Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle Letter from a Stadacona correspondent: Quebec has a population of 50,000, I beg leave to say it was 60,000 five years ago and now reaches, I …
Laval wins its ninth Vanier Cup in dramatic fashion
Université Laval’s Rouge et Or football team fought back adversity, and took their ninth Vanier Cup with a come-from-behind 31-26 victory over the University of Calgary Dinosaurs at the Tim …
Re: Canada’s National Bird – the Whiskey Jack
I recently read that the Royal Canadian Geographic Society has recommended, not without controversy, that the Gray Jay or Whiskey Jack – from wisakedjak in Algonquin – be named Canada’s national …
The story behind Côte de Sillery
Côte de Sillery is named in honour of Noël Brulart de Sillery (1577-1640), a French diplomat who, upon renouncing worldly things and taking holy orders, donated his fortune to found …
Piquing curiosities at the MNBAQ
The Family Gallery that opened in the central pavilion of the Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ) on June 24 this year had what executive director Line Ouellet referred …
The circus comes to the symphony
The circus was definitely “in town” last weekend. While the Cirque du Soleil kept folks amused with its giant egg at the Videotron Centre last week, the Orchestre symphonique de …
OVO, an eggcellent Cirque du Soleil
The Cirque du Soleil’s OVO celebrates the natural world, a world teeming with insect life in all its glorious colours and shapes. OVO delighted its audience on opening night, November …
Roméo Dallaire launches \Waiting for First Light\””
Have you ever had recurring nightmares so terrible that you wished morning would come so you could wake up and never have those dreams again? This is the reason for …
Snow White, the Russian ballerina and the Quebec pianist
The Grand Théâtre was filled with young families and little girls dressed as princesses and fairies. Magic sparkled throughout the building on November 27, even before the Ballet de Québec …
Local filmmakers screen their first movie
The Clap Cinéma was the place to be on November 25 when it showed the black and white movie Harry: Portrait d’un détective privé. In this film, director Maxime Desruisseaux, …