Modified Hours at the Jeffery Hale Emergency
The medical team at the Jeffery Hale wishes to inform Quebec City residents that its emergency will be reducing its opening hours over the next few days due to a …
Quebec City’s Iranian community reacts to recent turmoil in Iran
As the world turns wide-opened eyes toward Tehran, where clashes and riots have erupted almost every day following the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, many members of Quebec City’s Iranian …
Wendake history on display
Thirteen artists will recreate the world in 75 minutes, three nights a week through the end of August, complete with dancing, singing, art and “a special kind of pyrotechnics.” “It …
Memorials and Things of Fame
Chronicle Telegraph Memorials and Things of Fame Researched and compiled by Catherine Mills Rouleau July 1, 2009 On June 20, 1868, then Governor General Lord Monck issued a royal …
Special return for ex-Quebecer with Buffalo vocal group
Richard Darisse’s visit to Quebec this week will be special in many ways. Friday, he will be singing at the U.S. Consulate as part of an Independence Day celebration. Sunday, …
Crews clean up after big Fete
The morning after the St-Jean-Baptist Day party in the upper town, streets and green spaces were carpeted with garbage. Crushed beer cans had accumulated against curbs, and broken glass littered …
Building language bridges
In 1996, after twelve years of regular service in the Canadian Forces all over this country and abroad, I hung my shingle out as a civilian in this town, quickly …
Jeffrey Hale gravesite in disrepair in England cemetery
Jeffery Hale may be a revered figure in Quebec City’s Anglophone community, but his final resting place in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England is in disrepair. The Chronicle Telegraph has learned …
Maurice Tanguay passes the puck in life’s hockey game
“In life, just as in any business or sport, what’s most important is the quality and integrity of the people on your team, the people you most depend …
Simons family big contributors to Quebec City’s economy
“La Maison Simons’” story began when Peter Simons, born in 1785 in Scotland, settled in the Quebec City area on a small farm on Lac Duchesnay (now Lac Beauport) to …