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VOL. 20 NO. 34

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020

HUDSON, ST. LAZARE // VAUDREUIL-DORION, RIGAUD, PINCOURT, ÎLE-PERROT, N.D.I.P. & SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BELLEVUE

PHOTO BY NICK ZACHARIAS

Poppies push through pandemic

Inside Bustle in a Hudson hedgerow

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Chairman of the Poppy Committee John Delgarno, left, and Hudson Legion President Rod Hodgson say COVID-19 social restrictions mean

Saint-Lazare Halloween attraction a go

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Breast cancer survivor’s indomitable spirit

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Bridging the pandemic social gap online

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you won’t see veterans seated in their usual spots this year offering Remembrance Day poppies to passersby – but the poppies themselves

will still be available and all the funds raised go towards helping veterans and active peacekeepers. See story on page 2.

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A Poppy Drive to remember Nick Zacharias

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As November fast approaches, the volunteers from the Hudson branch of the Royal Canadian Legion have been hard at work preparing trays of Remembrance Day Poppies as they dutifully do every year to support veterans, but this year it will play out a little differently due to the challenges of COVID-19.

“We won’t be able to be there in person like we normally are, but we will still be distributing poppies to raise money for the veterans,” said Chairman of the Poppy Committee John Delgarno.

Social Distancing Usually the Poppy Drive involves a large gathering of volunteers at the Legion Branch #115 hall to do the work of assembling mountains of trays of poppies to offer to the public.

Said Delgarno, “This year the volunteers worked separately or earlier in very small groups, wearing masks and distancing to get the job done safely.”

The poppies will be available in public locations starting this Friday, October 30, through to Remembrance Day on November 11. Said Hudson Legion President Rod Hodgson, “They’ll be distributed in grocery

stores, convenience stores, restaurants that have takeout pickup options, any place where they’ll allow us to put them in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Saint-Lazare, and Hudson.”

Since so many of the volunteers fall into the ‘higher risk’ category for COVID-19, they won’t be able to attend in person and the rules wouldn’t allow them to gather anyway. But that doesn’t mean the important fundraiser won’t go on.

Funds critical Last year they were able to raise $40,000 to support veterans and they hope to be able to reach somewhere near the same amount this year in spite of everything. The realities of public gatherings have changed, but the need has not.

“100 per cent of the money goes to support veterans,” said Delgarno.

“People often think of veterans as soldiers who fought in the Second World War, which is true, but we’re also supporting active peacekeepers and more recently retired veterans, as well as those who serve in the RCMP.” All of the funds raised go to support the Veterans Hospital and other services that help veterans and their families. “It’s important to know that none of the money goes to the actual

PHOTO BY NICK ZACHARIAS

Chairman of the Poppy Committee John Delgarno, left, and Hudson Legion President Rod Hodgson appeared in full uniform (masks included) at the newly commissioned, one-of-akind commemorative bench at Place Vimy on Beach road in Hudson October 27 to share the message of the importance of donations for this year’s poppy drive.

Legion – it’s kept separate. The Poppy Committee money all goes directly into providing services for veterans and it’s greatly needed.”

Any help appreciated There’s another distinction that Delgarno feels is important to make.

“We’re not in the business of selling poppies,” he said. “We offer them freely for people to have as a token to remember our veterans and their sacrifices, and we are happy to take

donations in return.” Whether it’s a Toonie or a 20 or any other amount, any money given to the cause is gratefully accepted to support those who’ve given service to the country for the good of all. In this challenging year, perhaps more than ever, it will be important for people to remember to put money into the donation box, even if a volunteer can’t be there in person to say thank-you.

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Speaking for the trees Nick Zacharias

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When Farshid Zavosh moved to Hudson from Vancouver in July, he came for the small town feel and the draw of all the trees. It was to his great shock and dismay that just three months after moving in, roughly half of the mature cedar hedges on his property were aggressively cut back without his consent.

“It’s devastating,” said Zavosh, “they came to my backyard and completely destroyed about 40 trees.”

The incident began when an employee of Telecon, working under contract for Bell Canada, came to Zavosh’s door on October 14 to inform him that they would be installing new fibre optic lines on the existing poles on the street and would need to trim back some trees for safe access.

Said Zavosh, “They told us they’d have to trim back two or three inches, but these guys they hired from Asplundh showed up and took them down more like four feet.” Even at a couple of inches, he had not signed off to approve the work on his property.

Trees already at risk “I’d already trimmed two feet off the hedges this summer because they’re 20 years old and they’d become a little overgrown.” He said he’d tidied them up so the lower trunks that were thinner

would fill in more, and was warned not to cut further down for at least a year to prevent the trees from going into shock and dying. “I was fine with the idea of them just taking a couple of inches to make room, and I was assured they would send someone to measure exactly and discuss the work with me before I signed off on anything. But that never happened. These guys just showed up five days later and started chopping them completely back.”

Caught by surprise and alerted by the noise of the trimmers on the morning of October 19, Zavosh scrambled out to stop them, but not before they’d managed to cut the tops off about 100 feet of hedgerow.

Said Zavosh, “To get them to stop, I told them they were trespassing and I was calling the police.” He explained that they’d gone in through his neighbour’s yard and were cutting the hedge from behind. The workers stopped when he told them to, and moved on to a neighbouring hedge instead. They were working their way back toward Zavosh’s property when the neighbour also told them to stop what they were doing.

“That was when the police were about to show up. They did stop, but the damage was done. Where they cut there’s basically nothing left but empty trunks.”

No easy resolution Zavosh called Telecon and Bell to tell

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PHOTO COURTESY FARSHID ZAVOSH

The mature cedar hedges growing along the edge of Farshid Zavosh’s Hudson property have been aggressively pruned without his permission by a subcontractor of Bell Canada.

them what happened. He said the people at Bell admitted there was a miscommunication and that things had moved too fast and without his approval. “They said they are going to see what they can do to compensate, to do something to replace the trees” said Zavosh. “But you can’t just make 20-year-old trees re-appear overnight. That’s why I wanted to reach out to the media, to warn people how quickly things can happen and get out of control, and that you really have to be vigilant about anyone coming to do work on your property.” He said he’d come to visit Hudson before moving and

fell in love with it for the community and for the trees, and would hate to see that lost.

“With all the new development that’s coming, a lot more trees will be lost so it’s important that people know their rights to protect the trees on their property.” Situations like this worsen when people don’t question what they see going on.

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To trick-or-treat or not This past year has already forced monumental shifts on just about every aspect of our lives so kudos to the people who recognize that celebrating a childhood tradition that most of us hold very near and dear to our hearts will be good for the collective soul.

By exercising both ingenuity and common sense, we can still partake in the spirit of the season without the need to put people’s health in jeopardy or involve the provincial police (See story on page 5).

In fact, Halloween is the ideal occasion for our current situation – we’re all wearing masks, kids and families will be out in the fresh air, and any food being distributed is more than likely already hermetically sealed in layers of plastic.

If residents are going to the trouble of buying candy for the brave little critters who may show up on their doorstep October 31, they are undoubtedly doing so for the benefit of making the kids happy and will take the necessary precautions to ensure all the pandemic guidelines are followed.

We’ve all lost so much to COVID-19… jobs, social circles, and a good old sense of mundane routine. Static-y Zoom interactions, Plexiglas shields, and bad home haircuts are just some of the things that constitute our ‘new normal.’

For one night in what’s been an absolute drag of a year, let’s do Halloween and do it right.

If young kids can spend a day sitting in a classroom, they can walk around outside for an hour or so in the evening.

Happy Halloween

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How can you not smile when seeing a Volkswagen bus? Hudson resident Lynn St-Pierre snapped this ‘sunshiny mellow yellow’ VW while out for a fall walk on one of the colourful local streets.

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Dear Editor: editor@yourlocaljournal.ca Hudson Village renewal concerns Dear Editor, Thirty four Hudson residents were online the evening of October 27 to hear the presentation from Stantec community infrastructure design team concerning the revamping of Main Road.

Of the citizens who raised their hands to ask a question or give a concern, most of us were not in agreement with the proposed 900 metre landscape strip running up on each side of Main for a total of 1.8 km.

How will this make our town look? What kind of plants would they put there that won’t be destroyed by snow, salt and long hot summers? How will we maintain it in the years to come? How will we keep it clean and beautiful? Is our Public Works not already overwhelmed?

Jack Layton Park is one of the most beautifullydesigned municipal parks in Canada but the town has not been able to keep it beautifully maintained.

The rock wall, the path, the point, benches, and gardens have all been neglected. How would the town be able to maintain a 1.8 km landscaped strip?

Towns have full crews to do this kind of work, we don’t. If Hudson had a good reputation of maintaining what we built perhaps this proposal would not be so opposed.

I don’t believe that this town can sustain such infrastructure. Bump-outs, planters (huge planters), benches and some landscape strips along the lines of what Saint-Anne de Bellevue has done would seem like a good idea. Do the best with what you’ve got.

Unfortunately there is nothing for cyclist – Main will be narrow. I’m really concerned for riders who are young, old, slow, and fast; how will they share the road with cars and trucks safely?

The goodies – Sidewalks on both sides, some 80 trees planted. All were in agreement for this but the landscape strip of 1.8 km was not well-received at all. During my questions I made it clear that I think

they should really go back to the drawing board, I’m sure it wouldn’t be the first time the town sent someone back to the drawing board.

At an estimated cost of $2.8 million, I know we cannot afford to get it wrong. This is not a done deal by any means so your input will be important.

For or against, I’ll go with the majority in the end but I feel it needs to be discussed and brought to the forefront.

The proposed plan can be accessed at https:// bit.ly/37PnUJ2 Robert Delorme Hudson Editor’s note – In the October 15 edition of The Journal, the article titled ‘Pincourt Vert says saving Rousseau Forest will benefit entire city’ included the information that District 1 Councillor Alexandre Wolford and District 5 Councillor Claudine GirouardMorel voted against the resolution concerning the $4.3 million price tag to purchase the plot of wooded land known as Rousseau Forest. Journalist John Jantak asked Councillor Wolford why he voted against it. The following is his response, printed with permission.

I decided to vote against the different versions of the borrowing by-law proposed by the Town of Pincourt to acquire the lots of the Rousseau Forest because the proposal adopted by the elected officials was, in my opinion, unfair to the citizens and would only result in the rejection of the acquisition of the forest which is, of course, not my intention.

I believe that the Town is right to use different tax pools to reflect the collective, as well as individual benefits that this forest provides to citizens.

However, I do believe that the collective benefits far outweigh the individual benefits and I consider that the tax pools adopted minimize the importance of this collective capital.

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Saint-Lazare haunted house display will go ahead this Saturday despite SQ visit John Jantak

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A Saint-Lazare resident received an unexpected visit from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) after hosting a haunted house display on the front lawn that attracted around 300 people including children last Saturday evening, October 24.

“It was a Facebook event. We hosted it from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Everything went great. We had social distancing measures in place, a hand sanitizing station and we only allowed one family at a time in the Tempos,” ScottTrainor told The Journal.

Illegal indoor gathering “At approximately 9:45 p.m., once everyone was gone and we were taking the speakers down and everything else that couldn’t be left outside, the SQ showed up and informed us that what we did all night was illegal. It was the Tempos that made it illegal because they considered it an indoor gathering,” he added.

Trainor said he had spoken to the SQ on Monday and they stuck to the point about the event being an ille-

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gal gathering. On Tuesday, after word of the incident reached some media outlets, the SQ advised Trainor they would tolerate the second event that is scheduled to be held this Saturday evening, October 31 outside his house as long as social distancing protocols were respected.

Community support “I think the community all came together and they showed support so the police said they didn’t necessarily want to close the event as long as the safety procedures we had in place during our first event were respected,” said Trainor.

He also received the support from Diligence Security Corp who will provide their services free of charge to ensure the visitors respect the Coronavirus safety protocols when Trainor hosts his event on Halloween which is likely to draw even more people.

“They’re going to make sure that people socially distance on the street.

They’re going to provide two cars and three security personnel,” said Trainor.

“Everything is fully automated. It’s not a display where we have to be in it and there’s nothing that people have

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Saint-Lazare resident Scott Trainor stands in front of a display in his haunted house that he set up on his front lawn to entertain parents and youngsters during the Coronavirus pandemic. Trainor is inviting residents to visit his ghoulish creation on Halloween this Saturday evening at 1453 Rue Brazeau beginning at 6 p.m.

to touch. Everything is on sensors and there are remote controls that control everything so families really do go in alone. People have to wear masks and we have hand sanitizer,” he added.

Providing a sense of normalcy His motivation for putting up the extravagant display is to provide a sense

of normalcy amidst the uncertainty caused by the Coronavirus. “All the families thanked us. They were very happy that it felt a bit more normal for the kids. My fiancée and I don’t have kids so we’re really doing this for the community,” said Trainor.

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COVID-19 doesn’t dampen Saint-Lazare teacher’s spirit Carmen Marie Fabio

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It will take more than a pandemic to keep Dominique Fortier down – this

PHOTO COURTESY DOMINIQUE FORTIER

Saint-Lazare teacher Dominque Fortier tackled breast cancer like every other challenge in her life – head on with a positive attitude.

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Continued from page 4 Certainly, the residents close to the forest will benefit from a better quality of life (tranquility, absence of neighbours, etc.) and will see an increase in the value of their property thanks to the preservation of the forest. On the other hand, I consider that the entire population of Pincourt will benefit much more.

This is a green infrastructure whose important local and regional ecological value was demonstrated by the report we required from the firm WSP. As a reservoir of biodiversity, the Rousseau Forest also plays a major role in the fight against heat islands, as well as a bulwark against wind, pollution (think of air quality), water runoff into our sewer and wear and tear on our road network. Not to mention that the population could have access to it and would benefit from its effects on physical and mental health.

The borrowing by-law adopted by the elected officials proposes three pools of taxation and Pool 1 and 2 must ultimately pay nine per cent of the by-law. Nine per cent% may seem reasonable. Nevertheless, it represents a considerable sum

positive and determined woman has already taken on fighting breast cancer and has emerged victorious with a renewed sense of appreciation for every day.

“I was getting ready for my new class in August of 2017,” said the Grade 2 teacher at Saint-Lazare’s Forest Hill Elementary School, “and I got the official diagnosis on August 23.” Having lost her father to bone cancer at the young age of 66, Fortier said she was very conscious of the importance of early diagnosis and treatment.

No Plan B Fortier found the lump through selfexamination and, following a biopsy, was initially told it would require a lumpectomy, a comparatively simple surgery that extracts the cancerous tissue leaving the breast intact. In the interim, she began the chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Despite months of telling the intern that she felt the lump was growing, her concerns were dismissed.

“I never in my wildest dreams thought this would happen to me,” she recounted. “I told my kids, I don’t think

the cancer will kill me but the chemo might.” Following extensive treatment including scans and MRIs and delays from the hospital, Fortier was finally told the tumour was too close to the ribs for the surgical team to perform a lumpectomy.

“I didn’t have a ‘Plan B’,” said Fortier.

“I only had ‘Plan A,’ a lumpectomy.”

When the doctor told her they’d have to do a mastectomy, she was ‘flabbergasted.’ With her right breast removed, Fortier was discharged the same day and recuperated at the home of a relative in Montreal. She described having to change her bandages daily with an understated, “C’est un gros affair.”

Fortier only resumed teaching this past August, having to delay her return to the classroom when her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. “Physically and emotionally, I was not ready to go back to work.”

Positive outlook The COVID-19 outbreak has not left a dent in Fortier’s spirit and though friends joked she picked a terrible time to return to work, she simply said it was time.

for two pools with a small number of citizens. The pandemic has already heavily affected our population. Not everyone has the capacity to pay this amount and even if the value of their property will benefit from it, as long as they don’t sell, the money will come out of their wallet and not the other way around.

I don’t want those citizens to have to choose between financial stress and the sacrifice of a forest that we know will benefit our entire community. With a borrowing by-law based slightly more on the entire population, the difference would have been almost imperceptible for the citizen (a few dollars more annually) whereas it would have offered a sustainable increase for those in Pool 1 and Pool 2.

In a nutshell, the by-law should aim for a fair distribution of the loan while respecting the citizens’ ability to pay and at the same time recognizing the fair value of the benefits received both collectively and individually. In my opinion, the adopted by-law does not meet these two principles and that is why I opposed it.

Alexandre Wolford District 1 Councillor Pincourt

Puzzled Dear Editor, I was delighted to read the article ‘Reimagining society post-pandemic’ (The Journal, October 15) about a group of people who have come together to propose changes in social and environmental policies. All the topics they address (such as blocking the government’s project for a Liquified Natural Gas plant and pipeline in the Saguenay) are important.

More detailed versions of the group’s proposals are available in the online edition of The Journal. It is evident that a great deal of work, (including careful research on legal and regulatory frameworks) has gone into the group’s proposals.

Who are these people, and how do we support their ideas or engage them in discussion?

Right now the Government of Quebec is holding BAPE hearings on its proposed LNG project in the Saguenay.

The government proposes yet more giant and endless subsidies to the petroleum industry, an industry that must be phased out to avert an imminent climate catastrophe. This project also poses immediate threats to wildlife and the environment. Many people want to speak out against this iniquitous proposal, so why aren’t their voices being mobilized for the BAPE hearings?

Donald Attwood Hudson Editor’s note – The Pour un Projet de société digne du 2e siècle spokesperson Katherine Massam can be reached at (514) 619-7635 or kathmassam@gmail. com

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Even during chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and eventually losing her hair, Dominique kept on smiling.

“I’m a positive person; I can’t go back in time. It is what it is.” Fortier credits her doctors, support from her friends and family and, most of all, a sense of humour for getting her through the whole ordeal. She recounted only wearing a wig twice – once for her mother at Christmas and the other time to renew her driver’s license. “There was no way I would renew my picture looking like Charlie Brown or Caillou.”

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Thank you to our MP Dear Editor, When I recently requested a Canadian flag from the office of our Member of Parliament Peter Schiefke, I was surprised he delivered it personally and stayed for a socially-distanced chat. It was very much appreciated. Mr. Schiefke is a very nice person and will certainly get out votes in the next election.

Richard Meades, Saint-Lazare

PHOTO COURTESY RICHARD MEADES

Saint-Lazare resident Richard Meades proudly flying his Canadian flag that was personally delivered by Vaudreuil-Soulanges MP Peter Schiefke.

Resident brings hope to stuck-at-home seniors through online bridge John Jantak

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Selahattin Dagdeviren of VaudreuilDorion has been chosen by a nominating committee for a seniors’ Duplicate Bridge organization in Hudson/SaintLazare as an exemplary leader in these challenging times living with Coronavirus.

Since the first lock-down that was imposed upon the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region by the provincial government in mid-March, Dagdeviren took the initiative to organize online bridge games which have now grown to include over 100 people in the community. Its reach has actually expanded nationally with one player from Toronto and internationally with another player from Turkey.

Important lifeline For Cristina Radulescu, who is one of the members of the nominating committee, the online bridge tournaments have become an important lifeline for the people who participate because many are ill and isolated in their homes. Others live alone with no family nearby.

Their isolation is exacerbated because churches, community centres, film societies and theatre groups are unable to host social gatherings,

said Radulescu. The bridge organization considers Dagdeviren’s leadership in creating a new safe outlet by providing a focus for its members through online bridge as a lifeline for the many seniors who participate.

Dagdeviren is a member of three regional bridge clubs and gave tutorials before the Coronavirus began to take hold in late-winter. “When the virus started, my wife said, ‘If you cannot go to the clubs why don’t you play with your buddies online?’.”

Online platform The online platform is called Bridge Base Online (BBO) – an incredibly sophisticated platform that was created by a Canadian, Fred Gitelman, who used to be a personal bridge coach for Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, said Dagdeviren.

One problem Dagdeviren had to overcome was getting people to get online at first because many didn’t know much about computers or the internet. On the last day before the local virus lock-down was imposed in midMarch, he told people at one of the bridge clubs about the online platform.

Three people signed up.

102 current members “With me, that made four which is number of people you need to play

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bridge. Now I have 102 members playing bridge with me. I had to teach almost everybody how to use the computer and internet. That was hard, but we did it! The people love it. They cannot express their happiness enough,” said Dagdeviren.

All members are part the Coffee Cookie Bridge Club (CCBC) as it’s known online, a name that was also suggested

by Dagdeviren’s wife, Arsev Eren, who supports her husband’s initiative. “It’s part of the partnership that we have with each other,” he said.

More queries expected With the COVID-19 lock-down extended another 28 days in the region, Radulescu expects to receive queries from more people regarding the CCBC. She’s also excited about people having a safe way to engage in their favourite past time.

“We can’t stop talking about Mr. Dagdeviren. The bridge community is pretty big and everybody is excited and so happy about what he’s done. We practically cannot continue to live in a normal way without bridge online. He did something that’s helping so many people. I’m 62, but there are people in the 70s and 80s who have come to depend on our bridge games,” said Radulescu.

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Continued from page 6 She also expressed her gratitude to the hospital volunteers who helped make all the chemotherapy visits more bearable with small gift items, like a blanket and bandanas. Many elementary school students also make supportive cards to be distributed to cancer patients. “I got a card from a student at Evergreen School (in Saint-Lazare). I said, ‘Mon dieu, what are the chances?’” She still carries the card with her today.

PHOTO BY JOHN JANTAK

Vaudreuil-Dorion resident Selahattin Dagdeviren is being honoured by a Duplicate Bridge organization in Hudson/Saint- Lazare as an exemplary leader for organizing online bridge games for seniors and others who have to self-isolate because of new lockdown measures imposed by the provincial government due to the Coronavirus.

“His effort extends to enabling seniors with tech help as well as tutoring in bridge. He follows up by phone with individuals and everything is done in English and in French,” Radulescu added. “His leadership in providing a focus for members of this community has been a lifeline for many of us.”

It’s a ‘privilege’ After 33 years of teaching, Fortier remains passionate about her job and is unfazed about wearing a mask and visor at work.

“I love it, I’m happy to be there,” she said. “It’s a privilege to get out of my bed and go to work.” Though she could retire in two years, she’s thinking of staying on.

“I’ve always been a positive person but I see life through different eyes now.”

Fortier also asked to give a shoutout for the support she received from the West Island Cancer Wellness Centre (wicwc.com) and the Info-cancer Hotline (1-800-363-0063).

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Don’t forget, Daylight Saving Time officially ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1 so set your clocks back one

hour before going to bed Saturday night.

You’ll be able to recoup the hour of sleep that you lost last March.

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Go to our website, click on Letters to the Editor and tell the community!

“Projet de schéma révisé de couverture de risques en sécurité incendie“ Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that the “Projet de schéma révisé de couverture de risques en sécurité incendie”, drawn up under the Fire Safety Act (RSQ, chapter S-3.4) and intended to provide the terms and conditions of the organization of fire safety on the territory of the MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges, will be presented for public consultation in writing, as decreed by the Minister of Health and Social Services in ministerial decree number 2020 074.

The public consultation will be held via the website of the MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges: Link : Date :

https://mrcvs.ca/planification/consultation-publique/ From October 28th till November 11th, 2020

Given at Vaudreuil-Dorion, this 23rd day of October in the year two-thousand twenty (2020).

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KICK IN THE ARTS

BRIAN GALLAGHER

Thirty days for good behaviour You see your honour, it wasn’t my fault.

I was standing there in a pile of leaves minding my own business. I even had my ‘stay off my lawn’ signs installed, removed the doorbell, put out the ‘go away’ doormat, stuck a copy of ‘The Watchtower’ into the mailbox and put the old Chrysler up on blocks in the driveway. Made Crooked Tree Corner completely undesirable to unsolicited visitors. Grandma and Grandpa walk right by in disgust on the other side of the street. Not even the cat sits on the windowsill to look outside.

I’ve done my part for the last month so why am I getting another sentence of self-isolation? Guilty by non-association apparently.

Yes indeed beautiful people I will admit that I was not pleased but unfortunately also not surprised that our provincial grand poobah and his round table of Hogwarts wizards are keeping law-abiding adults in social isolation until November 23. I mean, come on man, you had to know this was coming. Each day we hear on the news that the numbers still aren’t really moving in a significant downward direction so they decreed that all adults just stay at home in the downward dog position and drink organic kale smoothies in our Lululemons while watching ‘The View’ for another month while they figure this out. As the Lumbergh meme goes – “if you could that would be just great.” And, yes please dear citizens, although we know that restaurants, gyms and drive-through car washes aren’t really the source of the COVID cases we’re gonna go ahead and close the restaurants and gyms anyway but please, please know that since we’re not monsters we’ll still let you drive around all by yourselves in your spickety-span Kia Rondos. As Meatloaf would tell us – “Two out of three ain’t bad.” Besides, most of the colonial caucus probably own shares in Metro and Provigo. Too harsh? Too judgemental? Please strike that last comment from the record your honour. Anyways, I prefer Esposito markets. Nice people. Great produce. Clean bathrooms.

Look, I know I ranted last week about this situation. But now with another month added to our adult sentence (but with the kid fave Halloween still a go) I still have nowhere to go except Walmart? I apologize to you, my dear readers, as well as to my long-suffering but ever-patient benevolent editor but what else is there left for me to talk about? But there is good news – you will be happy to know that I have picked out my Halloween costume for this Saturday. I’m handing out candy dressed as a normal happy socially fulfilled human being. The kiddies won’t know what hit them. And when they have all run away screaming from the front stoop getting as far away as they can from an adult species that they hardly recognize anymore, I will settle down on the ol’ chesterfield to eat more than my fair share of those irresistible little candy bars before slipping off into my Crispy Crunch coma with nuts in my teeth, chocolate on my chin, wrappers in my lap and a smile on my face because I know that I will be getting one more hour of precious slumber this weekend. Saturday is going to be an epic night of partying that will rival ‘A night at the Roxbury’… Emilioooo!

Spoiler alert – next week I’m talking about leaves. Or how I am now resigned to talking to leaves. Either way, it’s gonna be a doozy.

Stay well, stay safe and keep up-to-date on everything you need to know with The Journal each Thursday and everyday online (www.yourlocaljournal.ca) for all the news on event cancellations and events that are still happening here and there; in and around the Vaudreuil-Soulanges area.

Sociable!

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What’s a Toubab?

Nick Zacharias

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Dorothy Smith, now resident of Saint-Eugène just a stone’s throw from Rigaud across the Ontario border, has released a new book detailing her adventures while living in a setting that couldn’t be more different – Mali, in the middle of West Africa. It’s called Tales of Two Toubabs in Mali – which sets the scene perfectly. Explains Smith, “Toubab is the West African word for white people.”

Culture shock Her transition there in 2008 was an eye-opening shock. “I was offered a contract working with Unicef in their human resources department,” says Smith, who accepted the job and relocated with her husband David knowing very little about what they were getting into. “The people there are black Muslims who all speak Bambara, the native language of Mali, and a sort of pidgin French. It was at the time the third-poorest nation on earth.” That was a jarring shift when she first arrived from Canada on her own to scout things out before her husband joined her. She says in the intro to her book, “To say I experienced culture shock would be a gross understatement.”

The Mali Report She and her husband stayed in Mali for two years and learned many things.

“It gave me a new appreciation for the importance of education, for example,” says Smith. “The people there are so poor and most of them have no access to schooling. With Unicef one thing we had to do was set up a program to teach people the importance of washing their hands – it’s at that level that even basic hygiene isn’t understood.”

With such adversity Smith naturally had many stories to share with friends and family back home, including their two daughters who stayed behind at college and university. “I didn’t want to set up a blog, but people at home wanted to hear how we were doing.

So I wrote a weekly email to send to everyone, with the agreement that they would write back occasionally too. I called it ‘The Mali Report.’” There were a great number of such reports accumulated before they left in 2010, just before the country broke out into armed rebellions and military coups, the unrest from which remains to this day. Following stints in Ethiopia and Italy and now finally back in Canada, Smith decided to gather those emails into a book as a way of sharing her experiences in Mali with the world.

Humour and perspective Smith’s stories provide a fascinat-

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From riding camelback in the wild outdoors to riding a motorcycle in wild urban traffic, Dorothy Smith has a wealth of funny and touching stories to share of her adventures in her new book Tales of Two Toubabs in Mali.

ing perspective, and are shared with plenty of humour. “Although a lot of the stories didn’t seem very funny at the time,” says Smith. In one chapter called ‘Hit and Run,’ she relates an incident where a local man crashed recklessly into her driver’s side car door with a motorcycle. “The moto wound up under my car. I was so shocked I just started yelling at him, and of course when I’m upset my French deteriorates badly. This poor man wasn’t physically hurt, but he just stood there bewildered while some crazy white woman gave him a babbling, fingerwagging tongue lashing in broken French.” She notes in the tale that with all the corruption of local authorities, as soon as a foreigner is involved in any kind of car accident, no matter who is at fault, the demands for bribes come swift and steep. So she handled it the only way she could think of. “Once he got his bike out from under my car, I finished yelling at him and just took off. He hit and I ran!”

Proceeds for a cause Smith, who once shared a slideshow of some of her adventures in Mali at a ‘Grannies for Africa’ fundraiser in Hudson, is excited that the book is out and can reach a wider audience.

All proceeds from the book will be donated to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada, in memory of her daughter, Jennifer Crofts, who died five years ago. Said Smith, “It’s a way for me to give to people, to help others who are going through that.”

Tales of Two Toubabs in Mali was published on October 19, and is now available in paperback on lulu.com and amazon.com.

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Local hauntings l’Île-Perrot restaurant gone – are its ghosts gone too?

Jules-Pierre Malartre

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This is the last installment in our series of some of the local supernatural folklore. Anyone with an interest in the occult knows about the most infamous haunted houses in Vaudreuil-Soulanges but local legends tell much more than just ghost stories. The area is also known for its tales of werewolves, sorcerers, pacts with the devil, cursed battlegrounds and other spooky things.

It may not be on a stop along the roadmap to the Greater Montreal’s best haunted attractions, but ÎlePerrot used to be home to one of the region’s most notorious haunted locations.

Some readers will have fond memories of Le Vieux Kitzbuhel Restaurant and while most will remember its great terrace and Sunday brunch, others will remember it for its ghosts.

Both patrons and staff knew about the strange happenings in the basement and on the second floor of the old building. The staff was said to shun the basement as much as possible and a small room on the second floor was known for furniture moving on its own.

In the 17th century, Île-Perrot was primarily known as the hub for the regional illegal fur trade. An actual fur trading post was built in 1675 facing

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. It was eventually destroyed during an Iroquois attack after 1684. It is hard to establish whether the restaurant was actually built on the same site, but the general area of the cove has seen its share of bloody conflicts over the years. It should come as no surprise then that many say it is haunted.

I’ve interviewed four persons who witnessed strange events there. Three were employees; the fourth one was a regular client. A housekeeper reported seeing ghosts in the basement on several occasions while she would iron tablecloths. She was not bothered otherwise by the ghosts, like the other employees. She said she would simply talk to the ghosts, and that they would leave her to her work.

In another event around the same time, a kitchen help had the scare of her life when she had to go down to the basement for supplies. When she arrived in the basement, she noticed a man standing there. “He was wearing old-style clothes,” she explained (from what I gathered from her attempt at describing his clothing, she possibly meant a period costume). He did not speak, but he smiled at her. She smiled back, but then the blood froze in her veins when she realized he was intangible and that she could see through him. She ran out of there screaming

PHOTO BY DAMON JAMES ROLOFF

A vacant plot of land is all that remains of the once landmark Île-Perrot restaurant Le Vieux Kitzbuhel but have the ghosts disappeared along with the structure?

and never went back to work.

Another employee reported a strange sensation like a warm wave moving through him as he walked down those same stairs. There were no open windows, no heat vent or fan anywhere near the area that could account for the sensation.

The patron who experienced unexplained events was a customer who frequented the restaurant weekly over several years. She reported repeated instances of one of the restrooms’ door seeming to have a life of its own.

In one instance, the door could not be unlocked, and she had to call for help.

There are several other testimonials of strange happenings from both staff

and customers at Le Vieux Kitzbuhel.

I frequented the restaurant regularly over a 20-year period. I wandered the second floor and even the basement on some occasions and except for a vague feeling of foreboding on the second floor, I never experienced anything out of the ordinary. Unfortunately, whatever ghost stories about the restaurant there are, they are all we are going to get; Le Vieux Kitzbuhel closed its doors forever in 2012, and it was demolished in 2018. Whether its supernatural residents have moved on, or they are still haunting the grounds, waiting for a new home to be built on that location, is anyone’s guess at this point.

Haunted house Continued from page 5 It was seeing the positive reaction from the children who went through the tempos to see the various ghoulish displays that made staging the event last Saturday worthwhile for Trainor.

He anticipates an even larger crowd will show up this Saturday and even invited the SQ to visit.

SQ invited to participate “I told them I’m not doing this to make a movement or to cause any issues. I invited them to come and check it out and interact with the public.

They told me they didn’t have the resources. I’m anticipating at least 500 people will show up on Saturday. The offer is still there for the SQ to participate,” said Trainor.

PHOTO BY JOHN JANTAK

One of the creepy sights on display in a haunted house set up by St. Lazare resident Scott Trainor on his front lawn to entertain parents and youngsters during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The haunted display is located at 1453 Rue Brazeau in Saint-Lazare off of Chemin Sainte-Angélique. Visitors are invited to attend beginning at 6 p.m.

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The health of others is in our hands COVID Alert app

The COVID Alert app is a complementary tool that you can use to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. It lets you know if you have been in contact with a person who has contracted COVID-19.

You will receive a notification and recommendations if you have spent more than 15 minutes less than two metres away from someone who has tested positive in the past 14 days. The app is free, easily accessible and keeps your personal information safe.

The app does not replace health measures such as handwashing, social distancing and wearing a mask.

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COVID Alert does the COVID Alert following three things: does not do the following: Notifies you if you might 1 have been in contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.

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Access, collect or archive your personal information or information on your health status;

Directs you to relevant information concerning the steps to follow after you receive the exposure notification.

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Use the GPS on your device determine your location or any other personal information.

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If you test positive, informs other users, anonymously and without sharing personal information, that they were in contact with someone who reported a positive COVID-19 test through the app.

Use of the COVID Alert app is completely voluntary. You are free to download it, use it or delete it. The more people use the app, the more effective it will be in curbing transmission of the virus.

To download the app: Québec.ca/CovidAlert

How does it work?

The COVID Alert app runs in the background on your device, without hampering or interrupting your activities. The app uses Bluetooth on smartphones to determine how far away you are from other people using the app.

Every five minutes, it exchanges random codes with app users nearby.

The random codes cannot be used to identify you or determine your location.

It stores the codes on your phone for 14 days.

Every day, when your device connects to the Internet, the COVID Alert app will match your random codes and those of individuals who have indicated through the app that they have tested positive. Even if the app finds matching codes, it is impossible to link them to individuals. Your identity and the identities of other app users remain confidential.

If the app finds matching codes, this means that within the past two weeks, for a period of more than 15 minutes, you were less than two metres from another user of the app who has since tested positive and agreed to share that information with other users.

You will therefore receive an alert notification:

• that you may have been exposed to COVID-19;

• that informs you of the next steps to follow.

No personal information or location data is shared. It is, therefore, impossible to know when and where you were in contact with an infected individuall.

Your privacy is protected.

COVID Alert does not use your smartphone’s GPS and does not obtain your name, telephone number, personal details or any other health-related information.

Using the COVID Alert app protects you and your loved ones.

How do you indicate in the app that you have tested positive?

If you have tested positive and public health authorities have contacted you, you can request a one-time key.

To do so:

• Promptly call the telephone number indicated in the app.

• Make note of the key that you receive once your identity and test result have been verified.

• Enter the key in the app within

24 hours, after which it will expire.

If you choose to share your positive result with other users of the app, COVID Alert will not share any information that might identify you.

The decision to share your diagnosis is up to you. Your anonymity will always be maintained.

Québec.ca/coronavirus 1 877 644-4545

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MOVIE REVIEW MATT MILLER

Spooktacular movies you might have missed This Halloween, we live through a pandemic that we’ve only ever seen before on screen. While it may mean a deficit of tricks and/or treats, there is one silver lining – it’s a perfect excuse to cozy up on the couch and watch some of the finest, spookiest films. In the final edition of this miniseries, please once again get your popcorn ready, because this week we look at the best overlooked classic horror films.

What drew audiences to movies in the first place? The apocryphal story of patrons at the first public screening fleeing in terror from the moving images of a train are so canonical that it doesn’t really matter that it is entirely false. No doubt the first viewers were shocked and this was this exact nerve filmmakers tried to touch for generations to come. Immensely popular during Hollywood’s Golden Age in the 1930s-50s, frights, spectacle, and horror were staples in pop culture for years to come. In fact, horror was the film industry’s first attempt to franchise films and even made them part of the same shared universe, akin to present day Marvel films. Their impression on our culture will last as long as the marks on Bela Lugosi’s first victim’s neck and some lesser known entries are worth a revisit this Halloween.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) available on YouTube and Google Play (paid) Before Jaws, Gill-Man made us afraid to go into the water. One of the gold standards of the ‘Monster Movie,’ this film offers more than just frights from below the surface. Beautifully shot and briskly paced, the film explores the isolated lagoon with gorgeous underwater footage. It is further bolstered by the incredible performance of Ricou Browning, who glides through the water as if it were ballet, which is an unenviable task in that costume. Far from a bloodthirsty monster, Gill-Man is instead portrayed sympathetically and it is not hard to see why Guillermo del Toro based his Oscar Winning The Shape of Water off the idea of the monster and the damsel in distress finding love. The film is often refreshingly progressive and while the female lead spends the last 15 minutes either screaming or fainting, for much of the movie she is portrayed as an intelligent professional. A strong environmental message pervades the film as the catalyst for violence is not the creature but instead man’s greed. Better than it had any business being, the Creature… is a beautiful throwback to the classic, drive-in style fright-night pic.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) available on Amazon Prime While expertly remade in 1978, the original Invasion… remains near the pinnacle of the sci-fi horror genre. In a trope that has been replicated in many books, shows, and video games, the film sees aliens’ subtlety invading earth by duplicating people in both body and memory – but not in spirit. These replacements are devoid of joy, emotion, and personality – or all the things that make humanity worthwhile. As they slowly take over, the few that remain are further targeted and must race against the clock to save humanity. While some believed it to be warning about the spread of Soviet Communism, others felt it was calling out McCarthyism and the ‘Witch Hunt’ anti-communist trials. The beauty of the film is that it is really about both, as it observes that human emotion and expression is our greatest resource, and it is worth protecting above mind-numbing conformity. Hampered by the final scene (which the studio forced), Invasion… nonetheless combines early-1950s Cold War paranoia with the burgeoning Space Race, making for equal parts time capsule and timeless message.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) available on Hoopla and YouTube (Free) Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, …Dr. Caligari remains one of the most vital pieces of film in existence. The zenith of German Expressionism, this silent film is overflowing with style and vision. Off-kilter angles, jagged backdrops, and sharp shadows painted on the ground make this film unique and visually arresting. Future directors like Tim Burton would be heavily influenced by the harsh, unsettling Gothic style, making its mark indelible on cinema. The story itself is creepily nightmarish, as it involves a hypnotist using a sleepwalking patient to do his bidding. The whole thing feels like a fever dream, both tonally and visually, and while it may not scare like a Dracula, Freddy, or Pennywise the Clown, make no mistake about it – they do not exist without The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. In the final edition of the ‘Spooktacular Movies You Might Have Missed,’ it is only fitting that we end with where it all began. Have a safe and happy Halloween everyone!

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The dedication of the Place Vimy park bench has been postponed until there can be a safe and lawful gathering of friends at the site.

Legion News Rod L. Hodgson – President

Special contributor

We are now accepting payments for your 2021 Legion dues. You can mail your payment to Hudson Legion Br. #115, 56 Beach Rd., Hudson, QC, J0P 1H0. The fee is $60 and, on the memo line of your cheque, write 2021 dues.

At the moment we are not doing etransfers.

We will be offering T-shirts in the upcoming months with the Place Vimy park bench logo on the front. No word yet on the price but it will be a great fundraiser I am sure for our Legion Br. #115. We plan to have other colours besides just black.

For your information on the small plaques that surround our cenotaph there are men and women who have served with not only the Canadian Armed Forces but also the British, American and Australian armed forces; past and present. We try to honour as many as we can from all over the world who have served with Canadians during war time and, of course, peace time. That is the legacy of the Royal Canadian Legion.

This past Thursday, Legion Executive member Jay De La Durantaye finished the last bit of work on the Place Vimy park bench by painting the poppies. It is totally unique and a real tribute to our veterans; past present and those currently serving in the armed forces.

Thank you Jay and friends.

We must offer a very special vote of thanks to Lynda Trenholme in memory of her father Lt. Harry E. Trenholme RCNVR WW II as well as the D-Day Society and Friends who Remember who contributed the funds to purchase this magnificent work of art.

The dedication of the Place Vimy park bench has been postponed until we can have a safe and lawful gathering of friends at the site. It had been scheduled for October 31 at 1 p.m. It

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T-shirts with the Place Vimy bench logo will soon be on sale at the Hudson legion.

will be later on if not the spring. Time and government regulations will tell.

Great news! Our dear pal and friend Rollie Normandeau is now home with his dear friend Sheila. We hope you will be up and around in no time, all the best from your friends at Hudson Legion Br. #115. I know Sheila will get you going soon enough.

Curling practices have begun. We are allowing just four people at a time on the ice. The regular season may commence in November if we get out of the Red Zone. Please check the schedule for practices that were sent out to the curling members. Everyone must sign in upon arrival at the Legion.

The locker rooms are now off limits as well.

It is with great sadness that I must advise you of the passing of one of our long-time members and WW II veteran of the RCAF. Ken Burley passed away at the Ste. Annes Veteran’s Hospital October 21. He had been a curler for many years at our Legion finishing off with the Hardy Rocks. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. The flag outside the Legion was at half mast in his memory this past weekend.

Lest we forget…

Fall Colours

Going Green – The Zero Waste movement Jules-Pierre Malartre

Special contributor

Zero Waste is a growing component of ‘going green’ because while recycling and reusing are good alternatives to throwing things out, the most ecologically sound approach is to produce no waste to begin with. Even though zero waste might seem like an unachievable goal, former Valleyfield resident Cindy Trottier has made it her life’s work to educate both consumers and retailers about reusing containers in a safe way to reduce waste.

For some shoppers, reducing waste while shopping goes well beyond simply bringing reusable bags to the store.

They also want to be able to bring their containers (jars, plastic containers, etc.).

Readers will remember the ‘Bulk’ fad that came and went years ago. It actually never disappeared and bulk departments eventually became a permanent staple of our local grocery stores. There is, however, an increasing push to go well beyond the customary small aisle of bulk products, not only in groceries, but in many other retail businesses where consumers bring their own containers to buy different products.

In 2015, Trottier started showing up in local stores with her own containers. She made local news, ruffling a few feathers, but also sparking a grassroot effort. Cindy was inspired in 2014 by Bea Johnson’s pioneering zero waste initiative in San Francisco. Johnson would bring her own containers to grocery stores offering products in bulk. She led the way, explaining how simple the process actually was, and she gained a quick following, including Trottier.

“I tried to apply this in Quebec,” Trottier says, who kept being denied the use of her personal containers by the merchants she approached. “At the be-

ginning, food safety was the main argument I kept hearing,” Cindy explains.

“Companies would not allow this practice, saying they stood by MAPAQ regulations.”

Trottier endeavored to bone up on food safety information before reaching out to MAPAQ. She wanted to validate what retailers were telling her.

“I discovered that merchants were hiding behind false information,” Trottier says. There is no regulation that prevents a merchant from accepting a container.

Merchants who accept a customer’s containers must simply do so while following some food safety protocols. Merchants simply didn’t know how, Trottier says. Her work then became twofold; educating merchants and getting them onboard while raising consumer awareness and teaching them to reach out to merchants on their own. “My goal was to make it a natural process: explain to people how to bring their own containers; using the right procedures; how to approach a merchant; and for merchants, how to serve a customer while ensuring food safety.”

Trottier worked on her project and eventually presented it to the Beauharnois-Salaberry MRC. “They were the first one to get onboard with my project,” Trottier explains. Her pitch appealed to the MRC because of its waste reduction potential, which could have a positive impact on their residual materials management plan. The MRC supported her project and worked to communicate it to merchants on its territory. The citizens’ initiative quickly grew to recruit almost two dozen merchants in BeauharnoisSalaberry, and it spread to other areas.

Since then, Trottier met other people in different areas who shared her passion for zero waste. The movement has made some headway in many areas of the province. Now, with the pandemic,

Death of Michel Perrier

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Using reusable containers while shopping is one of the biggest impacts you can have on helping to reduce plastic waste.

people are afraid to bring their containers to the store, but there are some who never stopped, notably, consumers who have access to zero waste groceries, according to Trottier. “We are now taking a step backwards because of the pandemic,” Trottier says. “We are trying to recover what we’ve lost.”

Last week, Trottier released the Guide des bonnes pratiques sanitaires en alimentation pour la gestion des contenants réutilisables (the food safety handbook for reusable containers). The guide was developed with the help of various experts in the field that will help both consumers and merchants start using and accepting containers in a safe man-

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“Reusable containers are presently the containers that are easier to decontaminate,” Trottier says, waving off those retailers that cling to the idea that reusable containers during the pandemic are not feasible.

The movement has grown, and Trottier now maintains on her website (https://circuitzerodechet.com) a list of merchants in the province that accept consumers’ containers. A quick look at the site’s map of the area reveals some businesses willing to accommodate customer-supplied containers, anything from restaurants to groceries.

CANADIANS READ PRINT/ NEWSPAPERS DIGITAL EACH WEEK

Pincourt has lost a man of heart

The Town of Pincourt is saddened by the death of its former General Manager, Mr. Michel Perrier, who passed away on the evening of October 21, 2020.

Mr. Perrier began working for the Town of Pincourt in 1997. His work in Pincourt, as a Municipal Councillor and eventually as a General Manager, undoubtedly had marked the development of the town on many levels during his 23 years of service.

Respected by his colleagues, he will be remembered as a passionate and dedicated man with many projects in mind. His vast knowledge made him the backbone of his team.

The Town of Pincourt would like to extend its sincere condolences to his wife, his children and his entire family.

Our thoughts are with them in these difficult times.

All funeral details are available at

YOUNGER CANADIANS ARE READING NEWSPAPERS, ALMOST AS MUCH AS BOOMERS

90%

BOOMERS

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read newspapers weekly

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read newspapers weekly

93%

BUSINESS DECISION MAKERS read newspapers weekly

Source: Totum Research; Canadians 18+, weekly readership, March 2019.

Newspaper platforms include: printed newspapers, computers, smartphones, tablets

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Pawsitively purrfect pets Paws for effect – online virtual artisan show for Animatch C.J. Maxwell

Special contributor

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us all to reconfigure how we work, socialize, celebrate, and shop and while some changes have been difficult to adapt to, we’re all learning to roll with the punches.

If there’s a silver lining, this virus arrived at a time when, thanks to technology, we are more interconnected than ever before helping us to better navigate some of the lockdown roadblocks.

Many organizations which host the very popular Christmas markets featuring handmade items by local artists and craftspeople are trying a new venture this season – online artisanal shows.

“Our fundraiser shows are very popular every year and help bring in muchneed funds for our dog rescue operations,” said volunteer Cindy Hughes of the non-profit Animatch Dog Adoption

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organization which is launching its first ever Virtual Craft Fair November 1.

Though the pandemic has had one unforeseen positive side-effect – a substantial increase in dog adoptions – Animatch continues to support homeless dogs with specialized medical needs.

“Funds are still needed to replenish our emergency medical fund which has been depleted due to a number of dogs requiring extensive surgery,” Hughes said.

To date, over 30 artisans have contributed $50 each to take part in the show allowing you to shop from the safety and comfort of your own home, supporting local artisans while helping out a good cause.

Of course the handmade items feature many dog-friendly products including an all-natural paw balm from Pattes Choyées (Pampered Paws), cricket-based snacks from Marley’s Greener Treats, colourful pet bandanas and bowties from Maizey B, and a whole host of items from Dog Hair INCluded, “…because your dog needs more stuff,” as they say on their website.

But even the non-dog-owner will find the ideal present for that hardto-buy-for person on their holiday list who doesn’t need another big-box gift basket of crackers or chocolate.

Consider wind chimes handmade from vintage tea pots, driftwood, and reclaimed silver-plated cutlery, or hand-crafted bars of soap in delicious scents such as Peppermint & Eucalyptus or Lavender & Anise.

Also available are photographic works featuring Montreal landscapes, custom woodwork, crocheted and hand-knitted items, an assortment of jewellers – from classic to funky styles – and an artist who creates images from sea glass.

The Animatch Virtual Craft Fair will launch at 9 a.m. on Sunday, November 1 on Facebook. Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ 364654737449893 or simply open a Facebook window and type Animatch Virtual Craft Fair in the search window. In addition to the entrance fee, all artisans are donating an item worth $25 or more to be raffled off for the cause.

PHOTO COURTESY FANNY ROSE DESIGNS

The swirling colours of alcohol inks are used to decorate both large and small items with beautiful effects.

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Wind chimes made from vintage and upcycled materials is part of the artisanal offerings of the Animatch Virtual Craft Fair launching November 1.

Home and Estate Pawsitively purrfect pets

Happy howl-o-ween!

Le Nichoir’s online silent auction

In response to our Facebook post requesting photos of your pets in Halloween costumes, enjoy the following selection of pets patiently putting up with the whims of their owners for at least one day a year.

The winning selection (chosen by The Journal staffers) will receive a $25 gift card for Poutineville in Vaudreuil-Dorion.

Le Nichoir is thrilled to host its first online auction. Local merchants and supporters in the area have generously donated a number of wonderful items for you to bid on. Enjoy the convenience of supporting wild bird conservation from the comfort of your own home by bidding.

This auction will run from 9 a.m.

Saturday, November 7 until 5 p.m. Sunday, November 15. All items are pickup only (637 Main, Hudson, QC). New items will be posted daily, so be sure to check in regularly!

We will also launch a special appeal

Shih Tzu Georgia, Pierrefonds

to help raise funds to repair and replace some crucial veterinary equipment. All pledges towards the appeal are 100 per cent tax-deductible.

All proceeds raised at this event will go directly towards supporting our bird care and education programs. The funds received will help offset some of the financial losses Le Nichoir has experienced due to COVID-19.

We look forward to having you there! To access the auction please visit our website lenichoir.org/ at 9 a.m.

November 7.

Up for adoption

Jack Russell Beagle mix Rocky the Elephant, N.D.l.P.

Super Murphy, Vaudreuil-Dorion

With her beautiful green eyes, Minnie is a sweet and gentle cat who began her life in the streets and then lived with two families. She is now ready to choose the family that she will live with for the rest of her life. She is currently looking for a family without young children. She would get along well with another gentle cat. Minnie is six years old and can be shy until she realizes that no one will harm her.

Once her trust is gained, she loves to be petted and purrs her appreciation.

Are you a good match? She is waiting impatiently for her new family! Minnie

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has been vaccinated and sterilized. For more information, please write to us at cascavaudreuil@outlook.com.

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Cocker spaniels Buddy (left) and Ellie - Les Cèdres

Angus the Lion Saint-Lazare

American Husky Sandy the Pumpkin

Pets of Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Saint-Lazare

PHOTO BY GREG MITCHELL

Little Witch Harley, Saint-Lazare

Shih Tzu Georgia, Pierrefonds

Welcome to our feature showcasing and celebrating the many companion animals we have in our region.

Zoe is a four year old Maltese and her owner is Ken Mitchell. For a six pound dog, Zoe has a big personality. Innocent squirrels gathering nuts will meet with her wrath and highpitched barks should she come across them during her walk. She loves playing fetch, licking your hand to show love, but most of all being snuggled by her papa.

If you’d like us to feature your pet in our weekly section – dog, cat, rabbit, horse, lizard, possum (possum?) etc., send us a photo of you and your pet together, along with a short description, to editor@yourlocaljournal.ca.

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View, submit & pay your ad before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, online at www.yourlocaljournal.ca or e-mail: classifieds@yourlocaljournal.ca

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250- Real Estate Sale 275- Garage/Moving Sale 300- Miscellaneous

325- Autos for Sale $24.95 until it sells (max. 3 months)

350- Legal

1 week $15 2 weeks $20 3 weeks $25

100 – FOR SALE

100 – FOR SALE

150 - SERVICES

150 - SERVICES

Large assortment of used/new backyard sports equipment. Softball, bacce, badminton, volleyball, horse shoes, & much more. $100 for everything. Text 514231-3234. See photo at www.yourlocaljournal.ca/visual-classifieds.

Five large beveled mirrors. Two measuring 19.5” by 40” and three measuring 21” by 45”. $100 for everything. Pick up. Text 514-3463234.

Registered Gun Smith. We buy new and used guns, restricted and non-restricted. 514-453-5018

Serge Guindon Inc. Excavation and Levelling 514-269-8281

125 - FOR RENT

175 - WANTED

ALL FREE – Must pick-up Nov. 2nd (8:30 12). 2 twin beds, solid wood, French provincial style. 80”x 32.5” x 72” (height). Very good condition. China cabinet with hutch. Natural oak. Provincial style. 55” x 16” x 83” (height). Illuminated, adjustable, glass shelves. Excellent condition. Pick-up at 1650 Émile Bouchard, in Vaudreuil. 514-292-6151. See photo at www. yourlocaljournal.ca/visual-classifieds (201029)

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT. Six spacious offices, reception area, kitchenette and powder room.

Offices are on the second floor of the Hudson Shopping Centre.

Available November 1, 2020. $2,000/month.

Call Marcel Leduc (514)602-4313

SINGING LESSONS. Private or SemiPrivate. In my home (St-Lazare). Sing the songs you love! Call Morgan. 514-6071308 References available.

Google Nest Hub, brand new, never opened. View and control connected devices from a single dashboard. Simply use your voice to watch YouTube and play songs from YouTube Music. $50. Text 438491-0133. See www.yourlocaljournal.ca/ visual-classifieds.

Apartment available. 2 1/2 with full kitchen, washer/dryer, separate washroom/shower. Heat and hydro included. 5 minutes from town centre, no smokers, no pets. $550 per month. 514-294-3627 (201105)

All season winter tires. Used only one winter. $350 FOR SET OF FOUR (4) CONTINENTAL TRUE CONTACT 205/55/R16 91H TIRES. From our Mercedes B200. Please call Rodney at 450-458-788. Check new price at Canadian Tire for $227.99 each (201029) Large dog cage. Measures 29.5” wide X 48” long X 33” high. Dog not included. $100. Please call 514-425-5965 and leave a message. See photo at www.yourlocaljournal.ca/visual-classifieds

150 - SERVICES “MAN WITH A VAN” MOVING. Whole house. Small moves, too! Quebec/Local/ Ontario. Experienced/Equipped. Please leave a message 514-605-3868 MIKE THE MOVING MAN. Lawn Maintenance business: Hedge trimming, lawn cutting contracts, spring clean up, trim bushes, also top soil and seed lawns.

Good rates. Call 514-884-5959

200 – CAREERS/EMPLOYMENT

C.V., presentation letter, immigration, mentoring, computer workshops, social networks.

info@reseauxvs.ca • 450 424-5727 • reseauxvs.ca

¿Moving? All jobs. Reliable, reasonable, fully equipped. Local and Ontario, Maritimes, USA. 35 yrs experience. Call Bill or Ryan 514-457-2063.

ASPIRATEURS HUDSON VACUUM. Canister and Central Vacuum Cleaners. Sales and repair all brands. SEBO Vacuum Cleaner, 10 year warranty $398. (Electrolux, Filter Queen, Kenmore and uprights; other brands available, $75 and up). New Central Vac with bag, hose, accessories $579 and up. Repair and service central vacuum systems. Parts and bags (all makes). Biodegradable cleaning supplies. Toilet paper 500 sheets per roll, $37.95/48 rolls per case. Sharpening scissors, knives and gardening tools. 67 McNaughten, Hudson, Quebec 450-458-7488 Piano Lanco - Experienced local piano technicians offering quality tunings and skillful repairs. Improve the sound and touch of your piano with hammer voicing and action regulation. info@pianolanco.com 514-7707438 APPLE MAC SUPPORT since 1983 Variable rates Initial hour free ** Preventive maintenance ** Upgrades Troubleshooting Bootable backups System analysis & Advice terry@cloudbyteconsulting.com www.cloudbyteconsulting.com 450-853-0534

$ Buy car for scrap. Running or not, 24/7. www.scrapvehicule.com Call 514-715-7845 A Military Collector looking for medals, flags, swords, uniforms, documents, helmets, hats, all related war memorabilia WWI, WWII, Canadian/German or others.

Antiques, collectibles, aviation, nautical, coins, badges, maps, signs. Please contact Patrick 450-458-4319, patrick148@ca.inter. net, 2760A Côte St-Charles, St-Lazare, Reni Decors (210211)

200 – CAREERS/EMPLOYMENT Great house Minn cleaning services, a well-established cleaning company in Pincourt is seeking a part-time cleaner for 10 hours per week. Please contact Deneise at (514)865-1973.

325 – AUTOS FOR SALE ‘73 Lincoln Continental 4 door. Excellent mechanical condition. Call Brendan at 514241-4635 (201029)

SOLD!

White Nissan Versa 2009. 120,000 km. No accidents, new battery, new brakes. Four winter tires on rims. $4,500. 514-668-9718 (201210) Chevrolet HHR 2007. Dark blue, grey interior. 179,255 km. Good condition, 5 speed manual. New battery, new clutch and gears, and brakes. $2,000, as is. 450-202-0718 (201217) 2005 GMC Sierra 1500 STE, white. Club cab, 4 wheel drive, 5.3l, 190,000km. Clean but rusting rocker panels, many components recently replaced. Currently leaking Prestone and service engine light on. Winter tires also available. 514-294-3627. See photo at www. yourlocaljournal.ca/visual-classifieds (210121)

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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY ACCOUNTANTS

KARAVOLAS BOILY & TRIMARCHI CPA INC. Taxes and Accounting 438 Main Road, Hudson Tel : 450-458-0406

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Chloe Hutchison Architect, PA LEED™

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Bryan Todd, B. Comm (Acct.)

Business and Personal Accounting Services, Tax Preparations & Filings Ph. (514) 730-5966

DENTISTS Dr. Don Littner, Dr. Morty Baker & Dr. Natalie Liu New patients welcome 472 Main Rd., Suite I, Hudson 450.458.5334

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Indiv. (adults/children) & Couples Therapy multilingual

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In Memoriam

Barbara Martin April 24, 1933 - October 13, 2020

It is with great sadness but full hearts we announce the passing of Barbara Martin (née Fairfield). Loving wife of David Martin, mother to Mavis (Alex), Carolyn, Jeff, Stephen (Cynthia), and Cynthia (Larry). Beloved Baba to Chelsea, Evan, Aly, Zack, Jaime, Paige, Megan, Nathan and Zadia. Great Baba to Sam, Juliet, Sofie, Elly and Arlo.

Barbara was predeceased by her brothers Lory, Cam and Mel and is survived by her sister Rhoda. She will be dearly missed by countless friends.

To our dearest wife and mother, we will always remember your beauty, kindness, courage, humility and love of life. Your favourite times were always with family. We thank Judy Tellier and the Nova team, Dr. Terret-Hans and the CLSC, and the staff at the palliative care residence in Hudson. Donations to Nova Hudson and the Palliative care residence are greatly appreciated.

A celebration of life to be held at a later date.

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Dear readers and advertisers, Yes, we’re open but our day-today operations will reflect our new reality. Our offices will not be open to foot traffic. All communication will be handled by phone, email, or online through our website www.yourlocaljournal.ca.

We will continue to take classified ads and obituaries by phone or via our online platform but for the moment, no cash transactions are possible.

We look forward to continuing to serve the community and are happy, as always, to hear from you.

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