From Book Fair to Bursaries
Over the years the members of the English-Speaking Community of the Greater Quebec City Region have been generous in donating their books to the used-book sale the Quebec City Women’s …
PATRICK DESMOND McKENNA August 30, 1924 – March 12, 2010. World War II Veteran
PATRICK DESMOND McKENNAAugust 30, 1924 – March 12, 2010. World War II Veteran Peacefully, in Kanata, Ontario, on March 12, in his 86th year, his wife and daughter Catherine by …
The Bellshrine of St. Patrick
Life of Saint Patrick can be read here TranslatedClog-an-eadbacta PhatraicA Social History of Ancient IrelandP.W. Joyce 1903 Bells.- The Irish for a bell is cloc, clocc, or clog, …
Five bucks could save us a lot!
Once again we are starting to hear about problems with our health care system. People dying because of waiting lists and people being neglected in hallways. Sad but true. …
The return of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade is exciting
I have been reading with interest the plans for the Quebec City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Our Congregation, les Soeurs du Bon-Pasteur de Québec (Good Shepherd Sisters of Quebec), have …
Quebec housing starts rose in February
According to the results of the latest monthly survey conducted by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), residential construction rose in February in Quebec’s centres with 10,000 or more inhabitants. …
Maple syrup industry optimistic for 2010
After four difficult springs, the 2009 season will go down as a historic season, with Quebec maple syrup production hitting 109.4 million pounds. Producers have been thrilled with the news, …
SLC athlete wins award
Champlain Saint Lawrence College’s Veronique Johnson has been named the top student athlete in the Provincial AAA Collegiate Basketball League. The league held its annual banquet last Saturday during the …
More seal pups stranded on beaches
The Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network expects there will be more incidents involving seal pups stranded on beaches in the next few weeks. Poor ice conditions in the Gulf …
Ladies and gentleman, meet the new Canada
Ladies and gentleman, meet the new Canada. No longer the humble also-rans, in two short weeks Canada redefined itself as brash, pushy, boisterous – and not afraid to put everything …