Colin Standish is a law student in his final year at Université Laval. He is also on the Board of Directors at the Voice of English-speaking Quebec. Recently, on the…
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Local High Schools stand up to bullying on Pink T-Shirt Day
On February 27, Quebec High School students participated in the annual Pink T-Shirt Day in support of anti-bullying. The senior leadership class organized a sequence of activities to demonstrate the…
Henri Lacasse honoree of Shannon Irish Show
The honoree of this year’s Shannon Irish Show is Henri Lacasse whose participation in the show dates back to 1970, at least that is what the archives of past years’…
Bilingual concerns over Bill 14 voiced at DDO
Bill 14 has hit a sensitive nerve throughout the province. Sections 79, 80, 81, 88 and 89 of the bill would eliminate the temporary education exemptions currently available to the…
A new tradition: Augustine sisters’ holistic wellness centre
Continuing almost four centuries of tradition in Quebec City, the Augustinian Hospital Sisters of Quebec have undertaken an exceptional project. By founding the Fiducie du patrimoine culturel des Augustines in…
Quebec High School students experience real life film making
Set in the 1960’s during the Quiet Revolution, the cast of Richard Goudreau’s fifth film in the series Les Boys will include two Quebec High School students, Sheldon Brown and…
Tire sur la neige: the sweeter side of winter
Chances are you have eaten maple syrup at some point in your life. If you have lived through even part of a winter in Quebec, you have likely sampled maple…
Alliance Quebec resurrected as ALLiance Quebec 2.0
The defunct Alliance Quebec of the post-1995 referendum was resurrected this past week as the new ALLiance Quebec 2.0 (AQ2). According to its founder and President, Ian Stone, AQ2 is…
Red Bull, downhill at breakneck speed
The objective: skate faster than everyone else! It might seem simple, but in some places the track is elevated several metres off the ground, and includes serpentine corners, jumps, bumps,…
Jeffery Hale – Saint Brigid’s in the Pentathlon des neiges
For the last three years, during the Pentathlon des neiges sporting event held on the Plains of Abraham, a special day is set aside for employees of the 13 health…