Photo: Photo and Graphic Design: Ladd Johnson

This spring the Quebec Art Company will be performing “Deathtrap,” a thriller written by Ira Levin, and is holding auditions for the play on Sunday, January 30 (see details in the Community Calendar or visit www.quebecartcompany.com).

Photo: Bill Cox

This is what came to mind when I saw the canoe on the St. Lawrence River at the Immigration Wharf (Cap-Rouge) or, more specifically La Plage Jacques Cartier. They were practising for the Winter Carnival race to be held at the end of this month and a second race in February. They will be crossing the river and back from Quebec to Levis.

I don’t know about you, but legal terms such as: Mandate in Case of Incapacity, Power of Attorney, Do Not Resuscitate Order, and Last Will and Testament, strike the fear of God into me! These terms refer to important legal documents which are the cornerstones of health-care planning. Most of us would rather play ostrich than think about them.

Photo: Michael Bourguignon

Depending on whom you ask, you can call him Robbie Burns, Rabbie Burns or simply ‘the Bard’ – just as long as you don’t call his followers late to supper. More than 60 such devotees honoured the memory of Scotland’s national poet during this year’s annual Robbie Burns Night at the Quebec Garrison Club.