March 22 2017 Edition
Health & Social Services Community Leadership Bursaries
Apply before May 12, 2017
Published: March 18, 2017
Jeffery Hale Community Partners, in collaboration with McGill University, is calling for applications for the Health and Social Services Community Leadership Bursary Program.
Alex Harvey reigns on the Plains of Abraham
Published: March 22, 2017
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
What a spectacular weekend for the finals of the Fédération Internationale du Ski (FIS) Cross-Country Ski World Cup! The event had all the markings of a festival in Old Quebec, combining a popular international sport with local heroes and winners. The weather and the racecourses could not have been better, a silver lining from last week’s big snowstorm.
What makes Maxime Bernier run?
Published: March 22, 2017
Photo: Peter Black
A modest crowd has gathered for a Friday happy hour in the mezzanine of a large, boisterous restaurant at a mall in a Quebec City suburb. They are waiting for Beauce MP, former cabinet minister and current Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier to arrive from campaign events in the Saguenay.
Memorials and Things of Fame
Published: March 22, 2017
1867
The Morning Chronicle
In the eighteen fifties, the United States had more than 9,000 miles of railway lines, but Canada had only 66. So it might be said that Canada was “asleep.” Yet it happened that Canada developed the first “sleeping car” in the world.
The story behind Rue Sherbrooke
Published: March 22, 2017
Photo: Wikimedia Common Domain
Rue Sherbrooke, also referred to as Côte Sherbrooke, is named in honour of Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (1764-1830). After serving with the British army in Nova Scotia, the Netherlands, India, the Mediterranean (including Sicily) and Spain, Sherbrooke was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1811.
Seniors Technology workshops planned for March, April
Published: March 22, 2017
Voice of English-Speaking Québec, Quebec High School, and the Lifelong Learning program are pleased to announce the Spring 2017 series of Technology Workshops for age 50-plus seniors of our community to be held from March 28 to April 21.
Steve Cameron launches new book Hill Notes: ‘Glimpses’ of Before
Published: March 22, 2017
Photo: courtesy of Steven Cameron
After Hill Search: the Robert Corrigan Story, and Hill Tales: Still Searching, local author Steven L. Cameron now presents Hill Notes: ‘Glimpses’ of Before.
Community Cooking Cookbook now available!
Published: March 22, 2017
Did you participate in the community cooking class that took place in 2015-16, brought to you by a collaborative partnership involving Voice of English-speaking Québec, SNACS Entrepreneurs, Be Active Québec and Jeffery Hale Community Partners? Are you a cooking enthusiast? If so, the long awaited and much-anticipated Community Cooking Cookbook is now available for purchase.
Quebec Art Company doubles down with farce by acclaimed Canadian playwright Norm Foster
Published: March 22, 2017
Photo: QAC
Last year was a big one for Norm Foster. Not only did the prolific Canadian playwright find himself pinned with an Order of Canada, there was the inauguration of a festival in St. Catharines, Ontario, devoted to his works. On top of that, he got engaged.
Pick-a-book storytime comes to an end ... for now!
Published: March 22, 2017
Photo: Danielle Burns
Initiated by CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence student Marjorie Lepage, who enlisted the help of other student volunteers who wanted to read stories to children in English, the first series of Pick-a-Book storytimes came to an end at the Morrin Centre Library last Saturday.
