Don’t miss the Quebec High School Coffee House!
Wondering what to do this weekend? Well, Friday, December 2 is a night of entertainment already planned out for you! Come and enjoy the talent show acts which Quebec High …
Family Literacy Day Activity Book available free online
(Toronto, ON – November 23, 2011) On January 27, 2012, the 14th annual Family Literacy Day® will take place across Canada, encouraging parents and children to learn together through fun …
Dry November Wet December
I am not referring to the dismal but warmer than usual weather we’re having; I am referring to another type of “moisture.” For the past 37 years I have not …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1861 The Morning Chronicle We heard this morning of a very sad and unfortunately fatal accident which occurred at a ladies’ school on Friday last. During the lunch hour several …
And Toupie too will live happily ever after!
The happy ending to the story of Quebec City’s three former zoo bears is finally complete. Toupie arrived safely at the Zoo de Saint-Félicien on November 9. The 30-year-old female …
German Christmas Market
For the fourth year in a row, a German Christmas Market will take place in the Old City over the next two weekends, from December 2 to 4 and 9 …
Little pamphlet presents big language issues for one woman
Beverly Robertson expressed outrage when she noticed a recent pamphlet in memory of the late Jack Layton published by the NDP and sent door-to-door in Quebec City. The pamphlet offended …
Sandra Holman president of the Year out of 200 Toastmasters club presidents.
“I was so petrified of making speeches when I started at Quest, but the encouragement and support always spurred me to keep trying. Still, I never dreamed I would be …
News Digest for November 23, 2011
English News Serving Quebec City since 1764 since 1764, North America’s Oldest Newspaper *TMusing the most advanced news distribution method in over 246 years! Newsstand LocationsSubscribe online access – only …
Graffiti on the Grand Théâtre? Shocking!
Early risers on November 14 were surely surprised to see seven enormous letters and an exclamation mark (!) spray-painted onto the facade of the Grand Théâtre facing Claire-Fontaine Street in …