Big news for Big Air: Women to compete in Olympic-class Snowboard event
In mid-December, organizers of the annual Snowboard Jamboree held a press conference at the Parc de l’Îlot Fleurie to announce that the 6th Big Air Competition will have women participate …
A Page in Time
Over the past few years, we have met many people who spoke of their personal connections to the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph (QCT), whether they were former paperboys, journalists, photographers, advertising salespersons, …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle On Saturday afternoon last, a gentleman having bought from a newsboy a copy of the newspaper, gave him for it by mistake a twenty-dollar gold piece …
Gobble, Gobbling a Quebec turkey
Since 1946, W.B.G. Montgomery Farms has been at the heart of Quebec’s turkey industry. After World War I, Willis Montgomery established the farm, and today his sons Brent and Glen, …
QCT photographer featured by NASA
The United State’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration publishes an internationally-appreciated space photography blog called Astronomy Picture of the Day, also known as APOD. QCT photographer Jay Ouellet explained, “this …
Burns Night at the Manoir Montmorency on January 25
Once again, the Fort St. Andrew’s Garrison of the 78th Fraser Highlanders Quebec City invites you to a traditional Burns Night in celebration of the birth of Scottish poet and …
Organists make a joyful noise
Don’t be upset if we don’t attend your holiday parties,” quipped David Stafford in an interview just before the holiday rush began. Stafford is the organist at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian …
Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Cafe coming to Quebec City
CBC Radio’s funniest storyteller, Stuart McLean, will be performing live at La Capitole theatre in in Quebec City on Sunday, March 30, 2014. It may be three months away, but …
The roots of “Haiti, in extremis”
Everywhere else, the skull and crossbones means “Keep out.” But on a busy Haitian street, it’s an invitation. Welcome to the workshop-museum-village of the Atis rezistans-Haitian Creole for “Artists of …
Lifestyle alternatives using technology: Naughty or Nice?
Overcoming vices such as eating, drinking, and smoking are often the focus of New Year’s resolutions. Many of us look for easy ways to have our cake and eat it …