Université Laval’s 2017 Forest Science Week
The forest, the root of our inspirations” is the theme of the 38th edition of Université Laval’s Forest Science Week. Last year more than 5,000 visitors showed up for this …
St. Pat’s senior hoops teams start 2017 on a winning note
The Québec Chaudière-Appalaches region of the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) started play in all their sports for 2017 soon after the Christmas break. Back on the court, …
Cox 18th in Marseille; Gagné and Chouinard to coach Top Prospects
Crashed Ice Quebec City native Steven Cox, the grandson of QCT writer Bill Cox, has started his first 2017 Ice Cross Downhill season, popularly known as the Red Bull Crashed …
One week to go until Quebec Winter Carnival
So far, the cold, crisp weather has been perfect for Quebec City’s 63rd Winter Carnival, which will begin on Friday, January 27, and end on Sunday, February 12. Construction of …
American Story Show pays tribute to the classics
If you’re wondering where your parents were on Friday night, they were probably at the Capitole de Québec dancing the night away to American classics like Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” …
Nuts and bolts of cabinet-making in Canada and the U.S.
Not that we are lacking in examples of stark differences between the Canadian and American systems of government, but the last week has brought into the spotlight how the two …
QAC auditions for Norm Foster’s Self Help
After last year’s successful production of Norm Foster’s Opening Night, the Quebec Art Company (QAC) is returning with another of Foster’s hilarious comedies. Arguably Canada’s most produced playwright, Foster has …
Façade of the Boucherie Bégin much improved!
The former Boucherie Bégin on Rue Saint-Jean has a colourful new look these days, ever since Phelipe Soldevila and Olivier De Serres completed their mural covering the façade of the …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1867 The Morning Chronicle A mascarade on the ice took place at Routier’s Rink, St. Olivier street. The rink was thronged with spectators and the crowd of grotesquely attired masqueraders moving …
The story behind Rue Stanley-Cosgrove
Rue Stanley-Cosgrove is named in honour of Stanley Cosgrove, an artist born of Irish and French parentage in Montreal in 1911. Cosgrove studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal …