Your reporter failed to notice that the Celtic Festival held at the Morrin Centre from September 4 – 6 is NOT just an Irish festival.The Celts include people from Scotland,…
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Morrin Centre’s New Programming Schedule To Begin This Week
Much of the Morrin Centre’s experimental fall programming begins this week.The Morrin Centre is a heritage site, and cultural centre for the Anglophone population of Quebec City which includes an…
Quebec soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice
Private Patrick Lormand, 21,Chute-à-Blondeau, Ontario 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment Battle Group, September 13; Improvised explosive device, Panjwayi District, Afghanistan.Corporal Jean-François Drouin, 31, Beauport, Unit 5, Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd…
Club des mycologues amateurs de Québec
Club des mycologues amateurs de Québec Event Description: M. Jean, président of the Club des mycologues amateurs de Québec, will teach about properly collecting mushroom in the morning and about…
Looking Good For The 2010 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The president of the organizing committee for the St-Patrick’s Day Parade in Quebec City hopes to be able to announce a city-approved date and route for the much-anticipated event in…
Shoreline Cleanup in Quebec City
TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup The TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is a conservation initiative that brings Canadians together to clean up shorelines in their community. The TD Friends of…
September 24 birds’observation at la Plage Jacques-Cartier and at 13h30: conference
La Maison Léon-Provancher, 1435 rue Provancher, Québec, district de Cap-Rouge,«Porteurs de Passions». Thursday, September 24th, 2009 at 9h30: birds’observation at la Plage Jacques-Cartier and at 13h30: conference : Être aux…
Monument Honors German Soldiers 225 Years Later
It was a match born out of necessity – manpower shortages on one side, lack of money on the other.”The British didn’t have the men, but had the money” said…
New Funding Announced For Mount Hermon Cemetery
Work on major renovations at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, will begin almost immediately now that the cemetery has received up to $202,333 in matching funds from Parks Canada. Mount Hermon…
Grosse Isle A Temporary Refuge From Misery In Ireland
They came by the thousands in search of mere survival. Disease, famine and a potato blight had ravaged their Irish homeland. They came first to Grosse Isle. For many, it…