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A new combination pre-school/daycareis expected to open by summer at West-mount Park Church following renovationsinside and out aimed at meeting criteriaset by the Quebec government and thecity, the Independent learned last week.

The city has approved three permits, ac-cording to Urban Planning director TomFlies. These are for the interior, exteriorand occupancy.

Extensive updating and renovation arebeing undertaken to accommodate the

new Garderie Fun Academy, which willoccupy the basement quarters of thechurch previously used by Rainbow pre-school before it closed last year after 27years.

“We couldn’t find a more perfect loca-tion,” said Jacinthe Deschenes, an educatorwho is opening the new operation.

“We visited many, many places and thisone on Westmount Park is just what weneed to get the kids outside as much aspossible. We want to get back to basicswith the fundamental goalto bring back fun for kids.” continued on p. 19

First change in many years

New commissionershipsreflect council’s prioritiesBy Laureen Sweeney

In a sweeping update of council com-missionerships, Mayor Christina Smithwas expected December 4 to announce herappointments to the realigned positions.These reflect and highlight new prioritiesand initiatives rather than being basedsolely on city departments.

In the first of the significant changes inmany years, the traditional Urban Plan-ning role is to be split in two, Smith toldthe Independent last week. One for permitsand architecture, under Councillor ConradPeart, will be mandated to oversee the up-dating of processes and building guide-lines. The other, to address zoning, eco-nomic development and parks, is to beheld by Councillor Cynthia Lulham.

“I expect people to work and deliver, andI’ll be open to making changes,” Smithsaid. An appointment, sheadded, “is not a guaran-

City approves permits for new daycare atWestmount Park Church

Letters p. 6

Bought & Sold by A. Dodge p. 17

Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 24

continued on p. 9

New residents gather withvolunteers for official welcome

Among those welcomed at a city reception for volunteers and newcomers November 29 were, from left:Louise Carpentier of the Westmount Historical Association, and her husband Lawrence Kryzanowski;and new homeowners Mahitab Mahaba and Tarek Khalifa, all of Prince Albert. See p. 19.

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Motorists speeding through intersec-tions before the light turns red or roundingstreet corners too quickly endangeringpedestrians were among the issuesbrought to the attention of police from Sta-tion 12 during a “Have Coffee with a Cop”public event on November 15 at McDon-ald’s on Sherbrooke at Claremont.

For the 15 or so people who showed up,it was an opportunity to talk about securityissues, while getting to meet some of thepolice officers working in their sector.

“It’s terrible with all the cars that run thelight at Sherbrooke and Claremont, andVictoria and Sherbrooke,” Flora-Lee Wag-ner, a Westmounter who lives just a stone’sthrow from the corner of Claremont andSherbrooke, told the Independent.

She also complained that drivers at thesame two intersections often ignore thepedestrian traffic lights and make right-hand turns, even though the light is red forvehicles. “Pedestrians are crossing at alltimes around here – it’s a busy corner,”

she said.Another Westmounter, Lynn Pecknold,

had similar concerns. “We were discussingpedestrian safety and traffic circulation,”she said. “Particularly the dangers that wesenior citizens have crossing the streets –even at pedestrian crossings when thedrivers are running red lights.”

“We were also discussing cyclists,” shecontinued. “We find them dangerous attimes, as they do not usually respect therules of the road.”

Station 12 holds these informal publicmeetings three times a year, according tocommunity relations officer Cst. AdalbertPimentel. That day, Pimentel was joinedby his partner, Cst. Stéphan Laperrière,who acted as hosts, while a half-dozen orso other officers dropped by during theearly afternoon to meet with residents.

Apart from traffic, Pimentel said some ofthe other issues that came up includedfraud schemes that target the elderly and arising awareness of homeless and vagrantindividuals at some corners.

Pedestrian woes expressedduring coffee with police

Seen here on November 15 at McDonald’s were, from left: Station 12’s Cst. Nicholas Gauthier,Westmount resident Lynn Pecknold, Cst. Adalbert Pimentel, Cst. Stéphan Laperrière, Cst. JérômeBeaudoin and Westmounter Eleanore Smith.


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Letters to the EditorWhy did Transportministry not send ahigher-up?

The meeting of the Turcot Neighbour-hood Committee NDG-Westmount atWestmount city hall on November 28 wasa disappointment for many. While there

are many dedicated and talented peopleon the committee, key players were miss-ing, perhaps by design.

Suppose I were planning a major re-building project on my house, whichwould involve dynamiting for a basement,removal of shade trees, heavy construc-tion equipment operating for long hours,

trucks blocking the road, noise, vibration,and dust. As a good neighbour, I would in-vite people living nearby to a meeting to ex-plain my project, answer questions and re-spond to concerns. But, instead of going tothis meeting myself, suppose I sent myteenager. Knowledgeable, perhaps, maybeeven a good communicator, but withoutthe authority to make decisions or committo undertakings.

I have great respect for Sandra Sultana,the representative from the ministry ofTransport who attended the Turcot meet-ing. She communicates clearly in both En-glish and French, and has all the relevantfacts at her fingertips. But, as the meetingchair explained, she is a functionary andunable to make commitments on behalf ofthe ministry.

Sending my teenager to an importantmeeting would be highly disrespectful tomy neighbours. Similarly, sending a func-tionary instead of the person heading theTurcot project, is also disrespectful, notonly to the project’s neighbours but also tothe other committee members.

In contrast to the ministry’s behaviour,the private developers for two recent pro-jects in Westmount, one at 500 Claremont,the other at Prince Albert/de Maison-neuve, held meetings to which they per-sonally invited nearby residents. These pri-vate developers know that respecting yourneighbours is essential for obtaining their“buy-in.”

But our provincial government treats usas children, and then wonders why there isso much questioning of and opposition totheir plans.

Henry Olders, Lansdowne Ave.

Open letter to ChristinaSmith and JacquesChagnon, re: Turcot

Many of us attended the Turcot meetingof November 28, and thank you to all formaking an effort where possible.

I specifically asked the Ministère desTransports du Québec (MTQ) representa-tive about a permanent sound barrier onthe highway. Their official position ispretty clear. Where the sound levels aremaintained (even if they do not currentlymeet the provincial norms for noise levels)or improved they will not build a soundbarrier. In other words, there will be nosound barrier for any of us.

Westmount must take the position thatan on-highway sound barrier must be builtalong the entire southeast corridor to cor-rect a long-standing problem, and that itmust be built during the construction ofthe new Highway 136. We will need to be-

come more vocal, increase our effortsthrough petitions, include the media and,if necessary, protest openly and picket theconstruction. The time is now to mobilizeand make this happen before the oppor-tunity is lost. We will also anxiously antic-ipate the injunction proceedings on Febru-ary 12-14.

The construction on the new 136 willaffect homes on Prospect at approximately63 Prospect and heading west. In otherwords, there will be no work east of thataddress. Lastly, the highway will be closedin both directions for many weekends in2018, giving us all a chance to imagine aworld with no highway noise. This willmost likely and unfortunately be offset byincreased noise from local traffic desper-ately looking for ways to get to and fromdowntown.

I encourage you all to write a letter to ourlocal MNA, Jacques Chagnon, as well asKathleen Weil, MNA for NDG and our fed-eral minister Marc Garneau (who has beenmost supportive) and our local councillorsand mayor.

Keep up the fight and stay tuned.Frank Candido, Prospect Ave.

Mayor Christina Smith responds: I havehad the opportunity to meet with many ofthe residents who live near the Turcot, andI share their concerns, indeed so muchso, that we have an injunction [requestpending] to ensure that we can have anoise mitigation measure in place withthe new highway for our residents. We willbe going to court on February 12-14. In themeantime, we will continue to work withboth our provincial and federal elected offi-cials to ensure a better quality of life forour residents.

Another open letter, re: Turcot

It seems we can build bridges and paveroads to better our infrastructure for somecommunities, yet Westmount’s plea for asimple sound barrier seems to be an un-surmountable request.

It is unfortunate that such a small askfrom the citizens of District 8 is being metwith such incredulous dismissal. The costof doing this “right” (now) is so insignifi-cant compared to the health, discontentand anguish citizens in our district mustface. It is inconceivable that we are facedwith mounting a public battle to have theMTQ understand and accommodate thissmall ask from our citizens.

Jacques Chagnon, Kathleen Weil andMarc Garneau, we need your support tocorrect a simple faux pas that can be ad-dressed with your good-

continued on p. 7

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Open letter to mayorChristina Smith, re: 500 Claremont

While we had hoped for the promisedconsultative atmosphere with the newcouncil, we are sadly disappointed to hearthat it intends to vote on the second read-ing for the 500 Claremont project on De-cember 4 [after presstime*].

It is difficult for me to believe that yournew councillors, who have proven to ustheir competencies during the election pe-riod, have been provided with a summaryof Westmount citizens’ comments.

Yet again, I am forced to repeat to youthat 130 immediate neighbours of 500Claremont signed the petition, presentedto council on July 4, 2017, stating that: “Wedo not want a design that increases thefootprint and height of the building, northat has cars exiting the property on Clare-mont.”

By ignoring the petition and holdingback the information gathered at the so-called “public consultation,” I feel that youare failing in your duties to the citizens ofWestmount.

I hope that you will explain your positionto your councillors and the citizens.

You should delay the second reading ofthe proposal until all information has beenshared.*

Frank Philpott, Claremont Ave.Mayor Christina Smith responds: Mr.

Philpott has asked me to further delay theadoption of a second draft resolution forthe development at 500 Claremont. I amnot willing to do that, and I will explainwhy. As I write this, I do not know what theoutcome of the vote at council will be butall on council agreed to move it to secondreading.

There have been two public meetings on

this project and communication and dia-logue with residents throughout the entireprocess. Can we improve the communica-tion process? Absolutely. We can get in-formation to residents more quickly, and Iwill work to improve that going forward.

But one thing is for sure. Everybody withan opinion on the project has had severalopportunities to voice their opinion. It isnow time for action.

If council adopts the second draft reso-lution (each councillor is free to vote howthey chose), there is then an opportunityfor residents to petition to open a registry.The window to do so will be open for a pe-riod of eight days. This opportunity willpresent itself before the holidays.

If there are enough residents petitioningto open a registry, the next step will be forcouncil to decide to adopt, or not, a finalresolution on the project. If it does, thenthe formal process to hold a registry will betriggered and, pending its result, the ad-ministration could be moving towards areferendum. Obviously, none of that wouldtake place over the holidays.

In essence, council’s next step – theadoption of the second draft resolution – isan essential step that triggers a processenabling those interested in the project toparticipate in the decision-making whetherthey are in favour or against it.

I have been asked by a few residents todelay the adoption of the second draft res-olution and, as I said, I don’t believe thatfile should be delayed further. It hasdragged on for far too long. It has been rec-ommended by the Planning AdvisoryCommittee, reviewed by our Traffic com-mittee and it is recommended by our ad-ministration as a suitable project. All thoseinvolved looked at height, site coverage,and traffic configuration. The new councilhas been briefed in detail on this projectand the local councillor, Conrad Peart, andthe Urban Planning director met with thedeveloper to further clarify any outstand-ing issues.

I am fully aware of the concerns of theresidents who live adjacent to the prop-erty. The previous councillor for District 4

brought their concerns to every generalcommittee meeting, and the new council-lor has also discussed the concerns ofthose opposed to this project. I know thatliving near a construction site is not ideal,but I am confident that the city, along withthe developer will manage any issues thatmay arise.*Editor’s note: By the time the Indie comes

out on December 5, council will almostcertainly have had its meeting (December

4), where the development project proposedfor 500 Claremont was on its way to a

second reading, as we reported in theNovember 28 issue, p. 3. – KM

Open letter to councillorConrad Peart

I write to express my concern about 500Claremont. While I cannot say I am awareof all of the details of the proposed devel-opment, I am concerned to see that citi-zens’ voices are not being heard. There isa very active group in the neighbourhoodthat has worked extremely hard to speak toeveryone on the street, have a petitionsigned, and I do not feel that council is lis-tening.

As citizens, it makes us feel like ourviews on our own neighbourhood are ir-relevant. It also creates a sort of cynicism,giving us the impressionthat council is more inter- continued on p. 8

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ested in the taxes it will raise from a newdevelopment than in the quality of life ofexisting residents.

Claremont is a super busy road, madeeven more so because of the loud foot traf-fic going up and down to and from Maria-nopolis. We have two kids and a dog, andeven though we love the neighbourhoodand have many friends here, there is manya day we consider moving because it feelsoppressive to live on such a busy road. Tothink that we would add 16 families to thatdaily movement feels like too much.

I understand that the building at 500Claremont needs to be re-purposed, but Iwould hope that the new council does it inkeeping with surrounding residents’wishes.

Nadia Lakhdari, Claremont Ave.

Why limit LEED?In reference to the suggestion by Roger

Jochym (“Can new council make south-east LEED certified?” November 28, p. 6),of making a section of Westmount LEED-neighbourhood certified, I think this is acommendable idea.

However, I question why limit the effortto only one area? Diverse usage and sus-tainable neighbourhoods can be appliedthroughout the municipality. Furthermore,

I think to capitalize on a LEED neigh-bourhood certification requires smart gridtechnology, such as solar or wind, some-thing which needs forward thinking withall stakeholders involved from inception.

The density factor is an issue that alsohas to be incorporated as the number ofavailable units will diminish over time.

I understand council has to balance allwithin a budgetary framework, so as citi-zens we all need to support each other onthis exploratory idea.

To Roger Jochym, I wish this idea wouldhave been introduced years ago. You havemy support.

David Stern, Victoria Ave.

Fur not fabulousI am so disappointed with the event,

which was written about in the SocialNotes column “Gems, furs raise moneyfor cancer research” (November 21, p. 12),promoting fur.

Are we not becoming more conscious?Every time the world makes a shift away

from blatant unnecessary cruelty, therewill be those who strive to make it fash-ionable and profitable again.

I also wonder why those fighting to erad-icate cancer would allow their cause to behighjacked to promote the cruel and envi-ronmentally destructive fur trade.

“Fabulous” fur pom poms and “farmedanimals:” so an animal is being bornspecifically for the purpose of being elec-trocuted to become a useless trinket.

It’s not fabulous. It seems quite frivolousand entitled. It is willful blindness to un-necessary, industrialized cruelty.

Penny Arsenault, St. Catherine St.

Metcalfe mayhemOn a Wednesday (November 22) at

about 6:30 pm, as I tried to drive to myhome on Metcalfe Ave., I discovered mystreet gridlocked with traffic from Sher-brooke to Côte St. Antoine, and spillingsome distance into intersecting Spring-field. The evening scene was a sea of glar-ing headlights, blaring car horns andfrayed tempers.

The apparent cause of this mess was anevent at the Shaar Hashomayim syna-gogue and/or associated Akiva school. Inext navigated via Sherbrooke to Spring-field, to access my garage lane, only to findit blocked by a motorist, whom I eventuallypersuaded to move. There was other drive-way blockage on Springfield, not neces-sarily by an occupied vehicle.

I don’t know when this chaos started,but by 6:30 it was in full swing, and re-mained so for about 20 minutes, when Imade my escape, to go far away for dinner.I have no idea how many more hours all ofthis lasted.

Such unfair impositions on the publicand local inhabitants are both familiar andintolerable. No matter how often residentscomplain to the synagogue and school, thebest we might eventuallyget are lame, pseudo-

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Learning about bonsai trees

David Easterbrook, international bonsai judge and artist, started his presentation to the WestmountHorticultural Society November 14 by stating “you will not learn the art of growing bonsai treestonight. It takes a lifetime.” “The art of bonsai” presented at the Westmount Public Library was theWHS’ last 2017 presentation before its holiday party and floral arrangement demonstration December12 at the Lawn Bowling Club. Its annual general meeting preceeded the bonsai lecture.

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tee” they’ll remain in the position for thefull four-year mandate.

Smith was also expected to name coun-cillors to various committees, some ofwhich include city officials or communityrepresentatives. “We’re looking at ways tohave citizens engaged in the committees,”Smith said.

A complete list of commissionershipsand committees can be found below.

Another change that reflects a focus onneeds and election issues is the creation ofa commissionership of sustainability andaccessibility to be held by Marina Brzeski,reinforced by her appointment to the city’sexisting Transportation Advisory Com-mittee (TAC) and Healthy City commit-tees.

A mandate for innovation

Yet another change, looking to the fu-ture, is the appointment of Philip Cutler toa position of innovation and infrastruc-

ture (replacing the Public Works commis-sionship). “This is our biggest investment,”Smith pointed out of infrastructure re-newal. As a result, he will also sit on thecity’s Finance and Administration (F&A)committee.

Two previous commissionerships willbe combined, reflecting their frequentover-lapping, Smith said. These are sportsand recreation with library, which includescommunity events, and culture. It will befilled by Mary Gallery.

Kathleen Kez, a tax accountant by pro-fession, is to be the finance commissioner,also to be a member of the F&A commit-tee, which will be chaired by Jeff Shamie,the new commissioner for Hydro West-mount and administration.

Anitra Bostock, who had expressed a de-sire to serve as Public Security commis-sioner, was chosen for that position, whichwill include the traffic role in its name,also reflecting two campaign issues im-portant to her district, District 1. She willsit on the TAC along with Brzeski and Cut-ler.

Realigned commissionershipsbring accessibility, innovationinto the limelight

cont’d. from p. 1

The following commissionerships andappointments were expected to be an-nounced at the council meeting Decem-ber 4 as provided to the Independent last

week by Mayor Christina Smith. They arelisted in order of council district. Exact ti-tles could be subject to change.

Commissioners and committees

Councillor CommissionershipAnitra Bostock, D1 Public Security and trafficPhilip Cutler, D2 Infrastructure and innovationJeff Shamie, D3 Hydro Westmount and administrationConrad Peart, D4 Urban Planning, permits and architectureMarina Brzeski, D5 Sustainability and accessibilityMary Gallery, D6 Library, culture, Sports and RecreationCynthia Lulham, D7 Urban Planning, economic development and parksKathleen Kez, D8 Finance

Committees Councillors by alphabetical orderTransportation Advisory Committee* Anitra Bostock, Marina Brzeski, Philip CutlerPublic Library Committee* Mary Gallery, Jeff ShamieCommunity Events Advisory Committee* Anitra Bostock, Mary GalleryHealthy City Committees Marina BrzeskiEarth Hour Committee Marina BrzeskiHorticultural Advisory Committee Cynthia LulhamWestmount Train Advisory Committee Marina Brzeski, Kathleen Kez,

Cynthia LulhamSummit Woods Advisory Committee Cynthia LulhamPlanning Advisory Committee* Conrad Peart, Cynthia Lulham (substitute)Finance and Administration Committee* Philip Cutler, Kathleen Kez,

Jeff Shamie (chair).*Council representatives appointed by resolution of council.

Anderson, Christina JuliaApril 22, 1980 – November 27, 2017

Christina Julia Anderson passed away at the age of 37 on November27, 2017 at the Jewish General Hospital a/er a long and chronicillness. She was born on April 22, 1980 in Montreal. She a0endedSt. Andrew’s, Roslyn, E.C.S., Marianopolis and graduated with a B.Sc..om McGill University. She loved animals and worked in the ,eld ofmarine biology and especially enjoyed her travels to Kenya. Sheexcelled in various athletic endeavors including triathlon, horsebackriding, and downhill skiing. In addition to her many talents she wasan avid reader of classic literature and poetry. As an accomplishedgraphic designer she used various media, including chalk drawingsand stained glass. Her artistry includes the large and colorful stainedglass panels installed in the Westmount Children’s Library. She issurvived by her parents Bruce and Bissera Anderson, her sisterDiana Celina Anderson, and her dog Bilirubin. A celebration of herlife will be held on Sunday, December 10, 2017 at the Mount RoyalFuneral Complex (1297 chemin de la Forêt), with a service at 2:00pm, followed by a reception .om 3:00-5:00 pm. In lieu of -owers,donations to the Ehlers-Danlos Society (www.ehlers-danlos.com) orWildlife Direct (www.wildlifedirect.org) would be appreciated.

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apologies, with no evident sincere resolveto stop the outrages of commandeeredstreets, blocked driveways, parking on pri-vate property and loud parties.

Adding to the joy are twice-daily trafficjams of parents delivering and retrievingchildren to and from school, some violat-ing parking regulations and the locals’property rights.

Unless I misunderstand, Westmounttaxes entitle us to unencumbered use ofthe streets where we live, access to ourhomes and neighbourhood tranquility. No-body receives a deep tax discount for onlybeing able to exercise their rights at the dis-cretion of two (or is it one?) of the neigh-bours.

Our 19th century infrastructure, de-signed as it was for single-family houses ina time of horse-drawn vehicles, is hope-lessly inadequate for the enormous loadsthe synagogue and school place on it.

Questions need to be answered: Wasplanning permission for these institutionsgiven in anticipation of the consequencesdescribed herein? Was permission contin-gent on expressed or implied obligationsand conditions concerning use of streetsand sidewalks, of which these institutionsmay now be in violation? Can such viola-tion cause planning permission to be re-voked?

These are matters that our new mayorand council must investigate and take alead in resolving. If the institutions won’timmediately end the irritants, then the citymust step in with its powers.

On that Wednesday, a few police offi-cers could have cleared the streets in min-utes, but I saw none, even after callingWestmount Public Security. If a home-owner’s party had caused a miniscule frac-tion of that amount of disturbance, the po-lice would have correctly and promptlyshut it down.

As it also affects emergency vehicle, firetruck and ambulance access, this irre-sponsibly poses an entirely avoidable pub-lic safety risk.

Having quietly listened to neighbours’complaints for many years, I can confi-dently (and sadly) say I am expressingwidely held local frustration and evenanger.

David Fish, Metcalfe Ave.

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Beer Review: The Connoisseur and the Philistine

Venue: EtOH BrasserieVenue: EtOH Brasserie, May 48100 St. Denis (corner Jarry), Villeray.David Price, The Philistine: Beer drinkerIdeal beer: stronger-than-average lager,

even if it’s commercial Canadian beer.Favourite beer: Harp or Sapporo, but

Sapporo-in-a-can beats Harp-in-a-can,hands down. On-tap research on this ques-tion is still under way.

Greg Dunning, The Connoisseur: Beerdrinker, brewer, and hunter

Ideal beer: one that is manufactured bypeople who care more about the beer thanthe money

Favourite beer: Too many to mentionand it depends on the season.

Ethanol is the principal alcohol found inalcoholic beverages and EtOH, deliberatelysmall “t,” is its abbreviation in chemistrylabs. There must be a science geek in thefour-owner mix since the 20-tap beermenu is also classified into three servicetemperatures, 4°C, 8°C, and 12°C. Thereare other beverages as well, but this is defi-nitely a beer place. We couldn’t get a seatinside without having to wait a long time,so as efficient consumers of ethanol, we satoutside, hoping our light jackets wouldwork in the early May evening tempera-ture.

The Philistine: Rousse (5.6%) – Irish redale

I started with the rousse, and this beerwas the hoppiest rousse that I have evertasted. I normally like rousses, and I af-fectionately consider them “brown sugarsweet” (as opposed to the “candy sweet-ness” of wheat beers). Now you might nottrust a Philistine’s palate, especially notone who actually calls himself The Philis-tine, and you would be right, so I checkedwith wiser beer drinkers and they agreed:it was unexpectedly hoppy. I will pass onthis one in future, but for someone lookingfor a rousse/IPA hybrid, this might be theticket.

The Connoisseur: Witbier (4.5%) – Bel-gian white ale

I cycled 15 km via the city’s patchworkbike path network, through many con-struction cone obstacles, so the risk is thatany first craft beer will be a good beer. Thisone ticks all the boxes; moderate alcohol byvolume, mild citrus, mild yeast, unfiltered.I’m sitting outside in the late evening sun,so even the occasion merits this style. Justperfect, really, after another hard daylabouring in the fields of Westmount.

The Philistine: Blonde (5.3%) – British orAmerican Ale

Next was the blonde, which was a nor-

mal blonde, also known as the lager lover’srefuge. No complaints here, especially if Ican’t have a lager.

The Connoisseur: IPA ExperimentalGrapefruit (5.5%) – American IPA

Fierce, eye-watering grapefruit aromaand bittered perfectly. My guess is that thesuccessful experiment would be like win-ning three-dimensional chess: “Howgrapefruit tasting can we get this beerwithout destroying the drinker’s palatewith hop bitterness?” (The grapefruit tasteis not derived from grapefruit at all, butfrom US hops that smell like grapefruit.)The third dimension of this equation ishow much sweetness do you leave in thebeer to offset thesour, citrus grape-fruit aroma and thebitterness that is freeflowing off the hops?This hybrid beer ex-periment worked butit is a one-glass dealin this session. It re-ally satisfies in theheat and when youneed your thirstslaked ASAP, butthen you move on.

The Philistine:Golding Session IPA(4.5%) – British Ses-sion IPA

The session IPAwas not very hoppyfor an IPA, which is unsurprising giventhat “session” variants try to limit thosehops for us non-hopheads or for peopledrinking many beers in a session. Drink-able, despite my dislike of the IPA styleand those skunky hops.

The Connoisseur: I am jumping in herewith a nugget that could help the Philistinenavigate the IPA floodwaters going for-ward. Golding is a hop that grown in Kent,England that possesses mild bitterness butits crucial quality is that it does not smelllike grapefruit. But if hop science is notyour bathroom reading, the word British,rather than American, before IPA will al-ways provide a non-skunked (Philistinelingo) IPA experience. The British in-vented the style but the Americanswrecked it for my colleague.]

The Philistine: I’ll try some British IPAs,but I think hops may be hops, even if theAmerican variety and its beer (APA, forAmerican pale ale) is worse.

The Connoisseur: Rousse (5.6%) – Irishred ale

We may have to drop that Philistine title

(but then who would be my foil?). He reallynailed the Rousse critique. They might aswell have called this one experimental too.EtOH is sparse with its beer specs, butour palates know that this Irish is blowingup the IBU scale versus its other Quebecchallengers (Coaticook-Irish 19 IBU,Frampton-1815 35 IBU, Pecheresse-Windigo 20 IBU, Trefle Noire-Chronique28 IBU, Milles Iles-Irish 28 IBU). The styleshould be malt forward, caramel and gen-tly-bittered, but not at EtOH. The IrishRed style is very well documented by DavidSparrow in the August issue of Bières etPlaisirs, available at craft beer dépanneursin the city.

The Philistine: Ro-bust Brown Ale(5.9%) – British Ale

The Brown was “inthe middle of the fair-way” (or so say mynotes). Very drink-able. No complaints.

The Connoisseur:L’Ours Noir (6%) –Assemblage 80%Stout + 20% bièresûre

This is a blend (as-semblage) of twobeers, a stout and asour beer. The souris so overpoweringthat I can’t taste any-thing at all that I look

for in Guinness or St. Ambroise Oatmeal.Whole books are written on the Belgian in-vention of beer blending and it is the ragein North Amone of them wilderican craftbreweries currently. A typical blended beertakes years to produce because there are atleast two yeasts at work, aging in barrels,one of them wild. To control the variabilityand unpredictability, the brewer will tasteand modify it regularly over months, andsometimes years, to get it right. As a home-brewer, creating a sour beer is a huge leap.I tried once to make a strawberry lambic inmy apartment, which resulted in a revolt-ing fruit juice and a very successful fruit flycolony. Unfortunately, L’Ours Noir is eithera mistake, a bad joke, or a beer that needsthree more years conditioning in oak bar-rels. Who knows? What I do know is thattoday it is undrinkable. I’ve tasted bettercough syrup.

The Philistine: Le Carrique (9.25%) –Scotch ale – Naufrageur (Carleton-sur-mer,Gaspésie)

The Scotch guest ale was more hazelnutty, which is not my favourite taste, than

the Brown. I am not a coffee drinker, andhazel nut often tastes like coffee to me. Ihave liked other Scotch ales, which I findto be hearty winter fare without being tootasty or aromatic, but this one was too aro-matic for me. I will pass next time.

The Connoisseur: Vent d’Anges (8%) –Belgian Tripel – Broadway Pub (Shawini-gan)

This is a strong Belgian style guest aleaged in red wine barrels for one year. Thisis a less complicated version of an assem-blage, but this time done right. “Tripel”means that about three times the amountof malt for a regular, single ale is used toproduce a highly alcoholic one. Somebrewers just stop at Tripel; like in the SAQ-available Floreffe Triple $7 or Gouden Car-olus Tripel $3.80, but in this version thenext step was a year aging in a red winebarrel where the wine yeast buried in theoak leached out and fermented with the al-ready fermented beer. What could gowrong? A whole lot, which is why thebrewer has to be a master, because when itgoes wrong, it goes wrong on a large scaleand is really expensive. There is nothingsadder in the world than pouring a barrelof beer, that took one or more years tomake and store, down the drain. L’OursNoir should have gone the way of thedrain, but Vent d’Anges is so multidimen-sional; super smooth and tart and fruityand strong and lasting on the palate.

Venue summary

The Philistine: We started out inside andwent out on the terrasse after everyonehad arrived, where – it was explained to us– the rule was you had to pay as everyround was delivered. Each member of ourgroup of five instantly pulled out a creditcard, quick draw-style, and asked if hecould run a tab. Our very helpful waiteragreed and that was fine – until he went offshift. Then a manager came out to serve usand said that we had to pay by the round.

We explained that he had our creditcards inside. That was not good enough forthe manager, who expressed irritation atthe accommodating waiter.

I looked around. Unfortunately, not oneof us is 16 or even 26. Of our group, themajority (three) were retired. He had ourcredit cards. We had been there for maybetwo hours. We were hardly a high “drinkand dash” risk. What was he worriedabout? The exchange, tone and overall ap-proach left a pall over the evening.

I can’t think of another instance of man-agement screwing up asituation and positive feel-

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A resident of Westmount, Anderson hadspent six months completing panels ofwhimsical designs nine years ago that areadmired by many, said children’s librarianWendy Wayling. “They’re lovely. I see alot of kids taking time to look at them.”

A marine biologist, nature lover, formermember of Canada’s triathlon team and ex-plorer in Kenya, Anderson had been in de-clining health for many years from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and complications froma history of head injuries from her athlet-ics pursuits, as well as a bicycle collisionwith a mini-van, according to her fatherBruce Anderson.

She is survived by her father, motherBissera Anderson, and sister Diana An-derson.

A funeral service is planned for Sunday,December 10 at 2 pm at the Mount RoyalFuneral Complex, 1297 chemin de la Fôret,Outremont, followed by a reception from 3to 5 pm.

Anderson had attended Roslyn, ECS andMcGill. She was a former member ofCanada’s triathlon team, which competedat the World Duathlon Championships inSwitzerland and held certificates in openwater and scientific SCUBA diving.

She not only travelled to Africa but hadworked as a marine biologist on Canada’s

east and west coasts and at McGill’s re-search station in Barbados.

“I was told I run like a gazelle and swimlike a fish,” she had told the Independentduring a profile interview published Au-gust 19, 2008 when she was working onher stained glass panels, which now havebecome her very local legacy.

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An opportunity to show off and see old 8-mm and 16-mm home movies was offered November 12 at theWestmount Public Library as part of “Home Movie Day.” The movies, created by amateur cameraoperators using equipment generally superseded by digital technology, are gaining a lot more attentiontoday. “There is a lot of interest in old film. There is an 8-mm revival,” said organizer and libraryemployee Molly Bower, who has a masters degree in film preservation. Home movies were presented byBower, who controlled the projector, Eleanor McNaughton, seen in the white jacket, and William Daly.Seen here was a 1940s-era family movie made by McNaughton’s father. Photo: Ralph Thompson

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One thing I really like about this place:the organization by temperature of themenu. For someone looking for colderbeers, it helps and I am sure that thewarm-beer drinkers appreciate the orga-nization and the actually correct tempera-ture.

The Connoisseur: Our meals were typicalfancy bistro meals that met the standard.No one was searching for a quick slice af-ter we were done. Another idiosyncrasy ofthe evening was the arrival of a charis-matic, large and mobile guitar player who

either invented the travelling concert orhad just finished his gig in the Metro. Hekind of just joined us in our session butmanagement would not let us buy him adrink or even hang out and tell jokes, ei-ther because of the crazy credit card catas-trophe or because he had caused previousincidents.

Villeray hasn’t quite fully gentrified yet.The Philistine: I wasn’t going to mention

our sixth guest, but he certainly added tothe evening, including presenting us withsome possible theme songs for these out-ings. While we enjoyed his company, es-pecially since he arrived late in the festivi-ties, I can understand management notwanting him around and other guests notbeing amused.

Beer review cont’d. from p. 10

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A total of 23 single-family houseschanged hands in August, the highest vol-ume for that month since 2011, and the av-erage price was closing in on $2 million,not only because of the five sales over $2million but the fact that nine more sold be-tween $1.5 and $2 million, only three forless than $1 million and only one – 134 Ab-bott Ave. – for less than $900,000.

The highest price, $5,800,000, was paidout by the Montreal Canadiens’ captainMax Pacioretty and his wife EkaterinaAfinogenova. That sale’s 33-percent mark-up over municipal value was one of severaldouble-digit mark-ups, but was only just

over half the 61-percent mark-up at 24Somerville Ave., one of the ’70’s town-houses west of Victoria Ave.

Only one mark-down went into the dou-ble-digits, as 4294 Montrose Ave. sold outof an estate for just 78 percent of its taxvalue. There were six other mark-downs,but none of those were for more than sixpercent.

The average mark-up for August was 9.3percent, well below the average 16.8 per-cent recorded in July but dead on the av-erage mark-up for the year.

Same sales in condos as July

Six condominium sales were registeredin August, the same number we countedfor July, all but one in newer apartmentbuildings, and with a wide range of mark-ups and mark-downs, even in the samebuilding (215 Redfern Ave,). Pending theSeptember sales, the average price/valua-tion ratio is 98.1 percent, compared to 104.8

percent in the previous quarter and 96.4percent in the first three months of 2017.

Commercial property in Vic village

A small commercial property on thenorth side of Sherbrooke St. about halfwaybetween Prince Albert and ClaremontAves. sold for 78 percent more than itsdeemed tax value. Two share-sales, both in-cluding rights to shares of duplexes, alsowere sold in August.

Previous sales

The Independent also has been catchingup on sales earlier in the year and even lastyear, and came upon six more houses, onecondominium apartment and one share-sale whose transfers have now been con-firmed. Sale of 76 Summit Circle for $4.45

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design of the top floor at that building,which apparently had to go through re-ex-amination by the city before the new valu-ation was established. The share sale in-volved a portion of the old Fire Station No.2, corner Victoria Ave. and The Boulevard,which was extensively renovated severalyears ago but has been classified as atriplex by the city.

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Proceeds from recent handicraft salesand bazaars at three not-for-profit West-mount organizations raised a total of morethan $11,770 in support of their own activ-ities or charitable groups.

At the Contactivity seniors’ centre, a to-tal of $4,693 was reported to have beengenerated from the sale November 10.Handcrafted gifts, knitting and weaving,home baking and jams, and a light lunchwere offered as well as “quality second-hand” items. Proceeds go to Contactivity’sseniors’ outreach programs, home sup-

port and other activities.Centre Greene generated a total of

$4,078 November 18, the day of its annualTreats & Treasures Craft Sale and Bazaar,according to Beth Symansky, the commu-nity centre’s executive director. It is con-tinuing to add to the proceeds through thesale of some remaining items, she said.The event included the handiwork of morethan 30 artisans, as well as baked goods, araffle and the Empty Bowls project.

The annual bazaar at Manoir West-mount raised $3,000 on November 22, ac-cording to Simona Buth, leisure depart-ment supervisor. She said the amount wasbeing split into $300 donations to 10 Mon-treal-area charities. These include: SunYouth, the Mackay Rehabilitation Centre,the Alzheimer Society, Chez Doris, MiraFoundation and the NDG Food Depot.

As well, some of the unsold items will besent to the Salvation Army or added toChristmas food baskets to be distributedby the Rotary Club of Westmount, whichprovides support for Manoir Westmount.

Three bazaars, sales raise close to $12,000

The location would also provide for inter-action between the children and seniorsfrom Contactivity Centre, which is alsobased at the church.

She said, the plan is to accept up to 60children aged 2 to 5 years.

While plans to open are now behindschedule, she still hoped it would be openby the summer, Deschenes said.

Delays resulted from the approval of per-mits to work on the exterior of the Cate-gory I heritage building, as well as for in-terior work and one to operate a businessat the address. “We’re bringing the spaceup to code,” she said. This is to includeelectrical re-wiring, air exchange and firesafety.

Also required is a secondary basementexit, opening directly to the exterior, whichis expected to be made in the east façade ofthe building near its corner at de Maison-neuve, likely using a modified window

opening.More details would be available after the

opening of bids for contractors, Desch-enes said. “The aim is to find one with ex-perience with historical buildings.” Thearchitect is Maggy Apollon, who special-izes in pre-school regulations and re-quirements.

Deschenes said the school’s name (takenfrom the word “fundamental”) has beenregistered and its website domain ob-tained.

The new school has leased the spacesince September to preserve vested rights,said church treasurer Joan Hagerman.

Deschenes said she had previouslyworked with daycare operations and hasbeen working more recently with the Grad-uate Society of McGill. She and her partnerhave a two-year-old son, “so it’s perfecttiming to start the project and make adream come true.”

Daycare cont’d. from p. 1

Fall reception bringsvolunteers, newcomerstogether Nov. 29

A city reception November 29 at VictoriaHall recognized the contributions of com-munity volunteers and welcomed newWestmount residents.

The 250 invited residents had an oppor-tunity to meet all members of the newcouncil and were welcomed by MayorChristina Smith. They were also able totalk with some members of the city staff.

Interestingly, among them the guestswere longtime Prince Albert residentsLouise Carpentier, of the Westmount His-torical Association, and LawrenceKryzanowski, who discovered their newnext door neighbours were also attending.Mahitab Mahaba and Tarek Khalifa (seep. 1) moved to Westmount from Egypt andhave two children at St. Léon.

Councillor Cynthia Lulham invited thoseassembled to visit the Montreal CameraClub’s 125th anniversary exhibition in theGallery at Victoria Hall. –LS

See photo, p. 1.


NDG councillor McQueen: ‘Difficult time coming’ for west end

Turcot plans include closing of 720/136 for 20+ weekendsBy David Price

The song remained the same at theNovember 28 Turcot Good Neighbour-hood Committee NDG-Westmount at cityhall, but some new notes were sounded forthe standing-room-only crowd of some 80attendees, which included Westmount citycouncillors Kathleen Kez, Cynthia Lulham,Marina Brzeski and Conrad Peart. Also at-tending from the city were Westmount di-rector general Benoit Hurtubise and Pub-lic Works representative Jonathan Auger.

The main revelation affecting West-mount that emerged was the plan of theKPH-Turcot construction consortium andthe Quebec Transport ministry (MTQ) toclose major portions of the 720/136 southof Westmount in both directions, in somecases all the way to the St. Pierre inter-change, for 20 to 25 weekends, beginningin December and continuing for most of2018.

These closures will allow for demolitionof a raised portion of the old highway, up-hill from the completed, new portion.

As previously reported (“Turcot halfcompleted…,” October 24, p. 12), the Fortand Lucien L’Allier entrances to the720/136 westbound, and the St. Jacquesexit from it, will close for 2018, if notlonger. A temporary entrance will beopened from Rose de Lima/St. Antoine in

St. Henri, near the former Imperial To-bacco plant.

McQueen proposes half closure

Montreal city councillor for easternNDG Peter McQueen summed it up dur-ing the open mic section of the evening: “Adifficult time is coming. Only the east-bound [720/136] highway has been closedto date.”

He foresaw large amounts of throughtraffic spilling into Westmount and NDG.

McQueen asked panellists if only thenorthern half of the new, finished portionof the 720/136 could be closed and thesouthern half protected with a wall ofsome kind so that it could be used for traf-fic.

Sylvie Gervais of KPH-Turcot respondedthat, for safety reasons, that would not bedone at first, but if experience showed it tobe possible, they would do it. She also ex-plained that a protective wall would have tobe a certain height, and so have a materialfoundation, for which there was no space.

Work hours will be 6 am to 7 pm onweekdays, 6 am to 11 pm on weekends,with some work (e.g. the removal of con-crete) going on 24 hours a day.

Westmounters weigh in

Westmounter Dan Lam-bert, citizen-member rep-

PUBLIC NOTICE

ALTERATIONS TO BE MADE BY THE ASSESSOR TO THEPROPERTY ASSESSMENT ROLL

2017-2018-2019

2nd FISCAL YEAR

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned, Treasurer of the City ofWestmount, of the following:

The property assessment roll that will be in force for the 2nd fiscal year of the triennialproperty assessment roll of 2017-2018-2019, has been deposited at the City Clerk’sOffice, where it is available for consultation by any interested person during regularbusiness hours. The roll is also available for consultation online at the followingaddress:

http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/evalweb

Any person in whose name a property, affected by an alteration to the 2017-2018-2019 property assessment roll, is or was entered, may file an application foradministrative review under Division I of Chapter X of

(CQLR, chapter F-2.1) on the grounds that the assessor has failed to makea required alteration to the roll pursuant to section 174 of said Act.

To be admissible, an application for administrative review must meet the followingconditions:

i) Be filed in the fiscal year during which an event justifying an alteration to theroll occurs or in the next fiscal year, if the assessor does not make thealteration;

ii) Be made on the prescribed form, available at one of the addressesmentioned below;

iii) Include the amount determined under theand applicable to the unit of assessment

covered by the application, or, if sent by registered mail, include a certifiedcheque or money order made out to the Ville de Montréal;

iv) Be filed in person at the Office of the (DEFVM), from Monday to Thursday, between 8:30 a.m.

and noon or between 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., or on Friday between8:30 a.m. and noon or between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., at one of thefollowing locations:

be sent by registered mail to:

GIVEN at Westmount, Québec, this 5th day of December 2017.

www.westmount.org

From left, moderator Pierre Guillot-Hurtubise, the Turcot’s David Maréchal, Sylvie Gervais andSandra Sultana, and Westmount’s Benoit Hurtubise and Jonathan Auger.

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resenting the associations of Pedestriansand Cyclists of Westmount and of NDG,changed tactics from his previous contri-butions, asking only one question: couldthe bike-path bollards on Glen Rd. be keptup during winter and only taken down forsnow clearance?

He used most of his time to bemoanthe quality of the KPH-Turcot and MTQ’sinteraction with the community, whilepointing out it was not the fault of the pan-ellists actually present. “It leaves much tobe desired. These ‘Good Neighbour’ meet-ings should actually be called ‘Informa-tion Sessions.’”

Sandra Sultana, assistant director of theTurcot project, responded that she fore-saw “complexity” in putting up and takingdown bollards all winter, but did not sayno.

David Maréchal of KPH-Turcot re-sponded to citizen-member MichaelMossop’s suggestion from the previous(October 16) meeting to use train carsparked on the CP tracks as temporarysound barriers on weekends, saying thattrain cars would not work well for this pur-pose due to all the gaps around them.

Without naming her, Maréchal also re-sponded to Lulham’s suggestion from thatmeeting that a temporary sound barrierbe erected in the east-west lanes north ofthe train tracks, saying that there was likely

not enough space for the required three-meter-wide wall.

Mossop asked if signage could be put upto protect the Greene/Stayner Park/CentreGreene area from through traffic, whichwill likely result from people giving up onAtwater as an access to the temporary Rosede Lima entrance to the 720/136 west.

Gervais seemed open to that suggestion,but explained that drivers can’t be stoppedfrom using whichever residential streetthey choose and counselled him “not tohave too much hope.”

Citizen-member for Westmount BrigitteStock asked if people could get access tothe “before” files prepared on buildings tosee if any damage would be done to themfrom vibrations. Sultana said they wouldnot make the whole work public, but thatindividual building owners could consulttheir files.

Westmount resident Frank Candidoasked if work was going to be done east ofGreene, to which Gervais replied yes, butonly 100 meters or so in that direction.

Candido went on to ask mischievously ifthe schematics for a sound barrier hadbeen left off the meeting’s presentationslides inadvertently, knowing full well thatno barrier was planned. Sultana explainedthat their mandate was not to increase thenoise from the level of theprevious highway.

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This column is the sequel to “Forden Cres.‘circle’ once was Forden Estate,” November14, p. 16.

The circle in the middle of what is nowForden Crescent and Forden was knownfor a century as “Forden,” the mansionbuilt by Charles Bowman in 1828 andwilled to his daughter, Elizabeth BowmanRaynes, in 1851. She raised a large familythere and died in 1915 but the rest of thefamily, none of whom married or had chil-dren, remained in the house. Only twoRaynes children, Ethel and Norah, stilllived in the huge mansion by 1947, whichwas being surrounded by developmentthroughout the neighbourhood.

Meanwhile, not far away, another familywas beginning to make its imprint onWestmount. The names of Abe and SamBronfman appear in Lovell’s Directory in

1919, as hotel keeper and manager respec-tively, both living at 380 Addington Ave.,just west of Westmount. Abe moved to4834 Western Ave. (now de Maisonneuve)soon afterwards and by 1925 Sam wasclose by at 359 Roslyn Ave. By then, theyhad started Distillers Corporation, whichflourished thanks largely to the AmericanProhibition which began in 1920 andlasted until 1933. By then, they had eitherbought or built significant mansions inWestmount (Abe at 4363 Westmount Ave.,Sam at 15 Belvedere Rd.) along with broth-ers Harry (3617 The Boulevard) and Allan(9 Belvedere Rd., next to Sam; his houseburned to the ground in the 1970s).

Harry Bronfman’s wife, Ann Gallaman,approached the two remaining Raynes sis-ters, Ethel and Norah, in 1947 to purchasethe century-old mansion for $72,359. Thefamily prepared to demolish Forden, caus-ing a stir in the fledgling Westmount His-torical Association, which scrambled totake photos of the interior before the housecame down.

Once the house was demolished, the cir-cle was divided into three lots and rumourhas it that the subdivisions were carefullydesigned to protect Abe Bronfman’s viewfrom his newly-built mansion at 4363Westmount Ave., though two other housesstood between the circle and Abe’s house.The southeast corner, which now is 43 For-den Crescent, sold to Abe’s daughter, Mil-dred, who by then was married to BernardLande, for exactly $2 per square foot. Thesame rate applied to the southwest corner,sold the same day (November 16, 1948) toPola Faerman, wife of Edward Spiegel.

While the Spiegels set about building a

1½-storey house (45 Forden Cresc.), thefollowing March Mildred Bronfman-Landesold her still-vacant corner to NathanBrecher, who ran Clover Brand Clothing,and then in June, 1951, he sold the lot toPearl Dietcher, wife of Saul Josephson, andup went a two-storey house at No. 43.

Ann Gallaman-Bronfman (Harry’s wife)built another two-storey building on theupper portion of the lot,which she promptly sold

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History of the former Raynesproperty (since construction)

Date Buyer Price47 Forden Cres.:July 1947 Ann Gallaman $72,359

(entire lot)Oct. 1951 R.Retta $1

Bronfman-LevittAug. 1968 Ivan Phillips $160,000Apr. 1993 Mila Pivnicki $1,675,000

(two deeds)Dec. 2015 $4,800,000

P. Desmarais IIIand Mary Dailey Desmarais

45 Forden Cres.:Nov. 1948 P. F.-Spiegel $22,606

(land)Oct. 2001 Helen Davis $1,550,000

& Colin Keeler(two deeds)

June 2005 S. Desmarais $4,500,000Nov. 2016 Le Prieure $5,487,50043 Forden Cres.:June 1951 P. D.-Josephson $20,000

(land)March 1994 W. Wiseman $1,010,000May 2005 A. Daniels & $2,632,000

R. Rosenbloom67 Forden Cres.:March 1959 E. Bronfman $65,000

(land)28 Nov 1978 Edna Gareh $220,000

67 Forden Crescent, located on the upper right ofblock, was photographed, along with the othersNovember 6.

47 Forden Crescent is located on the upper left ofthe block.

45 Forden Crescent on the lower left.

43 Forden Crescent on the lower right.

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Avis de radiation temporaire

No 20-2017-00703

Cet avis est publié en vertu des articles 156 et 180 duCode des professions (RLRQ, chapitre C-26).

Avis est par les présentes donné que Marie Rochon, titulaire du permis no 214 2950 et ayant exercé la profession d’infirmière dans la ville de Repentigny, a étédéclarée coupable, par le Conseil de discipline del’Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec, de trois(3) infractions, soit entre le ou vers le 10 octobre 2015et le ou vers le 11 octobre 2015 :

- d’avoir procédé à l’inscription de fausses informationsaux dossiers de deux clients, contrevenant ainsi aux dispositions de l'article 14 du Code de déontologie des infirmières et infirmiers, (RLRQ, chapitre I-8, r.9) pour le chef 1;

- d’avoir fait preuve de négligence dans les soins et traitements prodigués à deux clients en omettant deprocéder à la surveillance et au suivi requis par l’étatde santé de l’un d’entre eux, et en omettant de procéder à l’évaluation requise par l’état de santé de l’autre client, contrevenant ainsi aux dispositions de l'article 44 du Code de déontologie des infirmières et infirmiers, (RLRQ, chapitre I-8, r.9) pour les chefs 2 et 3.

Le 12 octobre 2017, le Conseil de discipline a imposé àMarie Rochon une radiation temporaire d’un (1) moissur le chef 1 de la plainte et une radiation temporaire dequatre (4) mois sur chacun des chefs 2 et 3 de laplainte, ces périodes de radiation devant être purgéesde façon concurrente, cela équivaut à une période deradiation temporaire de quatre (4) mois. Considérant ledélai d'appel de trente (30) jours dont disposent les parties pour contester la décision, la radiation tempo-raire de quatre (4) mois est devenue exécutoire à l’expiration de ce délai d’appel. En conséquence,Marie Rochon est radiée du tableau de l’Ordre àcompter du 25 novembre 2017, et ce jusqu’au 24 mars2018 inclusivement.

Jennifer AssogbaSecrétaire du Conseil de discipline


ADDRESS FROM TO PRiCE ’17 VALuATiON RATiO (%)

More Bought & Sold cont’d. from p. 17

to her daughter, Rona Retta Bronfman,who was married to Irving Levitt. Theystayed at 47 Forden Cresc. for 17 years, butin the meantime (1959) Rona’s mother soldoff the northeastern section of the circle toher nephew, Edward M. Bronfman (sonof Harry), who hired notable local architectFred Lebensold to build the final houseon the circle, 67 Forden Cresc.

Those four houses stayed in the handsof their original owners through the 1960’s,until in 1968 Rona Retta Bronfman soldher house at 47 Forden Cresc. to a lawyer,Ivan Edward Phillips, and in 1993 he soldto Mila Pivnicki, wife of Brian Mulroney,who was preparing to step down as primeminister of Canada. In 2015 the Mulroneyssold the property, this time to Paul Des-marais III and his wife, Mary Dailey Des-marais (Pattee). Paul is grandson of thefounder of Power Corp. and was at thetime a vice president of the holding com-pany.

Edgar Bronfman’s house at 67 FordenCresc. was sold to Edna Gareh, wife of aprominent Westmount venture capitalist,Victor Mashaal, in November, 1978. He ispresident and chair of the board of Senvest

Capital, Inc.; she still owns the property.The Spiegels sold 45 Forden Cresc. to

Helen Veronica Davis and Colin Keeler in2001, after 53 years of living there. Keeleris believed to have been a senior vice pres-ident at Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. at thetime; he has since started his own papercompany and they live in the New York cityarea.

They sold the house in 2005 to SophieDesmarais, another member of the Power

Corp. family, also ex-wife of Eric Le Moynede Sérigny, a close aide to former Frenchpresident Nicolas Sarkozy. In 2010 it ap-pears she moved to Paris and turned overcontrol of the property to a firm named,appropriately, Forden Crescent. Then lastyear she sold the property to a French real-estate management firm, Le Prieure. (Thelatest resident of the property, according toLovell’s Directory, is C. Montes.)

In 1994, Wendy Wiseman, a singer and

creator of children’s music, bought 43 For-den Cresc. and at the same time startedKidzup, a company that produced enter-tainment and educational records for chil-dren. She sold the house in 2005 to AndreaDaniels and Richard Rosenbloom; she wasa lawyer (at the time) with Lavery, deBilly,and later a president of the YM-YWHA(2014-16), as Ed Spiegel had been in the1980s. Richard Rosenbloom is marketingmanager for Core Notre Dame.

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What do Western movies bring to mind?Fringed jackets, bolo ties, cowboy bootsand, of course, the ten-gallon hat. All wereseen at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts(MMFA) ball – always one of the mostglamorous events of the year. The themefor the November 4 event was “western.”

It was inspired by the museum’s cur-rent exhibit Once Upon a Time...The West-ern, curated by Westmount res Mary-DailyDesmarais (there with her husband PaulDesmarais III) under the direction ofMMFA director general and chief curatorNathalie Bondil. So guests took creativeliberty. Some wore fringed suede jacketsover ball gowns (Carolina Gallo Laflêchethere with hubby Eric Laflêche), bolo ties(François Olivier with Isabelle Marcoux)and cowboy hats (Stuart Webster therewith his wife Claire Webster, who wassteering committee co-pres with Johanne

Champoux, attending with her husbandJacques Parisien, president MMFA.Bondil, in a black sequin western-stylevest, greeted guests with MMFA Founda-tion director Danielle Champagne, re-splendent in really, really rhinestone cow-boy boots and a satin gown by designerDenis Gagnon.

The saloon-style decor included bales ofhay (I told you the theme was western!),antler chandeliers and brushwood.

Dinner riffed on the theme with birchsyrup trout, bison carpaccio and chocolate

styled in the shape of, you guessed it, a cac-tus.

Co-presidents of the 57th annual galawere Pierre Pomerleau, president/CEOPomerleau (attending with his wife, com-mittee member Julie Moisan), François-Charles Sirois, president/CEO, Telesystem(with his wife Jessica Welch) and KimThomassin, executive VP, legal affairs andsecretariat, Caisse de dépot et placementdu Québec. They were ably assisted by theevening’s executive committee; WillaminaLeus Martire (with hubby Nicolas Martire),Louise Racine (with Pierre Shoiry); andAlysia Yip-Hoi (with Paul Martin III).

Celebrated filmmaker Alanis Obom-sawin was guest of honour. Noted amidstthe über-elegant crowd were IsabelleHudon, recently named Canadian ambas-sador to France; provincial ministers MarieMontpetit (culture and communications)and Dominique Anglade (economy, sci-

ence and innovation), and federal ministerMélanie Joly (Heritage); artist KentMonkman (who has a work in the show);Holt Renfrew’s RachelLadouceur with hubby

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Westmounters noted included Do-minique Bertrand and Jacques Maurice,Sue and Jawaid Khan and Michaela and

Micheal Penner, as well as Audrey Val-lières and Eric Boyko, Serge Joyal andMichel de la Chenelière. Organized by theMontreal Museum of Fine Arts Founda-tion, the event generated a record net profitof $1.4 million.

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10 Westmounters joinNHL celebrities forcharity event

Several local hockey players joined MarcBergevin, general manager of the Mon-treal Canadiens, and former Canadiensplayer Yvan Cournoyer October 28 for thesecond edition of “Partageons la puck.”

Westmounters included Jake Chadwick,David Dannenbaum, Jeff Drummond,Jean-François Emmanuel, Aaron Fraser,Yann Jodoin, Dario Mazzarello, Chris Old-land, Michael Quigley and Chris Wright.

The evening’s goal was to raise $75,000for Share the Warmth’s school food pro-gram, which benefits Montreal-areaschools, including Roslyn school.

Each player pledged to raise $1,500 in or-der to qualify. Many raised more, accord-ing to volunteer Mark Lowe.

Bergevin said he became involved withShare the Warmth as ambassador in 2016“because I wanted to raise awarenessabout hunger and poverty in Point St.Charles, the neighbourhood in which Igrew up, where I now live, and a part of thecity I love.” The event, held at the St.Charles arena, raised $82,000. – VR

Teitelbaum awardedagain by Frenchgovernment

Longtime Westmounter Maidy Teitel-baum, who started a French-language filmfestival, Cinemania, in Montreal 22 yearsago, was awarded officier de l’Ordre des Artset des Lettres on November 7 by the Frenchgovernment in recognition of her efforts topromote the country’s culture throughoutthe world and in France. The ceremonywas presided by France’s consul general inMontreal at the Sofitel Hotel downtown.

It was the second time Teitelbaum re-ceived an honour from France, havingbeen made a chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts etdes Lettres in 2006.

She told the Independent that she “wasvery surprised” upon learning she was be-ing elevated to the level of officier. “I reallyfeel that I am blessed and among the best,”she said, while adding that the prestigioustitle is awarded to 60 people outsideFrance.

The first Cinemania film festival washeld in 1995 for five days at the MontrealMuseum of Fine Arts. Since 2006, screen-ings have taken place at the Imperial Cin-ema in Montreal’s Quartier des spectacles.

This year’s festival took place over 11days in November. – MCB


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Other news and issues

There will be one or two closures ofGlen Rd. in the next six-month period,with one or two weeks of closure forGreene.

The Girouard entrance to the 15 south tothe Champlain bridge will remain open.

Sarah Bensadoun, the MTQ’s spokesper-son, told the Independent on December 4that the entrance to the 20 west just southof the Girouard entrance to the 15 southwill close, and motorists will have three op-tions to get to the 20 west: getting on the 15south at Côte St. Luc Rd.; continuing onthe 15 south, exiting it, getting on the 15north and then onto the 20 west; or goingwest on St. Jacques until getting on the 20west near Montreal West.

For the second meeting in a row, Mon-treal West residents made up the majorityof questioners, quizzing panellists aboutnoise, truck traffic, vibrations and changesto the transportation network that have in-

creased noise permanently, they contend,in the southern portion of the town.

Suzanne Barwick has joined the com-mittee as the citizen-member for MontrealWest.

Proponents of the proposed dalle parccycling and pedestrian bridge fromCavendish and St. Jacques over the 20 toLaSalle, which was at one time in the Tur-cot plan, also took to the mic, includingWestmounters Roger Jochym and PatrickBarnard, and Sauvons la falaise’s LisaMintz. The moderator, Pierre Guillot-Hur-tubise of Octane Stratégies, pointed outthat the panellists were civil servants paidto implement a plan that excluded the dalleparc and that they did not control what thepoliticians decided to build and fund.

Things were quiet on the Decarie/Sher-brooke front, with the three NDG citizen-members (Malaka Ackaoui, Marie-JoséMastromonaco and Jill Precesky) absent,and only one questioner from that area,who asked about parking on Addington.

In responding to Barnard’s characteri-zation of all the Turcot work as re-doingthe mistakes of the 1960s, Sultana con-tended that the work was not a simple re-build of the old network. For instance, theroad network can be, and is being, loweredsince the Lachine canal is no longer usedfor commercial shipping, which requiredit to be raised initially. Also, 9,000 trees will

be planted, along with many bushes.In response to a question from the pre-

vious meeting, the panellists were not ableto find out who had cut trees in the Decarieexpressway trench.

The majority of the discussion was inFrench, and Guillot-Hurtubise was carefulto translate any English into French. Themeeting’s PowerPoint presentation wasavailable as a paper handout in Englishand is on the Turcot website, but onlyFrench meeting agendas and minutes areavailable there.

The next public meeting of the commit-tee will be in 2018 at a date and location tobe announced.

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