Tag "townships"
Sheila Quinn: Hurts So Good
Last week, driving home past a nearby campground, I saw a little boy riding this swing exactly the way you are supposed to. He was standing on top of the
Ross Murray: Mayor Rob Ford is at my house
By Ross Murray I am the undisclosed location. I can’t give you the address, for legal reasons, but I’ve decided to come forward because it’s only a matter of time
Colin Standish Running for Liberal Nomination in Compton-Stanstead
The Eastern Townships has much to offer the rest of Canada, and Quebec. Our strong sense of community, our storied history and respect for tradition, and our naturally bilingual society
Quebec Election 2014: Reading the tea leaves
When Pauline Marois called this provincial election, it looked as though the PQ would easily capture the majority they had coveted, and steamroll over the opposition on a platform emphasizing
Awkward Situation for the NDP in Quebec: Beware the Sherbrooke Declaration
Main photo: Rue Wellington Nord, Sherbrooke. It has been nearly three years since the Orange Wave swept Quebec in the last federal election. Fifty-nine of seventy-five seats in Quebec went to
Are you angry enough to vote?
With the Quebec election just days away, there is growing concern that the arrival of good weather could result in low voter turnout, not because people may opt for sunshine
Tibet Tour – Colin Standish on his time in and around Lhasa
After one hour of sleep, I haul myself into a minivan at 5:30 am in Kunming, Yunnan, about two and a half hours by air from Lhasa, as my stomach
Why we need a real referendum debate: A childs’ perspective
When talk of Quebec secession flairs up, I remember what is was like be a nine year old child in my small Eastern Townships village of Cookshire in 1995. The
False choices: all Quebecers can agree on a framework for secession
The “National” Assembly does not have the jurisdiction to call a referendum on the sovereignty of Quebec, choose and dictate the parameters and question unilaterally, and usurp the jurisdiction of
5 Myths That Hinder Language Debates in Quebec
When I think of language in Quebec, I look no further than the former village green in my Eastern Townships hometown of Cookshire, Quebec. I walk down the sloping valley,
Spectacular Values: Should Quebec be More Gay?
This Ross Murray column first appeared in the March 2014 issue of Life in Québec Magazine. Life in Quebec Magazine is a lifestyle publication covering the Quebec region and is
Open and inclusive society?
Main pic: Le ministre québécois responsable des Institutions démocratiques et de la Participation citoyenne, Bernard Drainville, lors d’une rencontre avec des citoyens de Québec, le 15 mai 2013. Photo credit: Afrappier
Response: Lisée Misinterprets Jeffersonian Ideals
Main pic: Jean-François Lisée en février 2012. Photo credit: Louperivois by Colin Standish Jean-François Lisée, minister in Quebec’s separatist Parti Quebécois government, has a habit of inappropriately misinterpreting the republican ideals
It gets stupider
A timely piece of insanity from the the one and only Ross Murray In Quebec, we speak out loud and clear against misogyny, homophobia, bullying, tuition hikes, women in niqabs,
