The sun was brilliant, the sky was bluebird blue, and the Roger-Van den Hende botanical gardens was swarming – with local sketchers. Imagine a day-long flash mob involving some thirty …

On July 11, the Fondation Patrimoniale Nostre Dame de Kebec recognized 20 major financial donors to the restoration program of the two landmark churches in the city. Among the guests …

Quebec City punk-rock fans welcomed the Toronto band Three Days Grace to the Loto-Québec Stage at the Festival d’Été de Québec on July 7. So many people came to see …

Week two at the Festival d’Été de Québec. As the sun slowly set, the moon, clearly pleased with the festivities, rose into a glorious glowing disc in the inky black …

Toronto’s Joel Zimmerman, is also known as DEADMAU5. As Canada’s premier DJ, he rocked the Plains of Abraham with his rhythmic house and trance beats on July 9. The youngest …

During a recent visit with Audrey (Dacres) Smith in Stoneham, she showed me a photo album she had put together featuring the genealogy of the Neilson family. Audrey is John …

A very special concert will be held at Chalmers-Wesley United Church on Wednesday, August 6, at 7:30 p.m. ‘Till the Boys Come Home is a 100th-anniversary musical tribute to the …

He’s easy to spot,” his youngest daughter Olive told me when she showed me her precious photo. “He’s the shortest man in the picture.” William Henry Jewell was born in …

The Scène Hydro-Québec in Place d’Youville offered free concerts throughout the Festival d’Été de Québec. At noon and again in the evening of July 9, Quebec City’s well-known band Irish …

Canadian singer and guitarist Bryan Adams was overwhelmed by the reception he got when he came onto the Scène Bell on July 13. The stage on the Plains of Abraham …