“Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.” “I’ve always hated the danger part …
Daily Archives: 7 November 2012
Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph visits St. Lawrence journalism class
On October 23, the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph’s Marie White was neither covering nor photographing a story. That afternoon, she switched roles with Stephen Adamian’s journalism students at CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence and …
Gratitude for another great St. Brigid’s Guild Sale
Every fall and every spring, loyal and devoted members of St. Brigid’s Guild and a multitude of hard-working, dedicated volunteers come together to make the guild’s sale the marvelous experience …
Cégep Garneau honours Quebec’s First Nations
From November 5 to 9, Cégep Garneau will be hosting its annual Intercultural Week and for the first time, the theme is Quebec’s First Nations. Students, staff and the public …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1862 The Morning Chronicle We have to record this morning the particulars of a bold attempt at robbery which resulted fatally for one of the persons engaged in it. Before …
Remembering and honouring the fallen
At the entrance to the Plains of Abraham near Port Saint-Louis, the Croix du Sacrifice (Cross of Sacrifice) stands to honour Canada’s soldiers, sailors and airmen lost in World Wars …
A photograph from the Great War
My father’s name was John McKendrick Park. He was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada with his father in the early 20th century. Grandfather had lost his wife following …
Morrin Centre Halloween
Ghosts and cobwebs drifted through the Morrin Centre on All Hallow’s Evening, more commonly known as Halloween, as zombie librarians wandered around the balcony of the library and a mad …
Sing-along Messiah at Chalmers-Wesley Church
The Sing-along Messiah is an annual event which started at Chalmers-Wesley in 1998. It is usually held in mid-November to welcome the Christmas season. This year’s Sing-along will be held …
Reunion success for Big Wreck is no accident
Big Wreck first came onto the music scene in the 1990s; a time when boy bands were record label favourites and rock bands were being separated into new genres like …