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Saturday, June 26 2021 Vol. 26 No. 36
birrafanelli.com Covering Montréal & Surrounding Areas
BEN ST. JUSTE
A NFL JOURNEY
Photo: Washington Football Team
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Opening of Jean-Dore Beach
MONTRÉAL - Jean-Dore Beach, a veri- competitive training or an introduction September 6. Cost of admission is $9 for
table island of freshness in the heart of to the sport, and it enables swimmers to adults, $4.50 for children (3 to 13 years
Parc Jean-Drapeau, reopens for the sea- enjoy this body of water at an entirely of age), free for 2-year olds and under
son on June 23. Whether you'd like to different level. It should be noted, in and $22 for a family composed of 2 par-
soak up the sun, play a game of beach order to maintain the recommended 10 ents and 2 children.
volleyball, have a family picnic, enjoy metres of physical distancing between Swimmers who would like to enjoy
some relaxation time amid nature or swimmers, the capacity for each course some food fare are well served at Jean-
simply take a refreshing pause near one is reduced to 30 people per beach time- Doré Beach, which has a tasty menu on
of the water stations, this is the place to slot (reservation required). site, including paninis, salads, snacks, icy
be for anyone who likes to swim. Sanitary measures in effect treats and beverages for all.
A lively beach with loads of The Société du parc Jean-Drapeau has A shuttle service offered by the STM
water-related activities prepared to accommodate visitors by (767) is available from the Jean-Drapeau
Again this year, the Beach has an array establishing specific action plans to com- subway station. It's also easy to get to
of entertaining activities to offer. ply with health and safety measures. the Beach by bike using Circuit Gilles-
Aquazilla is back with its many inflatable Swimmers must arrive on the site wear- Villeneuve.Visitors can use the south en-
structures comprised of a series of ob- ing their bathing suit because changing trance, near parking area P4.
stacle courses, and if you're a boating rooms are not accessible. The on-site About the Société du parc Jean-Dra-
enthusiast, you can rent several types of service for loaning life jackets is still peau
crafts, including kayaks, pedal boats and available. The Beach's capacity has been Established by the City of Montréal, the
stand-up paddleboards (SUP).A new fea- reduced to facilitate physical distancing Société du parc Jean-Drapeau has a mis-
ture this year enables visitors to bring recommended by the INSPQ, however, sion to preserve, plan, promote and de-
their own SUP or kayak to explore the it is no longer necessary to reserve time velop this huge urban park, oversee the
Beach's lake and its lagoons. slots like last year. healthy coexistence of activities which
For athletes and casual swimmers Price grid, concessions and how to get occur there and ensure its longevity for
alike, the Parc has also made a 300- there current and future generations.
metre open-water swimming course Jean-Doré Beach is open every day from For any and all information on Parc
available in the Beach's lake sector. The 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., until August 22. After Jean-Drapeau's programming, please go
course is comprised of three marked-off this date, it will only be open on week- to parcjeandrapeau.com or follow us
lanes, making it an ideal facility, either for ends, and will close for the season on on social media @parcjeandrapeau .
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Prime Minister statement
Hudson, St. Lazare, Sennevil e, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Baie d’Urfe, Bea-
consfield, Kirkland, Pte. Claire, D.D.O., Pier efonds, Roxboro, Dorval, La-
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The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau,
today issued the following state-
ment:
"I am terribly saddened to learn
that the remains of children had
been found in unmarked graves
near the former Marieval
(Cowessess) Residential School
Contributors: in Saskatchewan. My heart breaks
for the Cowessess First Nation,
• Alyssa De Rosa and for all Indigenous communi-
• Marco Giovanetti ties across Canada.
• Sergio Martinez “No child should have ever
• Bonnie Wurst been taken away from their fam-
ilies and communities, and
• Stuart Nulman robbed of their language, culture,
• Deborah Rankin and identity. No child should have truth that they have long known. minder of the systemic racism,
• Martha Shannon spent their precious youth sub- The hurt and the trauma that discrimination, and injustice that
jected to terrible loneliness and you feel is Canada's responsibility Indigenous peoples have faced –
abuse. No child should have to bear, and the government will and continue to face – in this
spent their last moments in a continue to provide Indigenous country. And together, we must
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Travel restrictions to ease
July 5th for fully vaccinated
passengers
Canada's major airlines noted today's ogy, virology as well as advanced data restrictions will be removed, in particu-
announcement by the federal govern- analytics, is a data and science-based re- lar for fully vaccinated travellers from
ment that on July 5th at 11:59 pm EDT view that calls for a variety of changes foreign countries, and how the Panel's
fully vaccinated Canadians and perma- to travel and border measures including recommendations will be adopted. As
nent residents will be exempt from elimination of quarantine for fully vacci- vaccination programs increase rapidly
hotel quarantine and mandatory 14-day nated travellers, elimination of hotel and jurisdictions around the world pro-
quarantine. But the industry repeated quarantine for all travellers, reduction of vide consumers and industry with a
its plea that Canada desperately needs a quarantine for partially vaccinated and clear path forward, we must do the
clear and comprehensive re-start plan unvaccinated travellers, and the use of same. Countries that successfully imple-
for international travel, and an end to rapid antigen testing. While Canada has ment a science and data – based testing
one-off piecemeal announcements con- reached a vaccination target of 75% / and quarantine policy will not only pro-
cerning quarantine and border policy 20%, today's announcement did not sub- tect public health, they will also drive
changes. stantively address these measures. their overall domestic recovery and take
"Easing quarantine restrictions for fully McNaney also noted that the govern- jobs and investment from countries that
vaccinated Canadians and eligible trav- ment's requirement that children under do not. We must get moving now", con-
ellers is a step in the right direction, but the age of 18 who are not fully vacci- cluded McNaney.
falls far short of the recommendations nated must adhere to a 14-day quaran- About the National Airlines
provided by Health Canada's Expert Ad- tine runs counter to the approach taken Council of Canada:
visory Panel report released last month. by other countries. "The government re- The National Airlines Council of
The government continues to refuse to peatedly states it is working with our in- Canada represents Canada's largest na-
provide Canadians with a clear and com- ternational partners and following tional and international passenger air
prehensive restart plan outlining how science, yet pursues initiatives such as carriers: Air Canada, Air Transat, Jazz Avi-
measures from the report will be mandatory quarantine for minors that is ation LP and WestJet. It promotes safe,
adopted. While other countries like completely out of step with other juris- sustainable and competitive air travel by
France have already changed their meas- dictions. In fact, the policy directly con- advocating for the development of poli-
ures to welcome Canadian travellers, we tradicts the recommendations issued cies, regulations and legislation to foster
still have no plan or clear timeframe in jointly on June 17 by the European Cen- a world-class transportation system.
Canada," said Mike McNaney, President tre for Disease Prevention and Control, Pre-pandemic our members collectively
and CEO of the National Airlines Coun- and the European Union Aviation Safety carried over 80 million passengers an-
cil of Canada, which represents Canada's Agency" he said. nually, directly employed over 60,000
largest airlines (Air Canada, Air Transat, "Unlike many other countries includ- people and served as a critical compo-
Jazz Aviation, and WestJet). ing our G7 partners, Canada has yet to nent of Canada's overall air transport
The Health Canada Advisory Panel re- provide a clear restart plan outlining and tourism sector, which supported
port, prepared by experts in epidemiol- when and how major travel and border more than 630,000 jobs.
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Ben Ste. Juste: an NFL football
journey from Montreal to
Minnesota to Washington
Photo: Washington Football Team
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23-year-old Ben St. Juste • Photo: Washington Football Team
When an aspiring pro athlete goes on don’t have that luxury of a midpoint be-
the long, difficult road to playing with a tween getting drafted and playing in the
professional team in any sport, there is majors.
a maxim that defines that journey:“many “There’s not a big transition between
are called, few are chosen”. college football and the NFL,” admits
In the case of 23-year-old Ben St. Juste, Ste. Juste. “It’s like you’re being thrown
he defied the odds on the road to be- into the fire, and you always have to be
coming a pro football player. He was prepared.”
called and chosen. Ste. Juste will start to get his bearings
St. Juste, who played football in high in the world of NFL football very soon.
school, participated in the prestigious He begins training camp with Washing-
Pop Warner program, played for Cegep ton starting July 27 at the University of
du Vieux Montreal, the University of
Michigan Wolverines and the University By Stuart Nulman Virginia in Richmond, which includes a
series of pre-season games that begins
of Minnesota Gophers, was chosen in
the third round of this year’s NFL Draft
mtltimes.ca with a matchup against the New England
by the Washington Football Team. league for nearly 90 years). “It feels Patriots on August 12.Their 2021 season
But what made him want to play at amazing, but not just for me, but how it officially begins on September 12 against
every level of football? St. Juste credits impacts my hometown, and can inspire the Los Angeles Chargers.
that to his father, who played football for future young Montreal football players As he prepares for his inaugural season
the University of Miami Hurricanes. to see one of their own get drafted by as an NFL player, Ste. Juste is aware of
“My dad was a two-way athlete who the NFL, and how it can open more the challenges that are associated with
excelled in basketball and football. I liked doors for them,” he said. “The Washing- being a pro football player, as opposed
trying every single sport around, but my ton Football Team has a great history, to being a college player.
dad sat me down and said I should pick being one of the first NFL teams and “When you’re a college player, you
a primary sport. I asked him which one with three Super Bowl championships have other things to worry about, such
I should choose and he suggested foot- to their name.Although there is going to as attending classes and school work,”
ball, because that was not a common be a lot of pressure to meet Washing- he said. “However, being an player in the
route to take,” said the Montreal North ton’s standards every year, I think being NFL is a job.You always have to be ready,
native during a recent interview on part But
of this team is a great fit for me.” to be sharp, to be on point and to take
unlike drafted baseball and hockey the game very seriously, because you re-
Zoom.
St. Juste, who plays cornerback, is players — who get the chance to obtain alize that next year, there will be a new
some playing experiences under their group of players who are ready to take
thrilled to be drafted by Washington, belts through the minor leagues and the
which is one of the oldest franchises in farm system — drafted NFL players your job. But don’t get me wrong; being
the NFL (and has been around the an NFL player has its share of fun, too.”
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A new era of paddle boarding
made in Quebec
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the new SUP brand Maddle believes that eager to explore in style. Each season,
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• June 26, 2021 www.mtltimes.ca 13Book Reviews - mtltimes.ca
The Bomber Mafia
by Malcolm Gladwell
It’s amazing to note how one small, tory with The Bomber Mafia. was why he used napalm during the
somewhat insignificant event can have The book had its roots as an episode March raid on Tokyo (by the way, it was
the power to change the course of his- from this podcast, as Gladwell master- LeMay who piloted the B-29 bomber
tory. fully puts together a series of diverse “Enola Gay” when it dropped the
That’s the case when a change in com- narratives and people whose common atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6,
mand of a U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) goal was to wage a more humane, accu- 1945).
bomber group happened on the island rate air war through new innovations Gladwell’s penchant for the lesser
of Guam in the Marianas in January of and practices, and turns them into a log- known details of history that had a quiet
1945, when General Curtis LeMay took ical, cohesive story. impact on its outcome is quite prevalent
over from General Haywood Hansell. The dramatis personae of this book when you read The Bomber Mafia (es-
begins with Carl L. Norden, a Dutch sci- pecially when he details his visit to the
entist who invented the 55-pound much ignored museum in Tokyo called
bombsight device that was used by the the Center of the Tokyo Raids and War
USAAF during the war so bombers Damage). In fact, this book is a shining
could drop their deadly payload with ac- example of hidden history. It shows how
curacy (with Norden’s rather odd goal a bunch of tiny fabrics that on the sur-
of enabling a bombardier to drop a face can have little or no significance at
bomb into a pickle barrel from six miles all, can be painstakingly woven together
up). Then there’s the actual “Bomber and its end result play a major part of
Mafia”, a group of high-ranking USAAF the overall tapestry; in this case, the fab-
officers who steadfastly believed in the rics are the people and events that make
concept of precision bombing that up the once overlooked contribution of
would target the enemy’s supply chain,
By Stuart Nulman and contribute towards a quick end to the air war, and the large-scale tapestry
is World War II. It kind of reminds me of
the war (but failed miserably during an
mtltimes.ca air raid on a ball bearings factory in Victory Through Air Power, Major
Schweinfurt, Germany). And there’s two Alexander P. de Seversky’s 1942 book
These were two commanders with two college professors – Louis Fieser from that explained his theories of aviation
different approaches when it came to Harvard and Hoyt Hottel from MIT – and long-range bombing that could be
the air war against Japan. However, this whose respective experiments in creat- key to an Allied victory, which was
change in command, which on the sur- ing a highly flammable oil-based product adapted as a vital animated feature-
face looked insignificant, actually led to the creation of napalm, which was length documentary by the Walt Disney
changed the tide for the remainder of used by USAAF bombers on March 9 Studios a year later, and played just as an
the war; not only how it was waged in and 10, 1945 to literally burn Tokyo to important role in the Allies’ long road to
the air, but how it led to the dropping of the ground (and was used to a much victory in the air war against Germany
the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and wider, yet deadlier, effect during the Viet- and Japan.
Nagasaki, which prompted the uncondi- nam War). And finally there’s LeMay and This book offers an important lesson
tional surrender of Japan eight months Hansell, whose approaches to bombing on not turning your back to history’s lit-
later and subsequently, the end of World enemy targets were quite diverse. tle events, for they possess just as much
War II. Hansell believed in the precision bomb- importance to its outcome on a grander
For his latest book, best-selling author ing method – which was constantly bit- scale.That concept is served rather sym-
Malcolm Gladwell took a page from his ten by bad luck since he took command bolically in the book’s final two sen-
“Revisionist History” podcast and offers – and LeMay was a fan of the more dev- tences: “Curtis LeMay won the battle.
readers a fascinating gem of hidden his- astating scorched earth method, which Haywood Hansell won the war.”
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Movie Reviews - mtltimes.ca
Zahra and Ali are two children trying to survive in Tehran
SUN CHILDREN
Majid Majidi, director of "Sun Children," pathetic support from the vice-principal
is probably one of the best Iranian film- Rafie (Javad Ezati). Ali also feels attracted
makers today. He is also known in Mon- to Zahra (Shamila Shirzad), who illegally
treal: three of his films, "Children of peddles merchandise in the subway and
Heaven" (1997), "The Colour of Para- who also is Abolfazl's sister.
dise" (1999), and "Baran" (2001), won
prizes at the Montreal World Film Festi- Despite Ali's efforts, progress in
val.This time, Majidi has brought us a po- searching for the treasure is slow and
etic and sensitive look at the lives of a sometimes goes in the wrong direction;
group of children living in poverty in however, Hashem keeps thinking that
Tehran, forced to work by the circum- the boy would eventually find the pre-
stances. However, at times, they are also By Sergio Martinez
cious treasure.
involved in petty crime. mtltimes.ca
"Sun Children" is a powerful indict-
One of the boys is Ali (Roohollah Za-
mani), a 12-year-old who was almost of adventure and the desire for riches, ment of child labour and exploitation.
caught when accompanied by his friends Ali will have to enrol in the local school, Still, the message is conveyed subtly,
he tried to steal a tire from a car in a the Sun School, a privately-run institu- combining the hardship of work with a
parking lot. He had also stolen a pigeon tion specializing in educating street kids. somehow hopeful attitude and motiva-
belonging to Hashem (Ali Nassirian), a He and his friends, especially the Afghan tion on the part of the kids. It is a movie
crime boss in the neighbourhood. It is boy Abolfazl (Abolfazl Shirzad), start
working in the school basement. Still, the that I recommend to admirers of this
Hashem who convinces Ali that under- great Iranian filmmaker. Perhaps for oth-
neath the local school, there is a hidden task would be far more difficult than ex-
pected. ers, it might be an interesting discovery
treasure. He would be ready to help Ali During that time, other developments
care for his sick mother if he works for of Iranian cinema.
him, excavating and looking for the unleash: the school suffers financial trou- In Farsi (Persian) with English subtitles.
bles. Things are not going well for Ali in Released on June 25.
treasure. the school either. However, he gets sym-
To undertake his mission, with a mix Duration: 138 min
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Lake Louise, a de- system. Not planned
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we travelled many second time. 2014. course.
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RV, stopping at ven- in Earth to Body roller coaster ride,
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care. We miss you, while this visit to ach churns. Nowhere
Canada. Lake Louise failed, it to stop. Nowhere to
But before kids, was not for lack of turn around. No
binding careers and trying. going back. White
Earth to Body, we Earth to Body was knuckle it and pray.
took a one year ‘play’ heading west. This We finally made it to
tour across North time our Windstar the Lake Louise
America. One in- was pulling our new parking lot, but alas, did Lake Louise. fond memories of Bumps and all.
credible vista was first trailer (we have there were NO In 2017 we had Lake Louise, and they Happy Canada Day
Lake Louise, Alberta. upgraded twice since parking spots for our success. differ. Revisiting is We stand behind
It was 1974, travelling then). We were on a van and trailer Even though the never exactly the our products. We
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