ImagiNation Writers’ Festival captivates audiences
Authors converged on Quebec City last weekend to share their love of writing at the seventh annual ImagiNation Writers’ Festival. Hundreds of festival-goers flowed through the doors of the Morrin …
Grand Marché to open at ExpoCité by 2018
On April 6, the Ville de Québec unveiled its plan to develop a large public market in the Pavillon du Commerce at ExpoCité by 2018. With its partners, the Coopérative …
Julie Slattery awarded for her commitment to social integration
Jeffery Hale Community Partners congratulates Julie Slattery for receiving the Diploma Prize of Mercure-Perreault Awards this past March from the Association for Social Integration – Quebec City (AISQ). The award …
St. Lawrence College graduate receives honorary award from the House of Commons
On April 8, Joël Lightbound, MP for Louis-Hébert, presented an honorary award from the House of Commons to Marie-Hélène Lyonnais, a 2016 recipient of the Loran Award and a 2016 …
Study reveals no increased incidence of cancer in Shannon
On April 7, the Director of Public Health of the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS) for the Capitale-Nationale region, Dr. François Desbiens, held a press …
Antigone, the final production in St. Lawrence’s cafeteria
On a small stage set up in the cafeteria, Champlain–St. Lawrence students presented a wonderful production of Jean Anouilh’s Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy, from April 6 …
Tartan Day celebrated in Quebec City
Last Wednesday, April 6, in Quebec City, members and friends of the 78th Fraser Highlanders and the organizers of the Quebec Celtic Festival gathered at Murphy’s Pub on Rue Saint-Jean …
Rihanna’s Anti-World Tour an anti-climax
At 9:47 p.m. on Tuesday April 5, forty-seven minutes behind schedule, Rihanna calmly made her first appearance at the Videotron Centre where she performed her Anti-World Tour. The opening act …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 The Morning Chronicle To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle: Could not someone in our Ancient City get up such a thing as a swimming bath? Quebec with all …
James Thompson House, a historic building in Old Quebec
At the corner of Rue Sainte-Ursule and the Ruelle des Ursulines in Old Quebec is an attractive old bed-and-breakfast. A Scottish immigrant named James Thompson bought the lot in 1793 …