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December 6th St Michael’s & St Matthew’s Church Thrift Sale
Published: November 5, 2008
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December 6th St Michael’s & St Matthew’s Church, 1800 Chemin Saint-Louis, will hold its monthly sale, The Thrift, from 10:30 to 1 p.m. Clothing, jewellery, English and French books for children and adults, dishware, household goods, odds & ends, toys and collectables. Good quality, good condition. Unbeatable prices. Everyone welcome.
Story Time in Shannon
Published on: November 3, 2008 - 15:18
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Join Shirley Kiley and Jennifer Patterson for Story Time at the Shannon library, 50 rue St-Patrick, from 10 to 11 a.m. Reading and craftmaking. Parents are encouraged to attend. Map to location
National Ballet School 2008/09 Nov 4 Audition Tour visits Quebec City, QC
Published on: November 3, 2008 - 13:32
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Hot picks for cold nights in Quebec
Two amazing concerts coming up!
Published on: November 2, 2008 - 01:51
Photo: Yoav, 2008
As the temperature is dropping fast in Quebec City, you might want to warm your heart by attending a concert or two. The good news is that a variety of very promising shows will be presented within the next month. I chose to provide you with some information about two artists who have offered amazing CDs in the past months and whose concerts in Quebec City are much anticipated.
Join Graham Fraser at the Morrin Center Dec. 7th, Canada'a Commissioner of Official Languages
Published: November 5, 2008
December 7th, 7:30 pm $4 members 6$ non-members
Tis the Season
Community Christmas Hamper Campaign Committee Begins Preparations for the 2008 Hamper Drive
Published: October 29, 2008
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Photo: Lucie Girard
QC cultural communities search for common ground
Published: October 29, 2008
Photo: Scott French
What does the history of Quebec’s English-speaking minority have in common with the history of other cultural communities in the province? Very little, apparently. A recent conference session organized by the Association for Canadian Studies provided few common themes for presenters to build upon or discuss.
Fair prices at Book Fair
Published: October 29, 2008
To the organizers of the QCWC Book Fair,
I just wanted to say thanks for the great Book Fair. Your people are doing a great job and I wanted to say so. They and you deserve recognition. Seeing as it’s always good to get feedback and not always available, I just thought I’d drop my two cents.
EQLC, volunteers, weather make Book Fair a success
Published: October 29, 2008
Photo: Scott French
Bibliophiles from all over the Quebec City region, and from as far away as Seattle, gathered in the gym at the Eastern Québec Learning Centre (EQLC) on Saturday, October 25 to fill their bookshelves with reading material for the long winter ahead.
The QCT wants your memories of wartime
Published: October 29, 2008
You can help make this year’s QCT Remembrance Day edition one to remember. Were you or a member of your family a soldier or nurse during wartime?
Tennis for life: the importance of sport and fitness for all ages
Published: October 29, 2008
Photo: Bill Cox
Sports activity has been an important part of my physical well being during my life and has kept me active even today as a retiree. Cross-country skiing, jogging and cycling were my principal activities with a little badminton and tennis every now and then.
Wintertime holds fun for young, memories for old
Published: October 29, 2008
Did everyone see the snow last week? We had some on our roof for a couple of days. We can’t believe our beautiful autumn is over and our annuals are gone forever.
It is interesting to see the reactions of folks due to the changes in the weather. Small children are elated, adults frown and seniors cringe.
What the 400th did for Quebec and how Quebec can keep it up
The first in a two-part series
Published: October 30, 2008
With the five presentations in Quebec City of an exclusive Cirque du Soleil show between October 17 and 19, the celebrations around the 400th anniversary of Quebec have almost come to an end.
SLC Lions show “grit, speed and toughness” in Ohio
Published: October 29, 2008
Photo: QCT archives
The long hours coasting on smooth interstate highways 81 and 90 were spent watching movies, studying and catching interrupted power naps as they came. Our boys prepared for battle in conditions that recalled those of the endless minor league tours taken by Paul Newman and the Charlestown Chiefs in the classic movie Slapshot.
85-year-old shoots 81, stuns older friends
Published: October 29, 2008
Despite cool weather, Frank “Long Drive” Coveney shot an 81 at the Castor Golf Club on October 8, four strokes less than his age, his friend Jerry O’Brien reported.
Scary stuff to do
Published: October 29, 2008
Halloween Lantern Tour on the Plains of Abraham
Spend Halloween or the following Day of the Dead scared out of your wits on the Plains! Tales of sorcery, murder, execution and mystery colour a tour led by Sir George Garneau, mayor of Quebec City in 1908, or his wife, Marie Alma.
As weather cools, so does QC commerce
Published: October 30, 2008
Photo: QCT archives
With the last of the cruise ships setting sail from the city’s harbour this week, Quebec City business owners are satisfied with the business brought by the liners this fall. But many cannot help but long for the unprecedented commerce and tourism of this past summer.
Immigration dept. promotes “francisation” for newcomers
Published: October 30, 2008
Photo: Scott French
A community landmark changes hands; Aaron family to sell Restaurant Diana
Published: October 30, 2008
Photo: Scott French
It was the kind of place people called a second home, the kind of place you might sit down to have a meal alone and feel perfectly comfortable. Restaurant Diana, one of a dying breed of family-run restaurants in Quebec City’s downtown, plans to close its doors for good this Saturday, after serving the community in St. Jean Baptiste for 63 years.
City’s plan to reform snow removal policy worries elderly, MDs
Published: October 30, 2008
The city of Quebec’s proposition to clear fewer sidewalks this winter in has some seniors and medical professionals worried about a possible increase in the number of sidewalk falls among the elderly.
Gallichon rides for the last time
Published on: October 29, 2008 - 13:40
The 78th Fraser Highlanders lead Billy Carol Gallichon’s horse-drawn hearse and a procession of calèches toward the Château Frontenac, where a moment of silence was observed for the long-time calèche driver, who died last week at 81. Fellow drivers Jerry Dionne and Brian Turpin attended their friend’s funeral procession.
Holland School Governing Board is currently seeking a community member
Published: October 29, 2008
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The Holland School Governing Board is currently seeking a community member for the 2008-2009 school year. If you are interested in providing a helping hand to the board, please contact the school for more details at 418-681-7705 ext. 233 or via e-mail at [email protected]
It's flu vaccine time! Friday, November 14, 2008 Flu Clinic at the Jeff!
Published: October 29, 2008
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You must make an appointment by calling Mamie Stewart at 418 684-JEFF (5333), ext. 1564.
C.W.L. Shannon Nov. 23rd Community Breakfast
Published: October 29, 2008
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The CWL of Shannon will hold a community breakfast from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M. at the Shannon Community Center, 75 Gosford, Shannon. The price is $6.00 for adultes, $4.00 for children from 6 to 12 and free for children under 5.
See you then!!!
A Capacity for Caring
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. ~Ayn Rand
Published: October 29, 2008
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Have you ever noticed how often life seems to be stitched together by the coincidence of synchronous events, where everything you read, every person you encounter, every indiscriminate thought you imagine all point to the obvious and often random conclusion? Please let me explain.
The 400th anniversary as a tool of cultural development, Parts 1 & 2
Culture and Society
Published: October 29, 2008
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The 400th anniversary as a tool of cultural development, Part I
Jean-Thomas Tremblay
November 1st St. Michael's Thrift
Published: October 29, 2008
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