Tar Sands Environmentalist

This is how the pro Tar Sands people really deal with protecting the environment.

Proudly Making Sure Birds Do Not Land On The Tailing Ponds

For more real photographs of the Tar Sands check out this incredible series by Robert Johnson.

Let’s Meet This Sunday

Going to be hanging out at Le Victoria this Sunday starting around 2pm so please come on down, check out my Turcot pictures and say hello!

Le Victoria

4559 Wellington, Verdun – Between Willibrord and 1st.  3.5 short blocks from Galt exit of Del’Eglise Metro.

Sunday, May 20, 2pm

Excellent Proposal For Empress Theatre

Curtain to rise on $6-million Empress Theatre revival

 Would include film, live shows and more

By Marian Scott, THE GAZETTE May 9, 2012 10:52 AM

 

Talia Dorsey

MONTREAL – The Empress Theatre would be reborn as a venue for Montreal’s vibrant music scene, an institute for analog film heritage and a gathering place where Montrealers can drink, dine and enjoy a breathtaking view from a green rooftop terrace, under a proposal from a Notre Dame de Grâce community organization.

“We’re pretty excited about the proposal,” said Jason Hughes, treasurer and board member of the Empress Cultural Centre.

On Wednesday evening, the centre will unveil a $6-million plan to revive the theatre at 5560 Sherbrooke St. W. as a self-financing cultural complex.

The group is submitting the scheme to the Côte des Neiges-Notre Dame de Grâce borough, which has called for proposals for redeveloping the heritage theatre facing Girouard Park.

Several unnamed investors are behind the proposed redevelopment, which must be self-financing under rules set by the borough, Hughes said.

The proposal reflects broad input from local residents, he said.

“It’s been interesting to hear people’s hopes for that place, and to say, yeah, we should have that kind of live performance space, that we can support that kind of thing,” Hughes said.

Back By Popular Demand

Turcot pictures up at Le Victoria until May 25th.

It’s pretty much impossible to summarize my Turcot experience in a few short paragraphs, let alone a dozen photographs, but I try just the same….Stop by and say hello, buy a framed picture, or bargain for a print!

Turcot

J’ai photographié l’échangeur Turcot entre 2004 et 2009. Ces images font partie d’un essai pour décrire cet énorme espace abandonné en termes d’histoire, de paysage et de son potentiel futur. Une image, par exemple, montrant une étendue d’eau avec de l’herbe qui pousse et la Falaise Saint-Jacques en arrière-plan, réfère aux origines du terrain. Ce territoire a déjà compris le Lac aux loutres, et la rivière Saint-Pierre coulait pour finir sa course dans le Saint-Laurent au niveau de Verdun. Toute la région était un important système de zones humides. L’image nous rappelle également que la nature est la seule vraie force et qu’elle reprend sa place peu importe l’intervention de l’Homme. 

Turcot est ultimement devenu une lutte politique et populaire entre résidents locaux, planificateurs urbains, architectes, plusieurs groupes et autres professionnels contre les idées décidément révolues du Ministère du transport de Québec. J’ai essayé, à ma façon, de prendre position en faveur d’un Turcot durable qui intègre des préoccupations écologiques et réalistes en ce 21e siècle.

 

I photographed Turcot Yards between 2004 and 2009. These images are part of an attempt to describe that huge abandoned space in terms of history, landscape, and it’s potential future. One image, for example, showing a pool of water with grass coming up and the Falaise Saint Jacques in the background, refers to the origins of the land. This area was once Otter Lake and the Riviere Saint Pierre flowed through here on it’s way to the Saint Lawrence in Verdun. The whole region was a significant wetlands system. The image also reminds us that nature is the only true power, that it will always reclaim the Earth no matter how much humanity may intervene.

Turcot ultimately became a grassroots political struggle matching local residents, urban planners, architects, and many other groups and professionals against the hopelessly outdated ideas of the Ministry of Transport of Quebec. I have tried, in my own way, to stand up for a sustainable Turcot that embraces realistic ecological concerns for the 21st century.

Ken McLaughlin

http://neath.wordpress.com

neathatturcot@yahoo.ca

Le Victoria

4559 Wellington

Verdun 514-564-8088

Foreign Terrorists Deliberately Melting Arctic!

“Charitable” Fraser Institute accepted $500k in foreign funding from Koch oil billionaires

In four years alone, U.S. Tea Party architects the Koch brothers poured half a million dollars into Canadian right-wing think tank, the Fraser Institute.

Alexis Stoymenoff

Posted: Apr 25th, 2012

Billionaire oil barons David and Charles Koch contributed richly to “charitable” Canadian right-wing Fraser Institute

As the Conservative assault continues against Canadian environmental charities, the Vancouver Observer has learned that since 2007, foreign oil billionaires the Koch brothers have donated over half a million dollars to the “charitable” right-wing Fraser Institute.

According to U.S. tax documents, the Fraser Institute received $150,000 from the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation in 2008, $175,500 in 2009, and another $150,000 in 2010. The grants were purportedly for “research support” and “educational programs”. 

Dangerous Corner Opens In Point This Weekend

 

Our new play called

 

Dangerous Corner

 

opens in just a few days !

Opening night, this Friday, April 27^th is almost SOLD OUT

(As are many other performances)

However, there is still reservation space open for our performance,

this Saturday, April 28^th.

So if you plan to attend the play, and have not as yet reserved,

please do so ASAP

For additional information about the play,

and/or to reserve,

please visit our main site at

 

 WWW.PSCCOMMUNITY.COM

 

Thanks for your support

About the play

J.B. Priestly’s first play is set in a drawing room at the home of Freda and Robert Caplan. They have just finished entertaining close colleagues of their publishing firm – and one of their novelists – Miss Mockridge…

At the start of Dangerous Corner, the main 6 characters are aptly called by Miss Mockridge – a “snug little group”. The meaning of just how snug becomes apparent when a casual remark ignites a series of revelations; dark secrets; infidelities & possible murder. As the truth eventually slips out about Robert’s clever, reckless brother Martin – the world of the “snug little group” quickly unravels.

 

Turcot Construction = 200 buses At Lionel Groulx, Public Consultation Tonight

Bonjour à tous,

Pendant la reconstruction de l’échangeur Turcot, la STM prévoit ajouter plus de 200 bus par jour au métro  Lionel-Groulx et faire un réaménagement du site autour de la station de métro pour les accommoder.  On imagine un peu l’achalandage et les risques accrus d’accidents… Les tables de quartier de St-Henri et de la Pte-Bourgogne, en collaboration avec Mobilisation Turcot et le Centre d’écologie urbaine de Montréal, organisent une consultation publique sur le sujet.

Consultation citoyenne 

Réaménagement de la station Lionel-Groulx

Le jeudi 26 avril

18h00 à 21h30

CEDA, 2515 rue Delisle

 La STM et l’arrondissement seront présents. Un goûter sera servi et nous avons un service de gardiennage.

Inscription et réservation au CEDA : 514-596-4422

Pour plus d’information:  Solidarité St-Henri - 514-937-9813

Merci de diffuser l’info dans vos réseaux:

http://www.facebook.com/events/376399092405251/

Hi all!

During the reconstruction of the Turcot Interchange, the STM plans to add 200 new buses per day arriving at the Lionel-Groulx metro station.  It’s easy to imagine that more buses, combined with the increased traffic being diverted through St-Henri and Little Burgundy while parts of the Turcot are closed, might lead to increased risk of accidents in our neighbourhoods.

Solidarité St-Henri and the Little Burgundy Coalition, in collaboration with Mobilisation Turcot and the Urban Ecology Centre of Montreal invite you to participate in a public consultation on these important changes:

Citizen Consultation on the Changes at the Lionel-Groulx station

Thursday, April 26th

6 – 9:30pm

CEDA, 2515 Delisle

Representatives from the STM and the borough will be present.  A light meal will be served and child care is available upon request.

Sign up at the CEDA : 514-596-4422

For more information, contact Solidarité St-Henri – 514-937-9813

Please spread the word in your social networks:

http://www.facebook.com/events/376399092405251/

–
Shannon Franssen
Coordonnatrice, Solidarité Saint-Henri
75 square Sir Georges-Étienne-Cartier bureau 200
Montréal, QC  H4C 3A1
(514) 937-9813
coordination@solidarite-sh.org
www.solidarite-sh.org