VEQ clarifies position on Charter of Values
It’s not that we aren’t doing something, but that we may be doing something a bit differently. We feel it will be at least as productive,” said Jean-Sébastien J. Gignac, …
Archbishop of Quebec to become cardinal
On Sunday morning in Italy, while most QCT readers were still abed, one Quebec City resident might not have been slumbering. Archbishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix was on the list of …
Stuck in line: vaccinations worth the wait
At the Beauport Health and Social Services Centre, the line stretched out the door of the clinic and halfway down the parking lot. Hundreds of people, many of them parents …
QAC auditions for spring comedy
Plans are underway for the Quebec Art Company’s next production – Lend Me a Tenor – a farcical comedy written by Ken Ludwig. Auditions will be held Sunday, January 26, …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle The accumulation of snow on roofs is one of the most dangerous nuisances of the winter. Parties neglecting to remove snow from their roofs when it …
International archaeology conference features local history
I welcome you to Quebec City and to the conference in the birthplace of French America, an exceptionally well-preserved city,” said Paul Mullins, president of the Society for Historical Archaeology …
A better Christmas for 225 families
It takes a lot of food to fill Christmas Hampers for over 225 families, some of them large families with children. In 2013, more than four truckloads of non perishable …
Bonhomme is back!
A familiar face popped up at a press conference in Sainte-Foy on Thursday as the Carnaval de Québec 2014 events schedule was announced – Bonhomme Carnaval himself. The smiling snowman …
Local scientists “say cheese”
Quebecers eat an average of 8 kilos (17.64 pounds) of cheese annually. Despite the seeming diversity in markets and grocery stores, Canada’s cheese industry is dominated by four companies – …
Remembering the “father” of Canada’s flag
John Ross Matheson, OC CD QC (1917 – 2013), a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who helped develop both the maple leaf flag and the Order of Canada, died on …