The ceinture fléchée more than a belt
At the Maison des Jésuites de Sillery there is a new exhibit on the ceinture fléchée and other uses of the craft of of finger weaving. The ceinture fléchée or …
Meatloaf “on the menu” for Fierbourg culinary students
Over 800 students at 14 cooking schools across the province of Quebec recently participated in the 11th year of La Semaine des Écoles hôtelières. During the week, three Quebec City …
“Live free and go camping”
This phrase on a banner in one of the 150 kiosks at the 2014 Quebec Recreational Vehicle Show at Expo Cité last weekend describes the atmosphere well. There were numerous …
Pancakes, pyjamas and playtime
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. What better way to enjoy it than in your pyjamas with your family and friends old and new? That is just …
Maple taffy at the Bois-de-Coulonge
Every year in March, the Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec opens the sugar shack in the Bois-de-Coulonge to the Fondation de l’École Saint-Michel in Sillery. By selling sticky …
Couillard rallies his Quebec City team for the final stretch
On March 28, the Quebec Liberal Party held a rally at the Wilbrod-Bherer occupational training school in Quebec City to encourage everyone for the final 11 days of the campaign. …
MCDC receives grant to promote bilingualism and volunteering
The Megantic English-speaking Community Development Corporation (MCDC) is pleased to announce that it has received a grant of $23,000 from the Department of Canadian Heritage – Promotion of Linguistic Duality, …
Quebec Community Groups Network engages political parties
With promises of new legislation to strengthen Bill 101, a Charter of Values, and talk of a future referendum on Quebec sovereignty, this election will be a significant one for …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle A man named James Moffatt gave himself into custody last night stating that he had deserted from Her Majesty’s 14th Foot at Trinidad, W.I. in 1860. …
The fifth Défilé de la Saint-Patrick defies a spring snowfall
A “little bit” of snow couldn’t stop this parade! Horses and Highlanders, brass bands and bagpipes, dogs large and small, dozens of dancers, community organizations, family groups, Fighting Irish and …