Homes and designs on display at Expo Habitat
From February 17 to 21, the Quebec City chapter of the Association des Professionnels de la Construction et de l’Habitation du Québec (APCHQ) and the real estate network duProprio welcomed …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle Our readers may remember a daring robbery which was perpetrated in broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon some years ago at Mr. F.X. Langevin’s residence, St. …
The story behind Rue Louisbourg
Rue Louisbourg is named after the Fortress of Louisbourg, which is located on Cape Breton Island (formerly Île Royale), Nova Scotia. Founded by the French in 1713, following the signing …
Memories of Lockwell Street
Many thanks for the article by Bill Cox on Rue Lockwell [which appeared in the January 6, 2016, edition of the QCT]. I lived on Lockwell Street for many …
Quebec businesses make Arctic connections
Arviat is a small, predominantly Inuit community in Nunavut, nestled on the western shore of Hudson Bay, where the polar bear, Arctic fox and caribou roam. It is also the …
Quebec Art Company workshop at Morrin Centre
On Wednesday, February 17, the Morrin Centre, with the collaboration of Heritage Canada, hosted a two-hour Elemental Theatre workshop led by Quebec Art Company (QAC) members Cheryl Rimmer and Mark …
Shannon preparing for 50th anniversary Irish Show
The Pride of Shannon were perfecting their “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s An Irish Lullaby)” and the Shannon Dancers were tapping their toes to the beat of a bodhran last Saturday morning as …
Pee-Wees play in a professional hockey environment
This year’s Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament will no doubt be the most memorable one for the organizers, teams, and fans who, for the first time, enthusiastically supported their players …
Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst speaks in Quebec in 1916
In the early evening of March 1, 1912, four years before her visit to Quebec City, Emmeline Pankhurst led 148 suffragettes who threw stones and used hammers to smash plate …
Huff: a show that takes your breath away
From February 16 to 20, Cree writer and actor Cliff Cardinal performed his one-man play, Huff, at the Théâtre Périscope. The show was surprisingly, for Quebec City, in English, with French surtitles projected …