When the Quebec City Carnival premiered, its focus was on families and community. That’s how the organizers of Shannon’s Winterfest think of their event, too, according to head organizer Bernard …
Daily Archives: 28 January 2009
Entertainment at what risk
Red Bull Crashed Ice (Translation: An accident waiting to happen) We’re talking here of the event with the ungrammatical name. An event the preparations for which can tie up an …
Obama portrait a labour of love
In a building that once housed a women’s undergarment manufacturer and a ball bearing factory, one can find artist Tom Cohen’s studio. Drawing on the consumer products that populate our …
Thank you, ‘community angels’
The members of the 13th annual Community Christmas Hamper Campaign Committee would like to express their deep gratitude to community members for their ongoing support and enthusiastic participation in what …
Quebec ice sculptor revives classic Carnaval tradition
It is minus thirty outside and Michel Lepire is working with his gloves off. As the Carnaval de Québec’s official snow and ice sculptor for the last 25 years, he …
Scots celebrate bard’s 250th birthday with Burns Supper
Two-hundred and fifty years ago last Sunday, Scotland’s favourite son, the poet Robbie Burns, was born. True to tradition, the English- and French-speaking communities — among them a countless number …
Anglo youth in QC insecure about French skills, employment: report
Anglophone youth in Quebec are insecure about their French language skills, a new report by the Quebec Community Groups Network indicates. According to a Quebec City committee member who helped …
QCT Print Edition – January 28 2009
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