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It’s Poppy Time folks!
This week up until November 11, we remember our veterans and forces. You can go to the Veterans Affairs web site and remember in a myriad of ways. You can get a poppy almost anywhere in the Quinte...
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70th Birthday Bash
T’was a glorious midday event at 8 Wing’s Hangar 1 today. Trooping of colours, celebrating 429 Squadron, Bisons, 70th Anniversary. Rows upon rows of the highly decorated. A beautiful event remembering...
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Beautiful prayer at 8 Wing, “Trooping of Colors” parade
I experienced a rare event today, “The Trooping of Colours“, at Hangar 1, 8 Wing. It was exquisite in all its regalia and choreography. Our men and women were dressed in buttoned-down steely blue,...
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429 Squadron continues legacy
Hangar 1 : Could of housed a C-17 parade Continuing coverage on the Trooping of Colors event, I thought you would all enjoy seeing the scale of Hangar 1 and this special Squadron’s performance. Note...
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Grieving brother sets tone for dedication ceremony
Issam Massouh, Brother of Fallen Soldier WO Hani Massouh Less that 30 minutes ago a glorious ceremony came to its conclusion. The Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial dedication and unveiling ceremony was...
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Speechless
Barely a peep was heard from Don Cherry at the Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial Unveiling Ceremony. Don always had a heart for our troops; he was clearly moved. He did not want the spotlight on...
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Wall of Fame growing six inches at a time
Beautiful layout of the mural. Imagine it 64 feet wide by 8 feet tall. The “Our Past. Our Present.” mosaic mural is progressing, one image at a time. Each image is six inches wide by four inches tall...
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2012 QuinteALIVE in review
Just grabbed this snippet from a Google Images search of QuinteALIVE. It is an interesting melting pot of the hundreds of stories we posted since our inception as a social brand in the last days of...
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Valentine’s saddest day
Al Valentine, Manager, Zellers, Trenton–bare shelves “I don’t know how to feel”, Al Valentine feigned, stoically. This affable man has managed Zellers in Trenton for four years. Previously, he ran the...
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Belleville Debators now wandering aimlessly
Wharf Street Debating Club as it appeared Spring 2013 By Dmitrios Otis, Contributing Writer Club now cleared from site When I recently learned of the fated demolition of the venerable Wharf Street...
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Memories of Dad
When I was small I could hardly wait for the nightly rounds to my brothers’, sisters’ and my own bedsides. Invariably, we had our feet rubbed, our bellies zerbitted and that extra glass of water. I...
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It’s Poppy Time folks!
This week up until November 11, we remember our veterans and forces. You can go to the Veterans Affairs web site and remember in a myriad of ways. You can get a poppy almost anywhere in the Quinte...
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In freezing cold rain, a monumental project blooms
“It is a miracle that it arrived on time”, exclaimed Gary Foster, VP Campbell Monuments, on this cold rainy afternoon October 27th at Bain Park. “There were so many opportunities for it to fail having...
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Wall of fame takes off – Quinte West
Signs on panoramic wall to be transformed into historic mural. The mercury has hit the $25,000 ceiling. A daunting project birthed out of the creative imaginations of two individuals over a year ago,...
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On Thanksgiving, Norman Rockwell delivers !
No words are required here. Just feel.Filed under: Arts & Music, Memories, Morning Cheer, Quinte, Quinte ALIVE, QuinteLive Tagged: Thanksgiving Norman Rockwell style
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Remembering Canadian Forces in Brazil
Remembrance Day Memorial wreaths are weighted down by the cold rain in Brighton; yet, candles remain bright around monuments in Trenton. It has been a horrible day to remember our fallen. If we travel...
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The Great Wall of Quinte Unveils this Saturday
CLICK TO ENLARGE Actually, its real name dubbed by the Trent Port Historical Society is, “Trent Port Photo Mosaic Mural“. An arduous year collecting over 3,500 photographs has readied the new wall...
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Trenton Unveils Epic Mural, Melts Hearts of Freezing Crowd
The A-Team in front of the Mosaic Mural. L to R : Artist, Charles Street, Co-Chair, Wendy Ouellette, Susan Shoniker, Co-Chair, Dave Shoniker “At least it isn’t raining!”, we shivering subjects agreed...
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QuinteALIVE Uncovers Secrets of Teflon Mayor
Politics is not for the faint-hearted; thick skin is a pre-requisite to surviving public redress, the dark side, endemic to the task . Once in awhile a Teflon politician emerges, surviving time in...
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The two great Marinas of Belleville
Marina in a Victor Costa design, a tudor-styled jacket, beaded taffeta. Period unknown believed to be 80s. We are all familiar with the marina in Belleville, Meyer’s Pier, a truly beautiful site,...
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