2 ? THE SUBURBAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Around the Towns

PEE-WEE INVITATIONAL IN CSL

Côte St. Luc announced that ?as part of the 2010 Côte Winter Carnival, an eight-team Peewee ?A? invitational outdoor hockey tournament will take place on the weekend of Friday, Feb. 12 to Sunday, Feb. 14. Weather and ice conditions permitting, the games are played outdoors in the Confederation Annex building in Pierre Elliott Trudeau Park. If the conditions are not suitable, the games will take place inside the Samuel Moskovitch Arena. A total of 11 games will be played over the weekend, with the semi-finals and finals being played during the annual winter carnival event (Sunday, Feb. 14).?

HAMPSTEAD RECREATION BROCHURE

Councillor Bonnie Feigenbaum recently announced that Hampstead?s spring and summer 2010 culture, sports and recreation brochure is just about completed and will be distributed with the town?s communications newsletter Feb. 22. ?A meeting will be arranged with some local residents who want to get involved in planning more programs,? she said. ?If you?re interested, please call the [Adessky] centre? at 514-369-8260.

LIBRARY REBATE UPDATE

As of the February council meeting, Hampstead?s new rebate program to join a Montreal-island library has attracted six individuals and 11 seniors. Feigenbaum said all so far have chosen to join the Eleanor London Library in Côte St. Luc.

St. LAURENT SUBSIDIES

St. Laurent?s subsidies and financial assistance, as announced at the February council meeting, include $25,000 ?for the fifth payment of the annual financial contribution to CARI St-Laurent for the 2010 year; $11,500 to the Centre d?Initiatives pour le Développement Communautaire l?Unité for the 2010 year; $410 to a Saint-Laurent resident for participation in l?Open de Paris, an international karate competition, from Jan. 12 to Jan. 17, 2010 and $1,306.15 to the Canadian Red Cross to provide assistance to the victims of the earthquake that occurred in Haiti.? A borough announcement pointed out that ?this amount corresponds to the total of donations collected by the Citizens? Office among St. Laurent employees and residents as of Jan. 29. As council had pledged to equal the donations received, the total amount given to the Canadian Red Cross therefore increased to $2,612.30.?

TAX PAYMENT EXTENDED HOURS

St. Laurent announced that to more easily enable residents to pay their taxes before the due date, the Citizen?s Office at 777 Marcel Laurin will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday Feb. 25 and 26, and on the Monday March 1 due date for the first installment. The employees of that office are also available to answer questions about the taxes. Residents can also call 311 or consult ville.montreal.qc.ca/saint-laurent. ? Joel Goldenberg

LUNAR NEW YEAR

The NDG Community Council is holding a Lunar New Year celebration on Sunday, Feb. 14 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. for members of the borough?s Asian communities and those who are curious about the traditions. The event, taking place at the St. Ignatius of Loyola Church (4455 West Broadway Ave.), is part of the Bienvenue à NDG program, which ?facilitates the integration of immigrant families into the neighbourhood.? Financing is provided by the Ministère de l?Immigration et des Communautés Culturelles and the Ministère de l?Education, du Loisir et du Sport. The evening will include an Asian cooking workshop, a martial arts exhibition and Mandarin and Korean handwriting demonstrations. ? Dan Delmar ANDREW SOONG PHOTOS

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Westmount Winterfest

Ten-year-old Catalina Sosa gets tangledup with maple syrup. By Joel Goldenberg The Suburban A major league ceremony was held recently to announce the winner of a competition to build St. Laurent?s second ? multiculturally-focused, library, attracting Quebec Culture Minister Christine St-Pierre, Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay, St. Laurent mayor/Montreal executive committee vice-chairman Alan DeSousa and Côte des Neiges-NDG councillor/Montreal executive committee member Helen Fotopulos. The winners were the team of Cardinal Hardy/Labonté Marcil/Éric Pelletier Architects in consortium/SDK and Associates and Leroux Beaudoin Hurens and Associates. The library will be located on Thimens Blvd. and have a total 5,800 square metres which includes Publisher: Michael Sochaczevski Associate Publisher: Sari Medicoff VP Business Development & Marketing: David Solomon Sales Manager: David Broadman Production Manager: Karen L. Cross Classified Manager: Charmaine Worrell Credit Manager: Carol Balinsky 7575 Trans-Canada Highway, Suite 105, St. Laurent, QC H4T 1V6 (514) 484-1107 (Fax) 484-9616 suburban@thesuburban.com www.thesuburban.com Some images and graphics Copyright 2009 Michael Publishing and its licensors. All rights reserved. Little Lexi Dionisopoulos samples maple syrup.

Architects chosen for second St. Laurent library

1,080 metres devoted to a museum collection conservation centre at the Musée des Maitres et Artisans on Ste. Croix. The museum was also the location of Monday?s press conference. The library, scheduled to open in 2012, is receiving funding from Quebec?s culture ministry, a threeyear Montreal cultural fund and St. Laurent itself for a total of $25.5 million for the actual library and $4.15 million for the museum facility. Tremblay said the new library ?will play a crucial role in bolstering Montreal?s position as a city of knowledge? and provide more access to knowledge. ?At the same time, we are aware that architectural quality is very important... Montreal is a centre of excellence, not just for innovation but also for design.? DeSousa said it is rare in a politi- Editor-in-chief: Beryl Wajsman (editor@thesuburban.com) Associate Editor: Anthony Bonaparte (anthony@thesuburban.com) Sports Editor: Mark Lidbetter (sports@thesuburban.com) Editorial Staff: Joel Ceausu, Dan Delmar, Julia Gerke, Joel Goldenberg, Walter J. Lyng, P.A. Sévigny, Samantha St. Jules, Kevin Woodhouse Five-year-old Teva Cooperstock during the shoot-out. cian?s life to be able to announce the building of a new library. ?It gives us an opportunity to learn, to discover and to integrate newcomers to our community, foster learning and innovation, and also have fun.? St-Pierre said the new library will be ?an ideal place where users can develop a taste for reading and become attuned to culture.? Fotopulos said the architectural competitions ?allow us to enhance the quality of our built heritage while also calling on the creative genius of our homegrown talents.? The winning project will be presented to the general public 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Centre des Loisirs on Grenet. The drawings can also be seen at bibliotheque.saintlaurent.ville.montreal.qc.ca. n Editorial Contributors: Maria I. Anelli, Akil Alleyne, Sam Bick, Mike Cohen, Alex Di Pietro, Mitch Gallo, Ian Howarth, David Lisbona, Bernard Mendelman, Daniel W.K. Rafuse, Lisa K. Savage, Linda Zlatkin Photographers: Andrew Soong, Rob Taussig, Mico Smiljanic CONTACT US via email: Letters: editor@thesuburban.com | Entertainment: entertainment@thesuburban.com | Features: anthony@thesuburban.com | Sports: sports@thesuburban.com | Community Events: calendar@thesuburban.com | Advertising material: production@thesuburban.com Publisher?s liability for error: The publisher shall not be liable for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement. The publisher?s liability for other errors or omissions in connection with any advertisement is strictly limited to publication of the advertisement in any subsequent issue or the refund of any monies paid for the advertisement. Entire Contents Copyright Michael Publishing Co. Inc., Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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