The massacre that began last week at the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and ended in a suburban kosher market brought to light an issue that few …
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Keeping it all in the air at the École de Cirque
Turbo 418, the biggest juggling festival in North America, was held at the École de Cirque de Québec from January 8 to 11. President Jean-Félix Bélanger, a clown and juggler …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle A story runs that a young girl of some fourteen or fifteen years has been abducted from the dwelling of her parents and a search discovered …
The story behind Rue Cook
Rue Cook is a short street in Old Quebec that runs between Rue Sainte-Anne and Rue Saint-Stanislas, directly in front of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church near the Morrin Centre. It …
Happy 100th birthday, Marjorie!
Born on January 8, 1915, Marjorie (Robertson) Murray celebrated her 100th birthday in style on January 8, 2015. She was tickled pink by all the attention as family and friends …
Hockey is Team Canada’s game!
Hockey fans were treated to two high-calibre games at the recent 2015 World Junior Championship. Montreal was the perfect venue for the Canada vs. USA game on New Year’s Eve, …
Hockey Was Invented by a Nova Scotia
The Morrin Centre proudly presents a concert in its Connecting Through Culture series on Saturday, January 24, at 7:30 p.m., when singer, songwriter and saxophonist Dave Parker will give a …
Fred Pichard leaves Quebec City with skis and golf clubs in hand
After living in Quebec City for nearly a century, Alfred (Fred) Pichard will begin a new chapter of his life in Ottawa at the end of January 2015. Fred was …
Hug a tree in St. Matthew’s Cemetery
This winter the Société de développement commercial of the Rue Saint-Jean district of Quebec City is brightening up the neighbourhood with Enlace un arbre (hug a tree), an interactive illumination …
La Rotonde dances away the winter blues
When winter malaise sets in, as it does every January in Quebec, we look for something – anything – to rouse us from the mundane and the ordinary. Snowshoe excursions …