The historic significance of maple syrup and other maple delicacies, which are widely considered one of Canada’s flagship products, has received official recognition by the Government of Canada. A plaque…
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Townshippers’ Association seeks exhibitors for 2010 Townshippers’ Day.
The Townshippers’ Association is calling local artisans, businesses, community groups and other exhibitors who would like to participate in Townshippers’ Day in Danville on September 17-18.Townshippers’ Day is a bilingual…
Alexander Milliner, one of the original Québec City Anglophones
A few miles from Mr. Cook, at Adam’s Basin, on the Rochester and Niagara Falls division of the Central Railroad, lives Alexander Milliner, fourth of the survivors visited.Mr. Milliner was…
Jean Charest rapidly approaching “Best Before” date
Let’s face it. Politicians are like so many cans of baked beans on the grocery store shelf. They’ve all got a certain shelf life, with a more or less pre-ordained…
Even the feminists are not in support of bill 94
On March 25, the government of Jean Charest announced Bill 94, an act that would prevent women wearing the niqab from accessing hospitals, daycares, schools, universities, and other public services,…
Linguistic Rights Support Program replaces Court Challenges Program
A new support program has taken root to help promote and develop Canada’s French- and English-speaking minority communities.With two official language groups sprinkled across the country, the newly-launched Language Rights…
Xenophobia and secularist ideas are wiser
I’ve read a lot of drivel in my time, much of it undoubtedly from my own pen, but Dr. Lugosi’s meandering 07 April QC-T commentary entitled Missing the “Mark” (on…
City weighs Morrin Centre contribution
The city is still weighing what kind of contribution it will make towards completing renovations at the Morrin Centre.City Councilwoman Michele Morin Doyle said the Morrin Centre file is still…
Canada’s Prisoner of Conscience
Canada has reached a new milestone in jailing David Little, whose crime is to keep inviolate his conscience. Little is now Canada’s famous prisoner of conscience, joining the likes of…
Same hospital, different treatment
A few years ago on April 14, I arrived at the Bowen’s hospital in Sherbrooke for a cat-scan. When I asked the employee at the reception how to get to…