My Valentine
My Valentine. Jewels, flowers, chocolates and kisses are the fare for St. Valentine’s and I hope you have will have been endowed with a satisfying portion of them all. My …
Al Gore’s Message Reaches Quebec City
St.Lawrence students and staff are getting ready for the upcoming visit of Jean-François Barsoum, a public speaker who was trained, along with 250 other carefully chosen Canadians, by former American …
Winter blues
Winter blues turn rosy. We of the Eastern Townships, especially those of us living around Sherbrooke, are fortunate to have received more snow than elsewhere in the province to date. …
What a winter!
What a winter. I’m through complaining about it, but what a winter we’re having in the Quebec this year. My ex-Quebec relatives and friends now living in British Columbia are …
Ingres at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Quebec
For any one who is even slightly interested in French 19 century neo-classic art or in the work of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in particular, this exhibition is a chance …
Pabke, Marie Louisa (née Gibaut)
Pabke, Marie Louisa (née Gibaut) At Kensington Gardens in Toronto, Ontario on January 25, 2009. Dearly beloved wife of John G. Pabke and dear mother of David H. Pabke (Mary-Jane …
Judy Bignell Ferris, died January 30, 2009
Judy Bignell Ferris Passed away unexpectedly and suddenly on Saturday January 31, 2009 following a heart attack at the age of 67. She lived in Langley, B.C. Wife of Rev. …
Fed budget knocked in QC
The federal budget, tabled last week in an effort to mitigate Canada’s current economic downturn, is receiving rough reviews in Quebec. Opposition critics and the province’s pundits have slammed the …
Ice-canoers brave the frigid St. Lawrence [with video]
Ice Canoe racing is like trying to push start a Volkswagen bus through knee-deep snow, ice and slush, wearing golf shoes and spandex tights, but the bus never starts and …
Radio Canada report reveals new details in Shannon TCE case
In darkened homes lit by the blue hue of television screens, many Shannon residents waited anxiously for what news Enquête, Radio Canada’s investigative reporting show, would offer concerning the community’s …