhibits the the-atrical paintings of Montreal’s DominicBesner. It is also introducing renownedEuropean painter Frans Schuursma toWestmount gallery-goers. Although popu-lar in Europe, Schuursma’s colourful andwhimsical work is less known to NorthAmerican audiences.

According to Trimont, the new store-front “microgallery” is one way to attractattention to the gallery’s artists.

In the past, Galerie V-Trimont has fea-tured such artists as Mario Merola andRita Briansky. A series of group exhibi-tions are planned.

Beginning in mid-May, the Greene Ave.gallery will feature artists painting on site,

starting with Manuel Bujold, who will bein attendance from 10 am until 4 pm onSaturday, May 12.

The gallery at 4259 St. Catherine St. willremain open.

A second Galerie d’art V-Trimontopens on Greene Ave.

Dominique Vartanian of Galerie d’art V-Trimont.

For the second time in three years, theWestmount SWAT hockey team won theCudmore 50+ division of the Pointe ClaireOldtimers Hockey Tournament on April22. The team went undefeated, and endedin a 4-3 against the Ajax, Ontario team inthe finals.

SWAT team members include JeffKastner, Greg Haney, Peter Jacobsen, MikeAuerbach, Larry Dionne, Adam Cutler,

Bert Lumbertus, Leo Cauzo, Patrick Bald-win, Alan Elbaz and Dominic Agostino.

The 43rd Pointe Claire OldtimersHockey Tournament is the oldest annualold timers’ hockey tournament in theworld, according to Cutler, with some 88teams competing in various age groups.Each year the spring tournament raisesmore than $100,000 for Montreal chari-ties.

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A tea party to benefit autistic children will be held on Sunday, May 6 from 3 to 6 pm at Le Loft Hotel,314 Sherbrooke St. E. Organizers, from left: Westmount Independent columnist Aurélien Guillory,Nancy Bloomfield, Valeria Rosenbloom and Geeta Suchak.

Photo: Westmount Independent

With demolition of the arena two daysoff, Westmounters got their last chance onApril 28 to post last-minute notes, photosand homages on the outer brick walls anddoors at the northern end of the old arenabuilding. A small group of residents tookthe initiative to invite others to participatein the spontaneous tribute. City officialshad given them permission. See photo tothe right and on p. 1.

– M.C.B

Some paytribute to oldarena beforedemolition

Among those who left notes on the old arena wall were Chantal Cheema and her son Ryan, who hasfond memories of learning to skate there. Photo: Martin C. Barry

Tolerance over for off-leash dogs

Enough warnings have been issued forfirst-time offenders, according to PublicSecurity. Now, any dog found off leash inSummit Woods during the on-leash pe-riod and other parks as well as all publicplaces will bring the owner or keeper a $75ticket.

The practice of allowing dogs to run offleash outside dog runs – already illegal – isreported to be especially prevalent in parksand on playing fields. It was condemnedby Councillor Cynthia Lulham, UrbanPlanning and Parks commissioner at thecity council meeting April 2 and has be-come the subject of a Public Security“leash your dog” campaign.

The crackdown started April 19 withtickets were given out to two NDG resi-dents at 9:48 am on the Summit.

Tea party for autistic children

By David Goldberg

An alert homeowner was able to helpStation 12 officers catch a suspect whotried to break into his home on Dorch-ester.

Police say the suspect broke through abackdoor screen and unlocked the door ofthe home at 1:30 am on April 20. But thesuspect then was faced with a second door.

“While this was happening, the 40-year-old resident heard some noises comingfrom the rear of his home,” said Consta-ble Adalbert Pimentel. “When he went tothe backdoor, he looked out and saw thesuspect trying to break in.”

The man screamed, scaring away thesuspect. He then called 911.

“When our officers arrived, they had adescription of the suspect, and they saw aman who matched it on Dorchester,” said

Pimentel. “As they were getting ready toapproach him, the victim opened his frontdoor and began screaming, ‘That’s theguy.’”

Arrested was a 20-year-old man fromeast end Montreal. He has been chargedwith breaking and entering.

“The man had vomit on his sweaterwhen he was arrested and it appeared hewas under the influence of alcohol,” saidPimentel.


The following permits for demolition,exterior construction, alteration and reno-vation were approved at the April 2 meet-ing of city council.51 Surrey Gardens: two permits, to build a

new house, and remove some trees todo so;

16 Devon: to install a new swimming pool,fence, retaining wall and plantings allin rear yard;

79 Holton: to build a new interior garagefacing the street;

4335 Westmount: to build a dormer withtwo windows on the roof;

4800 de Maisonneuve: to erect a real estatesign in the front yard for the leasing ofapartment units;

810 Upper Belmont: at a Category I build-ing, to build a stone balcony at the rear,replace all windows and modify someopenings;

626 Victoria: to block some windows tocreate two new openings and add a newrear window;

342A Victoria: to make some repairs to thefront façade and add some moldings;

427 Elm: to add a new window at the base-ment entrance and replace the door;

640 Lansdowne: to modify some openingsat the rear façade and replace them bynew doors;

316 Grosvenor: to enlarge an existing win-dow opening at the basement level tocreate a new door and replace somebasement windows;

54 Aberdeen: to rebuild the front stairsand landing as well as repave the drive-way and path, and add planters to thefront yard;

700 Grosvenor: to rebuild the rear deck;368 Grosvenor: to do some landscaping in

the rear yard including a new woodfence and terrace.

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The following permits for demolition,exterior construction, alteration and reno-vation were approved at the April 16 meet-ing of city council.215 Redfern: to cut down some trees to

build a circular driveway and under-ground parking lot on condition thatfour mature replacement trees areplanted;

4918B Sherbrooke: to erect a sign for On-gles Jenny Spa;

788 Upper Belmont: to replace the win-dows;

646 Roslyn: to modify openings in the rearfaçade;

377 Metcalfe: at a Category I house, tobuild an addition with a rooftop bal-

cony, a sunroom and a deck in the backyard;

598 Argyle: at a Category I house, to dosome landscaping in the rear yard, in-cluding a terrace, stone steps, a fenceand a gate;

157 Edgehill: at a Category I house, to in-stall a swimming pool, a pool pavilion,terrace and fence;

5 Hudson: landscaping in the front andside yards to include new front stonesteps, ground cover and planters;

629 Clarke: to replace some windows anddoors and modify some window anddoor openings;

322 Victoria: at a Category I house, to re-place the front door;

454 Argyle: to replace the front upper win-dows;

556 Victoria: to repair the balcony and thefront steps;

527 Victoria: to replace a rear door and en-large a window opening;

45-47 Bruce: to rebuild masonry walls ofthe house;

4410 Côte des Neiges: to replace the frontdoor;

369 Elm: at a Category I house, to replacesome windows and doors;

66 Somerville: to replace the front doorand a window;

420 Côte St. Antoine: at a Category Ihouse, to add new openings at the frontand side.

Building permits M What’s permitted

small children.Lulham urged residents who see city

regulations being broken to call Public Se-curity, which they have indeed been doing,pointed out the department’s directorDave Sedgwick.

For residents who park on the street,Sedgwick said, the city would be providing13 special reserved parking spots for themfurther up the street, as well as on Hillsideand on de Maisonneuve to replace thosebeing eliminated to make way for the newtwo-way truck traffic on the lower part ofthe block.

Driveway sharing

One significant problem involved theshared use of a driveway off Redfern by thetrucks as well as tenants of 4333 St.Catherine, the commercial building to theeast. “There are 300 to 350 people a dayfrom our building going in and out,” ex-plained Rosaria Abreu, the manager.

After much discussion, it was decidedthat a lot of the problem could be solvedby the cars using another access to St.Catherine.

Residents requested a schedule for thecontractor’s time of work to plan ahead.“I’m not taking my vacation when you’reworking,” said Timothy Slonosky.

And Kaleem Siddiqui expressed a needfor some peace and quiet from the work,stating that he and wife were both aca-demics spending some of their days athome.

“It’s a big project,” explained city UrbanPlanning director Joanne Poirier. The city

has rules but “any major project involvessome exceptions.” There would be manyworkers on the site, but now that permitshave been issued, “they are allowed to dotheir work.”

She also told residents that they weregoing through a difficult period right nowwith demolition of the façade and someparts of the building under way. Thiswould continue through mid-May. Thenext step would be the pouring of concretefor floor slabs, not on a daily basis butmaybe once a week for about eight times,the contractor said.

The project is expected to be completedon time in June 2013, according to lawyerJason Berger, Joseph’s son.

Lulham got it right, he told the Inde-pendent, when telling residents that unlikework at the large adjacent apartmentbuilding, 4300 de Maisonneuve, which hasgone on and on for years, construction ofthe condos was not likely to drag on be-cause the units had to be ready for sale asquickly as possible.

The project is now 75 percent sold, saiddeveloper Joseph Berger.

In addition to four trees removed fromthe site March 29, four city-owned redmaples were discovered removed April 19,according to city officials.

A forestry engineer is being hired to as-sess the value they represented for re-placement costs.

As well, under zoning by-law 1303, acompany (legal person) is liable for finesranging from $1,000 to $2,000 for the firstoffence, and $2,000 to $4,000 for secondand subsequent offences.

Inform Redfern residents: Lulhamcontinued from p. 5

Bus spills fuelPublic safety officers found a disabled

STM bus leaking a substantial amount offuel on Sherbrooke St. near Roslyn April19 at 6:50 pm. The bus was towed awayand officers waited on scene until a spe-cialized STM unit arrived to clean up thespill.

Cops catch break-in suspect on Dorchester

Bookstore broken intoA suspect who used a brick to break

into the CLC Bookstore at 4257 St.Catherine got away with very little.

Police say they got a call from a wit-ness at 11:45 am on April 20 tellingthem that the bookstore’s front door wasbroken.

“When the officers arrived, they sawthe glass door was shattered, and theyfound a brick inside,” said ConstableAdalbert Pimentel. “The only thingstolen from the store was a smallamount of change left in the registers.”

Pimentel said the storeowners did theright thing by leaving the registers openovernight, so passers-by could see theywere virtually empty.

“They did leave some change, but weadvise storeowners to leave the drawersopen and completely empty,” said Pi-mentel.

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Comin’ UpWednesday, May 2

Mayor Peter Trent will speak to the RotaryClub of Westmount on “The WestmountRecreation Centre: the Story So Far,” 1 pmat Victoria Hall. 12 noon preamble, 12:30pm lunch. Cost: $20 lunch and presenta-tion. RSVP: 514.935.3344 by the Friday be-fore.

Thursday, May 3

• Westmounter Paul Grenier, architect andmember of Westmount’s Planning Advi-sory Committee, will speak on “green ar-chitecture” and LEED (Leadership inEnergy and Environmental Design), 7 pmat the Westmount Public Library.

Friday, May 4

• The Westmount Y’s centennial gala, 5:30pm to 7:30 pm: cocktails, hors d’oeuvres,auction, and historical tour and exhibit atthe Y Centre (4585 Sherbrooke St.). At 8pm: dinner and dancing at Victoria Hall.Tickets: $125, available at Y Centre recep-tion. Info: Vanessa Valente 514.931.6770,ext. 230.• Wagner & Friends “Art at Home” show, 5to 8 pm; Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May6, 2 to 6 pm; Monday, May 7 and Tuesday,May 8, 5 to 8 pm – or by appointment. 434Claremont Ave. Info: 514.484.1974.

Saturday, May 5

• Household hazardous waste collection, 9am to 5 pm in the parking lot of the West-mount Public Library.• Centre Greene’s annual garage sale, 10am to 3 pm. Donations accepted for arti-cles for the sale; tables available for rent.$25 per table. 1090 Greene Ave. Info:514.931.6202.

Sunday, May 6

• Sunday concert in the Gallery at VictoriaHall: Dolce Musica, 2:30 pm. Classicalmusic and more. Tickets: $12 and $10. Re-

freshments. Info: 514.8.5226.• Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont Royal’sbenefit concert “Musica sacra,” 3 pm at St.Léon Church (4311 de Maisonneuve).Tickets: $50 for reserved seating; or at thedoor by 2 pm or on Admissions.com: $20;$10 for youth under 17.• “Circle of Dreams, Thousand Years ofJewish Music,” with Westmounter NatalieMichaud, 3 pm at the The Montreal Mu-seum of Fine Art’s Bourgie Concert Hall.

Monday, May 7

City council meeting, 8 pm at city hall.• The Women’s Canadian Club of Mon-treal presents speaker Michael Goldbloomon “What’s Ahead for Quebec Universi-ties?” 12:30 pm at The Unitarian Church,5035 de Maisonneuve Blvd. Free for mem-bers; visitors $10. Sandwich lunch avail-able for $5 at 11:15 am. Info:514.932.4005.

Tuesday, May 8

“Mysteries of the Meconopsis” by Alexan-der Reford of Les Jardins de Métis /RefordGardens on the blue poppy at the West-mount Horticultural Society meeting, 7pm at the Westmount Public Library. Seestory, p. 29.

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Westmount Municipal Association annualgeneral meeting, 7 pm at Westmount Pub-lic Library.

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The Thomas More Institute presents aninterview with Antonia Maioni on healthcare, 7 to 9 pm. Second of four-part inter-view series on “Canadian Anxieties.” 3405Atwater. Cost $10. Reserve: 514.935.9585.

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Westmount High had a big gold medal win in Midget Girl’s division 3 basketball on April 24. The winended the team’s undefeated season by clinching the league championship with a 19-17 victory over TheStudy. The season was marked with the challenge of competing with only eight players healthy enoughfor the finals and seven for the final championship game. Photo courtesy of Westmount High School

Undefeated Westmount High girls’ Midgetbasketball team wins championship against all odds


Researching part of writingchildren’s books, says Patkau

Author Karen Patkau spoke to an audience of some 50 people, with students from ECS andMarianopolis attending, on April 23 at the Westmount Public Library. This was the second event hostedby the library during the week of the Blue Met literary festival. She presented her books about nature,including her most recent series, which focuses on different ecosystems. She also told the audience aboutthe writing process and how much research goes into writing for children.

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Alexander Reford, of Les Jardins deMétis/Reford Gardens, will speak on theTibetan blue poppy and other special Hi-malayan plants at the Tuesday, May 8meeting of the Westmount HorticulturalSociety.

The event is scheduled to take place atthe Westmount Public Library starting at7 pm and is open to the public at an ad-mission fee of $5. Doors open at 6.30 pmfor tea, coffee and homemade cookies.

Exploring the “Mysteries of theMeconopsis,” Reford will relate the adven-tures of “courageous explorers,” who gath-ered plants from the Himalayas, accordingto president Sally Cooke. “This is such atreat to have him present to us. It will be a

very special evening.”The Himalayas, she explained, “have

given us some of the most interesting andexotic plants – primula, gentians, rhodo-dendron, lilies, irises – and of course theHimalayan blue poppy. Today, these plantsentrance gardeners wherever they aregrown.”

Reford will relate stories about adven-turers who traversed dangerous mountainpasses, fled from wild tribes, enduredleeches and snakes, and suffered from thevariations of the wild alpine climate – allfor the sake of finding unusual plants forthemselves and their patrons.

Film-maker Viveka Melki will film partof the talk for a documentary concerningthe blue poppy and the intrigue surround-ing its cultivation.

Reford to speak on the search for the bluepoppy and other Himalayan plant treasures


On March 7, the honorary committeeof the 40th Ballets Jazz de Montréal’s BalXL gathered with spouses and guests atArsenal in Griffintown. A huge formershipbuilding site, it is named with a nodto Venice’s famous 12th century Arsenale,used centuries ago for shipbuilding, andtoday for art during the Venice bienniale.

The event was held in the Galerie Divi-sion part of the Arsenale and honouredthe new members of the Bal XL commit-tee: Dominic Bécotte, Ranya Nasri, OlivierPerron-Collins, Keith Wilson and MurielAmar.

Present at the chic cocktail were OlivierAkian, director and senior banker withCrédit Agricole corporate and investmentbank; Dominic Bécotte, partner, XPNDCapital; Erica Bloom; Mariano De Carolis,director, Caisse Populaire Italienne; EdithDe Hearne, Oxygène; Catherine De Mon-

tigny, Cohn & Wolfe; Stéphane Eljarrat,Davies & Ward; Nassi Gasmi, manager,KPMG; Felix Gutierrez, Fasken MartineauDuMoulin; Paul Juneau, president, De-vgest; Uriel Luft; Bernard Lachapelle;Nasri Ranya, Nasri International; MillerThomson andOlivier Per-ron-Collins, vice presi-

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Westmounters in attendance were Jeande Brabant; Lise Laberge, Richard Gervais,president, Wagram; and Andrew Molson,co-chair of the 40th anniversary gala onMay 5 with André Charron. Bubbly wasserved, and yes, Molson beer. For moreinfo, visit www.bjmdanse.ca.

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