André Cloutier 1940 – 2015
Passed away peacefully at Hôpital Laval on January 24, 2015, at the age of seventy-four. Beloved husband of Marion McCoubrey for 49 years. Loving father to Eric (Isabel Rivard), Karl …
Please attend to the present and secure our future
This letter is addressed generally to the English-speaking Catholics of greater Quebec City and environs. It is addressed particularly to those of you who have considered yourselves to be members …
Suzette Helen Bjornstad 1920 – 2015
Suzette Helen Bjornstad (nee Gale) died willingly January 16, 2015, in her 94th year, at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, surrounded by loving family and supported by caring nurses. …
Winston Bernard O’Donnell 1942-2015
Winston (affectionately known as Winnie) passed away on January 12 at age 72. Left to mourn are his partner France; his daughters Tara (Jun) and Meghan (Shervin); his granddaughter Mila …
News Digest January 28 2015
Issue January 28, 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 246 …
FUNdraising to “get out of the red”
Each year for the past several years, the staff at the Jeffery Hale Community Centre hold a “Get Out of the Red” FUNdraising lunch, the profits of which go to …
A Burns Supper for “Auld Lang Syne”
The Bard himself would have been delighted with last Saturday’s Burns Supper at the Château Laurier on Grande Allée – and what a grand evening it was! The 11th annual …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle It is but a few days since we had occasion to comment on the daily increasing recklessness and brutality of a portion of our water-side population. …
Drawn to Quebec: A taste of Asian heritage
Canada’s cultural and culinary flavours have long been based on the heritage of immigrants. Nowhere is this truer than Quebec, where modern residents produce regional cuisines steeped in their own …
The story behind the name Rue Elgin
Rue Elgin was named in honour of the Scotsman James Bruce (1811-1863), the 8th Earl of Elgin and the son-in-law of Lord Durham. As a student of Eton and then …