Five Years Ago

January 31, 2002

HOLLYWOOD NORTH: "A Westmount side street came under the glare of spotlights last week as a crew filmed scenes for a feature-length movie. A Windsor Avenue home had been chosen as the setting of some interior shots for the film Beyond Borders, directed by Martin Campbell (The Mask of Zorro), and starring Angelina Jolie (Girl Interrupted) and Clive Owen (Croupier). Veteran film director Oliver Stone wrote part of the screenplay. Owen is currently appearing in Gosford Park, Robert Altman’s latest film now playing in Montreal. Jolie, daughter of American actor Jon Voight, was in Montreal with her husband, Billy Bob Thornton, who was working on another film here at the same time. Beyond Borders is described as an epic tale set against the backdrop of the world’s most dangerous hotspots. Jolie, an Academy Award winner, plays Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984."



Ten Years Ago

January 30, 1997

REDDY GETS A HUG: “As staff and patients of the Reddy Memorial Hospital continue a week-long series of events to mark the hospital’s closing, the public is invited to take part in a last show of love for the Tupper Street institution. Participants will gather at the hospital today, Thursday, at 10:30 a.m. to form a ‘hug chain’ around the hospital, and then reassemble at 5:30 p.m. for a flashlight vigil and march, complete with a bagpiper. ‘We’re going to form a human chain around the building to give the Reddy a last hug,’ explained Eunice Ulley, head nurse of the Reddy Memorial. The Reddy closes its doors for good on Friday, the latest of nine Montreal-area hospitals being shut down under Quebec Health Minister Jean Rochon’s $190-million cost-cutting program.”



Fifty-Five Years Ago

February 1, 1952

OUTLAWING COMMUNISM: “‘Resolved that the Communist Party Should be Outlawed in Canada.’ This was the subject of a vigorous debate conducted by four members of Westmount Senior High School’s Current Events Club before 75 members at the Club’s last meeting. Carol Fischel and Paige Fairchild, who composed the affirmative team, maintained that because the Communist Party advocates the violent overthrow of our capitalism regime, outlawing it is the only thing to do in order to protect the nation. Margaret Craig and Richard Freedman, who upheld the negative, said outlawing the Communist Party would only drive the party underground. A popular vote taken after the debate decided the negative team was the more convincing, namely that Communism should not be outlawed in Canada.”