City ready for return of St-Patrick’s Day parade
All systems are go for Saturday’s revival of the St-Patrick’s Day parade. Organisers of the event say the parade will be the first in over 80 years.Parade Grand Marshal and …
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Former-QCT editor appointed new Director at CEDEC
Michèle Thibeau spent 10 years working for the Chronicle-Telegraph, not realizing it was providing the perfect background for her latest endeavour. “I spent almost a decade of my life learning …
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O’Gradys honored at 44th Shannon Irish Show
Larry Hamilton has known Ellen and Gene O’Grady since they moved to Shannon from Limoilou with their then-young family just over 30 years ago and seen up close the couple …
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The Bellshrine of St. Patrick
Life of Saint Patrick can be read here TranslatedClog-an-eadbacta PhatraicA Social History of Ancient IrelandP.W. Joyce 1903 Bells.- The Irish for a bell is cloc, clocc, or clog, …
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Maple syrup industry optimistic for 2010
After four difficult springs, the 2009 season will go down as a historic season, with Quebec maple syrup production hitting 109.4 million pounds. Producers have been thrilled with the news, …
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SLC athlete wins award
Champlain Saint Lawrence College’s Veronique Johnson has been named the top student athlete in the Provincial AAA Collegiate Basketball League. The league held its annual banquet last Saturday during the …
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More seal pups stranded on beaches
The Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network expects there will be more incidents involving seal pups stranded on beaches in the next few weeks. Poor ice conditions in the Gulf …
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Ladies and gentleman, meet the new Canada
Ladies and gentleman, meet the new Canada. No longer the humble also-rans, in two short weeks Canada redefined itself as brash, pushy, boisterous – and not afraid to put everything …
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Irish Moutarde ready for St. Patrick’s Day
“My brother and I were doing a lot of Medieval parties,” said Christian Haerinck, “and we were friends with some Scots who did Medieval re-enactments and I would wonder why …
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Minister praises Paralympic team
Minister of State Gary Lunn this week praised the 2010 Winter Paralympic team members and Jean Labonte, the sledge hockey captain, on being named Canada’s flag-bearer at the 2010 Paralympic …
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