You are invited to a Burns supper, for auld lang syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?”Most people will recognize the opening lines to “Auld Lang Syne” but …
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Looking at both sides of Justin Trudeau’s election clouds
Please, dear reader, permit your scribe to start the new year by joining the mob of political prognosticators in the usual year-end crystal ball gazing. The main fixation this time …
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DDO School hosts a Money Fair in Shannon
The entrepreneurial spirit is reaching Quebec City! The first Canadian Money Fair of the 2018-2019 school year took place at Dollard-des-Ormeaux School in Shannon on Dec. 8. Nicholas Keats, who …
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Real estate tips: Staging your home for prospective buyers
Tip #1: Let there be light The more natural light that comes into your house, the easier it will be to sell, especially in zones where the sun sets much …
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Québec Remparts’ Patrick Roy cleans house over Christmas
Patrick Roy, the Quebec Remparts’ general manager and head coach, didn’t like the attitude in his team’s locker room, so when the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) trading period …
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Meet Andrew Johnson: principal percussion with the OSQ
As many of you know, I sing with the choir of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec (OSQ). At our last two concerts – La Symphonie du Jeu Vidéo and Hollywood …
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Château Frontenac closes a year of 125th anniversary celebrations
In the echoes and shadows of the ancient city of Quebec, Canada, walks a man.…” These are words from the trailer of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1953 film, I Confess, set here …
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A New Year’s homage to Vienna at the Grand Théâtre
As 2018 ticked its way to 2019, the Orchestre Strauss du Québec, directed by Andreas Spörri from Vienna, presented their traditional New Year’s concert at the Grand Théâtre on the …
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Marjorie Robertson MURRAY 1915-2018
Marjorie passed away on Sunday evening, December 30, 2018 at St-Sacrement Hospital in her 103rd year, nine days short of her 104th birthday. She was the wife of the late …
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Rue du Capitaine-Bernier
Rue du Capitaine-Bernier is named in honour of Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier (1852-1934), who was born in the village of L’Islet-sur-Mer, 100 km north-east of Quebec City. His father and grandfather …
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