The 400th anniversary as a tool of cultural development, Part I Jean-Thomas Tremblay With the five presentations in Quebec City of an exclusive, purposely created Cirque du Soleil show on …
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November 1st St. Michael’s Thrift
St Michael’s & St Matthew’s Church, 1800 Chemin Saint-Louis, will hold its monthly sale, The Thrift, from 10:30 to 1 p.m. Clothing, jewellery, English and French books for children and …
Quebec Tourism Office newsletter October 23 2008
www.QuebecRegion.com 23 Octobre 2008, Vol. 4, no. 9 NOUVEAU : . Version imprimable sans photos . Version imprimable avec photos Message du directeur On l’a écrit et répété à plusieurs reprises, …
Memorials and things of fame
The Morning Telegraph 1848 Recently, in England, seventy-seven miles were passed over by an express train in seventy eight minutes twenty-nine seconds, including a stoppage of five minutes, …
Women’s rugby takes off in QC, as the Rouge et Or vie for Provincials
Two lines of scratched and scraped women from the University of Ottawa rugby team shuffle-stepped to Western country music following a devastating 47 to 0 provincial semi-final loss to the …
Dilapidated farmhouse holds memories of a rustic youth
It’s a handsome Québécois farmhouse and it stands beside what was once called the King’s Highway. It has been part of my life since its heyday as the nerve centre …
Undepressed by Depression
Seniors are not worrying about the future; we do not share in the great fears of recession. We have coped with hard times before and didn’t even realize we were …
Why Quebecers still vote for the Bloc Quebecois
As I returned home from guiding in Old Quebec on a particularly chilly October day, I couldn’t help but be reminded of how much we carry our heritage with us …