Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...

The past always plays a big part in the present of historical fiction author Kerry Chaput. The Bend writer’s latest book, “Daughter of the King,” is based on the true history of the “filles du roi,” ...

Students and faculty at Long Lake Central School are focusing on the community's French Canadian history and culture this week. The school will... Mar 18, 2013 — Students and faculty at Long Lake ...

NEW BEDFORD — Like many, Alfred Saulniers, originally from Acushnet, used to visit the Whaling Museum as a child. There, people used to tell him that his ancestors, French-Canadians, were not part of ...

A young girl stares into the camera, one arm hanging by her side, another propping her up against a loom. She wears a dirty smock and no shoes. Addie Card, the young French Canadian featured in the ...

TROY — The community’s French Canadian spirit hasn’t disappeared even though the deteriorating St. Jean de Baptiste Roman Catholic Church that was the heart of Little Canada for a century was razed in ...

This news release is available in French. Researchers at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and University of Montreal have discovered that the genomic signature inherited by today's 6 ...

A month has gone by since Jan. 6, when area Franco-Americans and our kindred spirits gathered for our annual celebration of the Epiphany at the Century House in Acushnet, La Fete Des Rois (The Feast ...

LEOMINSTER — The upcoming French-Canadian Festival on June 22 will celebrate the heritage of those who hail from the north. Longtime city resident Joseph Bolton said when he brought the idea for the ...