Goodwill from Community Hamper Contributions Flows into 2009
The members of the 13th annual Community Christmas Hamper Campaign Committee would like to express their deep gratitude to community members for their ongoing support and enthusiastic participation in what …
St. Pat’s set for mid-year concert
St. Patrick’s High School will be turning it up for this year’s mid-year concert, Wednesday, January 21. Bands from Secondary 1 through 5, including the school’s music concentration program, dubbed …
Cegeps receive passing grade from education watchdog
The commission charged with monitoring and developing the teaching in Quebec’s technical schools and cegeps gave those schools a passing grade Tuesday. The Commission d’évaluation de l’enseignment collegial (CEEC) released …
QHS science fair celebrates science in our lives
Science touches every aspect of our lives and students at Quebec High School were able to demonstrate that theme at this year’s annual school-wide science fair, held last Monday. Seventy-five …
Quebecers gather for President Obama
People crowded into chairs around a big screen, pushed against the bar and stood on their tiptoes in the adjoining hallway this Tuesday at Universite Laval to get a glimpse …
Memorials and things of fame
1849 The Morning Telegraph A new virtue has been discovered in coffee. The London Medical Gazette gives the result of numerous experiments with roasted coffee, proving that it is the …
Duddy doesn’t disappoint
Braving the icy January winds, a group assembled at the Morrin Centre this past Sunday evening for a presentation of the 1974 film version of Mordecai Richler’s seminal novel, The …
Should I stay or should I go?
The Old Fellow and I have reached a stage in life where we are pondering our next course of action with regard to our living arrangements. We have been living …
Naming the Grand Théatre
I went to a concert at the Grand Théatre last night. Once I had learned what the program was to be, I couldn’t resist. I found my place in the …
Failed by Employment Insurance safety net
For several years as I worked at the QCT doing layout and managing the office, I also did small freelance contracts on the side; VEQ’s newsletters, a few ads, and …