Tag: Quebec
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Demand For Canada Seniors Care Is Critical
As Canada’s aging population continues to grow, there are concerns about the financial and physical capacity to meet its growing care needs. Seniors’ need for housing and care is a complex issue involving many government policies and, therefore, government has many avenues for the exertion of control and adjustment over the issue. Much room for…
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Ontario Storm Chasers Warn Public Through Photography
Did you know on average 12 tornadoes strike Ontario each year? That’s why David Chapman (@northof44pics) and I (@wxspencersills) commit our springs and summers to capturing severe thunderstorms on video and through photography. My name is Spencer Sills and I am a chaser located in South Western Ontario. I have been chasing storms for about…
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Defoy At Heart Of Official Quebec Antique Dealer Route
By the winter of 1982, we had been going to the Harbourfront Antique market every Sunday for about a year, and were making a pretty good living selling things we had bought at local auctions and garage sales. Then one day, I read in the excellent and entertaining “bible” of Antique dealing “The Furniture Doctor”…
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Prix d’Ami -Discovering Antique Pickers Barns
Discovering the Picker’s barns…after visiting Marcel Gosselin [last issue- http://tinyurl.com/7g4oxnk CP ] we went on to a large picker’s barn we had noticed on the way into Victoriaville which is where we met Jean (Kojak) Deshaies. As we arrived, the place was buzzing with activity as several pickers clamored for the attention of a completely bald…
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Montreal Restaurant Renoir Is Part Of Culinary Golden Mile
SOFITEL MONTREAL GOLDEN MILE ON S’EN MET PLEIN LES PATTES Chaque jeudi Every Thursday Du 14 au 28 avril, de 17h à 20h From April 14 to 28, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Bar à crabe des neiges et oursins Snow crab and sea urchins bar Le printemps arrive, le crabe des…
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St. Lawrence Expedition Earns National Geographic Recognition
National Geographic Traveler recently released its tenth annual ‘50 Tours of a Lifetime,’ a curated list of the best-guided trips offered by today’s top adventure tour operators around the globe. This year’s collection includes Adventure Canada’s Mighty Saint Lawrence expedition cruise, an incredible voyage that begins in historic Québec City and travels down the Saint…
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Contraband Tobacco solution requires more than Federal legislation ‘tinkering’
SOLVING ILLICIT TOBACCCO A National Strategy There is no debate that the global trade in contraband tobacco has far-reaching implications for society. Too much evidence exists today to deny that the black market in tobacco draws in the involvement of a host of problems for public safety and national security. Complicating the picture is the…
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La Prochaine Soirée Du Restaurant Le Renoir
RENOIR SAUVAGE- Vous êtes cordialement conviés à la prochaine destination de l’Apéro Sauvage en cavale qui vous fait découvrir à chaque dégustation, un chef et un resto, en plus des merveilles de notre terroir sauvage. La prochaine soirée aura lieu le 3 septembre prochain sur la magnifique terrasse du restaurant Le Renoir, sur la rue Sherbrooke,…
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Canadian Book Lullabies For Little Criminals
“Love is a big and wonderful idea, but life is made up of small things. As a kid, you have nothing to do with the way the world is run; you just have to hurry to catch up with it.” Heather O’Neill’s first novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals, is a firsthand heartbreaking account of growing…