Quebec City’s public transit users are going to acquire a new reflex: Scanning their Opus cards when they step inside the bus. The Opus card is a smart card on …
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The Caring Gardener
“Now ‘tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted; Suffer them now and they’ll o’ergrow the garden.”-William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) I write in response to the letter which appeared in …
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Firemen’s Labour Day Chicken BBQ
LABOUR DAY CHICKEN B.B.Q.B.B.Q. de la FÊTE du TRAVAILSponsered by theSaint Gabriel-de-Valcartier Fire DepartmentCommandité parLes Pompiers de Saint Gabriel-de-Valcartier Sunday, Aug. 31stDimanche, le 31 Août At the Saint Gabriel-de-Valcartier Community CentreAu Centre Communautaire …
St Michael’s & St Matthew’s Church, will hold its monthly sale
On September 6, 2008, 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 …
September activities at the Morrin Centre
As the pleasant, albeit rainy, days of summer are slowly coming to an end, the Morrin Centre is starting to look towards September for a number of exciting activities. On …
Hôtel Classique workers strike a deal
Staff at l’Hôtel Classique voted unanimously in favour of a contract proposed by the hotel on August 11. mployees at five hotels in Quebec City now remain without contracts. Those …
Dance show Gonfler l’Histoire takes over the wharves
A recorded message sets the tone right at the beginning: “Please do not feed the dancers.” Danse K par K choreographer Karine Ledoyen hopes her contemporary dance production, Gonfler l’histoire, …
Hundreds of students explore French language at Laval
This summer, some 7,000 Canadian students have chosen to spend their holidays … at school. And they are loving it. For these classes, students didn’t have to pay. On the …
Giants dance in Quebec City streets
Most of them are tall enough to walk across the Atlantic without getting their heads wet. Over 50 processional giants, including over 35 from various European countries roamed the streets …