Over the past four years, my husband and I have experienced winter in Quebec City. Our principal residence is Victoria, British Columbia, so people often ask, “Are you crazy? Why …
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Immigration and isolation explored in Early Winter
In most small towns across our country, winter is a time of solitude and hibernation, when we regroup and often hide from nature’s elements. In that retreat we are left …
Kevin O’Farrell presents The Rock Baron of St. Macinaw
On January 25, Irish Heritage Quebec (IHQ) held the first of its 2016 series of talks. The invited speaker was Kevin O’Farrell, who presented his recently self-published book, The Rock …
Chiselling the night away
What would a winter carnival be without snow sculptures, a tradition that has been at the heart of Quebec City’s Winter Carnival for 44 of its 62 years? The QCT …
RBC donates $20,000 to the Morrin Centre
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) recently presented a cheque for $20,000 to the Morrin Centre. Executive director Barry McCullough explained, “The RBC has been a supporter of the Morrin …
Volunteers get the royal treatment at Morrin Abbey
On January 27 the Morrin Centre treated their many volunteers to an evening of dinner and fun and games, topped off with door prizes. In a turn-about, the staff did …
Letter to François Blais, Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research
CORRECTION: (February 4, 2016) The Letter to the Minister of Education, submitted by Margo Legault, executive director of Literacy Quebec, and François Brassard, president of the Regroupement des groupes populaires …
Bell Let’s Talk donates $1,000,000 to mental health research
The Fondation de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec (FIUSMQ) is delighted to announce it has received a $1 million donation from Bell Canada’s Let’s Talk initiative in support …
Spaghetti Supper in Valcartier on February 20
The Valcartier Roadrunners’ 2016 Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life Team are holding their annual Spaghetti Supper fundraiser on Saturday, February 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier …
Congratulations to Amélie Godin, Queen of Quebec City’s Winter Carnival
The Central Québec School Board is pleased to announce that the Queen of the 62nd Quebec City Winter Carnival is none other than our very own Amélie Godin-Gosselin, Duchess of …