Yokoso! Welcome to the Japanese Festival!
On Saturday, September 21, many in Quebec City’s Japanese community gathered at the Eastern Quebec Learning Centre for the Japanese Festival, where the Centre japonais de Québec was inaugurated. This …
Former Quebec City resident completes Marathon des Sables
I did it! I successfully completed the Marathon des Sables! My name is Nadia Carrier. I am originally from Quebec City and moved to Toulouse, France, five years ago and …
Have you seen this person? Missing children never forgotten
On a soft Indian summer night 50 years ago, six-year-old Diane Carrier walked to a park by the edge of the St. Lawrence River near her home, to tell her …
The Quebec Garrison Club: A jewel in the heart of old Quebec
Last Wednesday, the well-known Quebec City historian, Jean-Marie Lebel gave a talk at the Garrison Club about the history of this prestigious establishment. His presentation inaugurated a new series of …
Quebec High School camp empowers young leaders
From September 19 to 21, thirty young leaders from Quebec High School participated in the fourth annual Senior Leadership Camp at Camp-Vacances Kéno. QHS teacher Ms. Fannie Marsh and her …
All aboard the train to Charlevoix!
Many Quebecers have never taken a train, let alone experienced a deluxe rail trip like the one offered by Le Train du Massif de Charlevoix. The adventure is partly culinary, …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1863 The Morning Chronicle The meeting at the City Hall has for its object the opening up of a road between the City of Quebec and the townships bordering upon …
Taste of Heritage: Sampling rural flavours
Good food is a story, best told at the dinner table,” wrote the authors of a recently released seasonal cookbook. At tables throughout Quebec City, the tales and flavours of …
St. John’s Masonic Lodge to celebrate 225th anniversary
St. John’s Lodge No. 3, one of Canada’s oldest Masonic Lodges, will be celebrating its 225th anniversary on October 26, 2013. In 1787, a Royal Artillery detachment based in Quebec …
The curtain falls on the Quebec film festival
The curtain has fallen on the Festival de cinéma de la Ville de Québec (FCVQ), and Larry Rochefort can finally get some sleep. “It’s the biggest adrenaline rush for two …