He may have retired from public life, but that doesn’t mean Granby Zoo’s oldest resident Mumba doesn’t celebrate his birthday anymore. Mumba celebrates his 48th birthday this week. That’s about 100 in people years.

The parade of music festivals in the Townships continues tonight in Cowansville with the 17th edition of the Festival Musique en Vue: The Best of Rock.

A Toronto-based mineral exploration company announced Monday that it has filed a claim on a prospect property in South Stukely. According to The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch, Western Troy Capital Resources Inc. is interested in the Townships site.

Construction workers across the province punched out before the construction holidays kicked in last Friday, officially bringing in Quebec’s vacation season.

The umbrellas were opened, the granite was placed, and the wood varnished for the grand opening of the Pilsen Pub’s new terrace. That is until a North Hatley resident’s complaint caused the Régie des alcools des courses et des jeux to suspend the patio’s liquor permit until a September hearing.