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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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Three Canadian soldiers lose their lives over the holidays
Gunner Jonathan Dion, Age: 27, Home Town: Gatineau, Quebec, Unit: 5e Régiment d’artilleriae légère du Canada, Valcartier, Quebec Warrant Officer Hani Massouh, Age: 41, Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment, …
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House System builds community bonds at DDO School
This year at Dollard des Ormeaux School on the Valcartier Military Base, Mary-Anne Fairbairn, the Secondary V leadership teacher, devised a system to help bring our school community together. The …
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DDO School students buy shoes for Afghans
Students at Dollard des Ormeaux Elementary School know more about the price of shoes in Afghanistan these days. And they can be proud that they have helped children over there …
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A good reason to check out CBC Radio Two’s
CBC Radio Two’s Sunday Afternoon in Concert has a bit of a French connection – or at least one familiar to the English-speaking community. A recent post from former CBC …
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Global Television Quebec’s Montreal cuts to hit home in February
Television news will never be the same, according to Anne Leclair, Global Television Quebec employees’ union president. Global Television Quebec served notice to employees in Montreal on November 29. …
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Memorials and Things of Fame
1847 ‘The Quebec Gazette – December 24Counterfeit half dollars are in circulation in town. Yesterday, we learn, a man named Etienne Lefrancois, was apprehended and committed for trial, for …
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