January 30 2008 Edition
Canadian Rangers travel to share in celebrating 400 years of history
Published: January 30, 2008
Photo: Jay Ouellet
With cheery faces, the Canadian Rangers motored their way from CFB Valcartier to Quebec City Hall for an official greeting.
Some 40 Rangers from 23 Northern communities, members of the 2nd Patrol Group, made a trek to Quebec City by snowmobile in support of its 400th anniversary.
Who will be beheaded in Valcartier?
Published: January 30, 2008
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Municipal Library
There will be strange happenings in the village of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier. On February 10, shortly before 2 p.m. a crowd will gather to decide the fate of one of its own. Will it be municipal councillor Thomas Lavallee, school principal André Desgagné, or teacher Cedric Ferland?
Voices from the Crossroads begins
Published on: January 30, 2008 - 14:39
Photo: Claude Côté
The operetta Rosina was a hit! Students from the conservatoire d’art dramatique et de musique du Québec, singers and musicians, performed to sold out houses at Morrin Centre’s College Hall last weekend. Rosina launched Voices from the Crossroads, the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec’s 400th anniversary initiative.
Echo[e]s will speak to the English-speaking communities of past and present
Published: January 30, 2008
Gisèle Bouchard is collecting photos and video that depict life as an English-speaker in Quebec City over the past century. This is the final step in her information gathering for Echo[e]s, the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec’s oral history project.
Echo[e]s is part of the LHSQ’s 400th anniversary program, Voices from the Crossroads.
Carless in the suburbs
Published: January 30, 2008
Who says that no one walks to the corner store for milk anymore? Just because you live in the suburbs doesn’t mean you’re stuck behind the wheel of a car.
A recent Canadian study said that folks who live outside of the city centre rely on their cars more. Perhaps this is the case for some people. But there are exceptions.
Historian looking for English-speaking women
Published: January 30, 2008
Editor's Update: Thanks for the response! This project is no longer in need of responses.
Do you know any Quebec City women who should be celebrated?
