Last week a flock of Canada geese landed on our partly frozen lake and I was anxious to see if “my” geese were with this group. These geese stayed for…
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Legal pot? Are we tripping, or what?
“Far out, man!” That’s likely what teenaged me would have said if a visitor from the future had said Prime Minister Trudeau had legalized marijuana in 2018. Then I might have…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1867The Morning ChronicleA dilapidated, but philosophical looking specimen of humanity, who had suddenly succumbed to some prostrating influence the night before last and had been found by the police reclining…
The story behind Rue de la Belle-Angélique
Normally, Bill Cox prepares the weekly “Street Views” column, but because I have an unusual connection to the person after whom this new street in Charlesbourg is named, I felt…
Good Friday Procession of the Cross in Old Quebec
Faithful worshippers gathered in Old Quebec on Good Friday evening for solemn, dramatic reads from the Passion according to Saint John. They walked silently through the streets from one church…
Winners of St. Patrick’s High School Public Speaking competition
Students at St. Patrick’s High School hold a Public Speaking competition every year and this year’s speakers certainly had a lot of interesting things to talk about! The competitions were…
There’s nothing like a Lip-Sync Idol at the EQLC
Students at the Eastern Quebec Learning Centre (EQLC) gathered in the cafeteria last Thursday for the fun event of the semester: the eighth annual Lip-Sync Idol singing competition. Six students…
St. Lawrence students honoured for their projects
The OSEntreprendre Challenge honored student projects on April 4, during the annual local gala. Three St. Lawrence projects qualified in the individual and group projects. Individual/Small Group Project Winners: Yousra-Imane Benaskeur and…
Montreal Orchestra Company brings video games to life
Video game and classical music enthusiasts entered the Palais Montcalm on April 12 for the Montreal Orchestra Company’s presentation of The Video Game Musical Odyssey, a concert featuring music composed…
\Self Help\” coming soon!!!”
Self Help is coming soon. With opening night just two weeks away, rehearsals for the hilarious Norm Foster farce are in high gear. The Quebec Art Company production is the…