Letter to the Editor Random acts of kindnessMy husband and I are on a cross-Canada tour and when we arrived in Lévis on our way to the KOA RV park…
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Another successful Fall Fest
Voice of English-speaking Quebec (VEQ) held its sixth annual Fall Fest on Saturday, September 19, at St. Vincent’s School, where community groups and businesses offered information and displayed their wares…
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…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865The Morning ChronicleGrant 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 Venner, close…
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 since…
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…