Amidst the controversy surrounding Le Capitole owner Jean Pilote’s proposed expansion of the dinner-theatre hotel complex, one important detail about the English community’s heritage in Quebec City has been continually overlooked: Pilote’s intention to restore the 19th century YMCA building to its original grandeur.

Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Old Quebec will be hosting their Fall Lunch & Sale on Saturday November 22nd from 10:30am -1:30pm in the Kirk Hall. Sale includes bake table, gift baskets & nearly new items. Cost for lunch is $7 and children under 12 for $5. For more information, contact Katherine at (418)849 7904.

There will be a Blessing of the Animals officiated by Arch-Bishop Bruce Stavert at St. Michael's Anglican Church in Sillery at 10:30AM on Sunday, October 5 2008

BECOME A LITERACY VOLUNTEER!

JOIN US FOR A CREATIVE AND FUN WORKSHOP " MESSAGE ON A BOTTLE"

Presenter: Kate Strickland, the former Executive Director of Literacy Unlimited, currently runs art vein studio in Hudson, Quebec, where she does creativity workshops and makes her own art.

When:  Tuesday, September 30th 2008

My shoes are dirty. My shoes are dirty because I am in the mud, behind a metal gate, trying to talk my way
backstage at the Envol et Macadam festival.

Held in Quebec City every September since 1996, Envol et Macadam is one of the town’s few alternative music festivals. This year, the concerts were staged at Ilot Fleury in the heart of Saint- Roch.

A whirlwind, festival filled summer has passed and the official Quebec 400th celebrations are beginning to wind down. As the smoke clears from all the birthday candles, cannon charges and fireworks displays, we look back at a few of the English-speaking community groups that have contributed to the celebration of this extraordinary anniversary.

Have you seen all the mums on sale everywhere? They are a joy to behold. Of course, we know they are telling us summer is over but we can say goodbye with gratitude and enjoyment. In all the grocery stores and nurseries everyone is buying up mums in every colour and smiling to see them so healthy and full of buds.

“So you were at Kamouraska. Did you see the monument to the drunkard?”

I knew what he was getting at, but couldn’t place it. Then it came ...

Instead of singin’ in the rain, inventor-cumcomposer Paul De Marinis makes the rain sing. Showcasing De Marinis’ installation, Rain Dance, along with a wonderland of similarly grand curiosities that marry science and technology with art, a special outdoor edition of Le Mois Multi will be held in and around Saint-Roch and the lower town throughout the weekend.

October 4. St Michael’s & St Matthew’s Church,  1800 Chemin Saint-Louis, will hold its monthly sale, The Thrift, from 10:30 to 1 p.m. Clothing, jewellery, English and French books for children and adults, dishware, household goods, odds & ends, toys and collectables. Good quality, good condition. Unbeatable prices. Everyone welcome.

The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph has teamed up with American search engine giant Google to make our archives – the oldest of any newspaper’s in North America – available free of charge to the world.

Using Google’s news archive search technology, Internet surfers will be able to consult over 200 years of QCT back issues.