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ART EXHIBIT AT CSL LIBRARY

Côte St. Luc?s Eleanor London Library is presenting artworks by Amy A. Thompson and Amber Albrecht, until Feb. 28, the city announced. ?This exhibition, Invented Memories: Works by Amber Albrecht and Amy A. Thompson, explores themes of recollection, narratives and dreams,? says a city announcement. ?Amber Albrecht has created prints and drawings of absurdist situations, which stem from her recollection of the creatures, landscapes and impossible happenings of the storybooks from her childhood. ?In Amy A. Thompson?s mixed media series Glint, she depicts an imagined land. These dreamlike landscapes lead the viewer to reflect on the contrast between the intimacy of the self and the grand expanse of the cosmos.?

CSL WINTER CARNIVAL

Côte St. Luc?s annual winter carnival takes place Sunday Feb. 14, also Valentine?s Day, with numerous activities during the day, Peewee ?A? invitational hockey tournament semi-final games takes place at Trudeau Park, Confederation Annex, from 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m., and 11 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. A pancake breakfast, along with hot chocolate, cider and coffee, takes place at the park?s Chalet 1 starting at 11:30 a.m. A figure skating club exhibition takes place at Samuel Moskovitch Arena from noon to 1:35 p.m. Carnival activities from 12 to 4 p.m. will include face painting, balloons, arts and crafts at the Samuel Moskovitch Arena studio room; taffy on the snow, inflatables, horse-drawn carriage rides and skating on Centennial Lake at Trudeau Park and from 1:45 p.m. to 2:50 p.m., public skating at the arena, admission for which is free.

EXTENDED HAMPSTEAD TOWN HALL HOURS

Hampstead announced that its town hall will extend its opening hours during tax period ?in order to accommodate and better serve its residents. The town hall will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Feb. 8 to 12 and on Feb. 15.

SNOW CLEARING PRIORITIES IN MOWEST

The town of Montreal West issued an advisory regarding snow removal, stating that ?for safety reasons, the town prioritizes snow clearing and snow removal on primary streets (commercial buildings, fire routes, school zones and municipal buildings). After these areas are cleaned, snow clearing/snow removal then proceeds to the secondary streets.? The town also pointed out that the snow dump ?is located behind the Municipal Arena on Bedbrook. Residents should be aware that this results in heavier truck traffic in the area during snow operations.? ? Joel Goldenberg 2 ? THE SUBURBAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010

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Radio-a-thon for Haiti delivers

94.7 Hits FM and Otis Grant Foundation fill up on food and clothes for earthquake survivors

By Kevin Woodhouse The Suburban The bitter wind and cold temperatures might have ruined the posters Marty Lamarre and his staff at 94.7 Hits FM had diligently set up Thursday night but the nasty weather did not deter West Island residents from coming through in full force to help the people of Haiti who have survived a horrible natural disaster. Last Friday at Task Electronics, 16,700 Trans Canada in Kirkland, 94.7 Hits FM and the Otis Grant Foundation held a 12 hour radio-a-thon to collect non-perishable food, clothes and bottled water that was given over to the Salvation Army who are going to distribute the much needed items to Haitian refugees. ?We cannot control the weather so all of our posters that we set up the night before blew away,? Lamarre told The Suburban at noon last Friday. ?But everything else, the things we could control, went very well.? When asked about holding the radioa-thon and the hardships of working outdoors to collect the items, Lamarre By Joel Goldenberg The Suburban David Tordjman, Côte St. Luc?s chief of public works and engineering, will be contributing to the rebuilding of Haiti after its devastating earthquake at the behest of Quebec?s Order of Engineers and the organization Engineers Without Borders. Tordjman will be going down to Port au Prince, and is doing so on his own time ? using two weeks of his vacation available to him. He told The Suburban last week that he is motivated by the Jewish principles of tikkun olam ? repairing the world ? and pikuach nefesh, helping other people in a time KEVIN WOODHOUSE / THE SUBURBAN 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. 94.7 Hits FM radio personalities Marty Lamarre (l) and Brad Johns had a great time on air last Friday with their remote setup at Task Electronics in Kirkland where, along with the Otis Grant Foundation, collected bottled water, clothes and non-perishable food to send to the earthquake victims in Haiti. said, ?that is nothing compared to having your home destroyed or losing your family in an earthquake.? People stopped by with boxes of food of need. Tordjman said his family will remain here, as conditions in Haiti are dangerous. ?I was chosen as part of a group to go down,? he explained. ?Our first step will be to establish clean water systems and a safe environment for any refugee camp in the city of Port au Prince. Following that will be information collection for when I return, to do a reconstruction plans for specific areas. ?There is definitely going to be a lot of work done [from Montreal],? he added. ?It?s all volunteer for now, so I don?t know if I?ll have the opportunity to go down there again soon, but we?ll be doing a lot of planning and coordination for reconstruction. A lot of the 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 and clothes all day. Roberto Del Papa, community relations officer for Station 1 who had done two previous tours in Haiti, spent a good part of the day collecting the donated goods along with many kind hearted helpers from Volunteer West Island who braved the outside chill to load up the 53-foot truck that, by the end of the radio-a-thon at 6 p.m., had been filled thanks to the generosity of area residents. Lac St. Louis MP Francis Scarpaleggia was also on hand for some time during the day. Otis Grant was busy at Riverdale High School where students had given so much stock that Grant had to rent a separate truck just to pack what the students had given. The West Island Muslim Community really came through when they presented Lamarre with six full palettes of new clothing, valued at $75,000. Avon Canada also gave numerous racks of clothes that stretched a total of 40 feet in goods. Lamarre felt ?humbled? by the experience because ?all of this was done thanks to the involvement of the local community who want to give back to others.? n

CSL public works chief to help in Haiti

coordination can be done from a distance. I did a lot of that in my previous job, when I was in project management at SNC Lavalin. Those are the tools I?ll be using when I?m back here. While on site, I?ll be evaluating whether some areas can be saved and which can?t be, possible relocation sites for some of the schools and if their rebuilding cities, to make sure they build them properly with the future in mind.? Tordjman said that from what he has seen on television and read, coupled with his engineering expertise, he believes reconstruction will take a decade, ?easily. 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 See CHIEF, page 13 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 3, 2010

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