What we call canola, and much of the rest of the world knows as rapeseed, is actually a fairly complicated plant. Created by Canadian researchers in the 1950s, canola is …
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Beyond the polka: an accordion orchestra
An accordion concert might sound like a headache-inducing afternoon of polka. Last Saturday afternoon (August 23), within the first few measures of Strauss’s Russiche Fantasie, the Orchestre National d’Accordéons de …
After 177 years in Quebec City, Holt Renfrew store is closing
Ladies, and gentlemen, if you can afford it, do your Christmas shopping early as this is your last chance to buy a luxury item at the Holt Renfrew store in …
Drawn to Quebec: Have the ladybugs flown away?
It might be time to revise that childhood rhyme in which we admonish the ladybug to “fly away home.” It all depends on which species you have on the tip …
Matthew Rouleau and Rodeo FX special visual effects team win an Emmy
At the recent 2014 Emmy awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Hollywood, team members of Rodeo FX, a visual effect company from Montreal, walked away …
Kinnear’s Mills Celtic Musical Festival: bare bones authenticity
Now that the Quebec City Celtic Festival is upon us, it will be interesting to compare the urban festival with the very bucolic Kinnear’s Mills edition that took place from …
200th anniversary of the birth of Sir George-Étienne Cartier
One of Canada’s Fathers of Confederation, Sir George-Étienne Cartier was born on September 6, 1814, in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu. His name is spelled without an ‘s’ (the usual French spelling) as he …
Margaret Neville
Passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on August 27, 2014, at the age of 93 years. Predeceased by her beloved husband of 62 years, Benedict (Benny) Kiley. Loving …
Sheila (Dempsey) Putnam
Sheila Putnam, 78, passed away peacefully in Manlius, NY, on August 21, 2014, surrounded by her family. Loving mother, grandmother and wife, Sheila was born in 1936 in Quebec City, …
2014 World Acadian Congress comes to a close
The closing ceremony and the last of the three shows of the 2014 World Acadian Congress were held in Témiscouata-sur-le-lac, Quebec, on August 24. During the day, clowns, people on …