It was a dark and stormy night when the eighth annual ImagiNation Writers’ Festival opened at the Morrin Centre on April 6. Eleanor Wachtel, from CBC Radio’s Writers & Company …
Daily Archives: 12 April 2017
Canada: The [dirty] Story of Us
There’s quite an uproar over Canada: The Story of Us, CBC television’s 10-part series on the history of the country, produced to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation.The debut episode …
Register now for Trivia Night at Quebec High School
It has been a year since the last Trivia battle. This year is heating up to be another evening of fun and games! It is time to test those bits …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1867 The Morning Chronicle Easter, April 21st: On the afternoon of Holy Thursday, our Roman Catholic citizens as usual made the devotional round of all the churches, which, with the …
St. Lawrence falls to Lennoxville in RSEQ hockey semi-finals
The defending RSEQ champions, the St. Lawrence Lions are now out of the playoffs.In the deciding game, played on Monday, April 3, in L’Ancienne-Lorette, the double blue could not trigger …
Rue Richard-Turner
Rue Richard-Turner is named in honour of Sir Richard Ernest William Turner. Born into a prominent Quebec City business family, he worked at his father’s grocery and lumber business, rising …
Marie-Louise Gay’s vibrant imagination
Hey!” said Sam. “Why is fog coming out of my mouth?” “When it’s this cold,” said Stella, “your words freeze. Every word has a different fog shape. See?…”What does a …
Philippe Jaroussky, the art of a countertenor
The Violons du Roy, directed by Mathieu Lussier, welcomed French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky to the stage of the Palais Montcalm on April 5. For lovers of Baroque music, it was …
New exhibits at the Plains of Abraham Museum
André L. Potvin, member of the board of directors of the National Battlefields Commission, and Michèle Gagné, secretary and executive director, recently inaugurated two additions to the Battles exhibition (opened …
Echoes of Vimy at the Quebec Citadel Museum
During the First World War, also known as the Great War, soldiers of the Canadian Corps fought against the German Army to take back Vimy Ridge, from April 9 to …