The Métis Lighthouse with Alexander Reford at the Morrin Centre
The Métis Lighthouse is an “icon of our maritime heritage,” says historian and Jardins de Métis director Alexander Reford who has spent the last 10 years researching the Métis-sur-Mer region …
Memorials and Things of Fame for June 9, 2010
1850 The Morning Chronicle A great calamity has happened to the establishment, which was started some years ago in the township of Whitworth, and is situated in rear of Cacouna. …
Goudreault, 147th soldier to die in conflict
Once again, federal Defence Minister Peter MacKay has been called to cite a Canadian soldier fallen in Afghanistan. “On behalf of the Defence family,” said MacKay “I extend my deepest …
Twenty-four students from QHS discover Newfoundland
Good grades and a good behavior in class reward Quebec High School students with more than their parents’ pride. Twenty-four such students were rewarded with a trip to Newfoundland. The …
St. Pat’s High Graduation
Students from St. Patrick’s High School gathered in the Palais Montcalm last Friday to receive the diploma that would give them access to university. Some of them, like Olivia, came …
Lucille Wagner O’Connell
Lucille Wagner O’Connell1921 – 2010 Lady Lucille Wagner, wife of Mr. Thomas O’Connell, passed away At St. Brigid’s Home 5 June 2010, at the age of 88 years and …
The 2nd edition of the Rendez-vous naval de Québec attracts 100,000 people
The sunny Friday was definitely the best day to visit the military ships docked in Quebec City’s harbor. For the second edition of the Rendez-vous naval de Quebec, the Standing …
Soldiers tell World War II stories
Paul DeVillers was on a Merchant Navy tanker in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1944 as he watched the ship next to his boat explode. ‘’We were just beside …
“Rock on Mr. Benning!”
There are some who are happy when retirement comes, and there are some who cannot stop working. David Benning is one of them. After teaching 33 years at Quebec High …
Liberal platform “coming along nicely’’
The Liberal Party platform is ‘’coming along nicely,” according to Navdeep Bains, Official Opposition Critic for Small Business and Tourism and Chair of Platform Development for the Liberal Party. Bains …