The Mystery of History
It is officially summertime, which means the QCT’s annual mystery photo series is back. This year, as a nod to the paper’s 250th anniversary, we will ask you to identify …
Serval cats found in Beauport now in Falardeau Zoo
Two servals (the smallest of the large wild cats of Africa) were recently captured and removed from a home in Beauport. In Quebec province it is illegal to keep exotic …
Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation Annual Golf Tournament
The JefferyHale Friends’ Foundation will be returning to the Club de Golf Cap-Rouge forour 24th Annual Fundraising Golf Tournament on Thursday, September11th. The day of golf will be followed by …
“Giant” parade opens Les Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France
Colossal wooden marionettes representing the founders of New France towered over the crowds lining Grande Allée and Rue Saint-Louis as the parade inaugurating the 2014 Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France moved …
The stories behind the names of Quebec City streets Rue Bishop
Bishop Street is named for William Avery Bishop (1894-1956) born in Owen Sound, Ontario. This flamboyant man, nicknamed “Billy” Bishop, was a famous First World War flying ace. He was …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle “Le Canadien” of last evening says that it had learned by telegraphic dispatch that the Reformatory at St. Vincent de Paul*, near Montreal, had been entirely …
100th anniversary of the first expropriation in the Hamlet of Valcartier
On Sunday, August 3, descendants of original pioneer families who toiled for a century and more to create farms from wilderness where Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Valcartier now stands, met …
Les Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France in Place Royale PHOTOS BY Kasia Borkowska
Spellbinding costumes literally stopped pedestrian traffic in the Lower Town. A young apprentice learns the craft of stone-cutting at the Tailleurs de Pierre workshop. The stonecutters were hard at …
Arts et Reflets symposium in Château-Richer
You never know when and where you’re going to run into someone from your home town. While visiting the Arts et Reflects symposium in Château Richer last Friday, August 8, …
An encore Midi en Musique concert
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity recently announced that, due to popular demand, one more concert has been added to the Midi en Musique concert series to close their season. …