QHS Terry Fox Run raises over $5700 – hair shaved
Each year QHS students heed the call of Donna Hicks, QHS teacher and advisor for the Terry Fox Run. Hicks and her army of volunteers do all the ground work …
CQSB Cross Country Championships held at Base de plein air de Sainte-Foy
Mother nature provided the perfect back drop for a classic cross country run, as light rain and autumn winds descended on the assembled athletes and spectators at this year’s edition …
Bell Tower ringing at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
There will be demonstrations/explanations of English Change Ringing (bells) at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity this coming weekend, October 10, 11 and 12. The demonstrations explain how change ringing …
QESBA to meet at Concorde next weekend; Bill 88 on agenda?
The Quebec English School Board’s Association will meet next weekend at the Loew’s Concorde Hotel for what is being billed as a professional development conference. The conference, scheduled for October …
Thanksgiving, an important part of our English heritage
Quebec City is splendid in its golden-tinged hues of red and green that form the tapestry of the Thanksgiving weekend. Before the winter air turns the world white and stiff, …
History repeats itself? Or is it man that keeps repeating the same moral errors?
In response to Tim Pettipiece’s Letter to the editor in the most recent issue of the QCT, concerning my four part article concerning “The coming of Corporate Fascism,” I have …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1849 The Morning Chronicle Now that it seems determined upon that the Provincial Parliament will be assembled alternately at Toronto and Quebec, it may not be amiss to consider how …
Porter Airlines upgrades Quebec City To Toronto service
“We’re going from a leisure schedule to a schedule that’s more business oriented,” said Porter Airlines spokesman Brad Cicero. Cicero was referring to the new schedule that daily will take …
The Indian Act Revisited: The Huron-Wendat Museum launches its first visual arts exhibit
First Nation artists are revisiting the 1876 Indian Act at the Musée Huron-Wendat’s first visual arts exhibit in Wendake since the museum’s opening in March 2008. The traditional, permanent cultural …
No room for spiritual or thought provoking commentaries in the QCT
I have been a subscriber to the QCT for the last six years. Even though I no longer live in Quebec City, I have continued to support it as an …