You never know when and where you’re going to run into someone from your home town. While visiting the Arts et Reflects symposium in Château Richer last Friday, August 8, …
Monthly Archives: August 2014
An encore Midi en Musique concert
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity recently announced that, due to popular demand, one more concert has been added to the Midi en Musique concert series to close their season. …
Fit & Fun end-of-summer camp party
Voice of English-speaking Québec (VEQ) and Be Active Québec (BAQ) invited Fit & Fun English Summer Day Camp campers and their families to an end-of-summer party at St. Vincent’s Elementary …
Drawn to Quebec: Something Fishy
When you think of wild-harvested foods, do you envision the bounty in the watery wilds? You are thinking of the world’s largest wild food source – based on the size …
QCT Print Edition – August 13 2014
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News Digest August 6, 2014
Issue August 6, 2014 English News Serving Quebec City since 1764 since 1764, North America’s Oldest Newspaper *TMusing the most advanced news distribution method in over 246 years! Ipad …
Theatre troupe delight with outstanding Shakespeare performance
Following a downpour of monsoon-like proportions last Thursday evening (which led to their first cancellation of the season) the Repercussion Theatre Group took to the stage to perform Harry the …
A christening gown with a past
A charming ceremony took place recently at Chalmers-Wesley United Church in the Old City. Jeanne Alma, the infant daughter of Elisa-Maude McConnell and Pierre-Olivier Gaudet, was baptised. Little Jeanne looked …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle Soon after the Beloeil Bridge tragedy*, a paragraph went the round of the papers to the effect that a child whose father and mother were both …
The stories behind the names of Quebec City streets Rue Betty-Baldwin
Betty Baldwin (1889-1981), a renowned artist, was born Elizabeth Smiles in Leeds, England. She was the daughter of William F. Smiles, also an artist. At a very young age, Betty …