OBITUARY: Ronald Edward BLAIR
Ronald Edward Blair of Quebec (1925-2015) died peacefully at Saint Brigid’s Home on Monday, May 25, 2015. Son of the late Norman Fairlie Blair and Marion Jean Blair (nee Marsh), …
Cultural Interlude
The Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation and Saint Brigid’s Foundation are busy preparing for the fourth edition of the Cultural Interlude, which will take place at the beautiful Domaine Cataraqui …
News Digest May 20 2015
Issue May 20, 2015 English News Serving Quebec City since 1764 since 1764, North America’s Oldest Newspaper *TM using the most advanced news distribution method in over …
Book about Jewish heritage in Quebec aims to turn heads
The notion that Quebec City’s history is mainly the story of French settlers and their offspring is prevalent, even among those who are not descended from coureurs de bois and …
Amphibious airplane fishing trip
I have accumulated over 500 hours flying time as a passenger in over 20 different aircraft: the Tiger Moth, Cessna, Norseman, Beaver, Bellanca, DC-3, Canso, F-27, Constellation, DC-4, over a half …
A trip down an Irish memory lane
At a recent meeting of Irish Heritage Quebec (IHQ), Ann Power led members down memory lane, or was it down Champlain Street? Illustrating her talk with photos, Power described day-to-day …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle There are two reasons why a loyal and law-abiding people should keep holiday to-day. First, because we love to remember that the “only Ruler of Princes” …
Street Views: The story behind Rue Baldwin
Rue Baldwin is named for Robert Baldwin (1804-1858), born in York, now Toronto. He was a lawyer and politician who, with his partner in politics, Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, led the first …
2nd Language Professionals Conference
Inspired by the overwhelming success of the 1st Language Professionals Conference in 2013, we are delighted to repeat the experience this spring from May 29 to 31 at Université Laval …
Drawn to Quebec: Wild birds: attracting without feeding
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence,” said Robert Lynd. An oft-practised way of doing so is feeding birds. For example, my …