Community Calendar
Sept. 12 to 21 – Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec / Quebec City Film Festival. CinéPasses are now on sale at FCVQ.ca. Monday, Sept. 16 at 7:30 …
Chalmers-Wesley Classic Film Club premières on Sept. 20
If you love classic cinema and would like to experience a night at the movies as it was “back in the day,” Chalmers-Wesley United Church (78 Rue Sainte-Ursule in Old …
Caring Ahead: Survey on family caregiving and preparing for end-of-life with dementia
Feeling supported and as prepared as possible for the end-of-life of a family member with dementia helps family caregivers cope and adjust during bereavement. If you are caring for a …
Last chance to go to Limoilou’s Public Market
The Limoilou Public Market has been a Sunday staple on 3ième Avenue since July 21, but the farm trucks will be packing up their vegetables for winter on Sept. 22.At …
Morrin Centre Book Quest explores the natural world
The Morrin Centre’s Book Quest Natural World summer reading program for children was a great success. Some 55 children took part in the club, but over 100 children participated from …
Domaine de Maizerets becomes a Celtic village
From Sept. 6 to 8, the Domaine de Maizerets was transformed into a Celtic village for the Celtic Festival.For three days, tourists and locals watched professional and amateur athletes toss …
Many Quebecers putting their dreams on the silver screen
When I was in Grade 13 – folks of a certain age from Ontario will recognize this as the basically useless final year of high school before university – my …
Two very different new books examine Trudeau’s government
Promise and Peril: Justin Trudeau in PowerBy Aaron WherryHarperCollins Publishers&Assessing Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Government: 353 Promises and a Mandate for ChangeEdited by Lisa Birch and François PétryLes Presses de l’Université …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
September 9, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteEmigrationExtract from a letter from Argyleshire, dated June 25th – The emigration from this country is immense. When I passed Crinan [Scotland] a few …
The story behind Rue Domagaya
This street is named after one of the sons of Iroquois leader Donnacona, whom Jacques Cartier met during his first voyage of discovery in what is now called Canada. In …