Memorials and Things of Fame
1850The Morning Chronicle February 8, 1850: A tremendous conflagration occurred at San Francisco on the 24th of December, destroying nearly half the city. Note from Cathy: On December 24, 1849 …
Teaching English Second Language
Since my retirement as a criminal investigator with the Federal Government in 1999, I have been teaching English to adults in different professions: Banking and Insurance Institutions and Provincial Government …
Acid indigestion and stinky feet
I was on the city of Québec website the other day, looking at how our fair city presents itself to the outside world. There was a lot of talk about …
Sexual purity also duty for men
In response to last week’s editorial by Muhammed Khaled Hamou: Muhammed, I agree with you that hypersexualisation of women isn’t equivalant to liberation, but putting the obligation of sexual purity …
Kebs loose sixth straight in Puerto Rico
Facing the unbeaten first place team is not the best tonic when you’ve lost six games out of your first seven. That was a lesson the Quebec City Kebs learned …
Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity
Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday February 9 in McMahon Hall at St. Patrick’s Church, 1145 De Salaberry, Quebec. Michael Kenneally, Chair in Canadian Irish …
Federal government pledges financial support toward organic waste treatment system for Quebec City
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Josee Verner has pledged the federal government’s financial support toward the construction of an organic waste treatment system in Quebec City. In addition to treating organic waste, …
Isabel McCartney: A century young
“Can you speak up? I can’t hear you.” The speaker leans in closer and speaks louder. “I was just teasing you,” McCartney said. Isabel McCartney may have started her second …
St. Patrick’s High School student part of Juvenile Curling Team
The juvenile curling team of 15 and 16 year-olds of Bergeron-Gallant consists of skip Alexandre Bergeron-Gallant, third Marc Lachance, a student of St. Patrick’s High School, second Olivier Larouche and …
Autism treatment comes naturally for “Effervescence” author
Simone Brenneman has taken a unique approach to raising autistic children. “Many treatments focus on trying to make the autistic child normal,” Brenneman, a mother of four, said. But the …