Next stop, Quebec Kebs, for well-travelled coach
One team, the Gary, Indiana Steelheads of the old Continental Basketball Association, folded just before it was to start the 2006 playoffs. A second team, the Wichita Kansas Bombers of …
A Community of Faith
In the past several days, I have heard different people say something like: I believe in God, but I don’t see any need to go to any church. Most of …
Nurturing Abortion Dialogue is No Easy Task
May 14 marked the 41st anniversary of the Canadian Parliament’s passage of legislation that gave the right of choice in abortion to women. Presently, Stephen Harper has made it clear, …
Two SLC business students win prestigious Garfield Weston Award
Two Champlain St. Lawrence College students have been selected from among 800 applicants for the Garfield Weston Award, which recognizes college-bound students who show a strong commitment to their fields …
Scots make Imprints in Quebec
Two new books trace the steps of Canada’s – and Quebec’s – extensive Scottish history; Ray Baillie’s Scottish Imprints in Quebec, and award-winning author Ken McGoogan’s How the Scots Invented …
Enjoy Toastmasters week
You said Toastmasters? What’s that? An Open house will allow you to learn more about the Toastmasters program. You will see how fun it is to practise speaking in front of …
Newsie Notes for October 6, 2010
The Quebec City Reading Council, the Adult and Family Resource Centre in the Quebec City area, will hold a workshop for parents entitled “Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences.” The workshop …
AMI Quebec sponsors mental health workshops
Action on Mental Illness (AMI) Quebec is sponsoring several free tele-workshops in English this month.Dr. Mark La Porta, psychiatrist, will lead a seminar entitled, Violence and Mental Illness: Separating fact …
Quebec ignored leading health care reform in Canada
The Quebec government had the chance to lead the way on health care reform, but it got cold feet. By cancelling its planned $25 user fee for seeing a doctor, …
Ombudsman’s reports on public service ‘dysfunctions’
In her annual report, tabled September 30 in the National Assembly, Quebec Ombudsperson Raymonde Saint-Germain spoke of certain dysfunctions in the public service, which she described as “deficiencies for which …