MondoKarnaval celebrates international diversity
With 35 countries from Afghanistan to Vietnam represented, 45 shows, a parade, and 500 performers, Limoilou’s Cartier-Brébeuf Park was the site of MondoKarnaval, an international buffet for all the senses …
Quebec City’s LGBT community shows off its pride
The Quebec City Pride Festival (Fête Arc-en-Ciel) was in full swing this past weekend, beginning on Thursday and continuing to Sunday, with its colourful activities and parades. The iconic rainbow …
Honest Ed and his Crooked CuZins at post-VEQ Fall Fest party
This is a band of merry men who got together this summer to play at a 25th wedding anniversary for a member of our English-speaking community who lives in Valcartier. …
Explore new ground on Quebec Parks Day
All 24 parks managed by the Société des Établissements de Plein air du Québec (SÉPAQ) will offer free admission on Saturday, September 10 This is an opportunity for all Quebecers …
Rough-and-tumble Gaelic football and hurling
Quebec City hosted the rough-and-tumble Gaelic games on September 3 on the Parc Victoria soccer fields. The Pub Galway Patriotes showcased Gaelic football and hurling, Ireland’s two official sports. Teams …
Valcartier BBQ a sold-out success
The Labour Day Chicken BBQ in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was, once again, a sold-out success. Hundreds of half-chickens were slow-cooked over coals and served with salads and the ever-popular homemade barbecue sauce. …
Lake Témiscouata at break of dawn
Summer is leaving us. The geese are preparing to leave, to fly south. Soon the leaves will change their colours, telling us fall is here. Fall is a beautiful season. …
100th anniversary of Gare du Palais
The centennial of the Gare du Palais was marked on August 24 by a ceremony and the unveiling of a plaque by Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social …
Rummaging through the Monastère des Augustines
Anyone wanting to own a piece of history lined up at the Monastère des Augustines to peruse the objects in the monastery’s first official odds-and-ends sale at the national historic …
Working on the railways
Officials gathered last week at the VIA Rail station in Old Quebec to mark the centennial of the ribbon-snip for the brand-new Gare du Palais train station. A gorgeous bit …