Remparts make major roster moves over the holidays
The Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) made some transactions over the holidays and, once again, shook up their lineup.Gone are goaltender Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo and captain …
My 2020 wish list for Quebec City sports fans
Now that 2020 is here, I feel that I should share my wish list of things that could be beneficial for sports in our capital city.First of all, I wish …
Dawson Creek, the Alaska Highway and hockey
In December 2019, QCT readers were made aware of your scribe’s trip to Dawson Creek, B.C., to be the public address announcer of the World Junior A Hockey Challenge, which …
Chalmers-Wesley well project in Togo gets flowing
The water is flowing in Lankui, central Togo. After more than a year of fundraising by Chalmers-Wesley United Church, a congregation-wide effort which netted more than $15,000, a well has …
The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph Wishes All Our Readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Santa Claus was spotted in Parc Félix-Leclerc in the Quartier Petit-Champlain. Children and adults in touch with their inner child shared their Christmas wishes with Old St. Nick. The …
EPIQ hosts a HO HO HO holiday party
A jolly good time was had by all at the English-speaking Parents In Quebec City (EPIQ) group’s HO HO HO annual children’s party, held in the Coin Soleil room at …
First “Canadian” Christmas was in the bombarded rubble of Quebec City
Walk around the streets in Old Quebec and you can’t help but marvel. Such an extraordinary collection of historical architecture, perhaps unique in the New World for its mélange of …
52 ways to save the planet one week at a time
I’ve been writing about Saving the Planet One Week at a Time for the past year. It’s your turn to continue, so here is a summary of what we have …
The story behind Rue Fiedmont
Louis-Thomas Jacau de Fiedmont (c. 1723-1788) was a French-Canadian artillery officer, born on Île Royale (present-day Cape Breton, Nova Scotia). He joined the French army as a non-commissioned officer and became …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
December 24, 1869 – The Morning ChronicleA Rare VisitorThe Journal contains a card of thanks from the recipient, for a very handsome and rare individual of the owl tribe, captured …