January 24, 2010 the Quebec City Kebs faced the Maryland Greenhawks for the first time in the 2010 Premier Basketball League Season (PBL). The game was played at Maryland on …
Monthly Archives: January 2010
78th Fraser Highlanders celebrate Robbie Burns with traditional Scottish Haggis
Robbie Burns 251st birthday party at the Garrison Club on rue St-Louis was again a success, despite the fact that the guest of honor was again absent. “We had 56 …
More troop deployment to Haiti from Base Valcartier
A new, smaller contingent of soldiers from the Canadian Forces base at Valcartier left for Haiti this week to fortify the Canadian Forces effort toward helping that country recover from …
Dementia in Canada: Important work on hold while Stephen Harper shuts down Parliament
Stephen Harper’s decision to shut down Parliament in a secretive, undemocratic gesture on December 30th has generated a lot of discontent among Canadians. We’ve heard a lot about the consequences …
Plains of Abraham – battlefield for Québec’s nationalist seperatism
The sun was setting on the Plains of Abraham. As I prepare to sit down near a Martello Tower, I heard muffled voices on a loud speaker. I knew the …
Deaf to the needs of the Anglophone education sector
As a retired teacher of English at the senior level, permit me a perspective on the recent news concerning the final English matriculation exam. First though, it is significant to …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1850The Morning Chronicle There ought to be something done next session of Parliament in the way of amending the Jury Law. Jurors are taken from the district in rotation, and …
Haiti donations will be tax deductible
Mechanisms will be set up to enable those Quebecers who so wish to deduct, in their 2009 tax return, donations of money made from January 12 to February 28, 2010, …
Québec City Kebs play double whammy
Saturday provided a double whammy for the Quebec City Kebs, who not only lost a heartbreaker to the Maryland Greenhawks in the season’s first meeting between the two teams, but …