Sweet consolation for area’s sugar shacks
On March 28, two dozen members of the Université Laval Second Cycle Communication Students’ Association piled into cars and vans for their annual trip to the Sucrerie Blouin sugar shack …
Jeffery Hale–Saint Brigid’s celebrates Global Handwashing Day
As you probably know, infections are a major cause of death all over the world. But did you also know that the simple act of handwashing cuts the risk of …
Dancing in the streets with Québec en danse
Last Saturday in downtown Quebec City, it seemed as if spring had taken a day off. Gusts of wind and cold rain battered tables and chairs on empty café-terraces. But …
“April showers bring the flowers that bloom in May”
The lyrics of this song will soon have to be re-written if our planet maintains this rate of global warming. Mother Nature took away a month of our 2013 autumn …
New venture in store for Hydro-Québec
Imagine a rechargeable battery 40 storeys high and 20 metres in diameter, capable of storing enough electrical power to support a city of 1,000,000 inhabitants over six months of freezing …
PARISH MANAGER
PARISH MANAGER Seeking a bilingual manager with excellent people skills to see to the daily affairs of the parish: Inquiries; sacramental registers; accounting system …
Jeffery Hale – Saint Brigid’s celebrates Global Handwashing Day
As you likely know, infections are a major cause of death all over the world. But did you also know that the simple act of handwashing cuts the risk of …
Demonstrating their faith: an ecumenical walk with the cross
Quebec City residents are accustomed to seeing large groups of people walking in the streets for a cause, but the crowd that wound its way through Vieux-Québec on Friday, April …
Happy 450th birthday to the Bard of Avon
Shakespeare grows on you. If you’ve kept the Bard at arm’s length, put off by boring English lessons in high school or sing-song renditions of his verse by bad actors, …
Quebec Art Company’s madcap comedy is sure to please
Cast members of the Quebec Art Company’s spring production, Lend Me a Tenor, were busy polishing their performances last Sunday afternoon. It is a touching scene in which Henry Saunders …