OBITUARY: Raymond G. WARD
Raymond George Ward, son of Emily Leblanc and Lorne Ward, died recently in Quebec City at the age of 81.Raymond is survived by two brothers: Graham (Kathy) and Garry (Doris) …
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Hello September!
The QCT’s sports reporter Luc Lang captured the first sunrise of September with his iPhone camera. The photo was taken in Beauport, looking east toward Île d’Orléans, which can be …
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City to reopen recreational activities at lower capacity
Everybody back in the pool – well, not quite everybody, at least not just yet.The city last week released its plan for gradually resuming recreational activities at facilities – including …
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Big bird!
This great blue heron (Ardea herodias) was spotted by QCT photojournalist Lise Lafond while kayaking along the Rivière Cabano, which runs into Lac Témiscouata. “This great bird played hide and …
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Back-to-school during COVID-19: Parents ready for routine
COVID-19 is still with us, but a feeling of anticipation (maybe a few jitters) and joy was in the air on Aug. 28, the first day of school for students …
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O’Toole has a good story, but will voters find him cool?
If we are learning anything about leadership in the wake of a spate of recent conventions, it’s that it helps to have a good story to succeed in politics.Kamala Harris …
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FEQ taking baby steps back from COVID-19 freeze
The Festival d’Été de Québec (FEQ) is launching a program of concerts in September that could be stepping stones to the return next July of the mammoth outdoor music event.Called …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
September 3, 1870 – The Morning ChronicleA Prize In Port – Great excitement was apparent yesterday morning, along the wharves, at the arrival in the river of a prize schooner …
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The story behind Rue Irma-Levasseur
Born in Quebec City in 1877, Irma LeVasseur (1877-1964) became the first woman* to practise medicine in Quebec. She was educated at the Jésus-Marie College in Sillery and the École …
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Herrmann the Great comes to Quebec City (1895)
A generation before Harry Houdini, audiences were thrilled by the magical stage productions of Alexander “The Great” Herrmann. Known as “the great undisputed monarch of conjurers,” Herrmann was born in …
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