Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity runs from January 20 to 27, and will be celebrated at various locations throughout the city. Most of the activities are in French, …
A brand new year full of promise at St. Pat’s High School
What is it about a new year? It’s the same school year, and spring is not yet in the air, but after a restful and well deserved holiday, the staff …
Everest’s conqueror, Sir Edmund Hillary, dies at 88
In what was almost the last item of a newscast on January 11, the world learned that Sir Edmund Hillary had died earlier that day, at the age of 88. …
Memorials and thing of fame
1848 The Morning Chronicle , January, The High School of QuebecThe annual Examination of the Pupils of this Institution took place on Wednesday and Thursday last, in presence of the …
Equal airfare for equal ride in store for disabled Canadians long overdue
Flying with Canadian airlines should be less expensive for persons with severe disabilities, once air carriers figure out how to implement the Canadian Transport Agency’s newly-adopted one-person-one-fare policy. Air Canada, …
From our Files – Tuesday, November 26, 1907
Hy Birks and Sons“The Well Known Jeweller Will Open a Branch Store Here” Mr. W.M Birks of the above firm arrived in town from Montreal yesterday morning to arrange for …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1848 The Morning Chronicle (NO. 177)Wednesday, 5th January The weather continued unprecedentedly mild. Instead of snow, we had rain on the first day of the year. A slight sprinkling of …
Sing along to The Sound of Music for Easter … in English!
When Shirley Nadeau read that a sing-along version of the Sound of Music was being screened at the Théàtre Petit Champlain last December, she rallied the troops and rented several …
Canadian Red Cross worker Nathalia Guerrero documents the fight against malaria
Getting back in the swing of things after Christmas vacation for Canadian Red Cross worker Nathalia Guerrero must have been a bit of a shock. She arrived home to Ste-Marie-de-Beauce …
Children helping children
What a wonderful experience at DDO School! It all started at the end of August when we received that extraordinary banner from a girls’ school in the province of Kandahar, …