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Daily Archives: 9 January 2014
David Blair to become Member of the Order of Canada
In late December, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, announced a new list of appointments to the Order of Canada. All appointments were made on …
It’s not all down hill at Myrand Sledding Centre
It was a beautiful afternoon for sledding at the Centre de glisse Myrand (Myrand Sledding Centre), right in the heart of town. The cold did not prevent a crowd of …
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug worth the leg cramp
If you were too busy this holiday season to take in a film, make it a resolution to see more in 2014. After all, what better way to escape the …
Big news for Big Air: Women to compete in Olympic-class Snowboard event
In mid-December, organizers of the annual Snowboard Jamboree held a press conference at the Parc de l’Îlot Fleurie to announce that the 6th Big Air Competition will have women participate …
Where does all the snow go?
Our city has certainly been kept busy this past month removing snow from streets and sidewalks, but where does all that snow go? In the past, trucks dumped it onto …
A Page in Time
Over the past few years, we have met many people who spoke of their personal connections to the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph (QCT), whether they were former paperboys, journalists, photographers, advertising salespersons, …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle On Saturday afternoon last, a gentleman having bought from a newsboy a copy of the newspaper, gave him for it by mistake a twenty-dollar gold piece …
Gobble, Gobbling a Quebec turkey
Since 1946, W.B.G. Montgomery Farms has been at the heart of Quebec’s turkey industry. After World War I, Willis Montgomery established the farm, and today his sons Brent and Glen, …
QCT photographer featured by NASA
The United State’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration publishes an internationally-appreciated space photography blog called Astronomy Picture of the Day, also known as APOD. QCT photographer Jay Ouellet explained, “this …