1864 The Morning Chronicle At about a quarter to four yesterday afternoon, a fire broke out in the large three-storey building, or rather range of buildings, situated in St. Paul …
Monthly Archives: August 2014
The stories behind the names of Quebec City streets
Michael-Henry Brophy (1860-1905) was the mayor of Sainte-Foy from 1899 to 1905. Of Irish origin, Brophy graduated in medicine at Laval University and practiced in Sillery, Sainte-Foy and Cap-Rouge. He …
The Great War as seen by French painters
To mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, the Royal 22e Régiment Museum at the Quebec Citadel is hosting an exhibit of 20 paintings on …
Dîner en Blanc an extraordinary picnic in the park
Champagne, fois gras and lobster are not normally associated with picnics. Neither are evening gowns and feathered hats. But the Dîner en Blanc is no ordinary picnic; it is in …
1,500 choristers sing Carmina Burana at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium
Last Thursday, August 14, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM), directed by Kent Nagano, held an amazing concert on the Esplanade of the Olympic Stadium before a standing-room-only crowd of …
Expo Québec reaches new heights
What more wonderful way to visit the opening of Expo Québec on August 15 than by viewing it from a platform suspended by a crane some 150 feet above the …
Philippe Moussette’s astronomical photographs
Philippe Moussette’s enthusiasm for photography and his knowledge of the subject kept his audience on the edge of their chairs during his recent presentation at the Roger Lemelin Library in …
The bells of Saint-Dominique church
Living in the Montcalm district near Église Saint-Dominique, I am daily treated to the sound of bells as they mark the hours from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., preceded by …
A toast to a successful Festibière!
It was a beer drinker’s heaven from August 14 to 17 at the fifth annual Festibière de Québec at the Espace 400e. Eight microbreweries, two breweries and one cider house …
England 21 – Canada 9 in the Rugby World Cup
It wasn’t the score they wanted, but the 100 or so rugby fans packed into the Galway Pub on Sunday afternoon still went home happy. The Canadian women’s rugby team, …