St. Patrick’s Parade to take place on March 24
Dear readers, I wish to take this opportunity to invite you all to come and join us on Saturday, March 24, at 1:30 p.m. for the 2012 Quebec City Saint …
La Capitainerie du Passant in the Mauricie
Kim Nadeau and Gaston Côté, your friendly neighbourhood upholsterers, have weighed anchor and gone upriver. We have left our little farm in Leclercville and have “sailed” up the St. Lawrence …
“David Johnston, Ottawa, Ontario,” visits Cathedral
Last Sunday, February 12, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston the Governor General of Canada made an unofficial and unpublicized visit to the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Trinity …
Budding Violinists: A Noella Project Benefit Concert
You are invited to a unique violin concert on Saturday, February 18, starting at 6:15 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in the Old City. The Jeux d’Archet …
International Snow Sculpture award winners
Eleven teams shaved, sculpted, and smoothed snow from sunup to sundown to try to win top honours in the Winter Carnival’s Telus International Snow Sculpture contest. Creativity and likeness to …
Bonhomme helps Canadian Coast Guard celebrate 50th anniversary
On Friday, February 3, Bonhomme Carnaval dropped in the Quebec City Coast Guard station’s helicopter hangar to honour the Canadian Coast Guard’s 50th anniversary. While there, the Winter Carnival celeb …
Titanic Talk
During a recent meeting of Irish Heritage Quebec, John O’Connor gave a talk on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912. The talk was …
Cinéma Cartier and Château Frontenac honour 60th anniversary of Hitchcock in Quebec City
To celebrate the 60th year since the world-famous movie director and master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock came to Quebec City, Director Michel Savoy created the Hitchcock Film Festival to be …
Operation Shoebox “Thank You”
Dear Friends, On behalf of the 679 seafarers on board 33 ships which visited the Ports of Quebec and St. Romuald during the Christmas season, we wish to express a …
Memorials and Things of Fame for February 8, 2012
1862The Morning Chronicle It would be difficult to exaggerate the disadvantages to Quebec of not having an ice-bridge to place it in communication with the rest of the world from …