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DECEMBER 23, 2009

Q U E B E C ? S L A R G E S T E N G L I S H W E E K L Y N E W S P A P E R

NEWS & ANALYSIS

The new faces of CDN/NDG council

Susan Clarke, Peter McQueen and Lionel Perez. ? Page 3

ARTS... ETCETERA

Maimonides wins with Battle of the Bands

The idea of holding a Battle of the Bands fundraising event had been brewing in Freddie Naimer?s mind for quite some time. ? Page 15

ARTS... ETCETERA

Festive flicks

The world?s greatest detective returns in this reimagining of Arthur Conan Doyle?s legendary creation from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels director Guy Ritchie. ? Page 25

SPORTS

NDG tourney launches in style

The 15th annual NDG Novice Hockey Tournament got underway last Saturday. ? Page 38 Left to right: Cst. Peter Mendelos, Fiona Keats and Commander Denis Ledu.

Police foundation helps charities

By P.A.Sévigny The Suburban Last Thursday morning, as the temperature dropped into the lower depths, only the warmth of human kindness could salvage whatever heat was left in the NDG Food Depot. ?This is the time when I like to do some Christmas shopping,? said Madame Ptitsa, the NDG Food Depot?s Turkey lady after SPVM Constable Peter Mendelos pushed her shopping cart full of frozen turkeys into the depot. With only a week to go before Christmas, Fiona Keats, the food depot?s director, knew it was going to be a good day because she knew, come Christmas morning, those turkeys would be a welcome sight on more than a few west end kitchen tables. ?It?s the least I can do,? said Ptitsa. ?I spent as much on those turkeys as I did on my grandchildren.? When SPVM Station Commander Daniel Leduc followed Mendelos and his loaded cart into the Food Depot, the morning was turning into the Food Depot?s lucky day. Mendelos said Leduc and other officers working out of NDG?s local police station know all about the work being done to help feed the poor in NDG. Once they told La Fondation des Employé(e)s de la SPVM -the SPVM?s own charitable foundation, about the depot?s long history as one of the district?s major food banks, the foundation?s directors, including Police Chief Yvan Delorme, decided the NDG Food Depot deserved a special check for Christmas. As the president of the

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See CHARITIES, page 6 P.A. SEVIGNY / THE SUBURBAN

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