The Port of Quebec’s Wharf 19 was the latest docking site of the Santa Maria Manuela. The magnificent, four-masted vessel arrived from Ponta Delgada, Portugal, and spent a long weekend…
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Author Louise Penny wins fourth Agatha Award
Bury Your Dead, Louise Penny’s sixth mystery novel in the Inspector Gamache series, is set in part in the library of Quebec City’s historic Morrin Centre. The book has just…
Local students donate their services
The student painting company, Etudiants À Votre Service, has been donating $100,000 of in-kind painting services to not-for-profit organizations in five cities, including Quebec. With the start of a busy…
Champlain St. Lawrence College awards its top athletes
The top athletes of Champlain St. Lawrence College were honored last Thursday evening during its annual sports banquet. Many athletes were given awards for their academic performance as well as…
Bruno Proulx achieves Distinguished Toastmaster
The Quality Speakers Fsa Université Laval Toastmasters club is proud to announce that one of its members, Mr Bruno Proulx, recently achieved the level of Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM). In Toastmasters, the…
Canadian Loonie hits new three-year high against American Dollar
The Canadian dollar reached a new three-year high against the American dollar last week which seems to confirm Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s January statement that the high Canadian dollar was…
Courage to spare – “Pretty Good!”
You probably know someone, like my friend Darrel, who has courage to spare.We had known one another during the 1960s when we both worked and lived with our young families…
Cultural Interlude
You are cordially invited to a Cultural Interlude, a delightful day of art, music and high tea. The event will take place Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Domaine Cataraqui,…
Fairtrade Fortnight 2011
Quebec City is hosting The Fairtrade Fortnight for the seventh year. Cities around the globe organize a Fairtrade Fortnight each year to bring awareness to labour issues in the global…
Our heavenly Father’s motherly love
I grew up on a farm in eastern Ontario, the youngest of five children. With time, each of my older brothers and sisters left home and moved on to build…