Critters and Customs
Not too many years ago, actually from 1983 to 1987, I was a Customs officer on the Canada-Maine (U.S.) border. I lived in a house right across from the port …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle March 27, 1864: An excellent display of Easter meats may be expected at our city markets today and more particularly at the Upper Town and Champlain …
Walking: the people’s sport
As snow piles give way to puddles and run-off streams, some Quebec City residents are not wasting a minute indoors. Some 60 members of Volkssport Nord-Sud de Québec (VNS) took …
2014 a momentous year: the Quebec Garrison Club turns 135 and the QCT, 250
A recent edition of the newsletter of the Quebec Garrison Club – Le Cercle de la Garnison featured an article about the history of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Nicole Blouin, the …
UFC has a hold on Quebec City this week
UFC landed in QC at Place Fleur-de-Lys today. Most of Canada’s stars were there, including two-time Olympic Bobsled Gold Medalist Kaillie Humphries, who has been a fan of Mixed Martial …
Canadians are saddened by the death of Jim Flaherty
The sudden death of James Michael “Jim” Flaherty on April 10, at age 64, has greatly saddened Canadians and international figures who knew him well. Flaherty was Canada’s Minister of …
Slow Art Day at the Musée des Beaux-arts
On April 12, the Musée national des Beaux-arts du Québec held a Slow Art Day, a very special exhibit that called for the visitors’ active participation as they contemplated selected …
A step into the past: the former QCT building in Old Quebec
In 1908, Frank Carrel (son of James Carrel, who founded the Daily Telegraph in 1875) had an impressive building erected at the corner of Buade and du Trésor streets to …
St. Lawrence Lions recapture provincial hockey trophy
The SLC Lions won their fourth provincial championship in five years with a 4-2 win over the Cégep André-Laurendeau Boomerang at the Université Laval PEPS arena on April 12. With …
Yes they Can: Towers of canned goods for charity at Place Laurier
Dominique Tremblay and his team-mates, Jean-François Bélanger, Guy Brousseau, Styve Dulac, and Jennifer Lapointe, are used to working on somewhat larger construction sites. But the team members, employees at Recouvrement …