Quebec City to host the 19th International Sacred Music Festival
On one of fall’s most gorgeous days with trees filled with colour, sacred music aficionados gathered in All Saints Chapel, next to the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Old …
And the duchesses of the 63rd Winter Carnival are….
Crowds gathered at Laurier Québec shopping centre on October 6 for the presentation of the duchesses of Quebec City’s 63rd Winter Carnival. Outgoing duchesses and Amélie Godin, the Queen of …
Surprise Liberal MPs look back on first year
At this time last year, as leaves across the land were changing colours, so too was Canada’s political landscape. Good-bye faded orange, hello shiny red. In the last column we …
La Maison des 100 Thés celebrates its 10th anniversary
Quebec City’s top destination for tea is celebrating its 10th anniversary! La Maison des 100 Thés, located at 452 avenue Maguire, invites you to come discover the wonderful world of …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION – One Half Of St. Roch’s And The Whole Of St. Sauveur and Boisseauville Laid Waste – Over Two Thousand Five Hundred Houses Burned …
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Autoroute/Boulevard Robert-Bourassa
Once named Autoroute du Vallon, this major thoroughfare was renamed Autoroute and Boulevard Robert-Bourassa in 2006, on the tenth anniversary of his death. Robert Bourassa was Premier of Quebec from …
Sainte-Foy shopping centre takes on a new look
The owner and merchants of Les Halles Sainte-Foy, at the corner of Autoroute Robert-Bourassa and Avenue Quatre-Bourgeois, held a special event on September 28 to reveal the new look of …
A love affair with the Queen Mary
I had a love affair with the Queen Mary… and I want to tell you about it.” – June Stewart-Burgoyne Last week, Canadian war bride June Stewart-Burgoyne shared the story of …
Absentee voter registration draws a crowd at the U.S. Consulate General in Quebec City
At the U.S. Consulate General in Quebec City on Wednesday, September 28, free cookies and coffee, and the promise to meet the new Consul General, Allison Areias-Vogel, attracted a steady …
Meet the new U.S. Consul General in Quebec City, Allison Areias-Vogel
Barely five weeks into her new job, the U.S. Consul General was already greeting American citizens who had dropped in the consulate to register their vote in the upcoming U.S. …