James Allan named 2017 Scotsman of the Year
James Allan of Kinnear’s Mills was named the 2017 Scotsman of the Year by the Quebec Thistle Committee of the St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal during the Auld Alliance Awards …
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The making of The Philanthropist: Part 2
Ticket sales for the multimedia theatre production The Philanthropist are in full swing. In Part 1, readers learned about the origins of this project. The QCT continued its interview with …
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Memorials and Things of Fame
1867 The Morning Chronicle An evening contemporary says that on Sunday afternoon, a respectable, though some may say indiscreet married woman, in search of her husband, proceeded to a house …
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Celebrating the birth of Canada at Wendake’s Pow Wow
It was a weekend full of celebrations in Wendake with the 52nd edition of the Huron-Wendat Nation’s International Pow Wow and the inauguration of the new permanent roof over the …
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Story behind Avenue du Zoo
Avenue du Zoo runs along the east side of the land that was once occupied by the Quebec Zoo which closed in 2006 after 75 years existence. In 1931, Hector …
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78th Fraser Highlanders open Musical Wednesdays
Musical Wednesdays, a series of 10 noon-hour summer concerts at Chalmers-Wesley United Church in Old Quebec, opened on June 28 with a program of bagpipe and drum music presented by …
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Jackie Branion-Pelletier retires after 45 years at the Château
Here she comes!” whispered members of the staff lined up just inside the main entrance of the Château Frontenac last week. After being picked up at her home in the …
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PEI: the birthplace of Confederation and a lovely wee province
With the motto “Parva sub ingenti: The small under the protection of the great” and known for its beaches, red soil, agriculture and being Canada’s smallest province (224 km long …
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Jeffy Jan II, a yacht, a war and a legend
Thursday last, Lévis alderman Pierre Lainesse and the Naval Museum of Quebec director André Kirouac officially inaugurated the Jeffy Jan II, a yacht, a war and a legend exhibit at …
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Get ready to celebrate St. Pat’s 175th anniversary in 2018
It’s time to celebrate! St. Patrick’s High School will be celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2018.The first Irish Catholic school in Quebec City opened in 1843. The priests of …
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