Photo: Gib McInnis

Blue Ice Books of Quebec City launched Ross Murray's second book Don't Everyone Jump at Once on May 8 to an appreciative audience at the AngloStore. Murray is an award-winning humorist and radio contributor, and the author of You're Not Going to Eat That, Are You? Raised in Nova Scotia, Murray has lived in the Eastern Townships since the early 1990s.

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On April 24th, Madame Diane De Courcy, Minister responsible for the Charter of the French Language, in an effort to obtain the support of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) and thus ensure that Bill 14 would move on to its second reading, announced that the government of Québec would amend Bill 14 in such a manner as to preserve the exemption awarded to the children of francophone members o

For the 13th year, YES! (Youth Employment Services) presents a day of inspiration and information for artist-entrepreneurs from all artistic disciplines on Monday, June 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Marché Bonsecours, 359 St. Paul E., in Old Montreal. The cost of the conference is $25 if you register before May 17 or $35 after May 17.

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This year marks the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the first 36 women, known as les Filles du Roy, who left La Rochelle in 1663 to come to New France. The Société d'histoire des Filles du Roy (SHFR) has organized activities that will take place in both Quebec and France this summer to commemorate the arrival of this first group of women.

Congratulations to the winners of the Concours de musique de la Capitale, held at the Salle Dina-Bélanger on Saturday, May 11:

Coupe St-Germain (piano 6 to 11 years): Olivier Boulianne, 10, of Thetford Mines

Couple Hydro-Québec(piano 12 and 13 years): Anais-Chiyo Lemay, 12, of Montreal

Photo: Amy Miron

The Holland Huskies cheerleading team are creating history for Holland Elementary School by competing at the National Cheerleading Competition in Sherbrooke on May 19. The team of 14 girls from grades 4 to 6 have only been cheerleading for a year. The girls practise every Tuesday at noon, and one weekend per month.

On Tuesday, May 14, the Morrin Centre invites you to climb the world's highest mountain with a man who has conquered it, Dr. Rob Casserley. A family and emergency doctor on Prince Edward Island, Casserley has reached the summit of Mount Everest eight times - and is clearly still undaunted.

CO2 Solutions Inc., an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, for the official announcement of a $4.7 million grant from Natural Resources Canada to CO2 Solutions on May 3. The announced grant will support the development and piloting of CO2 Solutions' carbon capture technology in the Alberta oil sands.

Les Perséides is a support group that was created in 2002 by the organization Les Accompagnantes for parents who have lost a child during pregnancy or within the first year of a child's life.

According to the Institut de la statistique du Québec, each year in Quebec, one in five pregnancies do not make it to full term and more than 500 babies die within their first year.