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A2 1 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 City editor: Ross Teagut 514-987-2462 rteagutthegazctte.canwst.com Assignment editor: Sheila McGovern 514-987-2617 smcgovernthegaiette.canwest.com MONTREAL One for the books Two religious buildings lost in separate fires Both had been vacant for some time C.l' V.J-' "if I "Jff Anti-occupation group may win CJC acceptance Membership was rejected in August letter mam case of arson. There was also little left of a historic convent that was destroyed by fire Friday in the heart of Massueville, near Sorel-Tracy, about 115 kilometres northeast of Montreal. That building had been vacant for years. Residents who live in the area said the building was often inhabited by squatters. An adjacent church was spared from the flames.

The Surete du Quebec will investigate the cause of the fire. THE GAZETTE A former church building in Longueuil that had been vacant for some time was destroyed in a blaze Friday The fire broke out at about 11:30 p.m. in the building on Lavallee St. in the city's Old Longueuil district. Near the Place Jacques Carti-er shopping centre, there was no electricity at the building.

The Longueuil fire department was on site all night, but could not save the building. Longueuil police will investigate the cause of the blaze, which they believe could be a fasti wing of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in June. That resolution, denounced by the CJC as "one-sided, biased and simplistic," committed CUPE Ontario to support "boycott, divestment and sanctions" against Israel until it recognizes Palestinian self-determination and the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties. CUPE Ontario also denounced such "apartheid-like practices" as Israel's separation wall. In refusing the alliance's membership request, Josh Rot-blatt, CJC's director of operations, wrote that "no member organization of CJC can support an economic boycott of the state of Israel, not to mention approv-.

ing wording which describes the nature of the Israeli state as Rotblatt said yesterday the membership issue would be reconsidered by the CJC's national officers committee at its next meeting this year. Stephen Scheinberg, a retired Concordia professor and co-president of Canadian Friends of Peace Now, said CJC should be an umbrella organization, but is not certain about the fit. "In principle I would like to see them as members of CJC if they're willing to adhere to the basic tenets of what CJC stands for, but they appear not to be," he said. iblockthegazette.canwest.com IRWIN BLOCK THE GAZETTE The Canadian Jewish Congress says it will reconsider its refusal to grant membership to a group that opposes Israeli occupation of land seized in the 1967 Middle East war. The decision follows a protest letter from Michael Mandel, a member of the Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians and professor of law at Osgoode Hall law school in Toronto.

Mandel challenged the CJC's right to speak for 370,000 Canadian Jews "if it excludes legitimate points of view, shared by many Jews in Canada." Mandel welcomed the move to take a second look at the group's bid it claims 115 members but said what it really wants is to be accepted as a congress member. Speaking from Toronto, Man-del said: "I love the Jewish state of Israel, I love its Jewishness and I love its Arab character, but what it is doing in the occupied territories is a violation of international law and human rights." The group wants to to join the CJC to "make our contribution from within the organized Jewish community," he said. Membership was refused in a letter sent in August to Abraham Weizfeld of Montreal, the group's co-founder, stating that its aims conflicted with those of the CJC. It cited as an example the group's support of a controversial motion passed by the Ontario post-secondary education. Fournier did not say what the amount was a decade ago, nor what he believed Quebec should receive.

Cops hunting rapist Montreal police are looking for a man who is suspected of sexually assaulting at least five women in Montreal North since August. In each case, the man would start a conversation with a woman on the street in broad daylight before threatening her with a knife and assaulting her. The suspect is described as a thin black man in his 20s, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, investigators said. Anyone with information is asked to telephone Info-Crime at 514-393-1133. THE GAZETTE MARIE-FRANCE COALLIER THE GAZETTE SIGN OF THE TIMES At the Nicholas Hoare bookstore in Westmount yesterday, Montrealers got a chance to get their books signed by Ciller Prize finalists, who happened to be in Toronto, via Margaret At-wood's clever invention, the remote-control Longpen.

Here, the robotic hand reproduces Carol Windley's autograph on her book, Home Schooling, as the author's simultaneous image appears on the TV screen. City pools meet water-quality norms All 36 indoor public pools in Montreal meet provincial environmental norms for water quality, city officials say The pool water was tested recently by an independent lab for the presence of a variety of bacteria, including fecal conform and pseudomonas aeruginosa. In August, the city of Montreal rushed to test its outdoor pools after a story in a Montreal newspaper revealed high concentrations of harmful bacteria in the water. The city carried out its own tests, which confirmed nine of the 64 outdoor pools failed to meet water quality standards. The city has pledged to fix the problem before next summer.

Ottawa must fund education: minister Ottawa must restore its transfer payments for post-secondary education to 1994-95 levels, Quebec's education minister said yesterday After meeting with presidents, principals and rectors of 13 Canadian universities at a bi-annual conference at the Universite de Montreal, Jean-Marc Fournier said teaching and research need more investment to thrive. "Investing in higher education ensures economic prosperity and social development," he said. Canada now transfers more than $5 billion annually to the provinces and territories for HOW TO REACH US General inquiries 514-987-2222 TO INQUIRE OR COMMENT ABOUT HOME DELIVERY, OR TO SUBSCRIBE: Montreal area: 514-987-2400 elsewhere: 1-800-361-8478 readthegthegazette.canwest.com We guarantee home delivery by 6:30 a.m. weekdays in the greater Montreal area. 1010 Ste.

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