Gilmour Hill closed: new roadwork has begun
The National Battlefields Commission (NBC) has begun roadwork on Côte Gilmour. The hill will be closed to automobile traffic from May 20 until the work is completed in late fall …
International Day Against Homophobia family picnic
In 1990, a family picnic like the one at the École de la Grande-Hermine in Limoilou would have been difficult to imagine. That year, on May 17, the World Health …
Ever wish you’d been to an Elvis concert?
He’ll have been gone 37 years on August 16, yet Elvis Presley continues to live in the hearts and minds of many, young and old. In Las Vegas and throughout …
RCMP Musical Ride coming to Sainte-Catherine
On Thursday, May 29, some very special horses are coming to Sainte-Catherine- de-la-Jacques-Cartier – 36 riders and horses of the RCMP Musical Ride. The stables will be open from 9:00 …
Street Views: the story behind Rue Josie-Quart
Rue Josie-Quart can be found in one of the newer subdivisions of Cap-Rouge. Josie (Dinan) Quart, was born in 1895 in Quebec City and married Harry Stephen Quart* in 1916. …
The unexpected truth about Quebec’s water
You don’t often see the words “water” and “crisis” sitting next to each other in Quebec. The province, whose very name is derived from a reference to water, boasts over …
Is that a street or a rue, a chemin or a road?
As Anglophones living in Quebec, we sometimes refer to city streets by either their English or French name. In the QCT, when referring to the exact address where an event …
Annual spring Family Fun Run a sunny success
The 2014 edition of the annual spring Family Fun Run, held on Sunday, May 11, at the Base de plein air de Sainte-Foy, was organized and hosted by Ste-Foy Elementary …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle We beg our friends to bear with us under circumstances which, though not otherwise than gratifying, are beyond our control. The sitting of Parliament occurring at …
2014 Celtic Festival announces its fall program: a new activity for everyone
Guy Morisset, president of the Quebec City Celtic Festival, convened a press conference last Thursday at the Kiosk des Gouverneurs on the heights of the Plains of Abraham, overlooking the …