The St. Lawrence Lions men’s hockey team will be competing for the RSEQ Provincial Championship for the third straight year. Last Sunday, the Lions defeated the Lafleche Dragons by the …
Monthly Archives: April 2012
High Spirits at first Quebec Whisky Day
The combination of story and spirits enjoyed during the Quebec Whisky Club’s first Quebec Whisky Day suggests there will be another. For whisky lovers, the event was awash in it. …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1862 The Morning Chronicle An exhibition of prize cattle at No. 8 Garden street. A visit to the spot will suffice to convince even those most inclined to be dubious …
Finding something new with The Lost Fingers
The Canadian gypsy jazz music group have just released their fourth album with the record label Tandem entitled La Marquise. The album became available on itunes on March 20 and …
A culture of remembrance
As I see it, our senior generation is entering a “culture of remembrance” as they define their new place in contemporary society – but what is it that we all …
Garden planning – one key element in a local diet
If you are interested in eating fresh, nutritious, tasty, and local food, gardening is an engaging approach. Successful gardening is rooted in an on-going learning process, in which planning plays …
Is it whisky or whiskey?
After a whisky-tasting event held a couple of years ago during the Celtic Festival, Ted Gunn contacted the QCT to point out that the word whisky had been misspelled in …
“Bad” Joe Hall, the Quebec City bulldog man
Joseph Henry Hall was born in Staffordshire, England in May of 1882. When he was just two years old, his family emigrated to Canada, eventually settling in Brandon, Manitoba. Like …
QCT Print Edition – April 4 2012
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