The Albert Guay Affair
A note from Cathy: Recently someone asked me if I remembered the plane crash that happened near Quebec in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Although I was quite young …
Quebec’s other “holiday” A moving experience . . .
For most people across Canada, the end of June and the beginning of July is a time to kick back, relax and enjoy those “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.” …
QCT Mystery Photo of the Week Contest
Quebec City is full of picturesque and noteworthy vistas and scenes. The QCT Mystery Photo Contest offers readers opportunities to appreciate the city from some well-known and less familiar angles. …
Surrealism: Crossing the Atlantic to the New World
Note: The exhibition, Au Pays des Merveilles: Les Aventures surrealists des femmes artistes au Mexique et aux Etats-Unis, presently at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, in of such …
News Digest for June 27, 2012
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Decision on Shannon’s tainted water hard to swallow
After years of fact-finding, expert analysis, interviews with people affected by TCE-tainted water, and almost a year of federal court proceedings, it would be a huge understatement to say that …
The Odd Couple in the Cathedral Close
Aldo and Alli may not immediately come to mind when one hears the phrase ‘a match made in heaven.’ However, this unlikely couple has it pretty good, and they might …
An evening in the garden at the Musée des Beaux-arts du Québec
On a hot summer’s evening, with threats of thunder showers, the second “sitting” of the 2nd annual Grande Soirée au Jardin at Quebec City’s fine arts museum on the Plains …
Unearthing Quebec City’s past
For many years now, archaeological excavations in Old Quebec have been uncovering key historical artifacts. A team of 15 Université Laval graduate and undergraduate students are sifting through the soil …
Discover a secret garden
For the first time in 400 years, the Ursuline museum in the heart of the Old City has opened the convent garden to the public. The nuns themselves will act …