Building Hope: Protecting Development
Understanding the reason for mass migration is key to understanding how to help refugees and asylum-seekers. This was one message discussed at the Building Hope: Protecting Development event held at …
Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier looks back on its cemeteries
The Municipality of Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier is working on a history of its cemeteries. The purpose of the project is to identify all the people who have been interred there, to restore …
OBITUARY: Barbara Sangster SIMONS
Barbara Sangster Simons died on May 5 in her 91st year. Barbara was loved by her husband Roger, brother John (Elia Chiasson) sister Patricia (Don LePoidevin), daughter Susan (Andre Hammond), …
Painting of John Neilson house presented to Valcartier village
On May 6, in celebration of Valcartier’s 200th anniversay, a painting of the John Neilson house was presented by Audrey Dacres Smith and family to the Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Municipality. The painting …
Artist Tanya Morand exhibits purses-made-art
On May 7, local artist Tanya Morand opened an exhibit of her latest works Sacoche, atelier, maison: correspondances (purse, studio, house: correspondence) in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Library, formerly St. Matthew’s Church …
The Plains of Abraham Trail officially open
A breezy but sunny spring day was perfect for the inauguration of the Plains of Abraham Trail on May 5 by Canadian Heritage minister Mélanie Joly, Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume …
Spring for some seafood
The long awaited warmth of spring is a sure sign of seafood season. To launch the season’s promotional campaign, the Association québécoise de l’Industrie de la Pêche (AQIP, Quebec fishing …
Emilie & Ogden, a girl and her harp
On Thursday, May 5, 2016, Emilie & Ogden played to a packed house at Le Cercle. Born in Ontario, Emilie Kahn grew up in Quebec. The singer-songwriter named her harp …
OBITUARY: Roméo Joseph Armand LÉGER
Roméo Joseph Armand LÉGER Roméo Léger, 58, of Quebec City, formerly of Moncton, N.B., went to be with his Saviour on Friday, May 6, …
The life of hockey great Gerry McNeil
It was an emotional journey for David McNeil as he recounted the life of one of the greatest goalies in Canadian hockey – not because it was a hockey player’s …