Team Canada picks up Olympic medals
In this Summer’s Olympic Games, the pinnacle of summer sport, more than 200 nations sent over 11,000 of the world’s best athletes to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to compete for …
All living past Prime Ministers unite to mark Sir Wilfrid Laurier anniversary
Canadians are pausing this year to mark the 175th anniversary of the birth of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1841. As part of these celebrations all seven living past prime ministers …
Motorists be aware of cyclists – and vice versa!
A fter witnessing what could have been a tragic bicycle-car collision on Boulevard René-Lévesque recently, I did some checking on the Société d’Assurance-automobile du Québec (SAAQ) website about bicycle safety. …
The red trillium
Submitted by Lise Lafond I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one. – Edna St. Vincent Millay As 2016 …
Bubbling over with joy
How does air, wrapped in a soap film – what we call bubbles – that last for only a few seconds before bursting bring so much joy to people of …
Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France end on a high note
Blessed with a week of warm summer sunshine, the Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France celebrated their 20th edition in Quebec City. From August 3 to 7, Artillery Park on Rue McMahon …
Retirement . . . it was nice while it lasted!
Well, that has to be the shortest “retirement” in history! Yes, I’m temporarily back in the saddle (or office chair) again as the QCT’s assignment editor and copy editor. Shortly …
Quebec City’s staircases, step by step
The upper town of Quebec City is surrounded by slate cliffs on the north, east and south sides. These imposing stone walls make it difficult to reach the Plains of …
OHIXIHO: A Biography of Charles Clark Fraser
As stated by author Winston Fraser in his preface, this self-published book is “the fulfilment of a request made by my father’s cousin [Charles C. Fraser] in May 1973, who …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle A horrible attempt at murder was made last night about half past eight by a man named William Church, a boatman, on the person of his wife. …