Jeffery Hale Friends play golf and dine to raise $25,000
Mother Nature smiled on the Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation golf tournament with simply perfect weather on September 11. The wonderful day of golf was followed by a great evening meal …
Liberal candidate works hard in Louis-Saint-Laurent
Youri Rousseau greets visitors at his campaign headquarters with a genuine smile full of quiet enthusiasm. The same smile beams confidently from the election posters in the windows behind him, …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle Grant street, St. Roch’s, was, yesterday afternoon, the scene of a boiler explosion which took place about one o’clock at the new planing-mill* of Mr. Alfred …
Paul Nichols rides across Canada for veterans
On September 17, the students of Dollard-des-Ormeaux School near CFB Valcartier had the honour of meeting Paul Nichols. A veteran, Nichols was a master corporal with the Calgary Highlanders and …
The story behind Ruelle John-Goudie
Ruelle John-Goudie is named after John Goudie (1775-1824), one of many Scottish shipbuilders who immigrated to North America. He began his career as a shipwright in Detroit in 1795 and, …
La photo qui parle exhibition both provocative and moving
Do you remember the adventures you embarked on when you were eight years old? However thrilling they may have been, I doubt that they included getting up close and personal …
Marc-André Hamelin and OSQ highlight colourful American music
The Canadian virtuoso pianist Marc-André Hamelin is not a particularly rewarding subject for a reviewer. He simply never gets it wrong. Called “stupendous” and “extraordinary” by The New Yorker and …
Séan McCann bares his soul at Le Cercle
Séan McCann has nothing to hide. The Newfoundland singer, who gained nationwide fame as the hard-partying lead singer of folk rock band Great Big Sea, has launched a solo career …
Arts in Action brings swing to Morrin Centre
The Jazz Age took over the historic Morrin Centre on September 12 as dancers from the Port-O-Swing dance school presented a swing dance workshop in College Hall. This was the …
No stars, no problem for Coupe Banque Nationale
Naomi Broady, Annika Beck, Jelena Ostapenko: looking at the tournament bracket before the semifinal matches of the Coupe Banque Nationale, most tennis fans could be forgiven for thinking, “Who are …