Photo: Marsha Murdock

It requires nerves of steel and lots of confidence if you wish to speak calmly and clearly and make your point within a short time period before a panel of judges and an audience of your peers at a public speaking contest. Memorizing your text and the discreet use of notes can also be an asset.

There’s still snow on the ground but spring has brought the warm sun, perfect for taking a nap against the base of a tree, where the grass is dry.

The Northern Ontario village of Ramore, just across the Quebec border, doesn’t find itself mentioned in the news very often, certainly not since the 1970s.

Photo: Bibliothèque et Archives Nationale du Québec.

This artery, actually a boulevard and then a highway, is named in honour of Father Zéphirin Charest (1813-1876). Born in Sainte-Anne-de-la Pérade, he was the pastor (curé) of Saint-Roch parish in Quebec City from 1839 until his death.

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On Monday, April 15, as last week’s edition of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph was going to press, I was in the back of a Land Rover, nearing the end of an eight-hour journey from Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to Goba, a small town in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region, to interview midwives and new mothers about the success of various training programs given throug

Photo: Lise Lafond

They’re back … or is it really them?

Spring means that birds will be migrating back to their nesting grounds. At this time of the year, wherever I am I seem to hear that lovely honking sound telling me that geese may be landing on our lake.

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John Neilson (1776-1848) was famous for many reasons. He was the publisher of the Quebec Gazette/La Gazette de Québec, the ancestor of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. He served in the Parliament of Lower Canada. He operated a highly profitable printing establishment. And he contributed largely to the development of Valcartier.

Thursday, April 25 at 10 a.m. – Lifelong Learning: Staying Connected in the Digital Age. A discussion about ways to stay connected with families, friends and the community no matter where we are. This activity, at the Eastern Québec Learning Centre,* is for Lifelong Learning members and their guests (with guest passes).

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The 2018-19 high school basketball season has come to an end in the Québec Chaudière-Appalaches region of the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ).

The Quebec High School Blazers fielded seven teams (three girls’ teams and four boys’), while the St. Patrick’s High Fighting Irish had four girls’ teams and four boys’ teams in 2018-19.

Michael Ayre passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, March 8 at the CHUL in Quebec City.

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April 19, 1819 – The Quebec Gazette

From English Papers

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After years of hard work, research and hearings, and decades – even centuries – of abuse, First Nations women and girls are finally being heard. On June 3 in Gatineau, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls will present its final report. To mark this milestone, CEGEP Champlain – St.

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

Art is not one of the sciences of history like archeology or ethnology, but it can help historians represent the past. A new exhibit, Fugitives, on the third floor of the Gérard Morisette Pavilion of the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ) provides an excellent example of such collaboration.

Photo: Lise Lafond

The fifth annual Salon Nature Portneuf was held from April 12 to 14 at the Centre Multifonctionnel Roland-Dion in Saint-Raymond.

At the site, one had the choice of visiting the outdoor kiosks, tasting the delicious maple syrup taffy at the Cabane de la Chute à L’Ours, going for a carriage ride, or letting the children take a ride on ponies from the Centre Équestre Aurélie Piché.

Photo: Lise Lafond

In Christian cultures around the world, eggs are used at Easter to symbolize new life, fertility and rebirth. The painting of eggs is one of many Easter traditions.