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Campbell Cohen WorsoffAvocatsBarristers and SolicitorsESTATE LITIGATIONWILLS AND ESTATESINSURANCE CLAIMSMichael Worsoff215 Redfern, suite 118Westmount, QC H3Z 3L5Tel: 514 937-9445 Fax 514 937-2580mworsoff@canadavisa.comWESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – March 2-3, 2010 – 3Life saved on Sherbrooke St.Dawson Blues Community basketball coach revived at YThe letters “YMCA” mean fitness andliving longer to many, but late last year thatconnection became a lot more meaningfulfor one man. He is likely alive today becauseof the staff, volunteers and membersof the Westmount Y.On December 30 at about 3:40 pm, acoach of the Dawson Community Bluesbantam basketball team collapsed on thecourt at the Sherbrooke St. premises andlost consciousness. According to team parentand Westmounter Beverly Poisson,whose children were not present, the manis in his 30s and suffered a complete cardiacarrest.The team and its coaching staff are notaffiliated with the Y and were there rentingspace on a short-term basis.“A number of people responded, includinga member, staff and volunteers,Does proposed Lansdowne house fit streetscape?continued from p.1found out about the building plans tobuild two weeks after purchasing ourhome this summer.”Explaining the approval by PAC, thecity’s Urban Planning director JoannePoirier, said the proposed house was consideredto be well suited to the block,Nature reservecontinued from p.1While only the oratory’s land located inMontreal falls within the Natural and HistoricDistrict of Mount Royal, its propertyin Westmount lies on the fringes and assuch is also home to birds and otherwildlife.Nature reserve designations comeunder Section 54 of Quebec’s Natural ConservationAct, which states that “any privateproperty having significant biological,ecological, wildlife, floristic, geological, geomorphicor landscape features that warrantpreservation may be recognized … asa nature reserve on the application of theowner; the recognition may be perpetualor for a term of not less than 25 years.”In this case, the oratory is seeking thedesignation for 25 years, Gerbeau said.The Quebec government has the right,however, to revoke the classification in certaincircumstances.Six other lots on the east side of SurreyGardens, former oratory property, are invarious stages of being sold or developed(see February 3, 2009, p. 1 for story).and 911 was called,” said YMCA executivedirector Gary White, who was not in thebuilding at the time and was careful toqualify his remarks given the Y’s limitedknowledge of the victim’s medical record.Firefighter-to-be first on scenePoisson explained that a firefighter-intrainingwas working out in the gym abovethe court and was the first to start mouthto-mouthand CPR. Y staff arrived soonwith the institution’s defibrillator.“To the best of our knowledge,” saidWhite, “the victim was not breathing anddid not have a pulse. People performedCPR and the Y’s defibrillator was used toissue a shock. To the best of our knowledge,the first shock did not work and theman still had no pulse or breath, so therewas an attempt to deliver a second one.The machine is designed to not allow thatin certain cases and it would not deliverone, so people continued CPR.”The Montreal fire department arrived,followed quickly by Urgences Santé, bothof which continued life-saving measures.“Our understanding is that by the timehe left building in the ambulance, hisheart was beating,” said White.After some time in the hospital, the patientis alive today, but still recovering.Y was ‘terrific’“The kids are okay,” Poisson told the Independent.“The Y was really terrific withthe kids, getting them out of the room andtalking to them. They even offered afterthe-factcounselling, which we didn’t feelthe need to take them up on since theyhadn’t really seen anything.”Lansdowne Ave. showing the proposed building lot and the house to the left at 495, to which theproposed home would be attached.Furniture tailored to your t aste and budgetWe custom-make sofas, love seats, armchairsand ottomans in your choice of our fabrics.ROBERT ALLEN WAVERLY®OSBORNE & LITTLEC O L E F A XA N D F O W L E RWe have 20 years of home decoratingservice specializing in slipcovers,upholstery, draperies, bedspreadsand duvet covers.So furnish your homeat Kathryn Osborne’s.OKKathryn OsborneDESIGN D’INTÉRIEUR INC.“I am incredibly proud of the way ourstaff, volunteers and even a member putthis man’s well-being ahead of their own,”said White. “I came in right away andheard about all the steps that had beentaken. It is incredible how many quick decisionsare made in a situation like this. Itseems like one of these decisions was theone that saved his life – we can’t be certain.“I can say how important it is to have adefibrillator on the wall of areas wherepeople gather, be they public buildings orones where sporting activities are held.”Poisson has the same thought. “Myhus band and I have 20 people at our companyand it made us think about gettingeveryone trained in CPR and getting a defibrillator.”which has other houses “of more contemporaryexpression.”Westmount’s building guidelines andthe PAC “don’t dictate architectural style,”Poirier added. Their goal is to ensure “theproper insertion” of style into an existingstreetscape or character area.“There is some concern,” Trent said,“about agreeing to a radical building designbecause there are already a numberof derogations from traditional Westmountstyle on a street.”On the other hand, the work on SummitCrescent involves a large property andis not considered to generate negative impacton the neighbourhood. No demolitionpermit is required for tearing down an accessorybuilding – in this case, a poolhouse.The public discussion of these projectsbefore approval is “a small piece” in openingup the permit-granting process announcedrecently by Councillor CynthiaLulham, Trent said.“We’re moving slowly in that directionto create a mechanism whereby neighbourscan have an opportunity to expresstheir opinion on projects that might makean impact on their properties.”Monday – Friday:9:30 am – 5:30 pmSaturday byappointment only.1357 avenue Greene, 2 e étage, Westmount, Québec H3Z 2A5Tél.: (514) 931-1357 • Fax: (514) 931-0101 • www.kathrynosbornedesign.com®