A glacial beauty: Ice Hotel open for business
Anyone hoping to stay a night at Quebec’s Ice Hotel when it opened on January 5 was out of luck. All of the available suites-architectural works of art carved into …
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Through the Red Door
Does your son or daughter act out their favourite characters? Do they do great impersonations of their teachers? Are they forever producing shows and plays? Are they shy, and this …
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Stride for Stride
With what we called Production Day slowing to a halt, I was handed what I called the Blue File (classified ads and the like) for editing. As I opened that …
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The Laurier Palace Theatre Fire, January 9, 1927
A small fire with tragic results that occurred in a movie theatre in Montreal on Sunday, January 9, 1927, was also known as “the saddest fire” or the Laurier Palace …
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BRYSON, Ursula 1925 – 2012
Ursula Theresa Bryson, daughter of the late Julia Sponza and the late John-Henry Bryson, died peacefully at the age of 87 years and 10 months on December 31, 2012, at …
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DONNISON, Maureen (née Byrne) 1938-2013
Mrs. Maureen Byrne, wife of the late Michael Donnison, died at CHUL on January 2, 2013, at the age of 74. She lived in Quebec City. Funeral arrangements were by …
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ROURKE, Joyce (1921-2013)
Passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 2 at the age of 91, at Cairnsmore Place nursing home in Duncan, B.C., formerly of Toronto and Quebec City and long-time …
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LAWSON, Mary (McAllister) 1917-2012
Mrs. Mary McAllister, wife of the late Arthur Lawson, daughter of the late Helena Danis and the late Lawrence McAllister, passed away at St Brigid’s Home on December 28, 2012, …
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Written in stone: Canadian highlights in Washington, D.C.
Sharing one of the longest uncontested international borders, Canada and the United States have maintained a strong alliance for nearly 200 years. In the U.S. national capital, Washington, D.C., evidence …
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“Eye” can see clearly now
When referred to an ophthalmologist for surgery to correct cataracts, my optometrist told me that my sight would be as good as it was thirty years ago. I underwent surgery …
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