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Pincourt launches virtual public consultation regarding Rousseau Wetlands preservation John Jantak

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Pincourt residents will have their chance to inform the town about how they feel with its plans to preserve the Rousseau Woodlands through a written consultation process by either filling out a form and bringing it directly to Town Hall or sending it by email if they oppose the project.

Residents who live on the streets that border the woodland received special notices in their mailboxes last week informing them of the informal survey.

All other residents in the town were informed about the consultation process through the town’s two electronic billboards, Info-App, and their website.

Consultation process The consultation process comes one month after the town tabled draft By-law 904 at the monthly council meeting September 8 which decreed a loan of $4.3 million to purchase the woodlands. Its aim is to get feedback regarding the project and financing which will be spread out over a period of 30 years.

In order to apply for the loan, the town established a taxation method for the annual reimbursement of the expenses incurred through the loan.

Special tax rates Property owners who live on the streets directly behind the forest in Pool 1 will have a special tax of four per cent.

The tax share rate would be $283.10 annually. Property owners directly across the street from the forest will have a special tax rate of five percent. The tax share rate would be $215.10. All property owners in Pincourt would also be required to pay an additional $36.61 annually to preserve the woodlands.

The town notes that these amounts are subject to change according to different factors including market and interest fluctuations as well as in the event a lower loan is made than initially planned.

It is also still dealing with a court case involving a promoter who had planned to build about 45 residential units within the woods, said Town Clerk Etienne Bergevin Byette.

“It’s still in front of the court. We’re dealing with the promoter but we also have to deal with the other owners.

There are eight other persons or companies that own land in the forest,” said Bergevin Byette. He added that residents in Pool 1 will have to pay more for the preservation of the forest because, “they get additional value for being able to keep the woods behind their property.”

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Rousseau Wetlands preservation advocates are wondering why the Town of Pincourt is choosing now, during a pandemic, to issue the informal survey to residents when most people are currently preoccupied with other matters.

Bad timing Resident and Pincourt Vert member Shelagh McNally, one of several people who has campaigned for the preservation of the woods, questioned why the town has decided to proceed with the informal survey at this time especially when so many people are preoccupied with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I don’t know anybody who’s thinking about taxes and the forest. Everyone is worried about their jobs, sick family members and kids at school. It really seems kind of out-of-touch at this point.

These are unprecedented times. So many people are distracted, worried and

under pressure,” said McNally.

Residents in Pool 1 or Pool 2 who wish to oppose can fill out the form they received in the mail and drop it off in one of the Town Hall’s mailboxes at 919 Chemin Duhamel. All residents can also download a form from the town’s website and return it by email. The deadline to send in forms opposing the preservation of the Rousseau Woodlands is October 20.

For more information, visit the town’s website at: villepincourt.qc.ca/en/citizen-s-services/environment/project-rousseauwoodland

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EDITOR’S CORNER

Doesn’t add up Though the daily numbers of newly recorded COVID-19 cases decreased slightly by the time of this writing, Premier François Legault remained concerned enough about the recent upward trend to encourage Quebecers to – apart from work and school – stay home.

Therein lies the problem.

Over 100,000 surgeries have reportedly been delayed due to the strain put on our already fragile healthcare system and its workers leading to a backlog that will stretch exponentially if the virus continues on its current trajectory.

At the same time, efforts being made to push the economy back to some version of functional and place kids – social by nature – back together in poorly ventilated public schools so their parents can go to work appears to be derailing any progress we had made over the summer months.

As we’ve seen before, it’s seniors who will pay the dearest price and while the provincial government recognizes the trend, there are still requests made to limit contact between older family members and those who are going to work and school, even if they all live in the same house.

Even in theory, this is not a tenable situation. We can either bolster the economy by resuming academia – thereby letting parents go back to work – or we can reduce the cases of COVID-19 which are currently being diagnosed primarily in the younger age group.

If we could have it both ways, there wouldn’t be a need for daily press conferences from our elected leaders and healthcare management professionals.

In the final analysis, we’re all just buying time in expectation of a forthcoming vaccine – when is anybody’s guess.

The question is, do we buy time with money or with lives?

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Beautiful autumn leaves on a shiny hood of a RAV4. One thing that COVID-19 cannot change: nature’s wonders throughout the changing seasons. Taken on the last day of September 2020 by Vaudreuil-Dorion resident Gilbert Lessard, the leaves seem to be floating in the cool breeze of the autumn season. We’re switching up our Photo of the Week contest this year. Photos will not be limited to the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region and we will be offering three prizes at the end of the year - $200 for first place, $100 for second, and $50 for third. Interested? Send your entries to editor@yourlocaljournal.ca. We will showcase all submissions on our website at www.yourlocaljournal.ca/photoof-the-week.

Dear Editor: editor@yourlocaljournal.ca More signs of frustration Dear Editor, Concerning Nick Zacharias’ article in the September 24 copy of The Journal titled ‘Signs of frustration,’ I don’t think frustration is the correct word… more worried, or concerned. The Hudson people have been around here for years and are seeing changes they don’t like. The posters are the reaction of some people to the changes happening here in Hudson.

I am sorry we moved here two years ago. Recently I read about the local corruption, the pocketing of money by the city hall treasurer, a million dollars and her jail term. A few years ago our house was built by a sole builder with a permit from the city.

When we asked the city for more information about our house (the wiring on the house was badly done, a fire hazard) and other defects including standing water on the property, the city refused to give us any information citing a ‘privacy act’ in response to our request to, ‘Who in city hall gave a sole builder permit to build?’ City Hall would only comply on ‘demand from legal.’ Why? Was someone accountable?

Worried about our safety, eventually we had wiring redone by master electrician. This year, our tax bill stated ’debt at large’ in the amount of $438. Did all taxpayers get a same bill for $438? We still can’t find out and our local councillor is no help. Why are we paying for someone’s mistake? That’s a lot of money for seniors.

We had a small lake on our driveway which I believe is city property. Whenever it rains there’s no drainage – only water sitting around on our driveway for days, a disaster in the winter time. After numerous emails to city hall, and city said we could be charged for this repair and I said, “We did not build the house.”

Last week city employees repaired this problem by lowering the ground on city property at each side of our driveway and on top added some top soil and grass seed, or a ‘Band-Aid’ job as I call it. One hour of work I guess the city engineers and planning department are too busy with all the planning for the new condos and townhouses planned for Hudson, especially taking up the Sandy Beach area the people love so much.

Good luck Hudson people. Hope the sewage system on the beach area can take it and the flooding happening every year in that area.

I don’t think I would hide behind the signs. ‘Kick back,’ ‘ravage our lands’.... We live in a safe country, we should not be afraid to speak about what we think is ‘not right’.....right?

Councillor Legault said they have nothing to hide and that he has an open-door policy.

So we’re echoing the quote you posted on the September 24 front page by Ruth Bader Ginsberg that said, “Fight for the things that you care about.

But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

Crystal and Jim Coupethwaite Hudson Why QESBA must go Dear Editor, Twice acclaimed school commissioner Danny Olivenstein doesn’t like to read too much.

This became apparent in his letter ‘QESBA is not a ‘menace’,’ (The Journal, October 1). Actually, it helped boost the thrust made in my letter of September 24, ‘QESBA is a menace to educational reform and should be ditched.’

I was reminded of an article in the Globe & Mail, April 23, 2017, ‘The jig is up for Canada’s school boards.’

Of all the school boards in Canada, “the Englishlanguage Lester B. Pearson School Board in suburban Montreal,” was singled out. “...they, too, have been plagued by the same apparent inability of grown adults to act their age.”

The story was about the previous chairperson, who was also vice-president of the QESBA, found guilty of breaking the rules of the board’s Code of Ethics and Quebec’s Education Act. One of Suanne Stein Day’s staunchest supporters was Mr. Olivenstein.

A comprehensive telling of the account was reported in the December 1, 2016 issue of The Journal: “LBPSB Ethics scandal riles council meeting attendees.”

Senior administrators of the board were so disgusted in the way things were handled; they were compelled to write to the commissioners, which was widely reported.

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Vaudreuil-Dorion purchases for MRC building for community organizations New fire station construction to begin next spring John Jantak

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The grey stone building that formerly housed the headquarters of the Municipalité Régionale de Comté (MRC) de Vaudreuil-Soulanges at 420 SaintCharles Avenue has been purchased by the City of Vaudreuil-Dorion, it was announced at the Monday evening council meeting on October 5.

“After the MRC moved to their new headquarters on Harwood Boulevard this building was supposed to be rented,” Mayor Guy Pilon told The Journal. “There was an organization that was there a few years ago but they stopped operating. The only thing that was there was the Conseil des arts et

de la culture de Vaudreuil-Soulanges (CACVS), a branch of the MRC.

“The MRC was looking at selling the building and the evaluation was a bit over $1 million. We didn’t take the offer because it’s officially zoned as com-

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mercial and we didn’t want a restaurant or other type of commerce there,” he added.

Cultural centre Pilon said the town made the MRC an offer to purchase the building for $500,000 in order to protect the historic structure and to maintain its current status as a cultural centre that will house different community organizations.

“We are very happy. For us, $500,000 is the price of some big bungalows. The building is in good shape. We’re going to spend a bit of money to change a few things and eventually we’ll see some organizations going there. I’m very happy because we own the building in our own town,” said Pilon.

There isn’t much to do in terms of renovations, mostly just a fresh paint job and the need to cut down some diseased Ash trees that are still on the property. “Eventually we would like to put a couple of overhead electric wires underground. There’s nothing major or

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The former headquarters of the MRC-Vaudreuil-Soulanges has been purchased by the Town of Vaudreuil-Dorion for $500,000 – half its evaluated amount.

anything that requires urgent care. The new centre is expected to open in 2021,” said Pilon.

New fire station Council also adopted a resolution to extend the lease for the temporary fire station that currently houses its fire trucks and firefighting equipment on Route de Lotbinière near Harwood Boulevard and to rent the next door residential building to house its firefighters when the fire station is demolished.

The new lease and lease extension comes after the city signed a mutual aid agreement for fire services with the Town of Pointe-des-Cascades a few months ago. That’s when VaudreuilDorion learned they could get provincial government subsidies because of its mutual aid agreement for the new fire

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THE SOAPBOX CARMEN MARIE FABIO

So many questions Criminals can be a creative bunch and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has released a list of the new schemes that have arisen since the virus permeated so many aspects of our lives, from people offering to ‘help’ you fill out your CERB benefits, bogus healthcare information, ‘instant’ COVID-19 tests or sales of decontamination services. Given that the big orange idiot south of the border previously advocated injecting humans with Lysol to deal with COVID, it’s no wonder the scammers’ door has been blown off its hinges.

In a more pedestrian, less original mode of fraud, my son was the victim of theft recently when someone rifled through his wallet at school, taking his debit card, Opus card, and $50 in cash. Due to school officials looking to discourage students from congregating in the halls, they tie-wrapped all the lockers shut leaving students unable to securely store their belongings. Other people lost expensive ear buds, cash, credit cards, etc. for which the school absolved itself of all responsibility. They’re called lockers for a reason – they’re supposed to lock.

By the time my son had discovered the missing card, the thief had already had a field-day making multiple purchases with the tap feature, each less than $50 so as not to arouse suspicion. Though my son always uses his pin number, he didn’t realize the cards are issued with the tap already activated.

The nice police officer told my son that they have over 50 reports of fraud a day using a similar modus operandi. Which leads me to question – why do these cards even have a tap feature when we’ve been schooled since day one about the importance of security?

Elementary schools have already seen to it that kids can’t even sign their own names anymore as they’ve dropped the teaching of cursive writing, thus eliminating another way we humans have traditionally used to protect our identities.

We carefully choose passwords that in some cases have to include a special character and a numeric yet the card with which we access our money can be flashed with no external verification?

Even my Costco credit card has this feature and, trust me, I’ve never walked out of there spending less than $50 and I look nothing like my photo on the back of the card.

The bank agreed to refund the fraudulent purchases and directed my son to go to the only branch that was open on Saturday to get a new debit card. Unfortunately, due to a breakdown in communication, we ended up at Fairview Mall looking for the bank. A scant two days after announcing the province was in a red-zone for COVID-19, the mall was hopping indicating nothing can come between diehard shoppers and retail therapy. Which leads me to question – why even colour-code viral zones and stop people from seeing their families but still permit them to go shopping?

We finally found the branch nearby but apart from giving my son a print-out of the transactions for the police report, they couldn’t issue a new debit card because they were having computer problems.

Which leads me to question – how can a company that earned over $1 billion last year not be able to afford an IT guy on the weekend?

We’ve since disabled the tap feature on all our debit cards but for some inexplicable reason, the financial entities we spoke with will not remove it from the credit cards. Even with the ‘Zero-liability’ policy in place by the lending institution, there’s a lot of hassle involved with filing a police report, calling the bank and getting a replacement card.

Maybe if the cards weren’t such a tempting target for thieves and pickpockets who know they can use them undetected for a few days, it wouldn’t be such a problem requiring police time and resources.

Have we, as a society, really become so lazy that we can’t take the time to punch in a few numbers? Any time saved by ‘tapping’ for your purchase instead of entering a pin code is negated by the time spent cleaning up the mess after the theft.

Time is money.

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OPINION PIECE

A message from your MP Peter Schiefke Dear members of our community of Vaudreuil-Soulanges, I hope you and your family are in good health. Earlier this week, we officially entered the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Government of Quebec designated much of our community as red, the highest alert level. As a result, we will face more restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19. I am aware that this situation may cause you anxiety or worry and that is why I wanted to take a moment to update you on the many Federal support programs that are in place for you and your family or your business, and to invite you to contact my office with any questions you may have.

We are currently in the process of transitioning from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to other economic measures that will address the needs of Canadians who are still financially impacted by this crisis.

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Business owners If you are a business owner, or a Canadian employer who has experienced a decline in earnings due to COVID-19, you may be eligible for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) to cover a portion of your employees’ salaries, retroactive to March 15th. This subsidy will allow small business owners to rehire workers, prevent further job losses and facilitate the transition back to regular activities. The CEWS is currently set to expire on November 21st, 2020, but our government has committed through an announcement in the Throne Speech to put forward legislation that will extend the CEWS into the summer of 2021. You could

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With the recent end of the CERB program, Vaudreuil-Soulanges MP Peter Schiefke is informing residents of new assistance programs released by the federal government.

also be eligible to the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) that reduces rent by at least 75 % for April, May, June, July, August and September for small businesses most affected by COVID-19, or the the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) that provides interest-free loans of up to $40,000 to small businesses and notfor-profits to help cover their operating costs during a period where their revenues have been temporarily reduced.

Other assistance programs may be available for you as well. As mentioned before, the situation is evolving every day, as are the solutions that come with it. If you want more information on our government’s economic Response Plan for COVID-19, I invite you to visit www. canada.ca/fr/ministere-finances/planintervention-economique.html.

Don’t hesitate to contact the team As was the case during the first wave, my team and I will continue to be there for you every step of the way.

Whether you want to know more about what support programs are available or how they apply to your personal situation, we are here to answer your questions. My team is available for appointments virtually or by phone. To ensure we accommodate as many community members as possible, we are also available for appointments on weekends when necessary. Do not hesitate to contact my team and I if you have any questions or concerns. You can reach us by email at Peter.Schiefke@parl.gc.ca or by phone at 450-510-2305.

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Hudson in good financial health Until October 24

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Hudson Mayor Jamie Nicholls hosted the October council meeting, held for the second time via Zoom to allow citizens to access the meeting and ask questions in real time if not in person.

He began the evening’s meeting with a roundup of accomplishments to date and a brief outline of works to come.

Current highlights “I’d like to start off the evening talking about my report on the 2019 financial situation and 2020 highlights. The town is in good financial health,” said Nicholls.

“We have a booming housing market that’s going on right now; things are being built and planned and sold and certainly the real estate market in Hudson is very healthy.”

Nicholls also highlighted the roadwork that is currently underway on Bellevue, pointing out that they would be incorporating more pedestrianfriendly infrastructure there to allow people to walk and bike safely. Other highlights included the addition of intelligent tracking for garbage collection, and the fact that council has done much work in getting their previously criticized financial reporting in order. Said Nicholls, “We managed to clean up our books, and addressed… most of the items in the management letters.” This means they feel they have put to rest the majority of the irregularities in financial reports that have dogged them in audits from previous administrations going back many years.

Loans to pay for roads Resident Benoît Blais sent in a number of questions for council which the mayor read and responded to in question period. One such question was on the topic of road work. Asked Blais, noting that the town was paying about $2 million for roughly 6.5Km of road work on Bellevue, “How do you intend to pay for the rest of the 80km of roads in Hudson?”

“We put part of it in the operating budget, and then we finance it through amortizing through a loan by-law” said Nicholls, making an analogy between taking out loans to pay for road repair work and taking a mortgage to finance a house. The plan is to continue to borrow money long term to complete the major overhauls Hudson’s roads require.

Nicholls continued, “So we’re going to continue to finance our infrastructure every year, and try to catch up with our infrastructure deficit, which every community is facing in Canada, by the way.”

Accepting mandates “Do you have a clear endorsement

by Hudson’s tax payers for the current policy to expand the development of the population of Hudson, significantly changing the overall character of the town?” asked resident Trevor Smith in an email. He asked if council would be willing to work towards leaving the Com-

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Among the topics discussed at the monthly council meeting concerning Hudson’s financial expenditures is the ongoing improvement to Bellevue Street to make it more pedestrian and cyclist friendly.

munauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM), which mandates the increased densification of the town.

Membership in the CMM has also raised eyebrows recently as it has meant that the still small town of Hudson, with relatively few cases of COVID-19 (holding at 17 at the time of publication), was swept into Montreal’s red alert restrictions while nearby Valleyfield remains at level orange in spite of its over 600 cases.

The mayor pointed out that while some 99.7 per cent of Hudson voted not to enter the CMM in the year 2000 or 2001, the municipal organization was imposed by the province. He reiterated that this council has decided to work with the changes, rather than fight them.

Said Nicholls, “Certainly, I don’t think that, well I know for certain that Hudson will not be getting out of the CMM. If anybody would like to change that, the change happens at the provincial level, and certainly I would encourage you to run for provincial office to change municipal restructuring.”

Also on the topic of development, Nicholls was asked by resident Eva McCartney why council did not act on a petition signed by hundreds of people expressing the desire to push back against the Sandy Beach development, which was approved near the end of the previous council’s mandate. She pointed out that it seemed clear in the runup to the election that Nicholls supported the petitioners.

Nicholls responded that overturning previous council’s decisions and legal agreements would most likely mean going to court, with no guarantee of winning. He said the idea of taking this course was presented to council at the beginning of their mandate, but at the time “…the opinion in council was not a majority to go fight a lawsuit.”

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Funds disbursed to reduce the financial impacts of the pandemic on the municipalities of Soulanges Marilyne Picard, Member of Parliament for Soulanges and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Social Services released a communiqué October 7 announcing that financial assistance of $5,339,953, funded equally between the governments of Quebec and Canada, will be granted to the 16 municipalities of Soulanges as follows.

Coteau-du-Lac $465,198; Hudson $505,875; Les Cèdres $478,934; Les Coteaux $340,432, Pointe-desCascades $128,777; Pointe-Fortune $31,120; Rigaud $512,194; Rivière-Beaudette $143,528; Saint-Clet $110,172; Sainte-Justine-de-Newton $53,723; Sainte-Marthe $56,684; Saint-Lazare $1,680,440; Saint-Polycarpe $138,558; Saint-Telesphore $41,193; SaintZotique $598,805; and Très-SaintRédempteur $54,320.

The amount of aid was determined by two factors – the demographic weight and the impacts of the pandemic. Thanks to this assistance, municipal administrations will be able to directly cover their incurred expenses including cost increases related to public security, building adaptations, the operation of municipal day camps and democratic processes in municipalities.

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“I contacted my 16 mayors to tell them the amount for each municipality,” said MNA Picard. “They were very happy with it. These are significant amounts that can help offset all the expenses and the collateral effect due to the pandemic. I am proud to arrive today with these great sums. We are a government that listens to our municipalities and our citizens. In these difficult times, this substantial financial assistance is putting a strain on the situation.

“We are putting forward the necessary support so the municipalities can adapt to the situation and continue to provide quality services to citizens,” added Andrée Laforest, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “This is a considerable amount that we are now devoting to all municipalities in Quebec. They will thus be better equipped to deal with COVID-19, while preparing to actively contribute to the economic recovery. Ultimately, it is all communities that will benefit from this initiative.”

Financial assistance for all municipalities in Quebec is $800 million. It stems from an agreement between the

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Thus, an envelope of $2.3 billion will be made available to municipalities and public transport organizations to compensate for the loss of income and expenses caused by COVID-19. This aid can be used by each municipality, both in 2020 and 2021, at its convenience.

A sum of $100 million is set aside to meet any specific needs that may be established in the coming months. It will allow the regions to take into account the future repercussions of the pandemic. The use of this reserve will be specified in winter 2021.

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Continued from page 4 They wrote about, “the lack of trust, transparency and respect,” and “members had lost confidence in council’s actions... (which) have cast a shadow over the organization and caused damage to the reputation of our members.”

The aforementioned letter was also sent to the retired former president of the Pearson Teachers Union, Jim Wilson, and I because neither of us is known to be shy in criticizing the board when it does wrong.

Let’s compare the preceding to Olivenstein’s criticisms. Putting aside his confusion of the chronology of events, it is understandable for him to take his position. It means money – precious education tax dollars.

For that he needs the Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA), which is presently spending around $500,000 in the courts to justify its existence – and that is to take care of its ‘valued clients: school commissioners and school boards.”

Olivenstein talks about my ban for running for school election for four years. True. However, he fails to mention the reason which was a technical oversight. I could have appealed but didn’t bother because the Liberals were pushing to scrap school boards and their commissioners with their excellent school board reform Bill 86.

Moreover, in May 2018, Bill 185 was adopted. Prompted by the QESBA, it called for the postponement of elections, which I strongly opposed. Read our briefs to the National Assembly ( assnat. qc.ca ). QESBA will say and do anything to keep receiving tens of thousands of tax dollars without facing the electorate.

Olivenstein says I am being hypocritical running for chair of LBPSB when I was supporting Bill 40 and the idea of School Service Centers governed by Boards of Directors. In January, the boards hired

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MNA Marilyne Picard has announced significant funding to help towns in Soulanges navigate the financial hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

returning officers and put up all the rules on their sites for the community to run as candidates. I pounced at the idea; my forms were filled in but then the pandemic struck, followed by court rulings.

The main point was that for the November 1, 2020 elections, candidates now would run for Councils of Commissioners rather than Boards of Directors.

Contrary to what QESBA claims, school boards were not being abolished; they were being transformed.

Finally, Mr. Olivenstein asserts I said, “…both Bill 86 and Bill 40 were designed to give greater powers to parents, teachers and administrators,” and that was only my opinion. Not so.

The LBPSB Central Parents’ Committee agreed with draft Bill 86 to do away with commissioners. It’s in their posted brief to the National Assembly which was, ironically, promoted by Liberal MNAs like Geoffrey Kelley. Now, he heads APPELEQuébec, an organization created by QESBA to promote the status quo. Talk about hypocrisy - par excellence.

Lastly, in 2014, in my bid for chair, 3645 of the electorate voted for me.

They wanted basically what the government is offering today. I am a ‘Friend of the Court’ not a friend of the CAQ, per se.

I am recognized as being someone who knows something about the English school board system having participated at Public Question Periods of the Pearson board for over 22 years.

The LBPSB is a co-appellant at the Bill 40 hearings. In a sense, I am the ‘public.’

I informed the Quebec Superior Court and the Court of Appeal, in writing and orally, that the QESBA has thwarted any attempt by any government to bring the elected school board system into the age of high-tech communications.

Moreover, the QESBA considers the school board superior to a school’s governing board; the commissioner superior to the parent – and that is a disgrace.

Chris Eustace Pierrefonds

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KICK IN THE ARTS

BRIAN GALLAGHER

Have rake – won’t travel Remember the iconic 1930 painting ‘American Gothic?’ The one of the man with the pitchfork and his daughter (yup, daughter – not his wife; saw that on The Google) standing stoically side by side?

Well that will be my inspiration for the next 28 days beautiful people. Indeed, I will be on a mission for the rest of October to use all of the tools in my arsenal to ensure that this year, yes this year, I will have the cleanest yard in Shangri-la. So if Mr. Legault is going to insist that I am only allowed to venture out to a crowded Walmart, Costco or McDonalds but not to my neighbour’s house for a friendly socially-distanced chamomile tea well then dang gum-it I solemnly vow that I, Brian John Gallagher, will walk the friendly confines of Crooked Tree Corner here with rake, spade, cutters and leaf bags in tow until October 28 picking up every single leaf, branch, pine cone and needle; trimming every perennial and shrub; eliminating each and every unpalatable weed until my safe little slice of COVID-free heaven gleams with pristinely manicured and mowed perfection. Such is my mania, such is my mission. Oh, and I might have a martini or two along the way (three olives, please).

Indeed I may have been accused in years past my dear readers of the suburban crime of ‘autumnal garden neglect’ where my poor suffering neighbours trying to enjoy a lovely autumn stroll were subjected to seeing droopy, soggy hostas alongside towering spires of uncut light brown daylily pedicels towering sadly above their dead limp leaves. And if that wasn’t enough to make them cross the street in disgust I am sure that the somber disheartening sight of the skeletal remnants of that year’s annuals standing like motionless tumbleweeds in the grey lifeless dirt made them avert their eyes as if The Elephant Man himself stood rooted in vigil within the raised beds. The horror…

But not this year my friends – no – not this year. My friends and neighbours will be shouting “huzzah” as they linger in front of my house and surely pull out their intelligent cellular telephones to take ‘selfies’ in front of such an immaculately maintained palatial ground such as mine. And I will take pride in sitting planted in my faded wicker throne high up on the stoop waving majestically with my garden-gloved hand to all who take the time to admire the grounds and give praise to whatever contingent of hard-working labourers it must have taken to conquer such a Herculean task as taming the wild tundra that used to be Crooked Tree Corner. No need to thank me folks, it was just me doing my part to make our community a safer, prettier place to live. Maybe now they’ll stop threatening to send me back to Amityville.

Although there is not much happening ‘live’ right now, there still are plenty of online ‘live’ musical events and other things to keep you busy at home that you can find on the interweb. 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.

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PHOTO COURTESY MAISON TRESTLER

Dating back to the 1800s, this historic home on the shores of the Lake of Two Mountains is said to be haunted by a spirit named Catherine among others revealed in a 2010 séance.

Local hauntings - Maison Trestler Jules-Pierre Malartre

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Over the next few weeks, in the spirit of Halloween, we will review 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.

This week we’ll revisit Maison Trestler, arguably the region’s most popular haunted house. Over the years many people have reported seeing strange happenings at the venerable 18th-century mansion. Psychics and ghost hunters have come to the sprawling home in Vaudreuil-Dorion to investigate or try to communicate with the spirits of the dead said to still linger within its walls.

Catherine Many of the stories have grown in the telling, most notably that of Catherine Trestler, daughter of Jean-Joseph Trestler who built the house. According to Robert Payant, local raconteur, folklore expert and author of Le Légendaire du Haut-Saint-Laurent, one of the most notorious supernatural events to occur at Maison Trestler is the sound of beads, supposedly coming from a broken necklace, falling down the main staircase.

Louise LeBlond-Vallée, general manager of Maison Trestler, says this story is unsubstantiated but the legend says Catherine had a necklace made of the beads that were once used for trading with natives and that the necklace broke, possibly when Catherine fell down those stairs, spilling the beads down the long stairway. There are many tales of misfortunes associated with Catherine’s life – enough for anyone to believe that she came back to haunt the house where she suffered so greatly.

“We have to be careful,” says LeBlond-Vallée. “Many things have been said about Maison Trestler, and many turn out to be false. Poor Catherine, there are so many incoherent stories of her death. Some stories say she fell down the stairs. Others say she hung herself. She did not die in Maison Trestler.” The records show that Catherine

fell out of favour with her father who disinherited her for falling in love with a commoner. She lived out her life in Les Cèdres where she is interred. Whether she actually came back after her death to haunt her father’s house is speculative but legend says that on nights when wolves howl at the full moon, Catherine’s spirit comes back to the world of the living to haunt the home of her estranged father who never forgave her.

2010 seance There are stories of other spirits roaming the old house. Some talk of a native spirit making his rounds and reassuring visitors in a whispered voice.

Leblond-Vallée could not authenticate those stories, but she tells of the seance she held with a medium in 2010 where she made contact with three spirits haunting the house. “One of the entities we contacted was a black slave who agonized while being held captive in a chest at the house. He is still here,” Leblond-Vallée says. She adds that the ghost of Iphigénie Trestler (who married politician Antoine-Aimé Dorion) hasn’t moved on. Lastly, another descendant of Jean-Joseph Trestler, his great-greatgreat-grandson, whom Leblond-Vallée says she actually knew, is also haunting the house.

Payant tells perhaps one of the strangest happenings at Maison Trestler, which was witnessed by many guests. During a special event, one of the dinner guests raised his glass to Catherine, for all practical purposes invoking the ghost of Catherine by asking her to manifest herself. As if in answer, bricks fell out of the hearth for apparently no reason. This story is confirmed

by Leblond-Vallée.

Strange sounds Leblond-Vallée notes that the ghostly happenings at Maison Trestler have more to do with strange sounds being heard than actual ghosts being seen.

Staff members mention hearing the sound of a heavy object being dragged along the floor, or the sound of a rocking chair where there was none. Visiting students have also reported lights turning off by themselves. There is also a report of an employee seeing a ghostly shadow in the wake of the falling bricks incident.

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An approach adapted to the different regions to limit transmission of the virus

It is now more important than ever that we follow health measures to limit the spread of the virus. It is essential that each of us remains vigilant and adopts good habits. Since the virus is not spreading everywhere at the same rate, a new tool has been implemented to show how the situation is evolving in each Quebec region. This four-level alert system will make it easier for you to keep track of the government’s interventions.

We must contain the spread of the virus throughout Quebec. This is how we can retain some level of normalcy over the next few months.

Each region can make a big difference in limiting the spread of the virus. Let’s continue to protect each other.

Progressive regional alert and intervention system The Progessive regional alert and intervention system specifies which additional measures each health region must take to slow the transmission of the virus.

These depend on the alert level reached and are intended to limit the health, social and economic impacts of COVID-19, protect those who are most at risk and avoid overburdening the healthcare system.

The alert levels are established based on the recommendations of public health authorities who regularly review the situation, taking into account the epidemiological situation, transmission control and the capacity of the healthcare system.

Don’t forget that everyone must adopt behaviours that limit transmission of the virus. We do it to ensure that our children can keep going to school, to protect our seniors, to ensure the safety of our healthcare workers and to revive our economy. Follow the basic measures at all times:

Keep your distance Wear a face covering Cough into your elbow Wash your hands Adapt your greetings

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FOUR ALERT AND INTERVENTION LEVELS LEVEL 4

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Vigilance Level 1 requires constant attention amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

It corresponds to a low level of transmission in the community. It requires that the basic measures established be followed in all settings (physical distancing, respiratory etiquette, hand washing, etc.). Special measures may also apply to certain activities or settings.

Early Warning This level is imposed when the level of transmission starts to increase. The basic measures are reinforced and further actions are taken to promote and encourage compliance. For example, there might be more inspections and crowd control in some settings to facilitate physical distancing.

Alert Level 3 introduces additional measures that target specific areas of activity and settings where the risk of transmission is deemed higher. These areas are subject to selective restrictions, prohibitions and closures.

Level 4 selectively applies more restrictive measures up to and including ceasing non-essential activities for which the risk cannot be sufficiently controlled, while avoiding the generalized confinement that was experienced during the first wave of the pandemic as much as possible.

To find out the alert level in your region, consult the Map of COVID-19 alert levels by region at QuĂŠbec.ca/alertlevels.

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National Small Business week Celebrating 30 years of fun Nick Zacharias

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La Ribouldingue in Vaudreuil-Dorion may have reached the very grown-up age of 30 years old, but they still love to act like kids. The toy store has been a hub for fun and magic in its current location on Cité des Jeunes Boulevard for about 15 years now, after undergoing almost as many changes and growth spurts as the kids they serve so well.

Growing all the time “La Ribouldingue was founded by my mother, Renée Bourbonnais, 30 years ago this fall,” says current owner Lucie Bourbonnais. When she took over the store and was joined by her spouse Alain Pedneault, some major changes were happening. “We’d opened a second location in Île-Perrot, and moved the original store a couple of times to where it is now. Sadly, we had to close down the second store, but when the restaurant next to us moved out, we took over that space and doubled the size of the VaudreuilDorion store.”

More recently, they created even more space by adding a mezzanine.

Adapting to changes “We started hosting an informal

free game night for kids and families on Friday nights. It just sort of grew and got so popular that we decided to add the mezzanine to make a special area for groups to get together. After that we also started hosting a game gathering for retired people on Wednesday mornings.”

Unfortunately, COVID-19 put a damper on all of that. No longer able to welcome large groups for social events, they decided to temporarily re-purpose the newest space to help people enjoy more at-home and solitary pursuits.

“Puzzles just exploded with the first wave of the pandemic” said Bourbonnais. Since they were already so well known for their wide selection of puzzles (as well as a huge range of board games in English and French) they decided to stock up. “Our suppliers in Europe and everywhere told us that production is under strain from the new interest in puzzles, so we did a huge order for them at the start of the summer, thinking ahead to make sure we’d have enough stock all the way through Christmas. In the end we’re grateful to have the space.”

Party time “The name La Ribouldingue comes

from a Quebec children’s TV show from many years ago that I absolutely adored as a kid,” says Bourbonnais. “In French, though we don’t use the word so often that way here, it also means throwing a party.” No doubt it’s that party spirit that drove them to become a fixture at area festivals, like the Festival International de Cirque in Vaudreuil-Dorion, where they jubilantly embraced the event by animating their annual space for giant games.

Said Bourbonnais, “Sadly we couldn’t do that this year, nor can we have the big boardwalk sale that our customers have come to expect on

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our anniversary.” It’s a blow, especially for their 30th year, but they’re finding ways to celebrate the milestone anyway. “For 30 days in October, everyone who spends $30 or more gets entered in a daily draw for a free $100 gift card – we’re giving away over $3,000 altogether. We’ll keep all the ballots that didn’t win, and at the end of the month we’ll draw an extra one for a bonus $300 prize.”

With all those giveaways, as well as weekly sales on the entire ranges of big names like Playmobil and Bruder, Bourbonnais and the family and team will surely be keeping the spirit of fun and child-like wonder alive, pandemic or not. They are still open seven days a week, and also offer all of their products online.

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MOVIE REVIEW MATT MILLER

Movies You Might Have Missed Title: RBG (2018) Directed: Julie Cohen & Betsy West Genre: Documentary Available on Hoopla, Crave Scores: 71% Metacritic, 7.6 IMDb Review: Somehow, simply saying that we lost an icon last week is an understatement. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2nd female Supreme Court Justice in American history, had died at the age of 87. The unfortunate timing of her passing (which is the closest to an election that a court vacancy has opened in history) has muffled the deserved plaudits and eulogies she had more than earned. For a proper in memoriam it is only fitting to return to the recent 2018 documentary, simply titled RBG. The documentary itself is nothing ground-breaking. It follows the basic format in which the subject’s life is retold, accompanied by photos, talking heads and news clips to cobble the story together. These works often act more as educational than they do entertainment. But for what RBG lacks in flair, it more than makes up for in its fascinating focus subject – something that jives entirely with Ginsburg’s character. A quiet, soft-spoken lawyer, Ginsburg doesn’t fit the flashy mold that we may expect from such a consequential legal figure. Many courtroom dramas are filled with grandstanding speeches and rhetoric, with impassioned pleas that would bring the coldest of heart to tears. That, of course, is Hollywood sensationalism. When the inevitable biopic of Ginsburg comes out, it will hopefully eschew these clichés, as the real-life figure was much more interesting. Her steadfast dedication to hard work, over-preparedness and civility defines her legacy, and the diligence in which she pursued those goals are her superpower.

The documentary touches on many aspects of her life, including her struggles with sexism in university (in which she was often the only woman in her class), her rise to prominence as a professor (in which she was paid less than her male colleagues) and her initial foray in fighting gender-based discrimination in front of the Supreme Court. Her personal life is explored as well, which fills in the blanks of her enigmatic personality. While not distant per se, Ginsburg had obviously steeled herself against any outward displays of emotion - certainly a by-product of her having to appease the male-dominated world she inhabited. Her family often says the same thing about her: incredibly hard-working, at the office constantly, structured and (gently) demanding. It is not until her interactions with her husband of 50 years are shown that we really see her let her guard down. Their undeniable chemistry is the most heartfelt part of the film, but also begs a sad question. Had her husband not been incredibly supportive of her work, would Ginsburg have accomplished half of what she did? Would she have finished law school at all? How many women were as able as Ginsburg, but didn’t have that support and were forced to choose between family and career?

Ginsburg’s eventual nomination to the court was a surprise in 1993, as she was not one of the front runners. Back when presidents used to interview candidates for the court before appointing them (crazy, right?) President Bill Clinton admits he was floored by her demeanor, passion and drive, hiring her on the spot. It is easy to see why. However, her first years on the bench were not as ‘left leaning’ as many people would think. Her entire legal strategy for years was ‘one step at a time’ progress, chipping away at legal discrimination bit by bit, causing her to fit into the role of moderator. However, as the court began to creep more conservative, her ‘Great Dissenter’ moniker became well earned. We can look back now at some of the major decisions that have tried to, and at times succeeded, in peeling back personal liberties and empowering corporations. Each time, Ginsburg opposed these moves, and each time, her legend grew. In a society that frequently shuns the elderly, it is remarkable to see a seemingly frail, soft-spoken octogenarian be so tireless. Able to do push-ups, perform in stage plays and give speeches to a captivated crowd, she seemed to gain more energy with each passing year. Our stereotypical picture of seniors as being cranky luddites is shot down by Ginsburg many times, but probably best illustrated by her embracing the moniker ‘The Notorious RBG.’ A reference to 90s deceased hip-hop legend Biggie Smalls, we would be forgiven in assuming that an elderly woman would not get it, or possibly even disapprove of the connection. Her response was that she felt the link apt, as they both were from Brooklyn. Her ability to see people as individuals and equals, no matter their surface differences, will be her lasting legacy. R.I.P. RBG, for a person barely five feet tall, the shadow you leave behind will be giant.

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Legion News Rod L. Hodgson – President

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Like many of us, because of COVID-19, many birds will be thinking twice about flying south for the winter!

The bird feeders at the Palliative Care continue to give much enjoyment to the patients. The Legion members continue to support this project.

In anticipation of a long winter, a request is going out to all those who have in the past been dropping off bird seed to fill the feeders and to all who now wish to help out.

As the Legion is not open on a regular basis, may we suggest that you drop off any donation to Bill Louch at 56 Oakland in Hudson, or you can call Gerry at (450) 458-4125 or Bill at (450) 202-2541. We will arrange to pick it up. Please do not drop off any seed at the Palliative Care residence nor at the Legion as we are currently closed until the end of October. Your help and cooperation is greatly appreciated We have to follow the guidelines from Provincial Command, thus being in the Red Zone the Legion will remain closed until October 28, reopening on October 29. However we have just received permission from Provincial Command that the curling may go on as planned beginning about October 19. Curling Quebec has approved regular operations and our members will have to realize that they will be able to curl but will have to leave after the game, no socializing. Hopefully

we will be back in full operations come November, bar and socializing but sadly no dinners yet.

The mums that were planted recently in Place Vimy are spectacular.

The new Place Vimy park bench has arrived but the dedication will not be until Saturday, October 31 because of Hudson being in the COVID-19 red zone and gatherings are not permitted. It was designed by Natalie Trainor and built

by Keith Bonarek under the guidance of Branch #115 Executive member Jay Oland. The poppies and the red cross on the nurse were painted this week.

We have recently lost one of our most cherished Legion members. George Barclay passed away earlier this past week at the age of 93. He is best remembered for his amazing address to the haggis at our annual Robbie Burns dinner each January. Our deepest condolences and prayers go out to his family.

Our deepest condolences also go out to the family of Ralph Simpson who passed away earlier this week. Ralph was a veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy having served on HMCS Québec during the 1950s, one of our last cruisers. He was a lifelong resident of Côte St. Charles in Saint-Lazare; descended from the original settlers that came here in the early 1800s from Cumberland, England.

The Canadian flag outside the Legion Branch #115 is now at half-mast in memory of George Barclay and Ralph Simpson.

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Pets of Vaudreuil-Soulanges

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Welcome to our feature showcasing and celebrating the many companion animals we have in our region. Meet George, a.k.a. George Michael, a soon to be one-year-old gerbil. Brought home when he was just a baby, his owner Lauren Mitchell (pictured above) fell in love with his outgoing personality and lack of fear of humans. George loves dried corn and fruit, and adores burrowing in his two-tier cage. He also loves chewing on his wooden toys, shaped like a cob of corn.

If you’d like us to feature your pet in our new 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.

If you’d like us to feature your pet – 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.

Home and Estate Feature

Tania Ellerbeck

Chartered Real Estate Broker

Margaret Lagimodière

Chartered Real Estate Broker PHOTO COURTESY TANIA ELLERBECK

Stunning five-bedroom ancestral home extensively restored featuring breathtaking gardens on a 58,000 sq-ft lot. One-of-a-kind home located in Como where it has graced the neighborhood since 1806. This home is as spacious and comfortable as it is distinctive. The museum quality of the house will delight any antique lover. Simply one of Hudson’s finest!

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Crutless quiche from Loulou’s Kitchen Louise Brodeur

Featured home

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Hudson,QC

Continued from page 17 Welcome to 265 Main Road. This classic farmhouse has only had three owners since 1806 and hasn’t been on the market in 46 years! It has been beautifully restored by the present owner, whilst keeping the charm and offering all of today’s modern amenities.

The grounds are spectacular and include an in-ground heated pool, stately trees and many established perennial gardens offering privacy in a serene setting. The house and gardens have been shown on many tours and featured in several national magazines.

A sun-filled newer kitchen features an AGA Cooker, Lieber refrigerator and a steam oven. Step through the French doors in the dinette out to a stone patio overlooking the pool and gardens.

Hand crafted Venetian plaster on many walls throughout the home.

This house features spacious living and entertaining space... a stunning living room with a wood fireplace that had a new insert 2018; a sunken dining room with French doors and a library offering a cozy retreat. The library was the site of the Como Post Office in the 1800s.

There is a bright main floor office or studio off of a four-season sun room and a warm den with a wood fireplace next to the kitchen and a reception area.

The master bedroom features a large dressing room, many built-ins, a walkin closet and a beautiful en-suite bath-

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514-781-5611 room. A Romeo and Juliet balcony from the main bedroom and another large balcony between the master bedroom and the guest room which were the original maid’s quarters.

Many older homes feature two staircases for the help or for guests and this one is no exception which adds to the charm and historic ambiance of this home.

There are four other charming and cozy bedrooms on the second level with a full bath and an en-suite powder room.

Several extensions were seamlessly added to the original home over the years and a wonderful flow has been achieved.

Special Contributor

Don’t let the word crustless scare you – this quiche has all the flavour without the heaviness of a pastry crust and the whole thing comes together in minutes.

Great for when you don’t have a lot of prep time or you have some leftover ham or bacon to use up. This makes a substantial breakfast or, served with a green salad, an easy dinner as well.

Ingredients • 4 ounces Swiss cheese, grated • 4 ounces Cheddar cheese, grated • 6 or 7 slices of crumbled bacon or cubed ham • Sliced mushrooms, peppers and/ or onions, sautéed with a clove of crushed garlic • 3 eggs • ½ cup flour • 2 tbsp. melted butter or margarine • 1 cup milk • Salt, pepper, Herbes de Provence, and dried parsley. Note – if you don’t have Herbes de Provence feel free to add your favourite dried herbs in its place.

Maison Trestler Continued from page 10 But the seance held in 2010 is the event that stands out the most in Leblond-Vallée’s mind. “I spent the night there. It shook me up,” she says.

Author’s note I worked at Maison Trestler as a

PHOTO BY LUCIE BRODEUR

The beauty of quiche is its adaptability to a host of leftovers you may have in your fridge and this version lacks the heaviness of the lard-laden crust.

Directions Butter a 10-inch pie plate. In it sprinkle the grated cheese and the ham or bacon.

In a blender add the eggs, the flour, melted butter, salt, pepper, herbs and milk. Blend until all ingredients are combined. Pour mixture into pie plate, sprinkle with dried parsley and bake 35 to 40 minutes at 375 F. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Enjoy! teenager back in the ’80s. I often had to wander its darkened corridors in the late evening. I never heard any strange noises, but one evening I thought I saw a shadow move against the darker backdrop at the top of the stairway. Was it my mind playing along, or the ghost of Catherine watching me go about her house?

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Home and Estate

The weekend gardener Spring forward

TM O’Shaughnessy

The Journal

Now that we’ve prepared our winter COVID gardens with chairs, fire pits and fairy lights, it’s time to take this optimism one step further and invest in next spring.

Perhaps it’s a tall order to ask for such a positive move when all seems negative as our world shuts down for the second wave. But the fact is, COVID-19 will start to come under control in 2021 and starting to act as if we believe in that is almost as important to survival as washing our hands, social distancing and wearing a mask.

For gardeners everywhere, it’s an easy choice.

Because right now, garden centres are full of gorgeous spring bulbs to buy, and who can say no to the masses of flowers of every description that will magically appear next spring when we all will have endured one of the hardest winters any of us could have expected.

When this COVID winter comes to an end round about April 2021, how much better can it get than the moment be celebrated by an eruption of tulips in every colour, bright yellow daffodils, scented hyacinths in blues and pinks and all the other gorgeous flowers of spring. It will lift us up.

And now is the time to lay the

groundwork. Plant some spring bulbs.

Why not shop for them today?

Here are just a few of the endless choices waiting for you.

First of all, royal fans will be pleased by the traditional all-yellow daffodils called King Alfred—or perhaps you could shake it up with the white ones called Mount Hood, or any number of the beautifully hued apricot-and-white kind. The big bonus with daffodils, in addition to how early in spring they bloom, is the fact that squirrels worldwide despise them. A total plus.

Royal fans will be further pleased by all the emperor and empress tulips available for the spring garden: Red Emperor, White Emperor and Yellow Empress come to mind, not to mention the purple Candy Prince.

Of course, not far from the emperors are the boxes and boxes of Pink Mistresses which you could plant as near—or as far—from the emperor or empress as your story demands. And never forget the brilliant and beautiful Queen of the Night—a tulip in a kind of darkly aubergine colour that could simply be the epitome of elegance for your spring garden.

Then there are the parrot tulips— my personal favourites and a necessary part of any post-COVID resurrection for me. The operatic names say it all: there’s Libretto, or Rococo—or even

Rasta, if you prefer. (If I were a tulip merchant in 17th century Amsterdam, these would be my currency of choice).

There are many other spring bulbs to choose from as well.

Colourful and headily-scented hyacinths are needed for any COVID recovery, not to mention the little grape hyacinths called muscari. River of Muscari is the wonderful name of one such grape hyacinth on sale now, and they come in economical bags of 100. (Sure, planting 100 bulbs will be bad for the knees, but it will be so good for the brain).

Scillas and snowdrops also await your post-COVID garden—not to mention fritillaria. Who could resist any one of these? After all, this is no time to be resisting anything of beauty, charm or confidence in the future.

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Now is the time to plant bulbs if you want a beautiful display in the spring.

And the moment to act is now.

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Cage for small rodent(s). Comes with attachable water bottle and plastic food bowl. Not suitable for dwarf rabbits, suitable for rats, gerbils, hamsters, etc. $50.

Contact Lauren at (514)806-9486

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

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

Seeking licensed contractor to oversee/ complete the renovation of our main floor in Hudson’s Valley. Job consists of 2600 sq. ft. of porcelain tile, bathroom, kitchen, and living room re-model. Email hudsonsvalleyreno@gmail.com for more information

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

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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.

Firewood for sale. Mostly maple. Well dried. $120 per chord. Call 514-758-5700 (201022)

125 - FOR RENT 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

150 - SERVICES 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 “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. Serge Guindon Inc. Excavation and Levelling 514-269-8281 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

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

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Looking for extra help cleaning 4 hours/ week. Reliable and honest person only. References necessary. Valerie 514-575-2585 (201015)

$ Buy car for scrap. Running or not, 24/7. www.scrapvehicule.com Call 514-9514203

GARAGE wanted for small car Nov/Dec/ Jan/Feb in Hudson/Rigaud area. 450-2020608 (201008)

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 Cleaning company seeking a cleaning person to join her team. Must have your own vehicle and a strong work ethic. Parttime and max 15 hours per week. For more information, please contact Deneise at (514) 865-1973

In Memoriam

George Ellis Barclay George Ellis Barclay passed away peacefully on September 28, 2020. He was a loving father of Colin (Cate) and Fiona (Metin), grandfather of Michael (Caroline), David (Anna), Jan and Lukas, and great grandfather of Lily and Rosie. He will be missed.

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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

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY ACCOUNTANTS

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

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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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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 Hyundai Santa Fe V6 automatic Moka Frost. Runs well, recent brakes, radiator, alternator and battery. Bodywork good. Only 205,300 km. Second car no longer needed.

Must be seen. $1500. Call Brian at 514-4539001 (201217)

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Musical Moments Originally written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson in 1966, Diana Ross’ version of Ain’t No Mountain High Enough reached the Number 1 spot on U.S. Billboard Hot 100 50 years ago this week in 1970.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Postponement of sale of properties for non-payment of taxes NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned, that due to the evolving situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the sale of properties for non-payment of taxes for the municipalities of : ”Les Cèdres, Pointe-des-Cascades, Rivière-Beaudette, Saint-Clet, Sainte-Marthe, Saint-Polycarpe and Saint-Zotique” scheduled for Monday, October 19 at 10:00 a.m. is postponed to a later date.

This decision follows Ministerial order number 2020-074 of October 2nd, 2020.

GIVEN IN VAUDREUIL-DORION, on this 5th day of the month of October in the year two thousand twenty (2020).

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BRUSHED ACACIA QUEEN

DOUBLE

Closed Dim

W64” x H41” x D23”

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W64” x H41” x D80”

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