The Labour Day Chicken BBQ in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was, once again, a sold-out success. Hundreds of half-chickens were slow-cooked over coals and served with salads and the ever-popular homemade barbecue sauce. …
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Lake Témiscouata at break of dawn
Summer is leaving us. The geese are preparing to leave, to fly south. Soon the leaves will change their colours, telling us fall is here. Fall is a beautiful season. …
QCT Print Edition – September 7 2016
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100th anniversary of Gare du Palais
The centennial of the Gare du Palais was marked on August 24 by a ceremony and the unveiling of a plaque by Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social …
Rummaging through the Monastère des Augustines
Anyone wanting to own a piece of history lined up at the Monastère des Augustines to peruse the objects in the monastery’s first official odds-and-ends sale at the national historic …
Working on the railways
Officials gathered last week at the VIA Rail station in Old Quebec to mark the centennial of the ribbon-snip for the brand-new Gare du Palais train station. A gorgeous bit …
Jack Tewksbury: from the QCT to the Golden Globe Awards!
This unusual story all started with an email enquiry from a reporter with the Los Angeles Times, who wrote, “Jack Tewksbury is a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle A rather cool thing in burglary was done the other day at Montmorency. Two men smashed the door of a house, probably knowing the master was …
QAC auditioning for A Streetcar Named Desire
Having produced several light-hearted plays, the Quebec Art Company (QAC) is turning to a more serious drama for its fall production, Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. This well-known drama …
Film Festival coming to Quebec City
New cinema venues in Québec? Have you been to an outdoor cinema to see a movie lately, or the Palais Montcalm, or the new Pierre Lassonde Pavilion at the Musée …