Radio-Canada announced last week it wants to get rid of some 100,000 vinyl records from storage in its tower in east-end Montreal. The brand new CBC/Rad-Can building on the same …
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Visiting relatives in Addis Ababa
I have a great-great-great-great … (trying to save space on the number of “greats”) aunt who lives in Ethiopia and has a bistro in downtown Addis Ababa named after her. …
The story behind Rue Chassé
Rue Chassé is named in memory of four members of an illustrious Quebec City family who fought with the Royal 22e Régiment during the First and Second World Wars. Lieutenant-Colonel …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
March 19, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteTyphus FeverA London [England] paper states that Dr. Smith obtained from Parliament five thousand pounds for the following recipe for the cure of Typhus …
Quebec, UL get more than fair share of federal health research funds
The federal government provides more funding for health research to Quebec than is indicated by its share of the Canadian population. That fact was brought to light at a media …
Lightbound strikes back
The event at Université Laval to highlight federal funding of health research was officially ceremonial and above politics. Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor kept her remarks strictly formal and focused …
Repair Café helps do-it-yourselfers fix household items
With the recent launch of the first Repair Café, another opportunity has opened up to fight planned obsolescence and aim for a Zero Waste lifestyle in this city.From the crowd …
Parishioners celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with mass and banquet
As spring approaches, Irish people across the globe don their green and get out fiddles, guitars and beer for an evening of music, dance and folklore. And on March 17, …
It’s so much fun to run! … said the dogs
Mother Nature gave the organizers of the seventh annual International Dogsled Races held at Village Vacances Valcartier quite a scare. With all the rain and snow that fell during the …
Time to enjoy the great outdoors
People with a passion for boating, camping, fishing and hunting met at the Salon Plein Air, Chasse, Pêche et Camping and the Salon du Bateau de Québec, held at the …