On the afternoon prior to his evening performance on the Plains of Abraham Sunday to conclude the 2013 Festival d’Été, Stevie Wonder held a press conference at the Hilton Hotel. …
Daily Archives: 17 July 2013
Question: How can we help the people of Lac-Mégantic?
My wife and I wish to send our condolences to the families of the Quebec train crash. More important, we wish to send a cheque to the relief fund for …
Former locomotive engineer speaks out about Lac-Mégantic
“We must change these monopolies of decay.” At least 50 people were killed in the middle of the night of July 5-6 in Lac-Mégantic, and the press seems to know …
Chill out at the Morrin Centre
Looking for a nice, cool place to hang out for a while this summer? Try one of the newly-restored, old prison cells at the Morrin Centre. One of their professional …
Twilight Concert and fireworks at Fort Lévis
Parks Canada invites the public to the 13th edition of the Twilight Concert at Lévis Forts National Historic Site. This time-honoured Lévis tradition, usually held in late August, will take …
Even Cowgirls get the Blues
Emmylou Harris is about as cowgirl as they come. This Southern belle has had a phenomenal career spanning over 40 years and her albums have won her a dozen Grammy …
Festival d’été de Québec – Axl Rose, the face of Guns N’ Roses
Fifteen minutes before the hard rock band Guns N’ Roses was expected to play on the Bell stage on Friday, July 12, throngs of people were still streaming into the …
Memorials and Things of Fame
July 17, 1963 Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph A coroner’s inquest into the deaths of four boys whose bodies were recently found in a Portneuf wood will be resumed on July 24. …