Mnr. Ouellet's recent comments and letters in the press have drawn some heavy criticism from commentators and citizens, and personal attacks by Facebook groups, referring to him as being a "primate." Ah, the internet.

A couple of nearly-retired Coast Guard engineers based in Ottawa are due to arrive in the old port of Quebec next week on their way to Picton, Ontario from Halifax, Nova Scotia. It's been quite a trip already, read some great stories at halifaxtopicton.blogspot.com.

Reading through Peter Stuart's opinion column on Charles de Gaulle's famous speech, there appears to be several points in his theory with which I disagree. First, neither the US nor UK looked down on France for her capitulation to Germany in 1940. France lost more men on the Maginot Line than the US lost during the entire war, in both Pacific and European theatres.

Hello all,

(photo by Shirley Nadeau taken at 2007 Sing-Along, David Rompré directing)