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his year Quebec's sex education courses have become mandatory for students across the province in both public and private schools. The curriculum, of which the Ministry of Education began working on several years ago, was designed to be age appropriate and also taught within other subjects - and apparently

approved by several experts, with 86% of parents surveyed being satisfied with the content. But a Catholic Priest and a Cardiologist want parents to consider taking their children, especially the younger ones, out of the classes - urging them to evaluate the program and to use their Sex-Ed manual instead.

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dreau and Dr. Raouf Ayas feel the Ministry of Education approved courses are inappropriate and went ahead and wrote their own sexual education handbook for parents.

They have stated that 'there are certain topics in the program that go against Christian values' and that the province's program 'never discusses the soul, conjugal rela-

tions, marriage, abstinence, chastity or fidelity'.

The manual is called 'Réflexions pour susciter le dialogue parents/enfants sur le programme Éducation à la sexualité du Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec de la maternelle à la 3e année du primaire - available on Amazon.ca for $9.64. According to a statement from the Archdiocese of

Montreal, they are not involved in the initiative or the publication of the manual.

Quebec education minister Jean-François Roberge stated in a tweet on January 10th that sexual education is an 'essential education topic' and 'parents shouldn't expect to easily pull their children out of the classes'.

He added that there are

exemptions offered, but only for specific reasons such as students who have experienced significant trauma. The information students will receive in the curriculum will be based on their age and deal with sexuality, anatomy, body image, sexual assault, love, sexual relations, stereotypes, gender equality and sexually transmitted diseases.

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to 8:00 pm, 7 days per week • As of January 28, 2019: Address: Mednam Superclinic and Family Medicine Group 2000 Notre-Dame St., 3rd Floor, Lachine, QC, H8S 2G4 Telephone: 514-780-1873 Opening Hours: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, 7 days per week Regarding t he CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal: The CIUSSS de l’Ouest-

de-l’Île-de-Montréal comprises the former West Island Health and Social Services Centre, DorvalLachine-LaSalle Health and Social Services Centre, St., Mary’s Hospital Center, the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, the West Island Rehabilitation Centre, the Grace Dart Extended Care Centre, Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, and Ste. Anne’s Hospital.

Two new West Island medical clinics to assist in spike of cold & flu season

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wo new West Island medical clinics - Due to the current spike in the cold and flu season in among the population served by Montréal West Island IUHSSC, winter clinics will be made available in the coming weeks.

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into the future. “’Through the Echoes’ is the first show that has been created for PY1.The audience will embark upon a whole new way of telling a story, as well as stimulate the senses in what will be an emotional journey for them,” said Jean Guibert, who is PY1’s Creative Director.

“This is more of an experience in storytelling rather than a scientific story. It’s a poetic story that tells the story of the world from its origins to today,” he added. “And it’s a more active experience for the audience. By watching the show standing up instead of sitting down, it will give them the freedom to move anywhere within the interior

By Stuart Nulman of the pyramid, establish a mtltimes.ca physical relationship to outer space, and even give Soleil. them the opportunity to Called “PY1”, it will run create their own story at its Old Port base from about the formation of June 1 until the end of the world and humanity.”

September and be housed Construction of the PY1 in a pyramid-shaped pyramid site at the Old structure that can hold up Port is expected to begin to 600 spectators. The in mid-February. After its show is called “Through Montreal run ends in Septhe Echoes”, a 60-minute tember, PY1 will embark immersive multimedia en- upon a North American tertainment experience. tour, which begins with a Through laser displays, run in Miami, Florida.Tick360-degree projections, ets are now available for a kinetic videos and scener- limited-time price of ies, special effects and $29.75 (plus fees and lighting, the show will take taxes), and can be purthe audience for a journey chased at www.PY1.com . through space and time *** that will not only explore If there is one label that the origins of the uni- you can attach to career verse, but also give them criminal Christian Gera chance to create their hartsreiter, who is curown interactive journey rently serving a near-life

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sentence at a state penitentiary in California, it’s that of the “great imposter”.

Gerhartsreiter somehow managed to get away assuming two separate identities: Christopher Chichester and Clark Rockefeller, until he was sought after – and later arrested – by the police for kidnapping his daughter and being a person of interest behind the mysterious disappearance of two people. Torquil Campbell, a sometime actor whose claim to fame is being the front man for the Canadian indie rock band Stars, had an obsession with Gerhartsreiter, who was a living riddle and was fascinated by his case after watching an item about him on an episode of the hit NBC reality series “Unsolved Mysteries”, and decided to pursue this great imposter on the chance that he could get a face-to-face meeting with him.

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Campbell, who comes from acting roots thanks to his late father, the distinguished Canadian actor Douglas Campbell (whom I remember as the star of the CBC TV series “The Great Detective” exactly 40 years ago), gives a rather energetic, enigmatic performance, as he treats the audience to a tour de force story about this great imposter (and does a great job when he effortlessly switches from portraying himself to Gerhartsreiter’s alter egos), and the trail of frauds and cons that he leaves in his wake.

The play is also the story of Campbell’s obsession with Gerhartsreiter/Chichester/Rockefell

er, and how the common bonds that he believes he shared with this career con man (such as a near physical resemble, and their fondness for the crime novels of Patricia Highsmith) comes close to becoming quite destructive to his own life and well-being. Yet how Campbell manages through his frenetic performance to keep the audience spellbound about the rather puzzling story of Gerhartsreiter/Chichester/Rockefeller for a full 90 minutes, and keep them thinking about why he was so obsessed with a con man to such an extreme point, is one of the intriguing things about “True Crime”. It’s a twisted case that will keep you guessing about what makes a human being turn to a life of crime, and why the public has a neverending, morbid fascination with rogues, outlaws and

gangsters, and the crimes they commit. *** After winning a whole slew of awards at a number of major film festivals such as Sundance, the Boulder International Film Festival and the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival – not to mention capturing three Canadian Screen Awards – the documentary “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World” will have its American TV debut on January 21, as it will air on PBS’s “Independent Lens” series at 10 p.m.

Produced by the Montreal-based Rezolution Pictures and directed by Catherine Bainbridge, “Rumble” tells the story of the role Native Americans played in the history of popular music, from the blues, to jazz, to folk music and rock ‘n’ roll, and features the contributions of such musicians as Charley Patton, Robbie Robertson, Buffy SainteMarie and Link Wray. As well, the documentary features interviews with such legendary music stars as George Clinton, Jackson Browne, Iggy Pop, Tony Bennett and Quincy Jones.

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anada Post issued a new stamp paying tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, bearing a 2017 photo of the Queen taken in Portsmouth, England, by Chris

Jackson. Queen Elizabeth II has appeared on Canadian stamps since the coronation issue was released in May 1953 – and was also featured on several stamps while still a Princess during the reigns of both King

George V and King George VI. To see more please visit: http://mtltimes.ca/Montreal/news/canada-post-issues-new-stamp-for-her-m ajesty-queen-elizabeth-ii/

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Jeff Dunham in Laval this March

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omedian Jeff Dunham has announced the spring leg of his “PASSIVELY AGGRESSIVE” Tour, with his delightfully twisted cohorts; Peanut, Walter, José Jalapeño, Bubba J, and of course, Achmed the Dead

Terrorist. The 56-city tour, which includes stops in the US and Canada will unveil a brand-new character… Or two!

Dunham has built an entertainment empire over years of non-stop touring and innovation. With 10 million followers on Face-

book and 1.8 million YouTube subscribers amassing over a billion views, To see more please visit: http://mtltimes.ca/Montreal/entertainment/jeffdunham-brings-show-to-l aval-2019/

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he Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and CBC are thrilled to announce legendary singer-song-

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writer Corey Hart as the 2019 inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

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New safety regulations for Drones

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The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport

he Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport made a recent announcement about Canada’s new rules for remotely piloted aircraft systems a.k.a. drones at the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) in downtown Montreal.

Drone pilots will be required to register their drones and obtain a pilot certificate by June 1, 2019 when the new regulations come into force. Canadian drones will have to have a registration number that is clearly marked and stay below 400 feet. The new regulatory framework will apply to all drones between 250 grams and 25 kilograms operated within the drone pilot’s visualline-of-sight.

"The new rules will apply regardless of the flight's purpose whether it's for work, for research, or for fun," Garneau said.

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of this country, you are in fact piloting it, and if you cause an accident that can have enormous repercussions, then you have to realize that there will be a price to pay for that."

By Deborah Rankin

mtltimes.ca An errant drone that flies into an airplane's cockpit can cause serious damage.There have been drone scares at airports all over the world with flyaway drones interrupting air flights. Drone pilots who don't comply with the new law once it comes into effect this spring will risk fines of up

to $25,000 and may even face jail time. Under the new drone rules a drone pilot must be a minimum of 14 years of age for basic operations and 16 years for advanced operations, unless supervised by a licensed adult.

Drones pilots will have to stay away from air traffic and be sober while piloting their drones like any other air pilot.

In addition to registration and licensing drone pilots will have to pass an online exam provided by Transport Canada. However, these requirements don't appear onerous for drone enthusiasts like Vijithan Rajaratnam a mechanical engineering student at ETS and President of its student drone club DRONOLAB. "The only difference is that our pilots will have to have a class online which is not that difficult to get," he says. "It's pretty accessible for anybody online at Transport Canada."

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Celebrating 28 consecutive years of generosity towards Sun Youth with a donation of $4,400 for the organization annual Christmas Basket Campaign. From left to right: France Légaré and Chantal Bertrand of the TAT Social Committee with Ann St Arnaud from Sun Youth. Photo: Joseph Munro. ince its foundation, and low-income families. tratif du travail (TAT) - diSun Youth has pro- Fortunately, the organiza- vision relations de travail vided ongoing sup- tion benefits from the and its Social Committee. almost three port and financial support of partners such Over assistance to individuals as the Tribunal adminis- decades (first through the

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received food for the Holidays and new toys for their children 12 and under. While Sun Youth was able to accomplish its first mission of feeding people for the Holidays, the organization is still in need of non-perishable food donations to help support its clientele this winter. Donations can be brought in directly at Sun Youth’s new service center located at 6700, Parc Avenue in Montreal (H2V 4H9).

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Commission des relations du travail and since January 2016 as the Tribunal administratif du travail), the TAT has proven to be one of Sun Youth's most loyal donors. On December 19th, 2018, representatives of their Social Committee presented Sun Youth with their 28th annual contribution, $4,400, to help the organization for its Christmas Basket distribution.

For decades, Sun Youth's Holiday Campaign has not only been essential for the success of the Christmas Basket distribution, but it has also allowed the organization to be able to support its clientele during the first three months of the year, a crucial and difficult period for low-income families. This past December, some 12,000 people, representing more than 4,000 families,

It all started last Thursday in Edmonton AB, when air traffic controllers there came up with the idea to send pizzas to their U.S. colleagues in Anchorage, Alaska - where as cold as it could be, it was just as warmly received. From there it grew from coast to coast, when Canadian air traffic controllers from cities as far East as Moncton NB and Gander NF, to Vancouver in the West and many more cities in between, followed their lead and started having pizzas sent to U.S. air traffic control centers in areas including New York, Utah, El Paso (Texas) and Minneapolis (Minnesota).

Former US air traffic controller David Lombardo, living in Long Island NY, helped to bring public attention to the Canadian gesture when he posted a picture on Reddit of a sign

hanging at the air traffic control center in Ronkonkoma NY, with details about an expected delivery of 32 pizzas ordered by Canadians. Since last Thursday at least 350 pizzas have been sent to approximately 50 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) units across the United States and more is expected.

Since December 22nd, US Air traffic controllers, considered 'Essential' fed-

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eral employees, have not been paid for their work due to the partial government shutdown ordered

by President Trump over a dispute about funding for a border wall. And they have no idea when they

will be paid. In the meantime, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) the union representing U.S. air traffic controllers filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington on January 11th requesting an order to have the government start paying the controllers for their work and what they are owed.

As this challenging situation continues, our Canadian ATC's gesture has offered them more than just some all-dressed or pepperoni filled comfort food - it has let them know they are not alone and have support.

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Crawl visits four haunted pubs. Starting at Charlie’s American Pub in Downtown Montreal on Bishop Street, guests will not only learn about many of the haunted drinking establishments in the city, but will also hear Montreal’s most infamous ghost stories.

Enjoy haunted pubs, spine-tingling Montreal ghost stories and learn about the historical forces that transformed the ancient Indigenous island of Tiotà:ke into Ville-Marie, an oppressive French colony founded by Catholic evangelists, a bustling British crime hub, a site of violent rebellion and subversive revolution and finally into Canada’s most haunted city.

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Cabane Panache et Bois Rond will takes over Promenade Wellington T he 9th Cabane Panache et Bois Rond, the annual backwoods gathering, is back for four days of decadent gourmet experiences, swinging bands, general store shopping, square dancing, axe throwing and immersive camp activities. On March 21, roll up your sleeves, don your fur hat and join the lumberjacks on Promenade Wellington to enjoy all the free activities and experience #VerdunLuv at its best! Plaid shirts, overalls, beards and muddy boots are more than welcome!

It’s the perfect place to leave work behind and have some fun!

The teams from Promenade Wellington and the Verdun Borough, official presenters of the musical component, worked tirelessly to present a spirited program, and it’s all free!

The four days of festivities of the biggest urban lumberjack party will be opening on Thursday at 5 p.m. with Canailles taking Wellington Street by storm on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. On Friday evening, see Clay and Friends at 7 p.m. followed

by Random Recipe. On

Saturday, local workers will warm up the crowd with the Big Bill fashion show just before Bleu Jeans Bleu and Galaxie set the stage on fire at 3:30 p.m. On Sunday, for a

wonderful close to the event, the Winston Band and Vilain Pingouin will have the crowd dancing jigs starting at 12 p.m. On the Forest stage, a traditional Quebec program

will be presented every day. Leave your worries behind and join the fun!

Did someone say maple products? Yessir! Extra maple whatever on everything please!

Make believe its lumber camp break time and indulge in Promenade Wellington’s gastronomic offer, with 20 restaurateurs and 6 bars offering a revisited Quebec cuisine menu. And since Quebec is incredibly diverse, world cuisine will also be part of the celebration.

Have a taste of Marquise Express’s maple chômeur pudding and maple ham poutine, Sweet Lee's candied bacon almond maple tartlet or sugar shack croissant, and Villa Wellington’s maple dulce de leche churros or maple braised pork shoulder tacos, among others.You’ll definitely be saying “yum!” many, many times! Comptoir 21’s cod nuggets and clam chowder will be on the menu, in addition to Station W's bacon and cheddar grilled cheese on French toast, not to mention Crèmes Boboule’s maple butter chocolate cone and maple sausage crepes! You’ll get to sam-

ple many original creations by Queue de poisson, Blackstrap BBQ, Maltéhops and Bar Palco.

Yep, it’s all very mouthwatering! Be sure to taste the Cimonak, a canned beer for serious beer lovers, created by BENELUX craft brewery just for this event. On retrouvera également le coin Crown Royal qui offrira une dégustation de whisky canadien!

Grab your carpet bag, we're going to the Promenade!

The general store, with more than 15 Quebec craft and local product booths, will be set up on Promenade Wellington on Saturday and Sunday starting at 11 a.m. The finest camp activities will also take centre stage: square dancing, axe throwing, old-fashioned games and revisited backwoods games such as boot hockey, billiards, tugof-war and a wood chopping competition. With barbers, museums and storytellers, and the inimitable maple taffy on snow, there’ll be something for everyone from March 21 to 24, 2019, on Promenade Wellington.

Again this year, the Cabane Panache et Bois Rond promises to be a total lumberjack experience, at the height of its reputation! Find all program details on: promenadewellington.com and Facebook page.

The menu and full activity details will be announced at a later date.

Event schedule Thursday, March 21, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Friday, March 22, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturday, March 23, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sunday, March 24, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Main stage programming Thursday 21: Canailles: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday 22: Clay and Friends: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Random Recipe: 8:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.

Saturday 23: Big Bill fashion show: 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Bleu Jeans Bleu: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Galaxie: 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Sunday 24: Winston Band: 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Vilain Pingouin: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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Bar-B-Barn - Legendary chicken & ribs brings back over 50 years of Memories

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om McQueen has been associated with the Bar-BBarn for so long he's practically part of the furniture. When I ask the affable manager how long he's been at the iconic establishment celebrating its

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50th anniversary this year - it opened in April 1967 just before Expo 67 - he chuckles and returns my question with one of his own, "On or off the books?"

Co-owner with father and son Manny and Dalton Barnoff McQueen first met the pair on the golf course in Candiac while he was working as a caddy as a mere lad of 8

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1/2 years old. The fatherless youngster from the south shore was drawn to the father-son duo and they to him.They sent him to caddy school to learn how to ply his trade and he caddied for them until he was 15. At this point Manny said to him, "Enough, enough - time to get a real job and come work for us."

Manny brought him back to the Bar-B-Barn on Guy Street and said, "This is your future." McQueen complied with his mentor's request to come work for the family business and the rest is history. He had the usual apprenticeship in the restaurant & hotel industry starting off as a busboy - he quit the first night - but then went back shortly after. "I learned the whole kitchen, how to be a butcher, eventually becoming a waiter and bartender." On the day he turned 21 he became a manager. McQueen laughs again when he thinks back to those days. "I'm still working here 6 days a week."

"I had wanted to be a CPA but never pursued it," he says with no trace

The cozy atmosphere is still the same at both locations of the Bar B Barn

of regret. Two of my sons are CPAs," he adds matter-of-factly. McQueen waxes euphoric when he

reminisces about the heyday of the Bar-B-Barn when the customers were an A-list of`Who's Who in

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politics, media, and sports.

"Back in the day, the 70's, the press - The Gazette, The Montreal Star - all

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those guys were at the bar.The Expos, the Als, the Habs came before and after the game."

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Bar B Barn - Montreal landmark

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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

the meet-up location pre/post-game.

"We would rent city buses to take people to and from the football games," McQueen says. Such was the dedication of the Bar-B's own 'team' that they made sure the fans made it to home field to cheer on the Alouettes.

One of the "boys" who frequented the Bar-BBarn was Gazette journalist and bon vivant Nick Auf der Maur. "He was a fixture at the bar," McQueen says. "Never a dull moment - he always had stories. He was another Ralph. He would keep

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.

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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

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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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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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Getaway: Why Saratoga Springs?

D uring the Holidays, I drove the 300 km that separate Montreal from Saratoga Springs, a charming and historic town located in New York State’s Adirondacks. The question I got the most when I got back was : why Saratoga Springs? And, after spending 48 hours in this rich-in-history town, here are few reasons why.

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When you are dreaming of a 48-hour getaway, you don’t want to have to drive too far. And, let’s face it: in a 3-hour radius, the options are limited around Montreal. Once you have seen :Tremblant, the Eastern Townships, Vermont, Lake Champlain, Ottawa, Quebec City… you have seen it all. That’s why Saratoga Springs, which offers a great mix between Burlington, Vermont and the Lake Champlain area, is a great option.

The mineral baths have been part of Saratoga Springs history since the 19th century

– The healing waters of the “Spa City” If you didn’t already know, the city of Saratoga Springs was named “Queen of the Spas” over a century ago. It was the naturally flowing, carbonated springs that first brought visitors in droves, including the rich and famous, to ‘take the cure’ in the healing waters of Saratoga. Today visitors still relax and rejuvenate in those same waters at one of its historic spas, including the historic Roosevelt Baths & Spa, nestled in the Saratoga Spa State Park.

Established in 1935, the Roosevelt Baths & Spa Saratoga Springs spa resort opened, offering private soaks in Saratoga’s naturally effervescent water. Still today, the mineral water is captured cold from underground springs, then mixed with warm fresh water to a neutral temperature for maximum benefits for guests to enjoy it.

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bowling games are only 5$ per person – or unwind at Namaste Yoga and Meditation Center where visitors have access to discounted rates. Did you know that Saratoga Springs is home to six yoga studios? Not bad for a small rural town.

-The affordability Last but not least, Saratoga Springs is also a fairly affordable city : prices for lodging, entertainment and dining aren’t as high as the bigger cities located nearby (New York, Boston, Burlington) but the quality is pretty much the same. If you are traveling on a budget and still want to experience

something funkier and more interesting than a chain hotel, I suggest the very cool Downtowner, located, again, on Broadway Street. The Downtowner is a stylish and modern Saratoga Springs hotel, offering a fresh take on the vintage motor lodge. The rooms are comfortable, the style is funky, the decor is designoriented while the prices are hard to beat. Good to know: the parking is free at every Saratoga Springs hotel, which is refreshing and nice. Now : let’s all head to “Spa City” before it is no longer a well-kept secret for a fun 48 hour getaway.

The historic Adelphi Hotel reopened last year (2017) after a 5-year renovation

– The gorgeous natural parks The sumptuous Saratoga Spa State Park, where the historical and renown healing water spa is located, is also known for its diverse cultural and recreational resources. In addition to the famed Saratoga Performing Arts Center, park attractions include the Spa Little Theater, the National Museum of Dance, the Saratoga Automobile Museum, the Roosevelt Baths & Spa you will also find The Gideon Putnam, a National Historic Landmark that offers 124 appointed guest rooms and modern American cuisine (the Gideon Restaurant has been voted best brunch in the city).Where else can you stay and dine on the lands of a State Park? The Saratoga Spa State Park also hosts a championship 18-hole course, 9-hole disc golf, tennis courts, and a public swimming pool that is free of charge for The Gideon’s hotel guests.

– The Victorian Architecture Saratoga Springs is a city rich in history and beauty where you can still appreciate Victorian architecture all around. A stunning example is the historic and impressive Adelphi Hotel, the oldest hotel in Saratoga Springs, that proudly stands in the heart of City Center. This landmark recently reopened after being closed for 5 years and a multimillion dollar facelift. It is now a premium boutique hotel, the only one in the area, and a member of the prestigious Small Luxury Hotels of the World distinction. The hotel originally opened in 1877 in the midst of Saratoga’s golden age and the newly renovated structure, that is absolutely stunning, features a 1,200-square-foot (111-square-meter) glasswalled conservatory and a new 2,300-square-foot (213-square-meter) grand ballroom. The hotel is to-

tally worth a visit – considering it is Saratoga’s oldest hotel and the city’s only luxury boutique hotel.The Adelphi is luxurious, comfortable, while ingeniously combining modernity and history.

The 32-rooms reflect the vision of the modern days and have the touch of “new” luxury, but without losing its golden age touch. Absolutely wonderful; a true masterpiece.

-The (very) great restaurant and food offer Broadway Street, which is the main street, is very fun to discover on foot with its numerous independent shops, restaurants, galleries, markets and attractions that are all located close by. Downtown Saratoga Springs is large enough to enjoy but small enough to be visited in one day. Start your day at Mrs. London Bakery, a refined bakery where you can enjoy specialty coffees and homemade croissants, or head to The Blue Hen(bluehenrestaurant.co m) by David Burke for an amazing weekend brunch.

That superb restaurant located underneath an 11-foot glass-ceiling dome is the summit of chic, offering a classic and distinguished setting and a chef-driven menu for both breakfast and dinner.

On Broadway Street, you will also find a modern steakhouse, Salt & Char ( saltandchar.com ), that will please every meat lovers. The classy restaurant also offers a bar section for happy hours and afternoon drinks (their wine list is pretty impressive, too!). For a little detox and retox, The Legacy Juice Works, also located on Main street, serves smoothie bowls and cold pressed juices every day and the Saratoga Tea & Honey Company ( saratogateaandhoney.com ) offers an incredible variety of teas and honeys to taste at the “tea bar” or to buy in bulk.

-The wide

entertainment offer There is a lot to do in Saratoga Springs and you could easily spend 48 hours and more without getting tired of it. Apart from the spas, the national parks, the shops and the restaurants, you can also stay entertained by visiting the numerous museums, like the Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, one of the largest museums in upstate New York, explore the Public Market or play at the Saratoga Strike Zone – where

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he heartbreaking effects of Alzheimer’s or dementia can be challenging for both the individual and their respective caregivers. Eventually, families have little choice but to adapt to their loved one’s failing condition and they must try to find the best solutions for them.

One option is to approach your local CLSC and pursue the route of the public system by placing your loved one into long term care. Although long term care nursing homes in the public system are doing the best they can with limited resources, some families choose to go the private route to avoid long waiting lists; to have the luxury of selecting a senior residence of their choice as opposed to the public selection; and to offer their loved one premium levels of care.

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your loved one.Touring at different times of the day is recommended, as this way you can view residents and staff throughout the day, rather than just at lunch or during activities Once you have selected a community, try to take measures for a smooth transition.

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In Other Words by Anna Porter

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hen Anna Porter arrived in Canada in 1968, first fleeing the violent revolution in her native Hungary in 1956 and then leaving her first adopted country of New Zealand 12 years later, she found an interesting way of how she warmed to her third – and final – home

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country: books; in particular, Canadian books.

An avid reader with a fondness for a story that is well told (thanks to the sharp storytelling skills of her grandfather Vili), Porter lived the Canadian dream through the volatile world of book publishing as an editor, executive, publisher and best selling author, first at the legendary Canadian publishing house McClelland & Stewart, then at the paperback publisher Seal Books,

then her own imprint Key Porter Books.

Porter entered into the Canadian book scene at the right time, and was a witness to the growing Canadian publishing scene during the 1970s, where she got first-hand experience of working alongside some of Canada’s bestknown writers such as Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Mordecai Richler, Farley Mowat, Margaret Laurence, Peter C. Newman and Leonard Cohen, and helping to develop and promote some of the greatest books that brought Canada into the global literary forefront such as The Canadian Establishment, The Diviners, and St. Urbain’s Horseman.

And in between that, she got plenty of first-hand lessons of how the Canadian book publishing industry was a constant struggle for survival, which was through a long trail of publicity stunts, book launches, international book fairs, sales conferences, cocktails receptions, conglomerate mergers and award nights.

Through it all, Anna Porter’s discovery of Canada through the books she helped to develop has been quite a cultural trip, which she recounts in all of its page-by-page glory in her recently-published memoir In Other Words.

For those bibliophiles

who satisfied their hunger for reading with a healthy dose of CanLit, then Porter’s book will certainly not let them down.

It’s filled with plenty of interesting behind-thescenes anecdotes of how she helped to strengthen the world of modern Canadian literature and publishing, not to mention the characters that she met and worked with along the way.

One the most dominant of that bunch who gets more than his fair share of ink in this book is the late Jack McClelland, the flamboyant, somewhat eccentric owner and CEO of the prestigious Canadian publishing house McClelland & Stewart (M&S).

From his headquarters situated on Hollinger Road, in a less-than-ideal industrial park area just outside of Toronto, McClelland ran M&S as a prestige kind of venture (while he constantly struggled to have its head above water financially, but somehow managed to thanks to the successful sales of Pierre Berton’s historical tomes) based on his credo that M&S published authors, not books. And that’s just what he did, with an impressive line-up of some of the biggest names in Canadian writing (Berton, Mowat, Richler, Atwood, Leonard Cohen, to name a few). As well, Porter credited McClelland for his P.T.

Barnum-type flair for publicity stunts to help promote a key title, no matter how out of the ordinary the stunt was (case in point, McClelland dressed up as a Roman emperor, and drove a horse-drawn chariot along Yonge Street to celebrate the launch of Sylvia Fraser’s best-selling novel The Emperor’s Virgin in 1975).

And Porter adopted that credo throughout her career in book publishing.

With her personal touch, Porter not only nurtured many of the writers she was assigned to edit their books, but also befriended them and treated them like the talented individuals that they were. As well, her penchant for poetry and photography helped to strengthen the publishing careers of such individuals as Earle Birney, Harold Town, Irving Layton, Dudley Witney and Fred Bruemmer, helping to produce some of the most highly regarded poetry and photography books ever to come from Canada.

As well, Porter shares with the reader many stories that capture the rarely told human side to many of these authors, and what their lives were like behind the best seller lists, the book launches and signings, and winning those Governor-General Awards or Giller Prizes.

Two examples stood out

for me. First was the publicity-shy novelist Margaret Laurence. Sometime after her award-winning novel The Diviners was released, Laurence was asked to be the main speaker at the Harbourfront Author Series in Toronto. She had such a strong case of stage fright, that she asked Porter that her six-year-old daughter Catherine stand by her side throughout her speech, and encouraged her to keep her balloon airborne throughout her presentation, so that it would serve as a sort of distraction to the audience.

The other example was the late CBC broadcaster/journalist Barbara Frum. Shortly before she and Porter started work on Frum’s 1975 memoir As It Happened, she was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 36. However, while she was battling this dreaded disease, Frum kept on going about her job on “As It Happens” and putting together her book, which would become a bestseller, telling very few people about her illness, and asking for little or no pity in return.

While the second half of the book focuses on Porter’s success running her own imprint Key Porter Books (and surprised at how it was a commercial success as a publisher of political

books, especially Jean Chretien’s blockbuster 1985 memoir Straight from the Heart and Claire Hoy’s 1987 expose of rampant corruption during the early years of the Mulroney government called Friends in High Places), she also focuses on how volatile the book publishing industry really was, based on many of her own personal observations and experiences in the trade, especially publishing companies being swallowed up by large business conglomerates, the draconian practices of certain publishers when it came to their respective book return policies, the decline of the independent bookstore, and how book publishing was more of a prestigious – rather than a lucrative – business.

In Other Words is an absorbing, “present-at-thecreation” type memoir of one woman’s passion for books, book publishing and authors and how they all played a major role in shaping Canada’s contemporary cultural heritage. It kind of makes the reader want to unearth their copies of their favorite CanLit books and rediscover how some of Canada’s greatest modern writers – along with the help and guidance of people like Anna Porter – helped build a national identity through the written and printed word.

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