Tuberculosis is back
Tuberculosis is back to haunt us Not so long ago, one could believe tuberculosis was a thing of the past. Regrettably, that is no longer true. As rich countries like …
Quebec City police officer helps two lost tourists
I was in and out of Quebec City on a Friday night to see Yanni. After the show, which was fantastic, Suzanne and myself got really lost. We asked a …
Elizabeth Seton Center closes after 30 years
The Elizabeth Seton Center has closed its doors after offering the English community 30 years of spiritual solace as a prayer centre and spiritual retreat. Tucked away among other stately …
Clock may be ticking toward divine retribution
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said in the dark days of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Truer words were never …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1849 The Morning Chronicle A judgment of the Court of Queen’s Bench was rendered in the last term against Charles Déguise, Esq., in favor of Mr. William Jeffrey, for the …
Sing whenever you feel
One of the great things about being old is you can just sit and sing whenever you feel the urge. What you sing is sometimes rather silly, but it keeps …
Breaking News…Two Quebec High School teachers help apprehend teenage purse snatchers
Two Quebec High School teachers helped police apprehend two teenagers now accused of stealing an elderly woman’s purse behind the school on Rue De Lévis Tuesday morning. Two male teens, …
WILTON SMITH
WILTON SMITH Passed away in Ottawa December 14, 2008, aged 86 years. Beloved husband of late Estella Crawford. He leaves to mourn his sister and brothers; Thelma, Herbert (Louise …
Jeffery Hale Golf Tournament
Many golfers are already hitting the links with the fine weather we have been recently enjoying. So a note to all you golfers; this year the Jeffery Hale golf tournament will once …
Great Hunger not Great Famine drove people out of Ireland
2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the unveiling of the Celtic cross at the Grosse ÎIe Irish Memorial National Historic Site run by Parks Canada. In a very moving ceremony …