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Daily Archives: 11 July 2012
Lionel Richie wows crowds at the Festival d’Éte
Crowds of adoring fans converged on the Plains of Abraham on Saturday evening as Soul, Rhythm & Blues and Country singer Lionel Richie and his five-piece band had people singing …
Son of a music legend charms Quebec audience
The Théâtre Impérial on St. Joseph Street was filled to capacity late Friday evening for Adam Cohen, one of the performers scheduled for the Festival d’Été. A crowd of less …
Small town 4th of July
I am a small town girl, from a sparsely populated rural area in the West. When my cousins or classmates talk about catching up on life, going back for a …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1862 The Morning Chronicle About two o’clock yesterday afternoon a rumor spread rapidly about the city to the effect that a shocking tragedy had just occurred in the Artillery Barracks …
Quebec City celebrates its 404th anniversary
Mayor Régis Labeaume and Jean Dorval, President of the Historical Society of Quebec, were accompanied by the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, for the traditional wreath-laying ceremony marking the 404th …
The Tower of Power are TOPs!
On Friday, July 6, Californian soul music band Tower of Power played at the Loto Quebec Stage for the Festival D’Ete. The band, also known as TOP, has been around …
Michael Bowles and Ernestine Lariviére
Congratulations to Michael Bowles and Ernestine Lariviére of Shannon on their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Best wishes from Jeannie and Dominic...
A summer wedding in the Old Town
A charming wedding took place at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Saturday, July 7, as Kenneth Gunn and Virginia Rosca were joined in marriage by the Rev. Katherine Burgess. Ken …