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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Crépuscule lights up Agora with celebratory fire
If you are looking for an evening of entertainment this summer with incredible feats such as doing push ups over a swinging skipping rope, this is the show for you, …
Book Quest transports children through reading
Call it a journey of the mind. Book Quest is a summer reading club for children aged 5 to 12 that takes place every other Saturday at the Morrin Centre …
The Jean Larose waterfalls in all seasons
A little-known paradise in our region are the Chutes Jean-Larose, located near the base of the Mont-Sainte-Anne ski area. There are three wondrous cascading falls of 12, 19 and 41 metres …
Christian Roberge brings Brassens to the Bélanger Bandstand
Christian Roberge, a former founding member of The Lost Fingers, took centre stage at the Edwin Bélanger Bandstand last Thursday evening, July 23. An attentive audience gathered on the hillside …
McGreevy Manor – an idyllic place for people who care
I’ll never forget the day that Nectaria called to tell me that I was one of the lucky few who had been selected to move into the newly-opened McGreevy Manor. …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle About a month ago, Detective O’Neil received a warrant for the arrest of a man named Louis Maguire. The said warrant set forth that Louis Maguire …
The story behind Rue Nassau
Rue Nassau is named after the capital city of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, an archipelagic state consisting of over 700 islands, cays and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast …
MNBAQ gets to work with interactive exhibit
The Musée nationale des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ) is encouraging the public to work for their art this summer with an interactive event called Se mettre à l’oeuvre (loosely translated …
A spirited photography exhibit on Île d’Orléans
Genius Loci – Spirit of Place, a spirited photography exhibit by Arthur Plumpton, is currently open to the public at the Maison de nos Aïeux historical centre on Île d’Orléans. …