Quebec City home sales up 2% over same period last year
Sales rose by three percent in 2009 in the provincial real estate market in 2009. Overall, there were a total of 79,185 MLS(R) sales transactions, according to the Quebec Federation …
Ethanol: What about starving populations?
Newspapers reported last week that the federal government ordered a study of the environmental impact of making ethanol and biodiesel. The main reason for that study was evidence of harmful …
Haiti’s Agony
Reading the stories and seeing the heartbreaking images in the media about the calamitous humanitarian disaster in Haiti is indeed humbling. One story reported was of the life-changing experience of …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1850The Morning Chronicle We had an opportunity last week of seeing the trial of the working powers of a new Fire-Engine, made by Mr. Louis Lemoine, for the No. 7, …
Continentalism and Québec Sovereignty
I often ask myself the question: What earthly good do the Parti Québécois and the Bloc Québécois think they’re doing within the context of today’s post-modern political landscape? Even the …
Healthcare wait times are are not humane
The Wait Time Alliance has added the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons as its 14th member. In order to improve wait times for Canada’s children and youth, CAPS worked in …
McGOLDRICK, Huguette.
McGOLDRICK, Huguette. In Quebec City, on January 15 2010, died peacefully after a long illness, Huguette Clément, wife of C. Robert McGoldrick and mother of Lisa (Dominique André Demers) …
BILODEAU, Paul-André 1931-2010
BILODEAU, Paul-André 1931-2010 At Michel-Sarrazin’s house, on 12 January 2010, Paul-Andre Bilodeau passed away, at the age of 78, husband of Mrs. Patricia Sheila Patterson. He resided in Quebec.He was …
Federal Cabinet Members come to Quebec for a Soirée Bleue
This past Thursday an elegant crowd gathered at the Chateau Laurier to welcome the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Josee Verner as well as Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice. Both …
SCOTIABANK BRINGS THE STANLEY CUP TO BEAUPORT
Beauport, QC new stop on cross-country ‘Celebration of Hockey Tour’ Scotiabank’s ‘Celebration of Hockey Tour’ will be making an appearance in Quebec with the Stanley Cup®, Canada’s oldest and most …