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Laval Regional Seniors Table to mark International Day of Older Persons

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Laval Regional Seniors Table to mark International Day of Older Persons

Mayor Marc Demers to serve as honorary chair for TRCAL event on Oct. 1

The Laval Regional Senior Citizens Table plans to celebrate the International Day of Older Persons in style this year with special webcast event featuring two celebrity guests on Friday Oct. 1

Live from the pavilion in Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Park, Laval mayor Marc Demers will be officially opening the day as this year’s honorary chairperson.

“It is with great pleasure that I accepted to be the regional honorary chair for International Day of Older Persons next Oct. 1,” Mayor Demers said in a statement. “This year’s theme, ‘Seniors always present,’ means a lot to me … This day in their honour gives us the opportunity to point out the contributions of the seniors population in Laval.”

Actress spokesperson

This year, for the second time, esteemed Quebec actress Marie-Josée Longchamps has agreed to serve as official spokesperson for the province-wide network of Quebec regional senior citizens’ tables. Longchamps has had an extensive career in Quebec television, drama and theatre since the 1950s and 60s. (She sang the opening theme for Radio-Canada’s long-running drama series Rue des Pignons.)

Still very active as a performer even though she is into her senior years, Longchamps has been acting lately in a two-person show with another famed Quebec acting talent, Béatrice Picard. The two are currently touring towns and cities all over the province with their show.

During TRCAL’s Oct. 1 event, seniors from the Laval region will be able to express their views on various issues impacting local seniors, including how to age gracefully, how to recognize ageism (stereotyping and discrimination based on age), and how to live fully while aging.

Pre-registration needed

The TRCAL’s Oct. 1 webcast is a free event which is open primarily to all seniors from the Laval region, although pre-registration is necessary to receive a special invitation. To receive the link by e-mail, go to the following website: https://kastio.com/journeeinternationaledesaines.

International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year. On December 14, 1990 the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons as recorded in Resolution 45/106. The holiday was observed for the first time on October 1, 1991.

The holiday is celebrated by raising awareness about issues affecting the elderly, such as senescence and elder abuse. It is also a day to appreciate the contributions that older people make to society.

Other Seniors’ days

The holiday is similar to National Grandparents Day in the United States and Canada, as well as the Double Ninth Festival in China and Respect for the Aged Day in Japan. The observance is a focus of ageing organizations and the United Nations Programme on Ageing.

In order to increase the public’s awareness of the importance of this internationally-celebrated day, the Conférence des Tables régionales de concertation de aînés du Québec (CTRCAQ), as mandated by the government of Quebec, is promoting the 2021 International Day of Older Persons. The CTRCAQ believes it is increasingly important to affirm the role and significance of senior citizens in our communities.

Importance of seniors

Senior citizens in Quebec today are living longer than ever. In 2017, they made up nearly 20 per cent of the population (1.6 million Quebecers are 65 years of age and older out of a population of more than 8.4 million inhabitants).

The number of seniors is also expected to keep rising. In the meantime, 3.4 million Quebecers are more than 50 years in age.

Regardless of the numbers, more and more seniors are maintaining active lifestyles while remaining fully active in their communities.

In this sense, seniors are more than ever a key component in the economy, social development, continuing education and the overall well-being of families.

Laval taking part in Mille Îles River aquatic tourism project

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Laval taking part in Mille Îles River aquatic tourism project

The City of Laval announced last week that it is allotting $200,000 in funding towards a regional project that will see new recreational facilities developed on the Rivière des Mille Îles with an eye towards attracting more tourists to Laval.

The first phases of the project, which are expected to be completed by 2025, will see a network of electric shuttle buses, bikes, canoes and kayaks put into place in various areas along the river.

The project, which is being led by the non-profit Éco-Nature group, is expected to help promote knowledge of nature along the Rivière des Mille Îles, as well the history of the area.

In all, up to seven stations along the river are expected to be set up, all with welcoming pavilions providing services, and they will be linked by pedestrian and bike paths.

The riverside areas along the Rivière des Mille Îles that are expected to be part of the project are the Berge aux Quatre-Vents in Laval-Ouest, the Berge des Baigneurs in Sainte-Rose, and the plage Idéale/plage Jacques-Cartier.

Improvements are also expected to be made at the Berge du Garrot to facilitate access to docks.

The total cost is expected to be $600,000 in all, although the Quebec government and the Montreal Metropolitan Community are also putting in $400,000 through the CMM’s Trame verte et bleue du Grand Montréal program.

In addition to the City of Laval, several other communities established on the banks of the Rivière des Mille Îles are also improving their public frontage along the river. Hundreds of species of birds make their habitat along the river, as do many other animals including amphibians, fish and reptiles.

“This is one of the Trame verte et bleue’s spotlighted projects as announced last spring, and of which the city is especially proud,” says Laval Deputy Mayor Stéphane Boyer, who is vice-president of the executive-committee. “My colleagues and I are anxious to see this project get off the ground.”

Laval adopts universal accessibility policy

The City of Laval has decided to adopt a policy of making all its facilities universally accessible to all persons regardless of their limitations.

The policy is meant to encourage the greatest number of Laval residents to go freely about the city, take part in its democracy and access all facilities and buildings without encumbrances.

“It is our ambition to make Laval into a city that is more inclusive, welcoming and community-minded,” says Deputy Mayor and executive-committee vice-president Stéphane Boyer.

“The actions coming from this policy and a declaration we made will allow the city to pursue the development of its expertise in order to turn words into actions and encourage the full participation of the entirety of the population without exception.”

The new policy comes after extensive consultations were conducted by the city on accessibility issues.

Around 50 individuals greatly involved as leaders in this domain took part in the consultations.

The new policy will be implemented through the adoption by city council of an action plan, allowing the gradual adoption of the orientations and goals.

City adopts new policy for integration of public art

The City of Laval wants to integrate art into public places and within municipal buildings in a more organized way. For this reason, it recently adopted a new policy to meet this goal.

As part of the policy, 1.75 per cent of costs for renovations, construction and refurbishments at municipal buildings must be allotted for the inclusion of public art.

In this way, the city will be able to acquire new works of art for public places to add to the 53 art works now in the city’s collection of public art.

“Since 1961, buildings erected with a subsidy from the Quebec government must include a work of public art equivalent to 1 per cent of the construction budget,” says Mayor Marc Demers.

“This requirement does not exist for investments made in municipal buildings, which is why the city is adopting this even more ambitious policy.”

Bill 96 will set off a constitutional crisis, language rights lawyer tells QCGN

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Bill 96 will set off a constitutional crisis, language rights lawyer tells QCGN

‘In the face of the right to French, no other rights can stand,’ says Michael Bergman

A Montreal lawyer and language rights expert predicted during a preliminary public hearing on Quebec’s Bill 96 last week that the CAQ government’s controversial Bill 101 update, if passed intact, will trigger “a constitutional crisis like never before” in Canada.

The looming crisis

That crisis could occur in the next two to five years, Michael Bergman, who has pleaded before the Supreme Court of Canada and who has lectured on Canadian language rights and constitutional law at McGill University, said during the opening presentation of a webinar on Bill 96 sponsored by the Quebec Community Groups Network.

That time-frame would reflect how long it would take any contestations of Bill 96 to slowly make their way up through the legal system to finally reach the Supreme Court, he added.

Those who aren’t

“The biggest problem with Bill 96 is that without saying so, but behind the scenes, it says the problem is those who are not Francophones,” said Bergman. “The Anglos and the Allos, they’re the tip of the spear aimed at the heart of the Quebec identity.”

Quebec language rights lawyer Michael Bergman told the QCGN last week that Canada will face a serious constitutional crisis in two to five years if Quebec’s Bill 96 gets passed unamended.

He said identity is a big problem in Quebec, “because Francophones have not yet decided how their identity can be so elastic as to accommodate others. It does not mean that Francophones are against other people, it doesn’t mean they’re racist, it doesn’t mean they don’t want anybody. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’re xenophobic.

An ongoing problem

“It means this is the place that has historically been the motherland of the descendants of the colonists of New France. They have a shared experience, a shared culture, history, religion, whatever. And they haven’t quite figured out where the rest of us fit in in a modern, dynamic, cosmopolitan place.”

Bergman said Bill 96 would essentially impose “a new social contract between all Quebecers. In that social contract there is one right and there is one obligation. The right is the right to the French language. The one obligation is that every single person living in Quebec must support the right to the French language.”

New social contract

He said Bill 96 would create a new political arrangement between Quebec and the rest of Canada by unilaterally amending the Canadian constitution in such a way that in Quebec the only right would be the right to be addressed in French and the only obligation would be to speak it.

“In the face of the right to French, no other rights can stand,” he said, adding that Bill 96 would essentially give to Quebec “the effective exclusive jurisdiction over language and culture, to reinterpret the Canadian constitution consistent with those rights, and arguably to require that all Supreme Court decisions on language rights in this country be reassessed in light of the duty of Quebec and its right to legislate a language and culture.”

A suggested amendment

Regarding the wording of just one crucial passage of Bill 96, Bergman suggested that “Quebecers form a nation” should be amended to say instead, “Quebecers, regardless of origin, form a nation,” because “at least that means that we are part of that nation and we have the rights of that nation whatever they may be,” he said.

Bill 96 is believed to be the most rigorous revision that Bill 101 – the wide-ranging language law first introduced by the Parti Québécois – has undergone since 1977 when the PQ government, then in its first mandate, passed the Charte de la langue française.

Quebec as a ‘nation’

This past May, the Legault government tabled a draft version of Bill 96, whose broadest proposal would be to amend Canada’s constitution by adding clauses to define Quebec as a “nation,” with French as a single official and common language.

‘The biggest problem with Bill 96 is that without saying so, but behind the scenes, it says the problem is those who are not Francophones’

Reacting to rising political pressure from Quebec nationalists, as well as academic and anecdotal evidence of the growing dominance of the English language in metropolitan areas of Quebec as French declines, the Legault government seeks to raise the use of French generally, with increased emphasis within the province’s work places.

Country’s unity threatened

Also during the webinar, Montreal lawyer Anne-France Goldwater suggested Bill 96 would strike a potentially deadly blow to Canadian unity, spurring other provinces into asserting greater autonomy, while undermining the Canadian federation.

Feedback from presenters in the four-day webinar will be gathered into a QCGN brief to be presented at National Assembly public hearings on Bill 96 later this month.

The QCGN is one of the few Anglophone lobby groups in Quebec to be allowed to address and submit a brief on Bill 96 to the government.

Laval wants Ottawa to take decisive action against gun violence

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Laval wants Ottawa to take decisive action against gun violence

Council question period dominated by victims of Bel-Habitat bankruptcy

Gang violence and firearms incidents have escalated to such an extent over the past year in the City of Laval that Mayor Marc Demers addressed the problem in his opening statement during the webcast Sept. 7 public meeting of Laval city council.

Earlier in the day day, the City of Laval had joined together with the municipalities of Montreal, Quebec City, Longueuil and Gatineau to ask the leading candidates running in the federal election to clearly state their positions on banning assault weapons and establishing tighter controls on assault weapons and handguns.

Reacting to gun violence

“Case in point, we made this gesture due to the upsurge of violent acts in the various areas of Quebec,” said Demers, while insisting that in spite of the violence, Laval remains a relatively safe and secure place compared to other cities in Canada and across North America.

However, “We can’t wait around for the situation to get out of control,” he continued. As such, he noted that in August, Deputy Mayor Stéphane Boyer launched a new intervention plan to deal with gun violence, in conjunction with the director of the Laval Police Department, Pierre Brochet.

Seeks assault weapon ban

“It would be important for the government of Canada to ban assault weapons on our territory which are not at all for hunting,” added Demers, “as well as handguns which unfortunately are involved in too many crimes on our territory – and when I say our territory, I mean all of Canada.

“They, too, are not used for hunting, and so there should be a means of controlling the spread of those weapons. And this is a unanimous request. And I can also tell you that the mayors of the other major Canadian cities will also be joining in for this request.”

Re: Bel-Habitat victims

Item 10.1 on the council meeting agenda mandated the administration to seize a large deposit left with the city by the owner of the bankrupt Bel-Habitat homes construction company. The city will be using the funds to help the many individuals and families who lost money they paid to Bel-Habitat for houses which were never built.

“Council has been listening carefully to all the personal dramas that families impacted by the bankruptcy have been going through,” said Laval-Les Îles city councillor Nicholas Borne who is responsible for housing issues as an associate member of the executive-committee.

According to Borne, the money will be used to help complete the purchase of plots of land on des Abeilles St. in Sainte-Rose that Bel-Habitat clients had already made deposits on. Auteuil city councillor Michel Poissant (who is running for mayor as leader of the Laval Citoyens party) had this to say about the action taken by the city.

Problem far from over

“This is a gesture which is very humane,” he said. “A million dollars which the city had from the owner as a guarantee deposit is being used to free up the legal mortgage being held by the owner.”

But while Poissant acknowledged that Laval is proceeding in a positive way for the residents, he said he was concerned by the lack of available information, considering the issue is complex and involves a bankruptcy, and that he had personally dealt with the aftermath of many bankruptcies during his career as an investment fund administrator.

‘It would be important for the government of Canada to ban assault weapons on our territory,’ said Mayor Marc Demers

“We don’t even know the costs of the work to be completed, but here the city is sticking its head out,” he said. “For those who are impacted, this is not their problem, and bravo to the city for doing something important. But as for the sound management of public finances, there will probably be more to say later.”

House buyers out of luck

During the meeting’s public question period, the largest number of questions by far came from Bel-Habitat house buyers who were directly impacted by the company’s failure. “We are trying to help all these people as much as we can,” Mayor Demers replied, while adding that there are certain restrictions and laws that restrain what the city can do.

“We are still analyzing additional measures which could be implemented to try to help families within the means available to us,” said the mayor, while adding that refunding deposits is not allowed by the law. “We are somewhat at the mercy of provincial regulations,” he said.

City buys more police cars

As an indication perhaps of a move by the city to boost public security because of a growing number of gang-related firearms incidents, council voted to approve the purchase of nearly $1.4 million worth of new police vehicles.

The contracts, awarded to Landry Automobiles of Laval and Jacques Olivier Ford of Chambly on Montreal’s South Shore, are for the purchase of AWD Dodge Charger police specials, as well as Ford utility hybrid Police Interceptors.

Both are vehicles specially-adapted for North American police forces.

Two men shot in Laval

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Two men shot in Laval

Two men aged 19 and 20 were injured by gun projectiles in the Chomedey neighborhood of Laval, on the night of Tuesday September 14, to Wednesday September 15.

The two victims were targeted around 11 p.m. by gunfire in front of a residence on Léandre-Descotes Street, near Henri-Duplessis Street.

The two young men, known to the police, were taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

A fire broke out just after the shots were fired in the garage of the residence, but which the firefighters quickly brought under control.

The origin of this fire is unknown.

The scene was protected by a security perimeter to allow investigators to analyze it early in the day, according to Laval police.

Thanks to witness information, a man in his twenties was arrested later in Montreal in a vehicle.

Laval News Volume 29-31

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Laval News Volume 29-31

The current issue of the Laval News volume 29-31 published September 15th, 2021.
Covering Laval local news, politics, sports and our new section Mature Life.
(Click on the image to read the paper.)

Front page of the Laval News.
https://lavalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/TLN-29-31-WEB.pdfFront page of the Laval News, September 15th, 2021 issue.

Attempted murder in Laval: a 28-year-old man shot and wounded

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Attempted murder in Laval: a 28-year-old man shot and wounded

A 28-year-old man was the victim of an attempted murder on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, in Laval.

The victim was shot several times near the intersection of Berlier and Bergman streets, before fleeing with his vehicle and calling 911 at approximately 12:40 a.m.

Police located the injured victim in the upper body on Guénette Street, near Cléroux Boulevard in an industrial district of Chomedey.

The man known to the police was transported to a hospital where he rests in a stable condition, said a spokesman for the Laval Police Service (SPL).

At the scene of the shooting, several bullet projectiles were found on the ground, where a security perimeter was erected.

Investigators and forensic identification technicians were dispatched to the scene to try to understand what happened.

No suspects have been arrested so far, according to police.

Fabre MNA Monique Sauvé awards National Assembly Medals

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Fabre MNA Monique Sauvé awards National Assembly Medals

Community leaders receive distinctive honor recognizing their efforts

In keeping with a tradition she started four years ago, Fabre Liberal MNA Monique Sauvé presented National Assembly Medals last week to ten residents of her riding in recognition of their many years contributing to the community.

Giving back

The provincial riding of Fabre corresponds roughly to the Laval districts of Fabreville-Ouest, the Îles-Laval, Laval-Ouest, Laval-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Dorothée and Chomedey north of Souvenir Rd. and west of 100th Ave.

“Through your devotion, your commitment, your involvement and your leadership, all of you contribute to an exceptional quality of life for the families, the children and the senior citizens of Fabre,” Sauvé said during a presentation evening held on Aug. 31 at the Château Taillefer Lafon in Laval-Ouest.

Fabre MNA Monique Sauvé greets guests arriving for her National Assembly Medals ceremony last week. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Newsfirst Multimedia)

Inspiration to all

“It is with great joy that I am finally able to acknowledge the great work you do, while giving you your full credit,” added Sauvé who is the PLQ’s official critic for senior citizens’ and caregivers’ issues. “You are a true inspiration to all the citizens of western Laval.”

In an interview with The Laval News, Sauvé said that many of those chosen to receive the National Assembly Medal have been involved with local non-profit groups for years.

They didn’t make the news

“It’s about time that people are made to know about their efforts and all the great work they’ve been doing to provide help in the community,” she said. “There are people from schools, people who were helping the elderly. And, of course, with the pandemic it was especially hard last year for them to do this.

“These are people whose work will not make the front pages of the news,” she continued. “Each year, this is an occasion for me to recognize the work they are doing for families, for the elderly, for people who are going through difficulties in life. So, we wanted to let it be known that these people did a lot of hard work over the past year.”

This year’s recipients

The 10 recipients chosen by Monique Sauvé for National Assembly Medals this year are:

  • Jean-Jacques Beldié (Association de citoyens de Laval-sur-le-Lac. Beldié is also a former Laval city councillor.)
  • Benoît Brabant (FC Laval)
  • Julie Bruyère (Maison de Lina)
  • Joanna Colida (Académie de l’enfance)
  • Linda Delisle (Manoir du Ruisseau)
  • Jacques Fournier (Comité des résidents du Centre d’hébergement de soins de longue durée Sainte-Dorothée)
  • Claire Harnois (Société Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Sainte-Dorothée)
  • Normand Jacques (Quartier des arts du Cheval Blanc)
  • Myriam Stephens (Collège Citoyen)
  • Mélanie Tremblay (Loisirs Sainte-Dorothée)

Pandemic restrictions

Last year, no ceremony to award National Assembly Medals was held by Sauvé’s office because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year, as the sanitary restrictions imposed by the provincial government were more relaxed, she decided to hold the ceremony, albeit with fairly strict requirements such as the use of face masks and hand sanitizer still in place.

Who gets the Medals

According to a description on the Quebec National Assembly website, the National Assembly Medal is awarded by the Members of the Assembly:

  • To people of their choice who are deserving of recognition, or
  • As an official gift to Members of other parliaments, elected officials or other public figures during parliamentary missions outside Quebec or protocol receptions at the Parliament Building.

Medal Characteristics

  • Composition: bronze, lacquered antique finish.

Reverse: Effigy of Jean-Antoine Panet, the first Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada (before 1968, the President of the Assembly was called the Speaker).

The effigy reproduces part of the painting, The Language Debate, by Charles Huot, that hangs in the National Assembly Chamber of the Parliament Building.

A miniature replica of the Medal of the National Assembly is also sold at the National Assembly gift shop.

Three arrested after attempted murder in Chomedey

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Three arrested after attempted murder in Chomedey

The LPD reports that three suspects were arrested on Sept. 1 in connection with what the force described as an attempted murder in Chomedey a few days earlier.

The arrests followed a shooting incident around 2:45 am on Sept. 1 in front of a recently-opened bar/restaurant, located in a commercial mall at the intersection of Curé-Labelle and Samson boulevards.

One of the persons shot was located following a 911 call and was taken to a hospital, while another showed up at a different hospital later. The two and a third suspect were arraigned at the Laval courthouse to face various charges.

Stevenson Shoute, 20, appeared on charges of recklessly firing a gun to injure a person, aggravated assault and the possession of an illegal firearm.

He was being detained and was due to return to court this week. A news report last week maintained that Shoute was struck four times by bullets, including three in the back, as he was leaving the bar/restaurant. The same report said that up to 15 shots were fired during the exchange of bullets.

Charles Turnier Lafleur, 29, appeared on charges of attempted murder, recklessly firing a gun to injure a person and assault. He was also being detained and was set to appear in court again last week.

Rebecca Dugas Germain, 25, was arraigned on charges of being an accomplice to an attempted murder, firing a gun and aggravated assault. She was released but had to meet several conditions, according to the LPD. None of the suspects has a criminal record.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call 911. The police file is LVL 210901-004. Anonymous calls can also be made to the LPD’s Info-Line at 450-662-4636.

Suspect arrested after crashing stolen SUV

A 19-year-old male who stole an SUV was taken into custody by the Laval Police on Sept. 3 following a vehicle chase which ended with the stolen car crashing and bursting into flames.

The vehicle, a Honda CRV, was stolen by the suspect in Sainte-Dorothée and was later spotted by the LPD around 3 am as it made its away eastward along Autoroute 440 near Autoroute 13.

The suspect continued evading the police at high speed along Montée Masson, striking a street lamp post at one point, until finally losing control and smashing into a convenience store and gas station.

The suspect then fled on foot, while the vehicle caught fire, causing damage to the building. The LPD set up a security perimeter and called in the canine squad to track the suspect, who was finally found hiding in nearby woods.

Motorcyclist, 68, dies after crash on Le Corbusier

A 68-year-old man riding a motorcycle died of injuries following a collision with a car in central Laval on the afternoon of Aug. 31.

The crash happened around 4:20 pm on Le Corbusier Blvd. The driver of the car was heading south. While trying to make a turn onto Saint-Elzéar Blvd. West, he struck the motorcyclist who was headed north on Le Corbusier.

While initially sustaining critical injuries, the motorcyclist died later in hospital.

Truck falls off A-15/Saint-Martin overpass

A truck that was motoring along Autoroute 15 during the night of Sept. 4 accidentally drove off the road, smashed through a concrete wall and fell to the pavement below onto Saint-Martin Blvd.

Around 3:40 am, the driver, 32, who is thought to have fallen asleep at the wheel, careened off the highway, then downward onto Saint-Martin.

He is said to have suffered only minor injuries.

Transport Québec sent a team to investigate as the incident involved a truck and took place on a provincial highway.

Les Bolides du Nord’s 2021 season cut short by Covid

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Les Bolides du Nord’s 2021 season cut short by Covid

Laval-based classic car club starts a new year in May 2022

For the second time since Les Bolides du Nord was founded seven years ago, the Laval-based classic car collector’s group had to cancel their annual automotive show which was scheduled for Saturday Sept. 4.

Covid takes a toll

“Our one major annual event had to be cancelled because of the Covid,” said Christian Danis, the Club Automobile les Bolides du Nord’s vice-president and webmaster, noting that the next major show will be on Sept. 3 2022.

“Last year, we also didn’t do it because of Covid. But prior to that, in 2019, we had 248 cars and at our first event we had 158 cars.” The club’s regular Friday evening meets in the parking lot outside the Tim Horton’s at 460 Curé Labelle have also come to a close until the first Friday of May next year.

Classic car territory

Quebec it would seem is prime territory for classic car clubs. There are two just in Laval, according to Danis, as well as clubs in Saint Eustache, in Saint Jérôme and several more on the island of Montreal.

Among the outstanding vehicles owned by members of Les Bolides du Nord is a 1955 Chevy Bel Air in immaculate condition. “The engine is chrome from A to Z,” said Danis, adding that the vehicle probably has an estimated value of $125,000.

Some amazing details

“It just packs in people. When he arrives at one of our shows, everybody just goes over to that car right away.” Describing the individual approach that each member has for the care and detailing of his or her prized vehicle, he said, “Everybody personalizes their car their own way.

“For some it might be more the paint job. If you look at some of the low-riders, they have some simply amazing paint jobs – the details are amazing. Each person personalizes his car his own way. That’s what brings people out to see cars like that.”

Model T’s to Oldsmobiles

While the definition of a “classic car” will vary from one club to another, Les Bolides du Nord defines it as any vehicle produced up to the year 2011.

“We’ve had people coming with an old Ford Model T 1926. I myself have an Oldsmobile ’76.”

Complete information on the Club Automobile Les Bolides du Nord is available on their Facebook page or on their website: https://www.lesbolidesdunord.com/.

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