QCGN discusses concerns with Premier Couillard
At a first-ever meeting with Premier Philippe Couillard at the National Assembly on November 8, representatives from the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) had a frank and positive discussion about …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle Singular Instance of Superstition: A few days ago, when a skull was taken out of the earth at the spot believed to be Champlain’s grave, an …
The story behind Rue Churchill
Rue Churchill is named in honour of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, a British statesman and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to …
Meet Dan Gilbert, the QCT’s newest journalist
My journey to becoming a writer took shape in my teenage years, when I was involved with Quebec High School’s student newspaper The Scoop. Years later, while attending McGill University, …
Bob Walsh, bluesman, dead at 68
One of the Quebec City music scene’s best-known voices has gone silent. Bluesman Bob Walsh died Tuesday at 68 of complications from a heart attack. Walsh grew up in an …
Ross Murray launches A Hole in the Ground
On November 16, Livres Trois Canons bookstore welcomed guests to a special book launch to meet Canadian humorist and columnist Ross Murray as he launched his debut novel, A Hole …
The Lost Fingers’ Christmas Caravan delivers exotic musical goods
Two Quebec City-based marketing mavericks – one in retail, one in music – have teamed up for a cross-country Christmas adventure. The Lost Fingers, a group known almost as much …
Truckers rally to protest changes to safety regulations
Some 500 truckers, workers and owners of small transport companies from all over Quebec gathered in front of the Quebec National Assembly on Saturday, November 19. Early in the afternoon, …
Les Incomplètes hold a wake in Mount Hermon Cemetery
On the cold, windy, moonlit evening of November 11, a group of brave people entered Mount Hermon Cemetery. There among the tombstones, they encountered performers and empty chairs. For two …
Sailors, the Armistice and a railroad car: November 11, 1918
On November 11, while watching the sailors of the Royal Canadian Navy marching at the head of the parade to the Croix du Sacrifice, I was reminded of my visit …