Mother nature provided the perfect back drop for a classic cross country run, as light rain and autumn winds descended on the assembled athletes and spectators at this year’s edition…
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Bell Tower ringing at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
There will be demonstrations/explanations of English Change Ringing (bells) at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity this coming weekend, October 10, 11 and 12. The demonstrations explain how change ringing…
QESBA to meet at Concorde next weekend; Bill 88 on agenda?
The Quebec English School Board’s Association will meet next weekend at the Loew’s Concorde Hotel for what is being billed as a professional development conference.The conference, scheduled for October 16…
Thanksgiving, an important part of our English heritage
Quebec City is splendid in its golden-tinged hues of red and green that form the tapestry of the Thanksgiving weekend. Before the winter air turns the world white and stiff,…
History repeats itself? Or is it man that keeps repeating the same moral errors?
In response to Tim Pettipiece’s Letter to the editor in the most recent issue of the QCT, concerning my four part article concerning “The coming of Corporate Fascism,” I have…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1849The Morning ChronicleNow that it seems determined upon that the Provincial Parliament will be assembled alternately at Toronto and Quebec, it may not be amiss to consider how far the…
St.Patrick’s Cadets and the March 17th parade
Interviews with former members of Saint Patrick’s High School Cadets have revealed that the various accounts of the “Last St. Patrick’s Day Parade” are greatly exaggerated. Was it 1921? Was…
“Falling to the way side” with non-Anglo immigrants
I was reading about newcomers to this country, some with no knowledge of our language and vernacular, and attending ESL courses.I was thinking of all the expressions, the meaning of…
Annual Jeffery Hale golf tournament a great success
The Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation’s annual fund raising tournament success played host to over 100 golfers for a day of golf under sunny skies and by the time the final…
Reverend Mrs. Burgess arrives to celebrate St. Andrew’s Church 250th anniversary
Following her retirement after 30 years as a teacher of music, English and French, Rev. Katherine Burgess said she heard God’s calling. That led her to a degree in Theology…