Up close and personal with a researcher, Part I: Conserving Quebec’s caribou
Caribou are a totem animal, symbolizing vitality, freedom, and heritage for hunters, nature lovers, governments, scientists and people around the world. Quebec is home to nearly a million of the …
Noisy Strollers Parade in Limoilou
On Sunday morning, May 19, the Parade des Poussettes et Tintamarre (Strollers and Cacophony Parade) departed from Parc Ferland next to Cegep Limoilou and continued down 3e Avenue, led by …
Face It visits Everest Elementary School
This past week Théâtre Parminou presented its English production of Face It for the first time in Quebec City at Everest Elementary School. Written by Maureen Martineau, the multi-character play …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1863 The Morning Chronicle The birthday of Her Most Gracious Majesty was observed in a becoming spirit of affectionate loyalty by the citizens of Quebec. The weather was favorable in …
Author Catherine Rondina visits Dollard-des-Ormeaux School
When Catherine Rondina, author of Don’t Touch That Toad & Other Strange Things Adults Tell You, Lighting Our World: A Year of Celebrations, and others, entered the Dollard-des-Ormeaux School library …
March against euthanasia in Quebec City
On Saturday, May 18, some 1,700 people gathered on the Plains of Abraham in front of the Musée national des Beaux-Arts. At 2:00 p.m. they set out on a march …
Climbing Mount Everest
On May 14 at the Morrin Centre, Dr. Rob Casserley kept the capacity audience enthralled with photos, videos and tales of his expeditions to the top of Mount Everest and …
First Nations petition calls for revised curriculum in Quebec schools
On May 16, Viviane Michel, President of the Native Women of Québec (NWQ), and Françoise David of Québec solidaire, submitted a petition to the Quebec government signed by 4,111 people …
St. Patrick’s High School year-end concert
There was a cacophony in the school auditorium on May 15, five minutes before the start of the year-end concert in front of fellow students, parents, teachers, friends and family. …
The Universe of Michel Tremblay at the Musée de la Civilisation
The Universe of Michel Tremblay is a bilingual, multi-media show about Quebec’s best-known playwright. Michel Tremblay is the author of 28 plays, 22 novels, four collections of autobiographical stories, seven …