Maestra on the rise – local musician taps crowdfunding to pursue conducting career
Most people have studied or dabbled in music at some point in their lives. Whether it was learning an instrument, training one’s voice, or working in musical production, those who …
Maïa’s Héritage and inspiration
Singer-songwriter Maïa Davies, one of the founding members of Ladies of the Canyon, launched her first solo album, titled Héritage, on September 25. Raised in a bilingual home in Westmount, …
From Stoneham to Breezy Point, NY, with love
A group of people in Stoneham, Quebec, have just sent off a truckload of care packages to the people of Breezy Point, New York, who lost their homes in the …
Another view of Remembrance Day
My father, 2/Lt Kelso Roberts, wrote a diary while a 19-year old prisoner in Germany during the last nine months of World War I. Two aspects of his ordeal, as …
Diamond Jubilee Medal for Canadian veteran Pascal Lacoste Marie White
At last year’s Remembrance Day Ceremony, Pascal Lacoste, a veteran of the Bosnian War, who was weak from having just ended his hunger strike, placed a wreath to honour Canada’s …
Huron-Wendat nation receives Commemorative War of 1812 Medal and Banner
On November 8, Grand Chief Konrad Siouï and his Family Chiefs were sworn in to a new term of office for the Huron-Wendat nation. In a touching ceremony, the Grand …
Quebec High School remembers Corporal Jason Patrick Warren
There is a Remembrance Day wreath and plaque in the entrance hall at Quebec High School. It is there for all to remember. The plaque reads: “In memory of Corporal …
Canada’s new $20 bill — A means to remember
For most of us, references to Vimy Ridge only hint at a distant high school history lesson on the First World War. But with the passing of Canada’s last veteran …
Attention fashionistas!
Fashion lovers participated in a shopping extravaganza at the Espaces Dalhousie cruise terminal, attending the 3rd edition of La Braderie in Quebec City last weekend. La Braderie, which means “annual …
Laval’s Rouge et Or take the Dunsmore Cup for the tenth consecutive year
Last Saturday the TELUS stadium at Université Laval was filled with close to 15,000 ecstatic football fans as the home team took the Dunsmore Cup for the 10th straight year, …