Give to the Hamper Campaign, help deliver holiday goodness
November is a busy time for the organizing committee of the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign, which this year runs from Sunday, November 20, to Sunday, December 11. Activities and fundraising …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle A party went to the stand of a purveyor in Finlay Market to purchase some geese from a Widow from Levis. The owner had six fine looking …
The story behind Rue Roosevelt
Rue Roosevelt is named in honour of none other than Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), president of the United States from 1933 to 1945. He won a record four presidential elections. …
A feast of literary proportions
The eighth annual Literary Feast hosted by the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec stayed true to its reputation last Thursday night and provided a glamorous and delightful evening for …
Men cater to women at the Salon de la Femme
Females flocked to the Salon de la Femme held at ExpoCité from November 11 to 13 for a chance to win tons of prizes, collect free gifts and samples, and …
Newcomers play games to practise French and English
Voice of English-speaking Quebec is continuously working to devise social activities and events that will be helpful to people who are new to the Quebec City area. Such was the …
Community Calendar
Wednesday, November 16 at 7:15 p.m. – Book Launch: Ross Murray to launch A Hole in the Ground at Livres Trois Canons, Place Naviles, 3400-SS2, Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois, (corner of …
Sharing the gift of giving at the Parade des Jouets
There was no snow on the ground for the 15th annual Parade des Jouets (Toy Parade) although the wind felt cold. Yet an estimated 100,000 generous Quebecers came out in …
Museum-quality music with the Violons du Roy
The first of the Violons du Roy’s Apéro series of concerts was held in the Sandra and Alain Bouchard auditorium of the Pierre Lassonde Pavilion at the Musée Nationale des …
Montreal mourns Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen’s music has taken him around the world, but in the end, he had to come home. On the title track of Cohen’s spine-tingling final album, You Want It …