Ladies, and gentlemen, if you can afford it, do your Christmas shopping early as this is your last chance to buy a luxury item at the Holt Renfrew store in…
It might be time to revise that childhood rhyme in which we admonish the ladybug to “fly away home.” It all depends on which species you have on the tip…
At the recent 2014 Emmy awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Hollywood, team members of Rodeo FX, a visual effect company from Montreal, walked away…
Now that the Quebec City Celtic Festival is upon us, it will be interesting to compare the urban festival with the very bucolic Kinnear’s Mills edition that took place from…
One of Canada’s Fathers of Confederation, Sir George-Étienne Cartier was born on September 6, 1814, in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu. His name is spelled without an ‘s’ (the usual French spelling) as he…
Passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on August 27, 2014, at the age of 93 years. Predeceased by her beloved husband of 62 years, Benedict (Benny) Kiley. Loving…
Sheila Putnam, 78, passed away peacefully in Manlius, NY, on August 21, 2014, surrounded by her family.Loving mother, grandmother and wife, Sheila was born in 1936 in Quebec City, to…
Nearly a year ago readers of Louise Penny’s How the Light Gets In were treated to a riveting climax to the intriguing saga of Armand Gamache, as the Chief Inspector…
The closing ceremony and the last of the three shows of the 2014 World Acadian Congress were held in Témiscouata-sur-le-lac, Quebec, on August 24.During the day, clowns, people on stilts,…
As this is the 100th anniversary year of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, we recently drove down the Lower North Shore to visit the Historic Maritime Site at…