The beautifully restored marble statue of an angel, featured in an article by Cassandra Kerwin published in our Oct. 25, 2017, edition, has now been replaced on the pedestal of …
Daily Archives: 7 November 2017
LHSQ Literary Feast 2017
Best-selling murder mystery novelist Louise Penny returned triumphantly to the scene of one of her most famous literary crimes last week, as the guest speaker at the ninth annual Literary …
Will Club Med resort rock the sleeping Massif mountain?
Once upon a time there was a giant sleeping mountain. It was so big people called it Le Massif, and, just so it wouldn’t be confused with other giant sleeping …
Labeaume returns to city hall with fewer votes, new Opposition
Régis Labeaume won his fourth straight election as mayor of Quebec City on November 5, although with a much-reduced popular vote compared to the previous two elections. The 61-year-old former …
Allison Van Rassel premières Brewing Québec
Allison Van Rassel premièred the first episode of her three-part documentary Brewing Québec, on November 1 at La Korrigane Brasserie Artisanale in Quartier Saint-Roch. Those who attended enjoyed a meal …
Memorials and Things of Fame
November 7, 1867 – The Morning Chronicle Notice Mariners The Time Bell in the Citadel, each day, (Sunday excepted) at half past Twelve, will be hoisted half-mast; at five minutes …
The story behind Avenue de Vimy
Avenue de Vimy is named in honour of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, a military engagement fought in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The main …
WE are going to Ottawa, courtesy of WestJet!
Fourteen St. Patrick’s High School students got a huge surprise on November 1 after the entire student body had assembled in the school’s gymnasium just before lunch for a pep …
International Sacred Music Festival revives the spirits
The International Sacred Music Festival (ISMF) presented seven spiritually uplifting concerts over the four days of the series. Beginning at the Basilique Notre-Dame de Québec on November 2, the Violons …
OSQ present Bach and Mendelssohn at Palais Montcalm
What a wonderful evening of classical music! The musicians of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, directed by Jean-Claude Picard, with Benjamin Waterhouse at the keyboard of the great Casavant organ, …