St. Patrick’s Parish welcomes Father Réjean Lussier
On Sunday, January 17, St. Patrick’s Parish of Quebec welcomed Father Réjean Lussier as its new pastor. For the occasion, Archbishop Gérard Lacroix presided over Mass and formally installed Lussier …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle We have again to record a destructive fire, by which much damage has been done to one of the finest buildings in the city. About half-past …
The story behind Rue Lucille-Teasdale
Rue Lucille-Teasdale, a short street in a residential part of Loretteville, is named in honour of a remarkable woman, Dr. Lucille Teasdale, who was born in 1926 in Montreal. At …
Quebec winter delights West Coasters
Over the past four years, my husband and I have experienced winter in Quebec City. Our principal residence is Victoria, British Columbia, so people often ask, “Are you crazy? Why …
Kevin O’Farrell presents The Rock Baron of St. Macinaw
On January 25, Irish Heritage Quebec (IHQ) held the first of its 2016 series of talks. The invited speaker was Kevin O’Farrell, who presented his recently self-published book, The Rock …
Immigration and isolation explored in Early Winter
In most small towns across our country, winter is a time of solitude and hibernation, when we regroup and often hide from nature’s elements. In that retreat we are left …
Chiselling the night away
What would a winter carnival be without snow sculptures, a tradition that has been at the heart of Quebec City’s Winter Carnival for 44 of its 62 years? The QCT …
RBC donates $20,000 to the Morrin Centre
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) recently presented a cheque for $20,000 to the Morrin Centre. Executive director Barry McCullough explained, “The RBC has been a supporter of the Morrin …
Volunteers get the royal treatment at Morrin Abbey
On January 27 the Morrin Centre treated their many volunteers to an evening of dinner and fun and games, topped off with door prizes. In a turn-about, the staff did …
Letter to François Blais, Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research
CORRECTION: (February 4, 2016) The Letter to the Minister of Education, submitted by Margo Legault, executive director of Literacy Quebec, and François Brassard, president of the Regroupement des groupes populaires …