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The Montreal Light-Rail project slated to cost $6.3 billion will be breaking ground this April, announced the Caisse de dépôt et Placement Thursday morning.They say the train system will be in operation by summer 2021. Montreal companies will be building 65% of the projects infrastructure and trains.

Cars banned from crossing over Mont Royal

you can't go under or over it, you have to go around it. Montreal City Hall announced a pilot project that will see Camillien Houde Way on Mont-Royal closed to cars for the spring and summer of 2018. Drivers coming from the east or west will still be able to access the mountain from Remembrance Road and Camillien-Houde and park at Beaver Lake and Smith House - but the convenient shortcut from one side to the other will be closed. The announcement follows the death an eighteen-year-old cyclist last October, when a driver who was pulling out of the parking lot of the Lookout, made an illegal left turn and ran right into him. Luc Ferrandez, the city’s executive-committee member responsible for large parks and green spaces said, 'Mount Royal will become greener and

safer, with fewer cars and less parking' and 'the city is interested in using part of the former Royal Victoria Hospital site for a visitor center and parking, reducing the number of parking spots on the

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mountain itself'. Mayor Valerie Plante said in a CTV report that 'the closure would be the first of many steps that will be taken to reduce car traffic in Montreal'. "It was important for us to send a strong signal that yes, we want to min-

imize, we want to reduce, all the traffic on the mountain. In the coming weeks and months we'll be proposing other measures," she said. "I think this is good news to protect Mount Royal and to protect lives because we see that it's not easy for pedestrians and cyclists and as well car drivers. So we had to find a solution and I'm really glad that this morning we made one." Changes will be made to the STM Bus 11, which transports passengers from Christophe Colomb Avenue and Rachel to Queen Mary and Gatineau. Please leave your comments at the bottom of the article on our website. Please clcik the link below: http://mtltimes.ca/Montreal/news/cars-bannedfrom-crossing-over-montroyal/

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How did the chicken cross the 'breed' road? T Saturday, February 10, 2018

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he familiar joke, 'Why did the chicken cross the road?' and the answer 'To get to the other side' - first appeared in an 1847 edition of The Knickerbocker, a New York City monthly magazine. Since then, the joke has been altered in many creative ways, with many a creative answer - but about four years ago a study came out, which did

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weighed an average of 905 grams and by 1978 the average was 1,808 grams. not receive much laughter Today, chickens weigh in and had many people at an unprecedented 4,202 grams. The study scratching their heads. The question arose, compared the growth of 'How did the chicken three different types of grow so big?' and the an- chickens to understand swer was somewhat dis- how the process of selecconcerting to some. The tive breeding worked. They found 'massive chicken we know today is genetic differences as a not the same chicken our grandparents or great- result of selective breedgrandparents knew. In ing by raising chicken fact, today's chickens are breeds from different eras at least 400% bigger than under exact same conditions'. The study conthey were in the 1950's. The reason is not cluded that the chickens growth hormones, as all who were of the same many might presume, but age and fed the same type rather 'selective breeding'. and amount of food, According to a 2014 showed a remarkable difstudy by University of Al- ference. The 2005 breed berta (published in the had grown on average, Journal of Poultry Sci- over four times as heavy ence), in 1957 chickens as the 1957 breed. According to 'Modern

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Farmer', a quarterly American magazine devoted to agriculture and food, it all started in 1948 when the US supermarket chain known as A&P (in conjunction with the USDA), held a contest they called the 'Chicken of Tomorrow - inviting poultry farmers from all over the nation to develop 'superior meat-type chickens'. The chickens with the most white meat, as well as bigger drumsticks, plumper thighs and that grew the fastest' - would be crowned the winners. The crossbreed of the two winners, resulted in what is known as the 'Arbor Acres' breed, the 'grandparents' of most of the commercial chicken eaten worldwide today. To pluck at a few more

whole life until they are tossed unceremoniously like feed bags towards their deaths. Animal advocates have been crying out about this for years and have helped to bring attention to this issue. It has resulted in greater public awareness and some improvements, but the practice continues with no real end in sight. What is has led to, is a growth in organic and free-range poultry farming, where even though the costs are significantly more to both producer and consumer, it is a more responsible and respectful development to the farming of living creatures. Were you aware of how selective breeding feathers, consumption of from 16 weeks in 1925 to has genetically effected chicken has grown expo- less than 7 weeks since chickens? Do you or nentially over the years. the 1990's. We now eat more than But there is a big price would you consider eatthree times as much since being paid. To do so, most ing poultry from more the '50s. To keep up and commercial 'broiler chick- 'responsible' or organic feed into the demand, ens' are raised to reach farms? Or are you a vegan chickens are bred more their slaughter weight as cost-efficiently by short- fast as possible. They are and already abstain from ening the production confined to sheds, consuming any animal cycle and cutting costs. crowded wall to wall products? Please leave your comAccording to data from where they can barely the National Chicken move around and are ments at the bottom of Council in Washington, overfed - to the point the article on our website. not only does it take less where they often collapse Please clcik the link than half the feed to get under their own weight. the same amount of meat, Add in the antibiotics below: but it now takes less than used by most commercial http://mtltimes .ca/Monhalf the time for a newly- farmers to enhance t r e a l / s o c i a l hatched chicken to be growth - and these crea- life/health/chicken-cross-bre ready for the market - tures suffer greatly their ed-road/

11 Critical home inspection traps to be aware of weeks before listing your home for sale

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or the 8th annual Black History Month School Tour produced by Overture with the Arts (OWTA), the West Island-based non-profit organization founded and run by Kirkland resident,Akilah Newton, it is presenting Triple A, a brand new multi-disciplinary presentation highlighting the lives of select Black artists, ath-

letes, and activists. Between February 5th and March 2, 2018, Ms. Newton’s twin brother, Omari Newton, an accomplished playwright, stage and screen actor, comedian, and slam poet, will make 30 to 40 Triple A presentations in 25 to 30 schools in Quebec (Feb. 5 to 20), Alberta (Feb. 21 to 23) and British Columbia (Feb. 26 to Mar. 2). See more:

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Renaissance reinvents Montreal’s donations to fulfill a triple bottom line

t’s time to start prepping your spring cleaning for a good cause. Many Montrealers know of Renaissance as a great place to find awesome treasures. Like other used stores, Renaissance takes gently used donations to be sold to the public at a small price. But Renaissance takes community support one step further. Renaissance’s triple bottom line sets this nonprofit organization apart from your typical Montreal frippery. Founder, Pierre Legault built Renaissance with social integration, our ecological footprint and low costs in mind. “We are trying to contribute at different levels, not just economically,” Legault says. Renaissance generates jobs and training. “We are helping people on the social dimension,” Legault explains. Renaissance runs a program designed for low-income Montrealer’s and new immigrants with the goal of helping these individuals gain the experience and tools necessary to find and retain jobs. “We help people regain their strength and ca-

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pacity to work, so in 6 months they can find a job and keep it,” says Legault. Renaissance helps people “regain their self-esteem, and start to be able to live.” Renaissance reuses your donations. “In the environmental and ecological dimensions, we are using the [donated] goods so that they don’t end up in landfills,” Legault explains. Montrealers can donate at any of Renaissance’s 33 collection points, or in store. It’s a “Renaisssance in the chain of consumption.” It’s the literal rebirth of donated items as they become treasures with new homes. “Economically speaking, we provide goods at a minimal price,” says Legault. “Everybody’s winning.” All types of people shop at Renaissance. Even the low prices are enough to drive Renaissance’s main goal: training employees to become active members of Montreal’s workforce. During his time with Montreal Harvest, a nonprofit food bank, Legault came across many individuals who had been out of work for an extended

will be allocated to the borough who donates the most per 1000 residents, most donations overall, or most improved from previous years. Not sure what to donate? Just think of things you might buy yourself. “Give us what you would give a friend, something that still has some life in it.” All of the fun of fripperies is the unique items you might uncover. “I think I have the best job in the world,” Legault beams. “We help people and the community has really adopted us.” Renaissance does all it can for the community because of its residents. “We would like to thank the population for their generosity,” Legault expresses. “We are very grateful for the way we are supported.” Without donations, Renaissance couldn’t exist.

Not sure what to donate? Just think of things you might buy yourself. “Give us what you would give a friend, something that still has some life in it.” time. He found people ble job gives each of a runs until May 21st. All of who wanted to work, but sense of purpose.Through Montreal’s boroughs are were stuck without expe- work we gain confidence, invited to donate used rience. Through the Ren- set and reach goals, and goods, and take time to aissance training program, socialize. But to find a sta- shop at one of Renaisparticipants work for min- ble job, employees need sance’s locations. Prizes imum wage, all while tack- stable experience and General information / Head Office ling gradually increasing training. Renaissance exchallenges. tends this opportunity to 7250 Saint-Laurent Boulevard “There is a strong entre- everyone. Montreal, Quebec H2R 2X9 preneurial spirit to the Renaissance holds reguTelephone: 514-276-3626 organization,” says lar donation campaigns in information@renaissancequebec.ca Legault. “We are very the form of “friendly comstrong on autonomy… petitions” between borhttp://www.renaissancequebec.ca/en and also self-respect.” A oughs. The next campaign Opening hours: full-time work and a sta- begins on April 24th and Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Who really wants driverless cars?

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attended a recent talk where a prominent local politician extolled the benefits of driverless cars. Apparently all major car manufacturers are racing to be among the first with this new technology. I kept wondering, what is the point?

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What do we need “smart” cars for? The main trouble with “smart” appliances is that they are so complicated, it is impossible to fix them when something goes wrong. Recently a friend was describing how her dryer is a “smart” appliances and supposed to sense how much moisture is left in her laundry, but never gets this right. Similarly, when driving with a friend once, his GPS insisted that we drive North get to a town that

was in fact East of us. We had to turn off the GPS and rely on a road map to get to our destination. Who on Earth wants this same “smart” technology whisking us along at 100kmh or faster?? Riding a bicycle, I was nearly run off the road once by a driver relying on his GPS. A bad road surface forced me closer to the centre of the road and his GPS was programmed to stay right of the centre line, no matter what. It took some loud yelling on my part to get the driver to alter course.The centre

line, by the way, is only there as a general recommendation and can be crossed in many circumstances. Perhaps Google is doing tests with driverless cars in California, but Montreal does not get the same weather as San Francisco. We get snow, sleet, slush, and freezing rain in great quantities here. Will the driverless car sensors work in Montreal weather? I have seen tire ads with the slogan: “you have a lot riding on your tires.” It seems we will be having

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open arms is terrorist organizations. You have to take pity on ISIS; some days it must be difficult to recruit drivers for suicide bombing runs! With driverless cars, there are no more worries. The bombs can be packed inside and the car simply programmed to go to the nearest U.S. Army barracks or to 24 Sussex Drive or wherever. A cell phone call detonator or a timer would do the rest... My concerns are similar about the proposed driverless REM trains: what would happen if there were a vehicle malfunction or a health emergency aboard? When moving thousands of people, things need to be planned to make provisions for emergencies instead of relying on wishful thinking! As the old adage goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Let's apply this wisdom to keep people in control of cars and trucks. Please leave your comments at the bottom of the article on our website. Please clcik the link below: http://mtltimes.ca/Montreal/social-life/opinion/really-wants-driverless-cars/

much more riding on our driverless car software. Can we really trust it? Software, by the way, is perhaps the consumer product where it is easiest to hide manufacturers' defects. Consumers, if they survive the road incident, can always telephone the product support number, but will probably somehow be told the situation was their fault. And it is impossible to test the software for all possible scenarios. Can somebody please explain what is wrong with actual people driving cars? That is what we've been doing since gasoline cars were invented in 1886 and so far, it has worked fairly well. Despite all kinds of bad driving behaviour being fairly rampant, serious accidents are on a pronounced downward trend. Seat-belts, airbags, better overall vehicle design, better legislation, better awareness and better enforcement have all contributed to the improvements. According to security watchdogs, one segment that welcomes the advent of driverless cars with

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Benedict Labre House - Helping the homeless, one bite at a time

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f your neck feels tense or painful, your neck muscles may be locked up in a spasm. A neck muscle spasm occurs when the cervical muscles are over stimulated. Essentially, they won't turn off. A spasm can occur when a muscle is held in the same position for a long time. Or a muscle can be made to do repetitive movements. So, it is being trained to work extra hard at one activity. The neck may be affected by the shoulder and upper back muscles, so it is best to treat all of the upper-body muscles if you want to take strain off the neck. Natural treatment secrets based in osteopathy There are natural remedies that most doctors and health practitioners don't practice. But they can help you get instant relief, stop the muscle from its spasm, and prevent your neck from future spasms. They originate in osteopathic medicine schools. The Benedict Labre House in Griffintown However, the training in these n a run-down section full. you can spend the day. techniques is minimal, and the of Griffintown we find Food is a way to draw There are outreach workthe Benedict Labre people to the Benedict ers who meet the people House, a day-center Labre House, but it is far where they are and acfor the homeless and the from being the only serv- company them to their poor located in this area ice provided. One can get appointments. Once one since 1952. The House, a clean clothes, shower, is ready to get off the three-story building, is a relax, make phone calls streets, he or she needs home in itself. When one and talk to one of the in- help to get back on his walks through the front tervention workers. One feet: find an apartment door, he is greeted by de- can look for apartments with a welfare check, for licious scents of the daily and fill forms for social instance, get his identity home cooked meal being housing, participate in the cards, get some furniture. prepared. This organiza- computer class, or reinte- The Benedict Labre tion offers three meals a grate the workforce by House helps its guests day, Tuesday through participating in the em- with dishes and sheets Thursday; two meals on ployment program. There and government papers. Monday and Everything that large “supper is handed to its sized” lunches guests comes on both Saturfrom the comday and Sunday. munity. Their famous At the end of pancakes and any given day, French toast are Labre House served on Tueshas fed and shelday and Thurstered about one day mornings respectively. are currently nine individ- hundred men and women The cook does marvel uals on this program. of Montreal. That’s one There are few places to hundred people with a with the food received from Moisson Montréal, spend the day when you roof over their head for the food bank that pro- are homeless in Montreal. the day. “That’s the least vides food to community Once the missions close we can do.” organizations in the city. in the morning, individuals For more information The House is also blessed end up going to one of about The Benedict Labre with hundreds of volun- the day centers to grab a House visit their website teers who come in with bite and spend a part of www.benedictlabre.org or food and cook meals for the day, or end up in a call 514-937-5973 and our guests and with many commercial center or on speak to one of their helpful generous donators who the streets.There are also staff. help by giving fruits and many individuals who will To give a donation please vegetables, as well as not sleep in missions; contact the: meat. In the summer, the therefore these people Benedict Labre House backyard is regularly filled who sleep in squats, alley514-937-5973 with people enjoying or- ways or walk all night will www.benedictlabre.org ganized barbecues. Labre rush into one of the day 308 Young street House staff often says that centers as soon as the Montreal food is a wonderful tool doors open to be away Quebec to reach out: one can bet- from the elements. There H3C 2G2 ter think about his future are places where you can and changes to make in only eat, then you have to Comment on this article at: his life with his stomach leave, and others where www.mtltimes.ca

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application is becoming a lost art. Who is practicing these simple, natural techniques in the wellness and medical professions? (Answer: Hardly anyone!) * Positional Release- With the following positional release techniques, you will deactivate the muscle in spasm. It can be done with one of two ways: Muscle Shortening- Identify the muscle which is in spasm. Then find its end points, where the muscle attaches to the bone.You will want to put the muscle on slack by bringing the two ends closer to each other. With your fingertips, press the muscle in toward itself from the ends.This signals the neuromuscular system to turn off the muscle. This is a tricky skill with neck muscles because it is more difficult to find the ends of the muscles. Repositioning- Another way to put the muscle on slack and send those deactivation signals is by gently moving other structures around the locked-up muscle. If you have a nasty 'crick in the neck', for example, one end of the af-

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LaSalle Drive-In

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aSalle Drive In (LDI) is a fixture along the riverfront in LaSalle. It is popular with middle class families looking for value when they want to order subs, pizza, hot

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dogs, and pasta (and a view thrown in for free). LDI is also a business that can boast keeping some employees for two decades or more and that gives generously to local charities. The restaurant could also be seen as an immigrant’s success story. We met up with coowner Johnny Tzouvelakos on the terrace on a recent Saturday afternoon. The choice of the terrace was an easy one; apart from the beautiful

insisted on having the same thing. “Now we serve a lot of these every day,” said Tzouvelakos. From the comings and goings in the parking lot, it was evident that LDI also does a thriving take-out business. The area served includes LaSalle, part of Lachine (west to 32nd Ave.),Verdun, and Ville Emard.The former Ville St. Pierre (now part of Lachine) is also covered. Tzouve-

are on the door, the more expensive a restaurant is. But at LDI, a sign is taped to the cash register saying, “cash only, please.” There is an ATM machine in the back if you run short on cash. The customers walking into LDI tend to come from the same geographic area that deliveries are made to. “But we also get American tourists from the rafting place (Excursions Rapi-

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lakos explains that delivery is free on orders of $5 or more. Prices marked on the menu are modest and as Tzouvelakos puts it. “For $5 to $15, you can eat well here.” And the general rule is that the more credit card signs

des de Lachine) just upriver and we get cyclists stopping from the bike path.” And it doesn’t hurt business that the LaSalle police station is across the street. The West End Times spoke to four young men drove in with surfboards on top of their car. They explained that they were surfing on the

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rapids about one kilometre downstream. “This is the only place that I’ve ever worked,” revealed Tzouvelakos, who started at his father’s restaurant at age 13 (standing on a bench to reach things down from high shelves). “I started studying political science at Bishop’s University, but my father fell ill and I came back to run the restaurant.” His father, who at 85 still comes by the restaurant sometimes, arrived in Montreal from Greece in 1959 to begin working as a dishwasher. By 1967, he opened LDI and the business he founded today supports 35 families. Tzouvelakos spoke very highly of his business partner and brother-in-law, George Tsimiklis. Tsimiklis’ kids now work at LDI, repre-

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weather and vistas looking across to the south shore of the St. Lawrence, the tables were all taken inside. “When my father, Peter, and Uncle Nick founded LDI in 1967, there was no indoor seating at all,” explained Tzouvelakos who was three years old then. “People would order inside a little shack and then carry the food away, often to eat it in their cars. Now our seating capacity is 45 inside with 40 on the terrace. A lot has changed… Back then, LaSalle Blvd served as the TransCanada Highway until Highway 20 was built.” Today some 60 items are feature on the menu and there is also a full dairy bar. “Yes our cuisine is Italian, Greek, and Canadian,” joked Tzouvelakos. “The only thing missing here is Chinese food!” The specialty of the house is “Peter’s Special,” a sort of pizza roll with pepperoni, mozzarella cheese and mustard that you probably can’t find anywhere else. Tzouvelakos’ father invented the roll one evening in 1972 and was eating it when some police officers came in. They spied the roll and

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senting the third generation of the family to be there. In high class restaurants you often pay for the view, but the owners of LDI include an exquisite river view for free. You can see across the river to La Prairie. From the terrace, I watched three boatloads of rafters paddling down the river to catch the Lachine Rapids. There were ducks and motorboats, too. Tzouvelakos plans to open a second floor of the restaurant in 2011with seating for 40 inside, promising an even better view of the river. “You wouldn’t believe how the ice flows look coming down the river on moonlit nights!” he exclaimed. LDI gives back to its community, raising $5,700 for the LaSalle Hospital Foundation on September 11. “Everything from the cash register that day went to the foundation,” said Tzouvelakos. “We support other charities; too. I don’t have a wall big enough to put up all of the plaques from all these groups.”

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Drake and Montreal star-chef Antonio Park open Pick 6IX Toronto restaurant

rake and Montreal star-chef Antonio Park open Pick 6IX – Multi-Grammy award winner Drake hosted two intimate events at his first-ever restaurant to open in his hometown as a sneak

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CKGM Radio personality Ralph "The Birdman" Lockwood had a lot to do with bringing in the crowd to the chicken & ribs eatery downtown. People who listened to his show in the 1970's will recall Lockwood saying on air, "Come join me at the BarB-Barn." This was when he wasn't asking his trademark question, "How's your bird?" "He was there every day," McQueen says. The barn-style restaurant was also a favorite of Top 40 Radio DJ Marc "Mais Oui" Denis the bilingual voice of Montreal's airwaves for decades.The `"Bar-B" as it was affectionately known by many Montrealers was

going like the Energizer Bunny." Political heavyweights Brian Mulroney and René Lévesque were regular customers too. Lévesque lived just up the street and would come by to get his "fix" of chicken and ribs around 11:30 am. "Every Saturday morning he would walk here - no security. He had a great character. He was funny. He had a political character which was rough but generally, he was nice." Lévesque had one bad habit that is barely tolerated today - he smoked. In those days you could smoke in bars and restaurants. "He smoked like a chimney," McQueen says with a wry smile.

had the white limousine and lots of gold bling and an entourage," McQueen says. Then there was David Joyner - not exactly a household name - but known and adored by millions of children as Barney the Dinosaur. "He would sign autographs both in and out of costume," McQueen says laughing.

Bar-B crew. Manny & Dalton Barnoff, Bob Gainey, and Tom McQueen became fishing buddies and would go on fishing trips up north. "He was a very, very classy man," McQueen says of "Le Capitaine" of the Montreal Canadiens. Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos would also become a personal friend. A framed autographed glossy photo of him hangs on the walls of the rustic establishment along with countless others, a testament to the landmark eatery's reputation far and wide for friendly service and mouthwatering chicken and rib combos. "Bell Canada and CN were big clients in the 80's," McQueen says. By this time a second Bar-BBarn was open for business on Sources Blvd. in DDO. Both barbeque restaurants are still going strong. Three times per year the hands-on McQueen makes personal deliveries of vacuumpacked meats all the way to the Northwest Territo-

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Manny Barnoff was a class act himself sending racks of ribs to prisons. In the early years Barnoff had a ventilation company which took him down south where he developed a taste for ribs. He started to experiment with different recipes in his mother's kitchen bePhoto:Val Provost fore he opened the Bar-BThe "best ever" figure to Barn. One day he said to cross the Bar-B-Barn's McQueen, "I think I've got threshold was Brian Mul- it." He didn't have a roney. He would send the kitchen at the restaurant RCMP hours before to yet so he cooked at his stake out the place. Then mother's place transportBrian and Mila would ing the ribs and chicken in come in with their own his LTD Station wagon security and they would downtown. "He worked have dinner. Mulroney still hard for his success," Mccame after he was no Queen says. It would belonger Prime Minister al- come a great business. though Lévesque didn't "The city was buzzing," come by much once he McQueen explains. Busimoved to Nun's Island. ness was so good that Other notables graced one day Manny got out of the premises like the his car in the middle of a boxer Sugar Ray Leonard snowstorm and started in the early 80's. Sugar Ray handing out combos. was a class act. "Oh my Hockey legend Bob god, he was so classy. He Gainey was a friend of the

ries travelling by Air Inuit with his own security. Now that is service. He wouldn't have it any other way. McQueen isn't the only loyal member of the Bar-B-Barn family. "My barmaid just retired. She was 76 when she retired," McQueen says with evident pride. "I wouldn't change anything," he says. He hears all the time from young people, families who have moved away about how much they miss the Bar-BBarn. As soon as they come back to Montreal they'll say, "I haven't been here for a while, but the first thing I've got to do is come to the Bar-B-Barn." McQueen attributes the Bar-B's enduring brand and loyal clientele to the recipes which have stayed the same from "Day 1" along with the decor. His motto: keep smiling. "I still think I have a good 20 more years in me," he says.

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asked “why would anyone collect coins?”. Well here are some of my reasons…perhaps you have yours… History. There are very few activities where you can actually hold history in your hands. How many authentic objects from the Roman Empire, the knights of medieval Europe or early America By Michael Joffre have you seen? How about OWNING them? mtltimes.ca he other day, When you hold a 2,000 someone came year old coin, you get a in our office with special feeling of being a group of coins, connected with the past. and during my conversa- This in turn will motivate tion with them they you to learn more about history, and how it re-

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lates to your coins. The Hunt. For collectors, there is nothing more exciting than trying to find that elusive item they are missing. Some coins are so rare, that a lifetime of searching, and an unlimited budget will not produce results…so finding a rare item to add to your collection can be a special event. Clubs. Collecting for some is a private thing, but it does not need to be. By getting together with fellow collectors, you can share stories, learn from each other, help each other find missing items, and most importantly make new friends. I have found that coin collectors in general, are some of the nicest people, and this is why I have joined so many clubs. In Montreal, there is the Lakeshore Coins Club (in PointeClaire), and the Montreal Numismatic Society (downtown). Outside of Montreal, there is a big club in Boucherville, and another in Quebec City. Of course we have a national club, the Royal Canadian Numismatic Society, and the largest club in the world is the American Numismatic Association. I am president of both Montreal

clubs, and a member of all of the others mentioned, and will be happy to provide information about them to anyone who wishes to contact me. Travel. There are coin conventions and exhibits across Canada, the USA, and around the world. Planning a vacation around them can be fun, as it is an excuse to visit places you have not been. Also, many major cities actually have either coin, or major museums with major collections on display. Financial. Many coins are made of precious metals, like gold, silver, and platinum, which over time (as per my previous article on gold), have shown to be an excellent preserver of wealth from inflation. Furthermore, a basket of rare, quality condition coins, would have likely given you a return much superior to the stock market over the last 5, 10, 20, or 50 years, if purchased at a proper market price. Learning. Coin collecting seems like a simple past-time, but as the old saying goes…the more you know, the more you know that you do not know. This is why learning is so important

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in our hobby. When I started out collecting as a kid, I had no books, and went to the library to look at an old reference or two. Today, I have thousands (yes thousands!) of reference books, catalogs, research papers, etc, relating to coins…and I am just scratching the surface. Not only can coin collectors learn about history, but also geography, economics, metallurgy, art, religion, politics, etc, etc. Young children have the added benefit of learning math skills as well. Unfortunately, there is not enough space here for me to continue with a myriad of other rea-

sons to collect,…but to sum it up in one big reason…because coin collecting is FUN.

Michael Joffre is owner of Carsley Whetstone & Company Inc. a firm that buys and sells rare coins and related collectables. He is always interested in buying older coin collections. CWC also carries a full line of books and collecting supplies, available in stock in their retail store. Michael can be reached at 514-2899761, or at sales@carsleys.com. For more information please visit: www.carsleys.com

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stirring occasionally. When the vegetables start to turn colour and the tips have a brown tinge, they are ready. Pour the vegetables into a pot along with the stock. Simmer for 30 minutes. Using a blender, blend the soup in batches and pass through a sieve. Reheat the soup, adjust the seasoning and serve in bowls or decorative mini cups. Thank you Beaconsfield Ladies – you were a great audience! Comment on this article at: www.mtltimes.ca

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Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff

n the back of the dust jacket of Michael Wolff’s blockbuster bestseller Fire and Fury, there is a photo of President Donald Trump sitting at his desk in the Oval Office, while he is talking on the phone. During this phone conversation, Trump is surrounded by his close circle of advisors

or firing, the other four former members of Trump’s White House staff are indicative of the volatile nature of what is going on within the halls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue these days, and the non-stop revolving door that is now an ubiquitous part of the Trump White House. This is the unpredictable world of executive power that is prevalent through the narrative of Wolff’s book, which thanks to a lot of searing advance publicity, not only compelled the publisher to push up the publication date by four days, but immediately shot up to the #1 position on the New York Times bestseller list (and presently remains at By Stuart Nulman that top spot). After reading this mtltimes.ca scorcher of a behind-thethat were part of the scenes account, one thing Trump White House duris clear to me: Fire and ing this first crucial year of Fury may not exactly crethis controversial adminisate the same powerful tration: Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice Pres- after effect to Donald ident Mike Pence, Chief Trump that Carl Bernstein Strategist Steve Bannon, and Bob Woodward’s journalistic Press Secretary Sean one-two Spicer, and National Secu- punch All the President’s rity Advisor Michael Flynn. Men and The Final Days Since the book was pub- had on Richard Nixon as lished last month, only a result of Watergate … two people in that Oval but it comes pretty darn Office photo are still on close! And when you finish the job: Trump and Pence. Either through resignation reading this book, one thing is frighteningly clear:

this is a White House in a harrowing state of disarray – or to put it bluntly – a mess! Wolff, an award-winning journalist for such publications as Vanity Fair, New York, USA Today and The Hollywood Reporter, somehow managed to get himself unlimited access to the West Wing (where he basically planted himself on a couch there and acted like a perennial fly on the wall), and conducted more than 200 interviews with a number of senior staffers and the president himself. The end result of his indefatigable interviewing and research is a narrative that will have small “l” liberals and rabid anti-Trump people wringing their hands with delight. First of all, the main reason for this state of disarray in the Trump White House is the result of a three-way power struggle between the following factions with the sole purpose of currying and winning the president’s undivided attention for their respective agendas: former chief strategist Steve Bannon, who wanted to get Trump’s ear (and pull the executive strings) so he can run the White House with his governing concept of “Trumpism-Bannonism”;

Reince Priebus and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who wanted to reach out to Trump with a more traditional Washington-style legislative agenda; and the duo of daughter Ivanka and sonin-law Jared Kushner (aka “Jarvanka”), who firmly believed that the president would rather listen to the counsel of family members than someone outside the Trump lineage who possessed more government or political experience (which proved, unfortunately, to be the winning formula … case in point, they approved Trump’s appointment of Anthony Scaramucci – who is portrayed as a questionable businessman and a rank opportunist – to the position of White House Communications Director, and held that post until he was fired 11 days later). …And look at the commander-in-chief they tried to win their approval from: a person who has a short attention span, who didn’t listen to his close circle of advisors (who in turn, didn’t ever have a clear definition of their roles in the White House to begin with), who rarely read his briefing books, had no patience for high level meetings and left them early, was always fishing for compliments that would boost his growing ego (one glaring example is when he hosted MSNBC morning show co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzzezinski at the White House after his first week in office, and kept asking them “so how do you think the first week has gone?”), and spent his evenings in his bedroom watching TV, writing tweets and conducting a constant series of phone calls with friends in order to get more self-serving compliments. And as Wolff plainly states in many of the vivid descriptions of Trump’s questionable character as president: “Trump was impetuous and yet did not like to make decisions, at least not ones that seemed to corner him into having to analyze a problem.” I can readily understand that this book, the first to give a rather unflattering look at what is going on behind the scenes at the young Trump administration, will – and certainly has – gone through a whole lot of vetting regarding facts, factual errors and inconsistencies, insider denials and the character of Michael Wolff himself. But the narrative – which at times can be a little repetitive – has to be read carefully in order to savour and appreciate the task he set out to do, which was to give the

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public an unflinching portrait of the topsy-turvy world of the most accidental president in U.S. history. And after the pre-publication controversies and blaring headlines, the string of books that are being released throughout this year dealing with the 2016 election and the Trump White House (including one by James Comey, the former FBI Director who was unceremoniously fired by Trump last year), the growing Russia probe, and the continuing examples of Trump’s unpredictability (which included labeling Democratic members of Congress as “treasonous”, because they did not applaud during his first State of the Union speech, and his demand to have a military parade staged based on what he saw during a Bastille Day parade last year during a state visit to

Paris), people should realize the importance of Fire and Fury as being the first book to open their eyes to what really goes on in the Trump White House. Hopefully, they will come to these two conclusions as a result: this is not how a person should conduct themselves as President of the United States; and this is certainly not the way to govern a country that was built on democracy and freedom.

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