With a silver anniversary this year, APPEAL, a Quebec City English conversation group, wants to stay in keeping with its name by appealing to francophones in the city. A significant …
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Choosing the right home
I have had a great response to my stories relating to the major life decisions faced by senior citizens. Many of the stories are very sad and heartbreaking. Poor decisions …
250 years later, Frasers back in Plains cross-fire
The 78th Fraser Highlanders regiment is best known for bravely fighting side by side with the British infantry under General James Wolfe during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. …
Quebec man leaves sporting legacy, spawned dynasty
Adrian Leger’s humbleness meant many of his early sporting exploits were not widely known, even among those he loved. While his family always knew him as a great sportsman, few …
Old rivalries renewed at CQSB basketball tournament
Old cross-town rivalries between the St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish and the Quebec High School Blazers were renewed on the court this weekend at the Central Quebec School Board’s annual senior …
Striking Quebec gold: “an overnight success story 11 years in the making”
Quebec City is not quite the dusty prospecting town Edmonton was in the late 19th century, but as the base of operations for the mineral exploration company Virginia Mines, the …
Ingres and the Moderns
The exhibition «Ingres and the moderns» also presents several of Ingres portraits, some of them oil paintings, others preparatory studies and close to finish drawings. Among them, is the remarkable …
My Valentine
My Valentine. Jewels, flowers, chocolates and kisses are the fare for St. Valentine’s and I hope you have will have been endowed with a satisfying portion of them all. My …
Al Gore’s Message Reaches Quebec City
St.Lawrence students and staff are getting ready for the upcoming visit of Jean-François Barsoum, a public speaker who was trained, along with 250 other carefully chosen Canadians, by former American …
Winter blues
Winter blues turn rosy. We of the Eastern Townships, especially those of us living around Sherbrooke, are fortunate to have received more snow than elsewhere in the province to date. …