Fight, flight or foresight Guy Rex Rodgers December 14, 2023 1282 What We Choose To Remember We are living in times of division, frustration, resentment and hostility. Friendships can be damaged by a misplaced word, destroyed by a misinterpreted comment. The automatic physio...
Real Quebecers may yet have the last word Guy Rex Rodgers November 12, 2023 1401 What We Choose To Remember Last month I moderated a panel on the Impact of Bill 96 for the Quebec Writers’ Federation. The mood was glum. We do not have to look very far in the world to see deeply divided popu...
London Calling: Help, we’re being invaded! Guy Rex Rodgers October 18, 2023 1298 What We Choose To Remember I was surprised last month by a documentary film – A London Lost: The Death of an English City – which made the remarkable claim that London is no longer English because it has been ...
Jim West – celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Canada’s premier jazz record label, Justin Time Records Peter Kerr October 7, 2023 2481 The man who first recorded Oliver Jones, Ranee Lee, The Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir and Diana Krall’s first album is celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Justin Time Records– the company he founded in 1983 ...
Francos, Anglos and Allos have different memories Guy Rex Rodgers September 16, 2023 3779 What We Choose To Remember I am releasing the subtitled version of my documentary film this month. What We Choose To Remember will become Ce qu’on choisit de se souvenir. Anglophones, Allophones and Francopho...
Manoir Hovey opens a luxury spa on the shores of Lake Massawippi A.J. Twist September 9, 2023 4221 In 2021, when I first snuck away to the Eastern Townships for a luxurious stay at the five-star Manoir Hovey, I immediately fell in love with the property and their Relais & Châteaux hospitality. At that ti...
The Wedding of a Fille du Roy – September 3, 2023 LiveEvents August 25, 2023 1066 Maison Saint-Gabriel presents the re-enactment of a 1673 wedding. An event that marks the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the last Filles du Roy in New France (1673-2023). You are warmly invited to the wed...
Super Anglo – mythical character still making language waves Guy Rex Rodgers August 11, 2023 1875 What We Choose To Remember Quebec’s summer festivals, street fairs and block parties create opportunities to speak with casual acquaintances and total strangers. A number of Francophones have asked me how Angl...
Dommage – nothing ‘Beau’ about Bill 96 Guy Rex Rodgers July 5, 2023 2178 What We Choose To Remember When I arrived in Quebec I was an undesirable immigrant, at least by the standards of Francois Legault’s CAQ government. I could not speak French and my mother tongue made me un maud...
François Legault’s Québec Guy Rex Rodgers June 6, 2023 1797 What We Choose To Remember Last October the Coalition Avenir Québec won a landslide electoral victory, crushing the Parti Québécois and the provincial Liberals. At the CAQ convention in May Premier Legault rec...
