Improving energy efficiency makes sense at this time of year. As the mercury drops and the days get shorter, we dial up the heat and turn the lights on earlier….
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Joe Lonergan launches Shamrocks in the Maples
On the evening of November 26, Joe Lonergan launched Shamrocks in the Maples at St. Patrick’s High School. Lonergan is well known for his preservation and promotion of Quebec City’s…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1863The Morning ChronicleA mendicant named Simon Lachance went into a house in St. Michel street for the purpose of obtaining charity. While in the house, which happened to be one…
Irish Cultural Day at Cégep de Sainte-Foy
On November 27, students in the language and culture program at Cégep de Sainte-Foy introduced other students and staff to various elements of Ireland’s rich culture and history. Under the…
Letter to the Edition
Re: the Cross of SacrificeI read with interest your Remembrance Day article “Lest We Forget….” (November 13, 2013), which included gratitude to our fallen warriors for our freedom in the…
Rail Jam competition at Stoneham
On November 29, Stoneham Mountain Resort launched its 50th winter season with a bang by hosting the Bud Light-Stopen Rail Jam competition. Snowboarders and skiers arrived from across the province…
Glambition: teaching girls business skills
What do you get when invite 90 girls, ages 12 to 15, to a conference led by women? Glambition! The young women’s entrepreneurship day strives to raise awareness about the…
Travelling the globe at Champlain–St. Lawrence
From November 18 to 22, Tourism students at St. Lawrence hosted the annual Intercultural Week. To fulfil their course criteria, eight students set up a series of multi-cultural events showcasing…
Singing Christmas Spirit
The Ensemble Gospel de Québec gave a merry Christmas concert to a huge audience at the Capitole theatre Sunday afternoon on the first day of December. The gospel singers radiated…
Alec Roberts receives honorary degree from Royal Military College
On November 22, the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) bestowed an honorary degree on well-known Quebec City chemical engineer Alexander (Alec) Kelso Roberts at its fall convocation in Kingston,…