St.Patrick’s Cadets and the March 17th parade
Interviews with former members of Saint Patrick’s High School Cadets have revealed that the various accounts of the “Last St. Patrick’s Day Parade” are greatly exaggerated. Was it 1921? Was …
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“Falling to the way side” with non-Anglo immigrants
I was reading about newcomers to this country, some with no knowledge of our language and vernacular, and attending ESL courses. I was thinking of all the expressions, the meaning …
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Annual Jeffery Hale golf tournament a great success
The Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation’s annual fund raising tournament success played host to over 100 golfers for a day of golf under sunny skies and by the time the final …
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TD Friends of the Environment Foundation $100,000 Go Green Challenge plants the seeds for a greener future
– Third annual challenge invites students to submit their ideas onprotecting the environment – Think green, impact your community…and win.Canadian post-secondary students with creative ideas for making a differenceto Canada’s …
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Letters from Afghanistan
I alluded in my last post to time filling; what we do when we’re not working. Since having purchased my MacBook Pro, I’ve been spending a lot of evenings playing …
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Newly Published Book Details History of Seven Years’ War
“It was a very nice way of commemorating the battle,” said Andre Juneau, President of the National Battlefields Commission. Juneau was referring to Combattre pour la France en Amerique: Les …
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Port Celebrates Half a Million Cruise Boat Visitors to Quebec City
More than 500,000 passengers have disembarked from cruise ships at the Quebec City port of call since it was inaugurated in 2002. “We are very proud that half a million …
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Memorials and Things of Fame
1849 The Morning Chronicle The Board of Health has discontinued their weekly meetings in consequence of the disappearance of cholera and in the future will only assemble at the call …
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Valcartier Soldiers Are Demonstrating Their Bravery
A Canadian Forces chaplain spoke of the fragility of life, as family members of the latest Valcartier-based soldier to die in Afghanistan were quoted as saying that Private Jonathan Couturier …
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Jack Hérisset’s Bell Challenge Is Tennis At Its Best
Jacques Hérisset has a passion for tennis, a passion he lives through his commitment to the annual Bell Challenge, through his work at Club Avantage and through his coaching. Founder …
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