SSQ Quebec City Marathon always a winner
A record number of runners took part in the 16th annual SSQ Quebec City Marathon: Lévis/Québec, also known as the Marathon des deux rives. Events took place from August 23 …
Saint-Sacrement Harvest Festival celebrates neighbourhood
Chattering children, clinking coins, wind rustling tablecloths and corn tassels are signature sounds. Steaming pots of that same corn, freshly boiled, sit gleaming golden right alongside vendors selling everything from …
Colourful art symposium at the Joan of Arc Garden
Last weekend, the National Battlefields Commission and the Symposium Plaines Couleurs welcomed 99 artists who set up their tents around the beautiful Joan of Arc Garden in the heart of …
QCT Mystery Photo Contest – August 28
This is the last week of our summer Mystery Photo Contest. Danielle Burns, Bethann Merkle and Shirley Nadeau have scouted out images of people, places and things around the city …
Quebec City Women’s Club wants Books! Books! Books!
This is the time of year when we tend to clear out our bookshelves and the various nooks and crannies in our homes where books seem to accumulate. Whether we …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1863 The Morning Chronicle It is high time that the proper authorities should take measures, and see them carried out to the manner which lives are daily exposed by the …
Get off to an A+ start this school year
Parents, teachers and students are sharpening their pencils for the 2013-2014 school year that begins this week. Reactions and attitudes regarding going back-to-school vary greatly in children according to individual …
How the Light Gets In a tour de force
Fresh on the heels of winning an unprecedented fifth Agatha Award, Louise Penny’s latest novel brings to a head the bitter conflict that has been festering within the Sûreté between …
Le Dîner en Blanc Was Well Served
Despite the likelihood of rain, 1,500 people attended the annual outdoor Dîner en Blanc last Thursday evening. On site, organizer André Auger shared his passion. “This year, for …
Expansion work complete at Université Laval PEPS
On July 4, the Rector of Université Laval, Denis Brière, announced the completion of work on the Physical Education and Sports Pavilion, or PEPS, as it is familiarly known. Also …