The Kraft Hockeyville 2011 campaign is well underway with activity and excitement in beautiful Saint-Raymond, located a picturesque 30-minute drive north-west of Quebec City on Highway 367.The campaign is spearheaded…
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Don’t spill the “beens”
Dear Miss Durie,My best friend and I met when we were children. Although marriages and jobs moved us about the country, we’ve remained close and still get together when we…
Looking forward 34 years after the fact: Bill 101
Nearly three weeks ago, Maxime Bernier made a statement during a radio interview that questioned the necessity of Quebec’s Bill 101. The flurry of press that followed that interview has…
Memorials and Things of Fame For February 23, 2011
1851The Morning ChronicleA regular and well organized ferry across the St. Lawrence to Point Levi, there being, as of yet, at present no bridge, is a subject well deserving the…
Imagination in Wonderland at St. Lawrence College
“Dinah! Oh, Dinah! Where are you?,” calls Alice as she searches for her cat, unaware that she is about to fall into the “rabbit hole” where the world of Wonderland…
Book launch: Song of the Taxidermist poems by Aurian Haller
Poetry author and singer-songwriter, Aurian Haller, has launched a new book, Song of the Taxidermist, and has succeeded in once again creating a sense of fascination and unease in his…
School Board Executive Committee meetings still not fully open to public scrutiny
Allow me a comment following the remarks of Marcus Tabachnick, chairperson of the Lester B. Pearson School Board, concerning webcasting of school board meetings, and the openness of its executive…
Quebec hosts hockey’s up-and-coming
For over 50 years, Quebec City has been the host of the most important minor hockey tournament in the world, The Quebec International Pee Wee Hockey Tournament. The competition, which…
Thank you for your patience
Since the publication of our “first” issue on December 8, we are happy to report that we are now assembling a team that allows us to increase the number of…
Gabriel Ahmad wins the Montreal Regional Canspell 2011 National Spelling Bee with “aplomb”
Gabriel Ahmad of St. Vincent Elementary School in Quebec City won the Montreal Regional competition of the Canspell National Spelling Bee on Sunday, February 20.The word Gabriel was asked to…