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Monthly Archives: May 2017
Canadian citizenship ceremony held on Grosse Île
Forty people from 12 different countries travelled by boat from Berthier-sur-Mer to Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site of Canada on May 23 and returned as Canadian …
St. Patrick’s High School holds first Relay for Life
Students and teachers of St. Patrick’s High School participated in their first ever Relay for Life to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society on Friday, May 26. To do …
From Taft to Trump: Manoir Richelieu’s rich history
Assuming he’s still president a year from now, Donald Trump, an active duffer, will be at least the second United States commander-in-chief to play a round or two on the …
Quebecers oversee United States Congress
It may surprise many Quebecers to learn that four of their own are among a select group of 100 men and women who oversee the work of the United States …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1867 The Morning Chronicle Gilbert, the party who created a disturbance in St. John’s Church on Sunday, appeared before His Honor the Recorder. He pleaded in justification of striking the …
The story of Avenue Thomas
Avenue Thomas is named in memory of Thomas McInenly, the eldest son of the successful Sillery wood merchant and land-owner Patrick McInenly, who in 1832 had purchased land in the …
QHS – St. Pat’s rivalry overrated
My daughter Catherine teaches kindergarten at Everest Elementary. I had the pleasure of meeting her class recently and introducing them to the harp and the guitar. Some of them were …
VEQ holds its 36th Annual General Meeting
Some 65 members of VEQ and guests gathered in the Coin Soleil room of Jeffery Hale Hospital for Voice of English-speaking Quebec (VEQ)’s annual meeting last Thursday evening. Jean-Sebastien Jolin-Gignac, …
La Friperie Huppée and Spoon Gruau launched
On May 23, CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence business students Frédérique Asselin and Marie-Pier Bédard proudly launched their respective business projects in the presence of family, friends and a curious public. …