Carnival festivities needn’t be limited to daytime events for the family: Bears of Legend played a high-energy double-header with Dylan Perron & Élixir de Gumbo at the Petit Champlain Theatre …
Daily Archives: 12 February 2014
Ice sculptures a must for Quebec Winter Carnival
It’s “the very busy season” for Laurent Godon – the ice-sculpting businessman from Mont-Tremblant who is also a pilot, boat enthusiast and former Guinness World Record holder for fastest ice …
The Ice-Canoe Races and the Coupe des Glaces
The Carnival Ice-Canoe Races began and ended in the Bassin Louise of the Port of Quebec this past Sunday. For the first time this year, the racers could be watched …
International Snow Sculpture Competition
Two weeks ago, Lidrissi Moulay Hicham had never touched snow. Hicham is a Moroccan painter based in Nice, France. He had no plans to come to Quebec until late January, …
Valentine’s Tea in honour of our caregivers
Are you providing care for family members or friends, either nearby or far away? Perhaps you prepare meals, taxi loved ones to medical appointments, ensure their medication is taken as …
Vroom, vroom!
When the ground is covered in snow and the wind chill is dipping to -15 C, motorcycle season seems far away indeed. The Quebec Moto and All-Terrain Vehicle Show made …
James McPherson Le Moine’s memoirs launched at the Villa Bagatelle
Last Sunday, at Villa Bagatelle, the Presses de l’Université Laval launched Souvenirs et réminiscences/Glimpses & Reminiscences de James McPherson Le Moine. During the nineteenth century, Le Moine was one of …
Team Canada marches proudly at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
The Canadian Olympic Team walked onto the world stage on February 7 dressed in the Hudson’s Bay official parade uniforms. Led by Hayley Wickenheiser, Canada’s flag bearer, the Canadian athletes …
Audrey Robichaud determined to have fun at second Olympics
For one horrible moment, Audrey Robichaud thought it might be all over. During a World Cup qualifying event in Calgary in January, the Quebec City skier partially tore a knee …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle We are informed that a considerable number of our citizens have been mulcted in the sum of seven cents [$1.00 in 2014] in order to pay …