Winter sledding, skating and cross-country skiing
The Myrand Sliding Centre (Centre de glisse Myrand), located at 2150 avenue Chapdelaine, is now open for the season. The opening days and hours are Monday to Thursday, Saturday and …
Carnival continues to be “Star of Winter”
It is nearly impossible to overlook Quebec City’s winter traditions. Carnival continues to be one of the most anticipated and conspicuous. The 2013 edition follows in the snowshoe and ski …
Festive beer drinking at Carnival
Beer lovers have another reason to attend this year’s Quebec Winter Carnival for the first edition of La Brassée du Carnaval being presented by Festibière de Québec. The event takes …
Students are citizens of the world at St. Patrick’s High School
St. Patrick’s High School, fondly known as St. Pat’s, has established itself over time as a vibrant, first-class learning environment in which students are given the opportunity to flourish both …
Meet the QCT’s newest writer, Gib McInnis
Gib McInnis has recently returned to live in Quebec City. He earned his Ph.D in English Literature at Université Laval. He recently published a monograph, Evolutionary Mythology in the Writings …
From Quebec City to Africa
Another Quebec (Beauport) student will be in the news as a member of a team of engineering students on a project in Senegal, Africa. William Cloutier is a wellknown hockey …
A toast to Robbie Burns
The Quebec City Burns Supper, organized by the Olde Fort St. Andrew’s Garrison of the 78th Fraser Highlanders, was held on Saturday, January 26, at Le Manoir Montmorency, overlooking the …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1863 The Morning Chronicle A most interesting examination took place at the Infant School in Margaret Street. The children, to a number of sixty-five, were examined by their teachers …
Cégep Garneau students witness Obama’s historic moment
On January 21, three teachers and thirty-four students from Cégep Garneau witnessed history. Instead of reading about it in class, they stood with the crowd gathered in Washington, D.C., to …
VEQ supports hip-hop artist’s tour
Two weeks ago in Montreal, hip-hop artist David Hodges launched a video of his song “Notre Home.” Hodges was accompanied by Jean-François Lisée, Quebec Minister of International Relations, La Francophone …