In February 2004, the CBC’s Fifth Estate aired a story about Shannon, an Irish-Canadian village of approximately 4,000 people situated 30 kilometres north of Québec City; it is the birthplace …
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Female quarterback blazes a trail at St. Pat’s High
By Marie WhiteAt the tender age of 14, Anne-Laurence Harvey is a trailblazer.This season, Harvey scored not only the first but the first three touchdowns ever as the first female …
Quebec soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice
Jonathan Couturier, 23, Royal 22e Régiment Battle Group, September 17; Improvised explosive device, Panjwai District, Afghanistan. Private Patrick Lormand, 21,Chute-à-Blondeau, Ontario 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment Battle Group, September 13; …
A German Priest’s thoughts on Remembrance Day
In Germany, Remembrance Day was established as a national holiday in 1934, in order to commemorate the soldiers who died when fighting for their home country. But the purpose had …
Son recounts father’s WWI experience
After spending the 1916/17 school year at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, my father, A. Kelso Roberts, was sent overseas with all the other junior officers in his …
Labeaume visits SLC Business Program
Mayor Regis Labeaume’s current business is politics, but he says business is what helped him arrive where he is today. The mayor last week addressed a gathering of the P.W. …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1849The Morning Chronicle We have been requested to intimate that gun practice will be carried on from the Citadel at one o’clock this afternoon. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood should …
Loves Memorials column
Love your column Memorials and Things of Fame by Catherine Rouleau of October 28 (just in today) – the l859 item especially. Your column is always interesting and I love …
New Bill C-6 looks after corporate interests
Hey Canadians, wake up and smell the turpentine! It seems we are all being royally bamboozled. Raise your hands all of you who thought that we Canadians lived in a …