By Louis Moust, Montreal Amid recent meetings with Bill Daly and Gary Bettman and serious talk of a new arena, the return of an NHL franchise to Quebec seems as …
Monthly Archives: October 2009
You have to love this guy Regis Labeaume
by JOB PATSTONE You have to love this guy called Regis Labeaume. He wants to make Quebec City another Chicago or even NYC. He has plans to build skyscrapers, and …
Mayor John Le Mesurier Quebec City Mayor, 1826-1891
Quebec City Mayor John Le Mesurier 1826-1891 MAYOR JOHN LeMESURIER (from the Notman Photo Archive, Courtesy of the McCord Museum, Montreal) John Le Mesurier left his native Gaspe …
10 Important Things Learned Since I Started Driving in Québec
10 Important Things Learned Since I Started Driving in Québec Coral Ann Izon I have now been a proud inhabitant of Québec City for almost two years, but only recently …
Bishop’s University, from the steps of Norton Hall
Bishop’s University, from the steps of Norton Hall. Wallpaper on my computer screen. John and I have dropped in on my alma mater to check on how the old girl’s …
Just ten days to go until the 2009 QCWC Bookfair
Québec City bibliophiles will be flocking to the Eastern Québec Learning Centre (EQLC) on Saturday October 31 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to stock up on their winter reading …
Centre helps wounded soldiers back to their feet
Sgt. Etienne Aube feels lucky to be alive, three months after stepping on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province July 17. As it was, Sgt. Aube, based at …
QESBA meets in Quebec City to discuss Bill 88
Bill 88 is now “front and center” for Quebec’s nine English school boards, said Quebec English School Boards Association President Debbie Horrocks. “It’s been hanging around for some time now,” …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1849 The Morning Chronicle September – At 3 o’clock this morning flames were perceived issuing from a wooden *hangard in rear of the large house occupied by George Beswick, Esq., …