Pretzels and bratwurst and gingerbread and glühwein – these are few of my favourite things – and they can all be purchased at the ninth annual Marché de Noël allemand …
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Newcomers feel the winds of change
Newcomers to Quebec City enjoyed an informal evening at the Jeffery Hale Pavilion on November 23, learning about adjusting to the city and its culture. The 20 or so attendees …
Cathedral Turkey Supper a feast for the eyes and taste buds
Last Saturday evening, Carter Hall was stuffed with about 100 people who enjoyed a delicious turkey supper with all the trimmings: mashed potatoes, peas, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, bread and …
Laval wins its ninth Vanier Cup in dramatic fashion
Université Laval’s Rouge et Or football team fought back adversity, and took their ninth Vanier Cup with a come-from-behind 31-26 victory over the University of Calgary Dinosaurs at the Tim …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle Letter from a Stadacona correspondent: Quebec has a population of 50,000, I beg leave to say it was 60,000 five years ago and now reaches, I …
Re: Canada’s National Bird – the Whiskey Jack
I recently read that the Royal Canadian Geographic Society has recommended, not without controversy, that the Gray Jay or Whiskey Jack – from wisakedjak in Algonquin – be named Canada’s national …
The story behind Côte de Sillery
Côte de Sillery is named in honour of Noël Brulart de Sillery (1577-1640), a French diplomat who, upon renouncing worldly things and taking holy orders, donated his fortune to found …
The circus comes to the symphony
The circus was definitely “in town” last weekend. While the Cirque du Soleil kept folks amused with its giant egg at the Videotron Centre last week, the Orchestre symphonique de …
Piquing curiosities at the MNBAQ
The Family Gallery that opened in the central pavilion of the Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ) on June 24 this year had what executive director Line Ouellet referred …
Roméo Dallaire launches \Waiting for First Light\””
Have you ever had recurring nightmares so terrible that you wished morning would come so you could wake up and never have those dreams again? This is the reason for …