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2 ? THE SUBURBAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2010 VSL library extends reach By Joel Goldenberg The Suburban St. Laurent?s public library is now part of the overall Montreal network of libraries as of late last year, the borough recently announced. The borough said this means greater access to books and services for St. Laurent residents, and to take out and return books at the City of Montreal library of their choice. ?This makes it possible for members not only to have access to the entirety of Montreal?s book collections, about five million documents, but also to carry out transactions online using the Nelligan catalogue,? says the announcement. The Nelligan catalogue, at ville.montreal.qc.ca/biblio , is St. Laurent?s See LIBRARY, page 9 Around the towns PHOTO EXHIBIT AT CSL LIBRARY Côte St. Luc?s Eleanor London Library is presenting the exhibition Une visite s?impose by the artistic duo of Mathieu Doyon and Simon Rivest (Doyon- Rivest). The exhibition runs until Jan. 17. ?This series of e ...

NEWS AND ANALYSIS JOANNA Cont?d from page 1 situation to believe they have any right to any kind of social environment, including one?s family. ?It?s the end of the line,? he said. ?As far as you and everybody else are concerned, when you?re on the street you?re nobody and nobody cares.? Joanna said that wasn?t true. She told Chris about all the trips and various inquiries made among homeless shelters and other organizations in both Ottawa and Toronto as she kept trying to find her long-lost brother. At one point, her efforts could have meant the difference between life and death because she urgently needed a bone-marrow transplant to save her own life. ?Nine years ago, I was told I had an acute case of leukemia and the only way I could beat the disease was to get a bone marrow transplant from a close relative or sibling.? While Joanna had other brothers and sisters upon whom she could rely on for a bone marrow transplant, she still made a serious effort to find Chris in case things di ...

NEWS & ANALYSIS 4 ? THE SUBURBAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2010 Rue Vézina A look at my crystal ball Save an additional Boulevard Décarie Avenue Coolbrook Avenue Clanranald STORE OPENING SPECI ALS 20 % on already-reduced clearance-pric ed major appliances and mattresses Save an additional Mike Cohen The crystal ball sits before me. What type of items might appear in this column over the next 12 months? Some of this involves my tongue planted firmly in cheek. You be the judge in this my annual look ahead. Dumont the Tory: Mario Dumont leaves his job as a talk show host for V (formerly Television Quatre Saisons) and accepts an offer from Prime Minister Stephen Harper to run for the Conservatives on the South Shore. Harper Majority: The Conservatives help trigger an election by proposing a budget none of the opposition parties can accept. Prime Minister Harper wins his much coveted majority, thanks in large part to his new Quebec lieutenant Dumont and Senator Jacques Demers? rousing speeches i ...

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NEWS & ANALYSIS RIZZUTO Cont?d from previous page witnesses who saw a young black man wearing jeans and a ?hoodie? running down Wilson Street to a waiting getaway car after he shot Rizzuto, police also admit they found the weapon used to shoot Nick Rizzuto Jr. ?That?s not enough,? said Décarie councilor Peter McQueen. ?Police have to step up their presence in St. Raymond?s because people are getting very nervous about what?s going on in this neighborhood.? Lawlor agrees with McQueen. During a brief interview, he told The Suburban local residents were aware street gangs were already active in the area and if nothing was done, the problem was only going to get worse. Recently returned from a short vacation, McQueen told The Suburban he already received several calls from concerned residents about the shooting. ?I?m going to call Commander Leduc tomorrow, ? he said, ?and if he can?t give me some good answers about what happened, I?ll just have to work my way up through the ranks until som ...

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NEWS & ANALYSIS TransCon again cuts West End news By Dan Delmar The Suburban The parent company to some of Montreal?s local weeklies has again dealt a blow to community news in English Montreal by reassigning some journalists and giving others an extended vacation just before Christmas. Transcontinental Media is the fourth largest print media company in the country and owns The Westmount Examiner and The West Island Chronicle. Last year, management decided to stop printing The Monitor, converting the 83-year-old NDG institution to an internet publication. It also cut Anglo reporting in its South-West papers, leading this newspaper to expand its distribution to LaSalle and Verdun. The company?s ?rationalization? plan saved $110 million, but left newspapers like The Monitor a shadow of its former self. The website is infrequently updated and has no permanent reporters on staff. Transcontinental?s vice-president in charge of corporate communications insists the temporary layoffs are just ...

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