18 ? THE SUBURBAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009
END OF LEASE
SALE
Caplan -Duval
CAVENDISH MALL STORE
5800 CAVENDISH BLVD. COTE ST-LUC
The products below
are also available
at L?Entrepôt Caplan-Duval
in the Plaza Côte des Neiges
FACTORY DIRECT
MEGA LINEN,
BEDDING
& MORE SALE
n Croscil shams and bedskirts
valued up to $50.00 only $4.99
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Polysilk Throws only $9.99

Pillows from $3.33

Decorative Cushions from $4.99

7 Pc Comforter Sets from $39.99

Individual Sheets from $6.99

Window Curtains from $6.99

n Croscil Bedskirts (valued at up to
$40.00) now $4.99
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Synthetic Duvets from $24.49

Memory Foam Pillows from $14.99

Large polar fleece blankets $14.99

n Antique style oil paintings
from $34.99
n Large Coral Fleece Blankets
$14.99
n Assortment of 4 pc.
Comforter Sets $24.99
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Pillow Cases from $1.97

n Amazingly Soft Bamboo Towels
from $1.99
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Sheet sets from $12.99

& much, much more

HUGE WINDOW ROD SET CLEARANCE
Savings of 70% and more
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$6.99 - $14.99

Café rods from

$2.49

14 pc Microfiber
ROOM-IN-BAG SET
$

39

99
All sizes only
Incredible value, includes comforter, sheet set,
bedskirt, shams, panels, tiebacks, cushion, valance
Available at both locations
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OF LEASE

SALE

UP TO
80% OFF
FURNITURE CLEARANCE
Save Up To 70% Off
Empire style, Louis the 15th and
classically styled chairs, dressers,
sofa sets, bronzes as well as antique
style oil paintings and mirrors
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World Famous China Dinnerware
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already Discounted Housewares
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already Discounted Glassware
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already Discounted Casual
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n Brand Name Crystal
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Block Spal coffeepots

$9.99
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Denby Save 40%

n Noritake discontinued
patterns Save 70%
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& More

AS SEEN
ON TV
CUDDLE COMFORT BLANKETS
with sleeves
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Available at both stores
Only $

14

99
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NEWS & ANALYSIS
Mitchell Goldbloom: Life cut way
too short by insidious disease
By Mike Cohen
The Suburban
Some 30 years ago I served as the coach of
the Côte St. Luc PeeWee ?AA? Avengers, a
baseball team where the players were only
about five years younger than I. They were a
good group of kids and our team did fairly well
in the standings.
Mitchell Goldbloom was a talented left
handed hitter who could play most positions.
What I remember most about Mitchell at the
time was his good humour and absolute
politeness. Like other players on that team,
after the season ended and I concluded my
coaching career, I would run into Mitchell
from time to time. I lost track of him until
four years ago when, after being elected to
Côte St. Luc city council, I got to know one of
my co-elected officials Sam Goldbloom. This
was Sam?s first term in office, like me, and the
two of us hit it off from the start.
When Sam?s mother-in-law passed away I
went to the shiva and there was Mitchell
Goldbloom, my former player. He was Sam?s
son. Now a successful lawyer in Toronto, he
was married to Dana Soroka and the father of
two young girls. Mitchell and I reminisced
that day. I also met his younger brother Mark,
he too a Toronto attorney.
Mitchell graduated from McGill University
with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology
in 1989 and then Queen?s University Law
School in 1992. He then articled and worked
as an associate in Ottawa for a national law
firm. After moving to Toronto, for a number of
years prior to joining the firm of Landy Marr
Kats LLP, he acted as Enforcement Counsel
for the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry
Council. Accordingly, he acquired a unique
experience with respect to the litigation before
administrative tribunals, specifically the
License Appeal Tribunal and the Divisional
Court. At Landy Marr Kats his practice
focused strictly on civil litigation and eventually
was named a partner.
As Sam and I became friends he would often
talk about his two boys. He and his wife
Beverly so looked forward to their frequent
trips to Toronto. But for the Goldblooms, just
less than two years ago, their lives came crashing
down. Mitchell had been diagnosed with a
rare form of cancer of the sinus. All looked
very grim as doctors explained the disease was
in such a difficult spot, seemingly impossible
to reach. Mitchell was a fighter and he looked
into every possible treatment imaginable.
Initially he underwent a risky 13-hour operation
which would end up causing him blindness
in one eye and bad effects to his hearing.
Work stopped and stays in the hospital were
uncomfortable and long. When a stem cell
transplant was performed Mitchell?s diagnosis
turned around. Doctors told him he was in
remission and plans were underway for him to
return to the law firm. He even got to go on a
nice holiday with his family. In July he called
Sam from his cell phone to announce there
was a suit sale at Harry Rosen and he was off
to buy a few new ones.
Throughout this whole ordeal, Sam was a
rock. He travelled to Toronto regularly, yet
rarely missed a city council meeting or func-
tion. In addition, he kept busy in his day job as
a sales representative for Cruise Ship Centres.
Bev was a teacher in the adult education system.
Since she was spending so much time in
Toronto it was becoming increasingly difficult
for her to meet those demands.
In August Mitchell became ill again. The
cancer had spread to his brain. A new series of
radiation and chemotherapy was initiated.
Seizures ensued. Bev moved to Toronto fulltime.
Sam went back and forth. Through all of
this, as Sam stood by his bedside, Mitchell
gathered all the strength he could and asked
his dad for a promise. Sam was up for re-election
in Côte St. Luc and Mitchell wanted to
make sure that his illness would not interfere
in that process. ?Win that election for me,
dad,? he asked.
On Oct. 2, Sam was acclaimed to office in
District 1. Soon after, Mitchell?s condition
became more critical. Sam and Bev were off to
Toronto, this time for an extended stay.
Mitchell was suffering from terribly painful
seizures and while he was fighting to stay alive
it became clear that he was losing the battle.
One day he squeezed his dad?s hand, thanking
him for fulfilling his promise and returning to
council for another mandate.
Last week Sam shared with his colleagues
the news we all feared. There was no saving
Mitchell. It was now only a matter of time. Our
hearts broke when we were told that Mitchell?s
two little girls, aged six and eight, would come
to the hospital for the final time and say their
good-byes. Sam and Bev understandably
could not bear to witness this. Dana, Mitchell?s
wife, was strong. Not only is she a physician
herself, but sadly she watched her own brother
Seth die of heart complications just a few
years ago.
On Oct. 21, at the age of 42, Mitchell died at
the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. ?He was
a brave kid,? said Sam. ?He never gave up.
Over the last while, when he realized what
probably would occur, he made a series of
video recordings which will be shown to his
daughters at different stages of their lives. I am
proud of Mitchell and equally proud of his
brother Mark, who was there with him and his
family every step of the way. Life will go on for
us. But it will be different. It will never be the
same. This just is not fair. I often asked, ?why
not take me?? I have lived a good life. Why take
my son??
I reached Keith Landy, the managing partner
of the law firm Mitchell worked at. I go
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