After almost six months of not performing in public, the musicians of the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec (OSQ) were thrilled to be back onstage at the Grand Théâtre on Aug. …
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Modern methods mean mine waste not going to waste
I grew up in the shadow of a mountain of tailings. Well, it wasn’t quite in the shadow, but it seemed everywhere you turned you were looking up at a …
A re-tired flower arrangement
If you don’t want to pay the fee for recycling your old tires, why not use them as planters for your favourite flowers? With some rainbow-coloured paint and a little …
Urbanist Mackey slams impact of tramway on Montcalm
Montcalm will be condemned to deteriorate.” That was the main thrust of urbanist Paul Mackey’s presentation to the Bureau des audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) on the city’s tramway plan. …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
August 12, 1870 – The Morning ChronicleThe Police Question – We learn that the Commissioner of Police has ordered an investigation into the charges made through the columns of the …
From COVID-19 to Manic-5
I have been all across this magnificent country of ours, visited all 10 provinces from Victoria, B.C., to Greenspond, N.L. (the land of my ancestors). Yet I have always wanted …
Things to do with empty toilet paper tubes
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, people have been stocking up on toilet paper, and many may now have a year’s supply of this soft, white, one-time-use tissue . . . …
Football Quebec gets the green light for a return to action in 2020
The provincial health authorities have given Football Quebec the green light to go ahead with the sport at different levels this coming fall.U Sports has already decided to cancel the …