We boarded the “Phoenix”, a Danish brig from 1929, for a Bayonne-Pasaia trip, under full sail: quite a trip!

We boarded the “Phoenix”, a Danish brig from 1929, for a Bayonne-Pasaia trip, under full sail: quite a trip!

Thursday May 9, dozens of people boarded the “Phoenix”, docked in Bayonne, for an extraordinary adventure. The road map: connect the Edmond-Foy quay to Pasaia, during the day, sailing in the old-fashioned way, under full sail on this brig built in 1929. That morning, at 9 a.m., a thick fog surrounded the boat. The starting … Read more

An agreement on the price of sawn timber in Bas-Saint-Laurent

An agreement on the price of sawn timber in Bas-Saint-Laurent

Everyone remembers the meteoric rise, during the pandemic, in the price of two-by-fours charged to consumers. This caused discontent among many forest producers, who felt deprived of their share of the profits. Good news for those in Bas-Saint-Laurent: after three years of negotiations, they have just reached an agreement on the price of softwood lumber … Read more

100 years of Parc Lescure in Bordeaux. Jean Pasquier, the man who has seen it all since Brazil-Czechoslovakia in 1938

100 years of Parc Lescure in Bordeaux.  Jean Pasquier, the man who has seen it all since Brazil-Czechoslovakia in 1938

On his 95th birthday, Louis and Augustin, two of his grandchildren, gave him a lovely drawing. It is displayed on the door of his living room and, inevitably, there is a scapular on it. In large. Jean Pasquier, born in 1928, dashing despite his decades of experience, has supported the Girondins since he was a … Read more