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Holiday hours, waste collection, and overnight parking for Victoria Day 2012
18 May 2012Municipal facilities hours of operation for Victoria Day 2012
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Waste collection
Garbage, recycling, and organic waste collection service is not affected by the holiday.
Overnight parking tolerance
The City of Côte Saint-Luc goes to great lengths to accommodate its residents and guests who park on city streets during civic and religious holidays.
The city normally prohibits parking on streets between 3 am and 6 am and residents must call Public Security to request a temporary parking permit. However, the city grants a general overnight parking tolerance on many holidays—particularly those with out-of-towners visiting or when religious observances makes it difficult to move one's car.
You do not need to call Public Security and you do not require any pass to be displayed in your vehicle during the dates below:
- Friday, May 18, 2012 at 5 pm until Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 8 am
Note: Vehicles are not permitted to park in front of fire hydrants, in fire lanes, in front of driveways, in no-stopping zones or anywhere else when parking is never permitted etc.
Theatre camp launches in Côte Saint-Luc
15 May 2012
Côte Saint-Luc, May 15, 2012 – The City of Côte Saint-Luc will launch a new theatre camp this summer for children ages 10 to 15.
The Côte Saint-Luc Theatre Camp runs for two weeks, from Monday, July 2 to Friday, July 13, 2012. The cost is $450 for residents or $518 for non-residents. The deadline to register is Friday, June 15, 2012. People can register at the Parks and Recreation Department Building, 7500 Mackle Rd. weekdays from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
“Campers will learn all aspects of theatrical production including acting, design, costumes, set pieces, props, lighting and creating a production schedule,” said Councillor Mitchell Brownstein, who helped bring theatre to Côte Saint-Luc through the establishment of the Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society last year. “Campers will be working toward a theatrical production at the end of the second week for parents, staff, family and friends.”
In week one, campers will engage in theatre-driven activities to develop their inner thespians and designers. In week two, campers will build on the techniques and tools learned in week one to work toward the production.
No previous theatrical training is required. The Côte Saint-Luc Theatre Camp is offered in partnership with the Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society (CSLDramaticSociety.com), which is also putting on a production of Norm Foster’s Office Hours from May 24 to 26, 2012.
For more information about the Côte Saint-Luc Theatre Camp, contact Ryan Nemeroff at rnemeroff@cotesaintluc.org or 514-485-6806 ext. 2214.
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For more information: Darryl Levine, Director of Public Affairs and Communications, 514-485-8905, dlevine@cotesaintluc.org
Côte Saint-Luc Slo Pitch Association reunion planned
11 May 2012Former players from the once great Côte Saint-Luc Slo Pitch Association, which operated for more than 40 years, will be holding a reunion banquet for those who were part of the teams in the 1950s, 1960s, and up to and includin 1972 on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 5:30 pm at the Aquatic and Community Centre, 5794 Parkhaven Avenue.
There will be a buffet supper and a nominal fee will be announced shortly.
Organizers, including co-chairmen Mish Granik and Roy Salomon, are eager to greet all the players of those glory years.
“Roy and I got this idea while working out daily at the Snowdon Y,” Granik said. “Unfortunately, we’ve lost a few of those players, but life does go on for all of us who are much older now. We want to reach out to all the former stars that played in the league when it first began in the park opposite the Beth Zion Congregation before moving to Wentworth Park [which is now Kirwan Park].”
Granik remembers the days when he started as a catcher with one of the original franchises sponsored by Westminster Homes and thereafter played right field with his bar mitzvah glove given to him by his father. He says in the eight years he played he never dropped anything that he could get to. Granik, a left-handed hitter was a spray hitter with power and hit many a home run over the right field fence. He was a batting champ for a number of years and finished his eight-year career with a .400-plus batting average. Granik was an all-Canadian and played on the team that went to Toledo, Ohio, to represent Côte Saint-Luc at the World Championship Tournament.
Salomon, on the other hand, was a Brooklyn-born former Duke University (North Carolina) basketball star, with speed to burn and a star center fielder who could run like a gazelle. He had a lifetime .300 batting average and covered center field with the best of them. He also was an all-Canadian and played at Jones Beach in New York and also at Toledo.
Among those that blazed the trail are Rabbi Sidney Shoham, Sam Eltes, Amos Sochaczevski, Dave Sigler, Arthur Shiller and Bob Bornstein, plus many more.
All former players, executives, officials and umpires are urged to register with membership chairman Lionel Segal at lionelsegal@hotmail.ca.
Members of the Côte St. Luc Slo Pitch Reunion Committee prepare for a supper-time gathering to be held on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. (Standing, left to right) Mish Granik, Roy Salomon, Ken Saxe and Lionel Segal. (Seated, left to right) Larry Fredericks and Mike Rothpan.
Business skills for artists at the Côte Saint-Luc library
10 May 2012
Côte Saint-Luc, May 10, 2012 – People with creative and artistic talents can learn how to make a living doing what they love on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 7 pm at the Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library.
The Artist Information Session will be led by Monika Majewski, the Artist Program Coordinator at YES Montreal, a non-profit organization that provides English-language support services to help Quebecers find employment and start businesses. Majewski will outline the services available to artists through YES Montreal and provide information on company registration and incorporation, GST/ QST, income taxes, networking, grant writing and available funding.
This event is free of charge, however registration is required. Please call the library at 514-485-6900 ext. 4205 to register.
The Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library is located at 5851 Cavendish Blvd. and is open from 10 am to 10 pm every day. For more information, call the library at 514-485-6900 or visit www.elcslpl.org.
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For more information, contact: Danielle Bélanger, 514-485-6900 ext. 4205 or dbelanger@cotesaintluc.org.
Council Meeting: May 14, 2012
10 May 2012A meeting of the Côte Saint-Luc City Council takes place on Monday, May 14, 2012 at 8 pm at City Hall, 5801 Cavendish Blvd.
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Use paper bags or newspaper in your kitchen collector or brown bin starting June 4, 2012
09 May 2012
Recently, Côte Saint-Luc received a new directive from the Quebec Ministry of Environment to stop using cornstarch compostable bags, as they will no longer be accepted at the treatment site where we have sent our organic waste for several years.
Therefore, we are asking residents who receive organic waste collection services to please use paper bags in your kitchen collector or brown bin starting the week of June 4, 2012.
Paper bags are sold at City Hall (5801 Cavendish Blvd.) and Public Works (7001 Mackle Rd.)
If you don’t want to buy paper bags, you can make neat kitchen collector liners out of newsprint. Visit EcoCSL.org to watch video demonstrations. You can also learn how by attending a workshop on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 7 pm at the library (5851 Cavendish Blvd.), as part of the green lecture series.
Any paper product (including newspaper, brown bag, napkin or paper towel) will be very efficient in absorbing juices and odours in your kitchen collector or brown bin. Finally, as a reminder, you may put yard waste directly into the brown bin without any paper bag.
If you have any questions, please contact the Public Works Department at info@cotesaintluc.org or call 514-485-6868 ext. 3005.
Mayor of Côte Saint-Luc and other municipal politicians to act in dark comedy
09 May 2012
Côte Saint-Luc, May 9, 2012 – The Mayor of Côte Saint Luc and three city councillors will perform on stage in the dark comedy Office Hours by Canadian playwright Norm Foster later this month at the Harold Greenspon Auditorium, 5801 Cavendish Blvd.
Mayor Anthony Housefather, Côte Saint-Luc city councillors Mitchell Brownstein and Sam Goldbloom, and Dollard des Ormeaux city councillor Herbert Brownstein will star with other members of the Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society.
Showtimes are at 8 pm on Thursday, May 24, Friday, May 25, and Saturday, May 26, with two 2 pm matinee performances on Friday and Saturday.
Tickets are $15 plus tax and are available at the Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library (5851 Cavendish Blvd.), the Côte Saint-Luc Aquatic and Community Centre (5794 Parkhaven Ave.), or by telephone at 514-485-6806 ext. 2200. Credit card or Interac will be accepted.
“Côte Saint-Luc is committed to community theatre,” Mayor Housefather said. “I hope that my participation helps draw attention to this great community initiative."
The January 2012 performances of the musical Grease were sold out.
Norm Foster’s Office Hours takes place during the same Friday afternoon in six different offices in the big city. We follow the stories that take place in each office, and, as they unfold, each story becomes connected with the other: A newsman who will do anything to keep his job, a Canadian producer willing to overlook the shortcomings of a down-and-out director, an entertainment agent caught in a scandal, a lawyer with big news to share, a delusional jockey, a love-starved therapist and a man on a ledge.
Anisa Cameron returns to direct the cast of 15, which includes also includes Ariel Sterlin, (who played Frenchy in Grease) as the production stage manager, and Scott Drysdale as the lighting and technical director.
The Halifax Daily News said that playwright Norm Foster “is Canada's most-produced dramatist, and no wonder. His snappy dialogue, everyday situations and gently balanced characters dare to represent that great, under-represented middle of North American society."
For more information about the production, visit www.CSLDramaticSociety.com.
About the Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society
The Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society is a community theatre initiative that began in the summer of 2011 in partnership with the City of Côte Saint-Luc. The goal of the society is to bring together actors, writers, musicians and other artistically-minded community members to produce theatrical works in an inclusive environment where emphasis is placed on team work and camaraderie, not celebrity.
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For more information: Darryl Levine, Director of Public Affairs and Communications, 514-485-8905, dlevine@cotesaintluc.org
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Art exhibit in Côte Saint-Luc highlights re-imagined landscapes
04 May 2012
Côte Saint-Luc, May 4, 2012 – The Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library is presenting a series of large-scale oil paintings of landscapes by Quebec artist Suzanne Olivier seen through her unique perspective.
A Singular Vision/Une vision particulière art exhibit runs from May 10 to June 24, 2012 at the Art Gallery of the library, 5851 Cavendish Blvd.
“As my pictorial personality developed and my search intensified during my years at the Beaux-Arts in Montreal, I returned to and continued this movement and manner of painting, suggesting elements of nature on my canvas,” Olivier said. “This new approach transformed my work into imaginary landscapes, liberated from tradition and representation.”
Olivier is often associated with the impressionist movement due to her use of soft brush strokes and colour palette. However, having grown up under the influence of the automatist art movement in Quebec, she was heavily influenced by such internationally-renowned Quebec abstract artists as Paul-Émile Borduas.
Her current works can be viewed at www.suzanneolivier.net and at beauxartsdesameriques.com
The Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library is located at 5851 Cavendish Blvd. and is open from 10 am to 10 pm every day. For more information, call the library at 514-485-6900 or visit www.elcslpl.org.
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For more information, call 514-485-6900 ext. 4205 or dbelanger@cotesaintluc.org
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Côte Saint-Luc blood donor clinic on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
27 Apr 2012
Côte Saint-Luc, April 27, 2012 – The annual Côte Saint-Luc blood donor clinic takes place on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 from 1:15 pm to 8 pm at the municipal Gymnasium at 7500 Mackle Rd.
“We help organize a blood donor clinic each year because it is so important to the health of so many Quebecers,” said Councillor Ruth Kovac, a long-time blood donor who is the chairperson of the event. “We know that many people cannot donate blood because of health problems or medications they must take. That means that people who are healthy need to step up, roll up their sleeves, and donate this life-saving resource.”
Anyone who is at least 18 years old and in good health can donate blood once every 56 days, which is six times per year. Review the donor qualifications at www.hema-quebec.qc.ca or call 1-800-343-4264.
The four most common blood types are 0 blood (46 percent), A blood (42 percent), B blood (9 percent) and AB blood (3 percent).
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For more information: Darryl Levine, Director of Public Affairs and Communications, 514-485-8905, dlevine@cotesaintluc.org
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Côte Saint-Luc hosting Jane’s Walk neighbourhood walking tour
27 Apr 2012
Côte Saint-Luc, April 27, 2012 – The City of Côte Saint-Luc will be home to one of 50 neighbourhood walking tours around the island of Montreal on May 5 and 6, 2012, as part of the annual Jane’s Walk event across North America and the world.
Councillor Dida Berku and members of Les Amis de Meadowbrook will be leading the two-hour tour “Meadowbrook: A Treasure to Discover” on Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 11:30 am starting at Richard Schwartz Park (Côte Saint-Luc Rd. at Westluke Ave., bus route 103). The walk is free of charge, but participants are encouraged to RSVP at dberku@cotesaintluc.org. During the Saturday walk, Councillor Berku will be joined by wild-life biologist Patrick Ash, and on Sunday by naturalist and environmental educator David Fletcher.
The Montreal-area walks are organized by the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre (www.urbanecology.net/walks).
Jane’s Walk is a series of free neighbourhood walking tours that helps put people in touch with their environment and with each other, by bridging social and geographic gaps and creating a space for cities to discover themselves. Since its inception in 2007, Jane’s Walk has happened in cities across North America, and is growing internationally.
Jane’s Walk honours the legacy and ideas of urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs who championed the interests of local residents and pedestrians over a car-centered approach to planning. Jane’s Walk helps knit people together into a strong and resourceful community, instilling belonging and encouraging civic leadership.
This year, Jane’s Walk will be hosted in 17 countries and more than 100 cities, such as Barcelona, Berlin, Canberra, New York, Mumbai, Paris, Toronto, Saint Petersburg and Sao Paulo. In 2011, Jane’s Walk took place in 75 cities around the world with more than 12,000 walkers and 500 walking tours.
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Contact: For more information: Darryl Levine, Director of Public Affairs and Communications, 514-485-8905, dlevine@CoteSaintLuc.org