“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 spoken.They…
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Memorials and Things of Fame
1849The Morning ChronicleA 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 sum of…
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, aged…
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 on…
Veteran St.Brigid’s volunteer receives Moe Rosenhek Award
Joan Holton has been named the recipient of this year’s Moe Rosenhek Award for her dedication to the residents of St. Brigid’s Home during more than 30 years of service.The…
Irish government pays tribute on Grosse Ile with new exhibition
Members of the English-speaking and Irish communities of Quebec City gathered on Grosse-Île with members of the federal government and Irish dignitaries this past Sunday to unveil a $75,000 project…
Construction to finally begin on new seniors’ residence next to St. Brigid’s Home next week
The architect’s rendition of the new senior’s residence (left) to be built next to St. Brigid’s home (right) seen from Chemin St. Louis. The highly anticipated $6-million residence to be built…
St. Pat’s basketball alumni reunite on the court
AA mens winners: SHAD’S BOYZSEBASTIEN FEXDOMINIC BARRIEAUOLIVIER BARRIEAUSMITH FISETFrancis MooreLuke RadouxJONATHAN LARSONJESSE FOURNIERMATTHEW RADOUXSt. Patrick’s High School held it 10th annual Fighting Irish Alumni Basketball Tournament last weekend with some…