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bring happiness and joy to sick kids."

Shriners Hospitals for Children is one of the largest pediatric sub-specialty health care systems in the world, providing specialized care to children with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate. It's motto is, "Love to the rescue". The Shriners colorful ChooChoo trains and funny little cars driven by grown men wearing Shriners hats have long been a staple of the Montreal Santa

These teddy bears were scooped up fast with a huge hug

Just about every kid has a favorite teddy bear. There is something wonderfully comforting about these adorable plush make-believe creatures. Why, they're almost real! The love that is communicated through them is surely very real. With this is mind, Les Cours Mont Royal has just donated 800 customized teddy bears from its Teddy Bear Christmas Tree to the Shriners Hospital for Children, much to the delight of children who received them at a special presentation on January 30th at the Shriners Hospital for Children Canada at the Glen site McGill University Health Centre in NDG.

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which owns Les Cours Mont Royal Shopping Centre downtown, came to the Shriners to personally give away the teddy

bears to children recovering from surgery or receiving care in the ambulatory clinic. If you've ever been to Les Cours Mont-Royal Shopping Centre during the holiday season, then you've seen the giant 30 foot high Christmas tree made of teddy bears. The magnificent tree is the star attraction at Yuletide in the luxury building featuring high-end fashion retail stores. "We decided to give the Teddy Bears to the Shriners Hospital for Children," Law said. "Before building the tree, we already had in mind: "What will be the best way to give the Bears a new home after ours?"

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Emmanuelle Rondeau, Communications and Marketing Manager for the Shriners Hospital said, "This is the gift that keeps on giving." While about 100 children received their teddy bears on the day of the giveaway - after the bears had been cleaned and processed about another 700 children will receive theirs over the course of the upcoming year. The remainder will be given to sick kids in the cast room, recovery ward, rehabilita-

tion services, and to longterm in-patients. In the last 2 years the bears were simply delivered by to the hospital to be given out by healthcare personnel rather than presented to the children by Les Cours Mont Royal. However, Emmanuelle and Valerie got to talking and came up with the idea to do a special event for the children. Emmanuelle said, "Why not meet the kids and give the bears directly to them?"

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iting the Shriners on Monday to do some rehab for The kids loved the meet- her leg which she had up as much as the bears! broken on the previous Michael Andan has been a Tuesday. Her bear has yet patient at the hospital for to receive a name, but this 2 years. This little boy confidant nine year old from Ghana is wheelchair- will no doubt come up bound because of a con- with just the right one. dition he developed in the "I have no words to dewomb, resulting in stiff scribe the joy of giving joints. But this fact doesn't and seeing the smiles on dampen his spirits one bit. the kids' faces from our "He's our star patient," an visit, it's a feeling I can't assistant to Rondeau says. describe, Law says. "We Michael was thrilled to re- are very proud to ceive his new bear, but brighten their day by this hasn't decided on a name little gesture." As part of yet. Oh well, "Teddy" will its fund-raising effort to have to do for the time aid the Shriners Hospital, being. Chloe Youwakim - Les Cours Mont-Royal that's 'Chloe' without the encouraged shoppers to accent, she informs me in write well wishes to sick flawless French - was vis- children that were precontinued on Page 3

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sented to them along with the bears and donations collected by volunteers.

"We collected $1,000 for the Shriners during the short period of time- between Christmas and New Year's Day," she says.

Rondeau took the time to thank all the doctors for their ongoing care of patients, as well as volunteers and the management from Les Cours Mont Royal for making this special day possible for the children. "It definitely helps to have somebody provide this kind of aid," she says, "all the more so, because it is happening after the holiday season is over."

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DIY (Do-It-Yourself) this Valentine’s Day

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alentine’s Day is a hit or miss holiday. Some see it as a commercial holiday filled with pressure to organize the best love fest ever. Others see it for what it is; a day that forces us to forget about

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veryone loves to receive homemade goodies. Making a pesto or a jam is not as difficult as it may seem. But, how could jars of jam or pesto be considered a Valentine’s Day gift?

It’s all about the label. If you’re not savvy with programs like Photoshop, there are many different websites that will allow you to create your own jar label.Your custom label could include the date, your sweetie’s name and the type of jam.

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Love It and Label It

show your love? There’s no need to buy teddy bears at ridiculous February 14th prices or generic cards. This Valentine’s Day try making a gift that speaks from the heart.We are not talking about elementary school arts and crafts. These are modern

twists on arts and crafts.

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your Valentine is a beer or wine aficionado, you could have custom labels made for beer and wine bottles.

Gift your love with more than one wine bottle made with your personalized label. You could drink one on Valentine’s Day this year and save the other for the following year.

Mason jar gifts are all the rage right now and for Valentine’s Day, the trend is picking up even more steam. Pick up some jars and fill them up with candies and chocolates. Hershey’s kisses or pink and red M&Ms look exceptionally festive in jars.

Red is the primary color of love. Mix chocolate and the color red and you have yourself a Valentine delight.

Red velvet desserts are perfect for February 14th –and the best part is they are not

limited to cake alone.

Cupcakes, brownies, cookies and even waffle versions of red velvet do exist. You can put all the dry ingredients into a jar and create a jar tag that has the recipe written on it. Your Valentine will bake away with a smile on their face especially when the aroma of baked goods fills the kitchen.

If your lover isn’t a baker, you could put the baked red velvet cake or brownies inside the Mason jar and layer away.

If you’ve baked a red velvet cake, make a cream cheese frosting to add in between the layers of cake. If you’ve baked red velvet brownies, you could make fudge for the layers.

Christmas, one Reddit user decided to take romance to the next level for his gift. He wrote 365 love notes for his girlfriend and put them in a jar. She was told that for the next year she had to take one note out and read it every day. Notes on yellow paper were about special moments they’ve shared over the course of their eight relationship. Green paper notes were love quotes and lyrics to romantic songs. Pink notes were reasons why he loves her.

While Reddit user TheOnlyOne87 created this gift for Christmas it is

the perfect Valentine gift.

Write down why you love your partner and reminisce about memories you’ve made. How else could you make the jar even more romantic?

Handwrite your notes.

There’s something about taking the time to handwrite your love notes that is touching and classically romantic.

This Valentine’s Day, be romantic, creative and thoughtful. Anyone could buy a box of chocolates but nothing says thoughtful and loving like DIY gifts.

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By Michael Joffre coins...but could not, as mtltimes.ca they did not yet receive the new design from Engn August of 1947 India land. In early 1948 they was granted inde- came up with a clever pendence from Eng- idea. They continued to land.

Since all mint coins with the 1947 Canadian coins of so they could keep George VI had the legend date the same obverse, but to “GEORGIVS VI D: G: differentiate these coins REX ET IND: from the ones actually IMP:”...roughly translated minted in 1947, they put as “George VI by the grace of God, King, and a small maple leaf just emperor of India”, the after the date. This coinage all needed some would avoid confusion modification. No longer with actual 1947 coins.

This is not the first time could any coins claim the Royal Canadian Mint that George VI was em(RCM) has applied this peror of India.

After World War II, the solution. In 1937 the Canadian economy was RCM was waiting for the improving, the population master tools from Lonwas growing rapidly, and don to produce the first there was a need for a coins of George VI after larger output of coinage the passing of George V to meet this. During the and abdication of Edward war certain coins...espe- VIII. Since they did not cially the silver dollar, ei- arrive on time, an emerther had reduced gency issue of 1936 25 mintages, or were sus- cents was made with a dot on the bottom of the pended.

Since a new obverse coin showing that it was die would be required to actually coined in 1937. strike the 1948 coins, and Although scarce, many the matrices and punches 1936 dot 25 cents surdid not arrive in time vive and it is an interestfrom the Royal Mint in ing collectible. 1936 1 London for minting and 10 cents were also them, the Royal Canadian made with a dot, but only

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a handful of specimen coins survive, as the whole mintage was remelted in mid 1937.

In mid 1948 with the new design received, coins with the actual 1948 date were struck...but by this time much of the required coins were already made with the 47 maples. This explains why most Canadian coins with the 1948 date are much rarer than other years. For example a much used coin like the 10 cent...10 million were struck in 1948...but only about 4% of them with the 1948 date...the others are all 47 maples.

For collectors this has created two classic rarities of the Canadian coin series. The first and most popular is the 1948 dollar of which only 18,780 were struck (consider the 1949 mintage was 672,218). Second rarity...and an extreme one at that, is the 1947 maple leaf 50 cent with the 7 curved right. As discussed in a previous article, very few survive (likely less the a couple hundred), and the coin is worth thousands of dollars in nice condition.

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Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage by Robert S. Bader

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have been a fan of the Marx Brothers (in its threeand fourbrother incarnations) for over 40 years. I have seen all of their movies, watched countless reruns of Groucho’s TV game show “You Bet Your Life”, and on the book front, have read practically every book written by them and about them, from such memoirs as Groucho and Me and Harpo Speaks!, to oral histories like The Marx Brothers Scrapbook, to collective biographies such as Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes, Zeppo. …At least that what I thought, until I got my hands on the latest addition to the Marx Brothers canon, Robert S. Bader’s Four of the Three Musketeers.

Practically every book written about the brothers always had a chief focus on the 13 movies they did as a quartet and trio between 1929 and 1949, including such classics as “Animal Crackers”, “Duck Soup” and “A Night at the Opera”. A lesser portion of those books (starting with the first published collective biography by Kyle Crichton in 1950) mentioned the fact that the Marxes got their start in show business on the stage, first in vaudeville, then on Broadway (which was encouraged and engineered by their devoted, sassy mom Minnie Marx).

With Four of the Three Musketeers (the title is taken from one of the songs that was performed in the Marxes’ third and final hit Broadway show “Animal Crackers” in 1928), Bader has given this well-known, but not widely written, aspect of the Marx Brothers story the biographical spotlight that is quite long overdue;

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and after reading this exhaustively researched and factually thorough account, it’s a book that no devoted Marx Brothers fan should be without.

Bader, who edited an anthology of Groucho’s newspaper and magazine articles nearly 25 years ago called Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales, has now earned the right to the

pantheon of being an official Marx Brothers expert with this book. With plenty of meticulous research, he has chronicled the 40-year period between 1905 and 1945 when the Marx Brothers polished their comedy act and developed their respective, unique personas on the vaudeville and Broadway stages, and during the latter part of their careers, returned to the stage to preview select scenes from several of their later motion pictures, including “A Night at the Opera”, “A Day at the Races” and “Go West”.

Being an avid Marx Brothers fan in particular – and a show business history buff in general – what I particularly enjoyed about the book is how Bader used his penchant for thorough research to re-examine the many stories of the brothers’ vaudeville and Broadway years that have attained legendary status amongst the multitude of their fans past and present. Utilizing many of the books that have been published since

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As well, the reader gets treated to some unknown stories about their years trodding the boards from one small town to another, such as how Groucho was the only brother who has show business aspirations, and the rest of his brothers joined him onstage rather reluctantly (and mainly to the prodding encouragement of their mother Minnie, especially with the case of younger brother Zeppo, in which Minnie got him to join the act in 1918 as a way of getting him away from the street gangs that he was hanging out with); and because the brothers toured on smaller, renegade vaudeville circuits, they were blacklisted several times from performing at some of the best theatres in the more prestigious Keith and Orpheum circuits.

And Bader paints a portrait of the show business world – particularly the vaudeville world – that deftly sets the background of how the Marx Brothers developed their act on so many stages across North America, whether it be the widespread, yet abusive powers of the United Booking Office agency that determined which vaudeville acts performed

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By Marco Giovanetti Port centuries, thanks to the relationship between the mtltimes.ca Portuguese and the EngPortugal has been mak- lish, who signed the Treaty ing wine for , even going of Windsor in 1386. back as far as the PhoeniPortugal has both white cians who introduced the and red varieties that are vine to Portugal in the 7th made into interesting century. Portuguese wine wines. The whites can be traditions are still quite light and floral, and are evident in its winemaking. made with Alvarinho, EnIn some areas grapes are cruzado and other varistill pressed by stomping eties. The reds tend to be on them in bare feet in more full-bodied.The preLagares. However in re- mier red variety in Portucent years, a lot of pro- gal is Touriga Nacional. ducers are making wines Baga, another indigenous in a more modern style, variety, makes some of the trying to appeal to inter- most heavily tannic still

wines in the world, rivaling Italy’s Amarone, according to Weiss.

International varieties are also grown in Portugal and some producers are experimenting with blends of both.

Most Portuguese wines are sold in the SAQ and LCBO from somewhere between $10 and $140 dollars.These latter wines are more expensive and some are of them are worth the money, but you can get a great bottle of

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Portugal has a number of wine regions but some of the most famous are the Douro Valley, the Minho, the Dão, Beiras, Bairrada, Ribatejo and the Alentejo. The wines from the Minho are just on the border with Spain and share a lot in common with their Spanish counterpart.

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