Are your feet killing you? We have a solution for you! Put your feet up and read the Townships Sun. Your feet will get a special rest while you read our 52-page March 2024 special edition, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Townships Sun. Yes, your editorial team and contributors have been…
Townships Young Voices Competition closes on February 29! There are only a few days left to enter the Townships Young Voices competition, open to people aged 11-29 who live in the Eastern Townships. Fifteen prizes totaling $3000 are available to be won in the categories of art, photography, poetry,…
Townships Sun Seeks Submissions for Upcoming issues on Astronomy, Waterways, Gardens, and Humour CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Please refer to the Contribution Guidelines at TownshipsSun.ca/Submit. REFLECTIONS The Townships Sun is seeking submissions for its April 2024 issue on Astronomy and Waterways in the Townships. We’re looking for original, unpublished works by writers fr om…
Dining Out: Lunch at L’Entr’Amis by Marisa Tessier & Beverly Taber Smith These photos by Marisa Tessier show two desserts: Can you tell which is a chocolate mousse, and which a gâteau au pomme (apple cake)? The duet of desserts were part of a lunch enjoyed by the Dining Out Group of the Canadian Federation…
QUEBEC AM WITH PETER TARDIF Friday, Jan.19, 2024: Writing groups in the Eastern Townships bringing people together. CBC’s Gordon Lambie spoke with author Richard Andrews of Magog, Angela Leuck of Shoreline Press and the Townships Sun, Marie Moliner of the Townships Sun’s Townships Young Voices 2024, and Jan Draper of Write Here, Right…
$50 for the 50th Campaign: $3266 strong! Plus… Yes, the Townships Sun‘s 50th Anniversary celebrations ARE happening! The “$50 for the 50th Anniversary” campaign came to a happy close at the end of December 2023, with $3266 donated by a total of 48 donors, according to our partner, Townshippers’ Research & Cultural Foundation. Thank you…
The Book Fest is Over… Long Live the Book Fest! The Townships Sun‘s Holiday Book Fest organized by the Townships Sun is over now; but it lives on! On December 10, more than 125 persons came out on a rainy day to enjoy a full programme of speakers and videos, and to explore books by…
Donate $50 for the 50th Campaign: Update, December 22, 2023 The thermometer is heating up! If we’re reading it right, we’ve come three-fifths of the way to our goal for the $50 for the 50th campaign! Thank you so much for your help! In the works are two very special 50th anniversary editions of the…
You’ve been wondering: How’s the $50 for the 50th campaign coming along? It’s a work in progress! We still need your help. We want to celebrate the Townships Sun’s 50th anniversary this February with a reprint of our very first issue (February 8, 1974), and then a one-time, double-size “Legacy Edition.” This means double the…
Dining Out: Brunch at La Shop in Magog by Janet Watson & Beverly Taber Smith Recently the Dining Out Group of the Canadian Federation of University Women, Sherbrooke & District (CFUW) decided to forego our usual habit of going out for lunch. Instead we went to La Shop in Magog for brunch at…