Valcartier loses soldier in new rotation in Afghanistan
Valcartier Garrison lost its first soldier in Afghanistan Monday since troops began deployments for the seventh rotation in mid-March. Trooper Karine Blais of the Royal 22e Régiment had only been …
Publishers note
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. It’s an important holiday for me as a Christian and it marks the most important event of Christianity — the Resurrection. It is …
New larger format of newspaper is for the better
I want to write and offer my opinion on the new format that I encountered in your last edition (April 8th, 2009). I have lived in Quebec City for a …
Award-winning authors share thoughts and works with public during literary festival this Saturday at Morrin Centre
Some of Canada’s celebrated authors are coming to Quebec City this weekend as the Morrin Centre welcomes poets and novelists to share their thoughts and works at the third annual …
Travels in Africa
“My hands tied behind my back, I watched as my friends dug a pit for my body to fall into. As soon as they had finished, I would be shot.” …
Portneuf Elementary turns sod on $644, 000 expansion project
A new expansion at Portneuf Elementary School will finally give students, staff and even the school’s principal more breathing room as enrolment at the Cap-Santé English school continues to grow. …
Afro-Brazilian mix of dance and martial arts helps children learn coordination
A Czech national is hoping to teach the fluid dance movements of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira Angola to children in Quebec City’s English-speaking community in the coming months. …
St. Pat’s Jazz Band swings in New Orleans
By Paul Hinton On April 1st, the St. Pat’s High School Jazz Band returned from a one week trip in Louisiana. Before arriving in Louisiana, the band spent a night …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1849 The Morning Chronicle Navigation opened yesterday. With the morning’s tide the ice bridge at Cap Rouge gave way, and floated up the river. About noon it was coming down …
Hospital volunteers help with quiet understanding
I have been talking to different volunteers in the hospitals and have discovered they all have the same desire and that is to be helpful to others and at the …