Sugar Sammy delights at ComediHa!
Quebec City’s ComediHa! festival has been keeping folks happy for the past week. On Saturday evening, clean-cut and smooth-talking stand-up comic Sugar Sammy gave a great show in French under …
The story behind Avenue Murray
Avenue Murray, located in the elegant Montcalm district of Quebec City, was named in honour of British Army officer James Murray, who fought beside General James Wolfe at the Battle …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle The celebration of the festival of St. John the Baptist was decidedly the most brilliant we have seen for many years. Our French Canadian fellow-citizens had …
Rest in Peace, Monsieur le Maire
On June 18, funeral services were held for one of Quebec’s most memorable former mayors, the Honorable Gilles Lamontagne, who died on June 14 at the age of 97. On …
Spectators on both sides of the St. Lawrence enjoy air show
On June 15, crowds gathered along both sides of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec and Lévis. Some were in boats on the river, anxiously waiting to see an aerial …
Lifelong Learners visit Mount Hermon Cemetery
The Lifelong Learning group couldn’t have chosen a better day to go for a stroll in Mount Hermon Cemetery in Sillery. During the peaceful walk among the headstones, sheltered by …
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity begins seventh Midi en Musique series
July marks the start of the seventh Midi en Musique series at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Old Quebec with four very special concerts. On July 7, violinist …
100 years of film music dedicated to 100-year-old Gaston Picard
The Harmonie de Loretteville orchestra gave a special performance at the Salle Dina-Bélanger on June 4 in honour of a long-time member and former director, Gaston Picard. One hundred years …
Orlando victims remembered at two events in Quebec City
Quebec City’s political and religious leaders stood in solidarity last week with the LGBTQ community at two events in remembrance of the 49 people who died in the Orlando,Florida, shooting …
Two mascots at the Citadelle’s Changing of the Guard
The Museum of the Royal 22e Régiment has invited the people of Quebec to the Citadelle for the first Changing of the Guard ceremony of the summer season with not …