St. Vincent students learn Iroquois tradition for Earth Day 2009
As part of this year’s Earth Day celebrations, students at St. Vincent School participated in Project Loon, an outdoor and nature workshop given by Chief Onirha, Iroquois for Chief Top …
Simon Jacobs named as Morrin Center’s new executive director
Simon Jacobs has been named as the new executive director of the Morrin Centre, the self-described cultural portal of the heritage of English-speakers in Quebec City operated by the Literary …
Learning French was a gift of opportunity and new perspective
Being an Anglophone, I have to admit, I was arrogant about my language for the first 20 years of my life. I believed it was all I would need to …
Twenty-five years after the National Assembly killing spree
A gentle rain was falling as I made my way up the lawn toward the principal entrance of the Hotel du Parlement. I hadn’t walked that area in many years, …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1849The Morning Chronicle We have much pleasure in noticing the projects for erecting footpaths on the St. Louis and St. Foy roads. On the former it is proposed to carry …
Where in Quebec…
A fun new site has been launched that poses the question ‘How well do you know Quebec City?’ www.whereinquebec.com will post a new photo from somewhere in the greater Quebec …
Valcartier military wives count each day as their husbands fight on the war front
With each day that passes, Gemma Verret and her three-year-old son Ronan place an “X” on a big calendar they made together. “He knows that at the bottom of the …
Tewkesbury author Finn Clarke explores the dark side of fairy tales
After two years of working with British inmates and tired of traditional fairy tales, Tewkesbury resident Finn Clarke was encouraged to write darker, grimmer tales for adults, which have hopeful, …
Rick Dollard saluted at retirement bash
Last Saturday, May 2, past and present members of the Central Quebec School Board gathered to celebrate Rick Dollard’s retirement at a party organized for him at the Aquarium du …
Military chaplain speaks of the chaos and heartache of war
Captain Charles Deogratias seeks to make sense out of the senseless. He knows the heartache and chaos of war through direct life experience in his native Rwanda and his tour …