The brilliant weather last Saturday certainly put a spring in everyone’s step, and the skirl of the bagpipes certainly put a bit of swing into spring. Everyone was Irish for …
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Has Quebec become a distinctly boring society?
It has come to pass, it seems, that news media in the rest of Canada think Quebec is boring, plat. Save for the occasional “Quebec-bashing” piece in Maclean’s magazine, mainstream …
Joshua Moreno makes it through the blind auditions of La Voix
Joshua Moreno, a talented 17-year-old Secondary 5 student at Quebec High School, made it past the blind auditions of La Voix, a popular French-language singing competition on TVA, during the …
The Royal Canadian Air Cadets 629 Squadron celebrates its 60th
The Royal Canadian Air Cadets 629 Kiwanis-Sillery Squadron is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its 1956 founding. In recent years, it left its mark on history by being the first …
The story behind Rue Sutherland
Rue Sutherland is named in honour of Daniel Sutherland (circa 1756-1832), who immigrated to Upper Canada from Scotland in 1776 and set up business in Montreal, eventually becoming very involved …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1867 The Morning Chronicle The Island of Anticosti was seriously proposed as the home of a convict colony and certainly its reputation for dreariness and isolation and the dangerous character …
QAC event sure to be a smash hit!
The Quebec Art Company’s invitation to a special event at the Morrin Centre on Friday has had excellent response! The QAC Memories, Mementos and Magic evening aims to provide a …
Everyone in Quebec City is Irish for the day of the 8th annual Défilé de la Saint-Patrick
Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume took a moment to have his photo taken with the children of the Kiwanis Québec organization while waiting for the parade to get underway. He …
One Nite Band Kitchen Party continues St. Paddy’s fun
Following the Défilé de la Saint-Patrick last Saturday, some 125 people continued the festivities later in the evening at the annual One Nite Band Kitchen Party with Ed Sweeney and …
In a tent, a trailer or a camper … visit Canada this summer!
There were small tents, trailers big and small, campers and large recreational vehicles (RVs) at the Quebec Recreational Vehicle Show, held at ExpoCité last weekend, but the show had many …