Mark your calendars for our annual Burns Night celebration, honouring the life, poetry, and spirit of Robert Burns, Scotland’s beloved bard. Join us for a festive evening of good company, a taste of haggis (and some other treats), and a touch of Scottish flair! There will be music, and a chance to share your best […]
Sara Langevin is a beloved storyteller for our HLSL morning storytelling sessions in Rimouski. A lover of books since childhood, she has spent the past 15 years teaching ESL at the Cégep level in Laval, Granby, and now Rimouski. She uses her passion for literature and languages to help students gain confidence in English. After […]
We will be closed for the holidays from Saturday, December 20th, 2025 to Sunday, January 4th, 2026. Wishing you all a very happy holiday season, with health, peace and good cheer for all!
This month we give the floor to Helen Thornton, a ray of sunshine beaming out onto the Lower St. Lawrence region from Rivière-du-Loup. Read more about this upbeat, irrepressible member of our community, in her own words: A true globetrotter born in England, a Yorkshire lassie, born and bred, I earned my university teaching degree […]
Community Profile: Judy Martin For this month of October, we are grateful to be able to turn the spotlight onto an involved member of our English-speaking community, seasonal resident of Metis, Judy Martin. Though reluctant to be featured as this month’s Community Profile, she is a force for good, and a good friend of our […]
Summer highlights from productive meetings with partners, HLSL staff. Scroll down for more photo galleries from our events throughout July and August 2025. Here’s to a wonderful summer in the Lower St. Lawrence! June 29, 2025 – Fête de la Mer, Rimouski Marina, A bilingual spoken word event hosted by HLSL, and Peggy, our heritage […]
Living Voices: Exploring Family Roots For four generations, Janet Madelle Feindel’s family spent summers at their property at Cap à l’Orignal, now known as Parc national du Bic. Following the expropriation by the government in the late twentieth century, the family lost access to the land. The artist is now returning to Lower Saint Lawrence […]
Are you creative? Entrepreneurial? Interested in your community’s vitality? We need your input!We’re looking for the perfect name to represent our vibrant new community hub — and we want your input! One suggestion currently on the table: ESPACE MÉTIS. Thumbs up or down? What are your ideas?We’re also calling for serious revenue-generating proposals to help […]
Catch Us in Rimouski This Summer! We’re excited to announce our presence at several key events across Rimouski this summer! We’d love for you to stop by one of our kiosks and say hello. Our Kiosks at the Terrasses Urbaines RimouskiDon’t miss the 12th edition of Terrasses Urbaines Rimouski, the summer event that brings a festive and […]