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…
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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…
New interim principal installed at DDO
Emily Lagloire has always had a yen for teaching.”From when I was in high school,” Lagloire said, “I was always trying to help other students.”Lagloire, 34, last week was named…
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation $100,000 Go Green Challenge plants the seeds for a greener future
– Third annual challenge invites students to submit their ideas onprotecting the environment – Think green, impact your community…and win.Canadian post-secondary students with creative ideas for making a differenceto Canada’s…
Letters from Afghanistan
I alluded in my last post to time filling; what we do when we’re not working. Since having purchased my MacBook Pro, I’ve been spending a lot of evenings playing…
Newly Published Book Details History of Seven Years’ War
“It was a very nice way of commemorating the battle,” said Andre Juneau, President of the National Battlefields Commission.Juneau was referring to Combattre pour la France en Amerique: Les Soldats…
Port Celebrates Half a Million Cruise Boat Visitors to Quebec City
More than 500,000 passengers have disembarked from cruise ships at the Quebec City port of call since it was inaugurated in 2002.”We are very proud that half a million people…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1849The Morning ChronicleThe Board of Health has discontinued their weekly meetings in consequence of the disappearance of cholera and in the future will only assemble at the call of the…
Valcartier Soldiers Are Demonstrating Their Bravery
A Canadian Forces chaplain spoke of the fragility of life, as family members of the latest Valcartier-based soldier to die in Afghanistan were quoted as saying that Private Jonathan Couturier…