As part of St. Patrick’s High School’s “Be Kind” community outreach project, 27 Secondary 1 students celebrated Valentine’s Day by delivering flowers to each of the 350 residents of Le …
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COMMENTARY: The changing life of magazines: demise vs. digital
Graydon Carter is retiring after 25 years as editor of Vanity Fair. Whether or not you are a reader of the flashy, perfume-strip-reeking, scandal- and celebrity-obsessed magazine, this is a …
Acting Out! at the improv workshop
You have to think fast to “survive” at an improvisation workshop! Quick, give me a list of your five favourite vegetables. Next! The names of your five best friends. Next! …
What’s brewing on the education front in Quebec?
I would like to give you some information on what is brewing right now on the education front in Quebec. The Central Québec School Board (CQSB) is presently in its …
Black History Month
Canadian society is becoming increasingly and irreversibly diverse. As a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, I am proud that the Forces serve as a mirror of our multicultural social …
Memorials and Things of Fame
February 14, 1868 – The Morning Chronicle Recorder’s Court – Yesterday, in this Court, a young boy charged with throwing projectiles, in the shape of pieces of ice, at the …
The story behind Rue de l’Abénaquise
This street in the Des Châtels borough of Quebec City is named in honour of the French frigate Abénaquise, which was itself named after the Abenaki people, the original First …
Going for baroque with the Violons du Roy at the Palais Montcalm
Les Violons du Roy, directed by Leonardo García Alarcón, an Argentinian conductor specializing in baroque music, gave a breathtaking concert at the Palais Montcalm on Feb. 15. Before he raised …
First steps forward for anglophone affairs secretariat
The newly created provincial secretariat for anglophone affairs held a day-long forum at Concordia University in Montreal on Feb. 16 with representatives of anglophone community groups across the province, with …
SLC promotes a culture of consent
Since the explosion of sexual harassment claims and accusations in the arts and entertainment world last year, educating the public about sexual consent has become increasingly necessary. In the wake …