Youth Employment Services is expanding to Quebec City
For 15 years, Youth Employment Services (YES) has provided support and assistance to over 6,000 entrepreneurs in the Greater Montreal Area. The non-profit organization strives to enrich the community by …
Fur & Feathers Book Quest sets a record
With the end of summer came the end of the Morrin Centre’s Book Quest: Fur and Feathers. The closing activity included prize drawings and in keeping with the theme, a …
Corn-on-the-cob Start-Up party
The Quest Toastmasters club held its summer party at a member’s farm in beautiful Ste-Croix de Lotbinière. The hay cart ride was a highlight of the party just before enjoying …
Quebec Art Company holding auditions for Guys and Dolls
The Quebec Art Company will be performing the musical Guys and Dolls this fall and is holding auditions for supporting roles and the chorus this coming Sunday at Carter Hall …
The so-called “Triple E” chamber
Recent events in Libya put me in mind of the long-promised and still unachieved reform of our Canadian Senate: to make it a so-called “Triple E” chamber, with Equal, Elected …
When the Van Doos play golf
The “Van Doos” is the name that derived for the Royal Vingt-deuxième Régiment by the English who could not pronounce “Vingt-deux” properly. I am referring to English people of the …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
1861 The Morning Telegraph We have received from the contractors, Messrs. Murphy & Quigley, an invitation to be present at the laying of the foundation stone of the new Quebec …
Father Allan M. Savage: Getting to know the pastor of St. Patrick’s Church
The Roman Catholic parish at St. Patrick’s Church has had Father Allan Maurice Savage as its pastor for one year. He is on a three-year loan from the Diocese of …
St. Andrew’s to hold special Kirkin o’ the Tartans ceremony
Bless this Tartan and those who wear it! The Kirkin o’ the Tartans, a tradition that includes blessing plaid garments worn by Scottish clans will take place on Sunday, September …
CBC TV gets a digital delay
On August 31, many Canadian television stations ended analog broadcasting by making a switch to digital signals.The switch to digital affects viewers who receive local over-the-air TV stations using an …