OBITUARY: Jean-Paul L’Allier (1938-2016)
Jean-Paul L’Allier(1938-2016)Former Quebec City Mayor Jean-Paul L’Allier died on Tuesday, January 5, following a brief illness. A civic funeral will be held on Saturday, January 9, at 2:00 p.m. at …
News Digest January 6 2016
Issue January 6, 2016 English News Serving Quebec City since 1764 since 1764, North America’s Oldest Newspaper *TMusing the most advanced news distribution method in over 246 years! …
A grand New Year’s Eve on Grande Allée
Grande Allée was the place to welcome in the New Year last Thursday evening. It was standing and dancing room only (no cars allowed) between Hôtel le Concorde and the …
Skating on the Plains of Abraham
Open since December 16, the big skating rink on the Plains of Abraham has been attracting many. Four hundred metres in circumference and seven metres across, the refrigerated rink is …
Furry Helpers from St. Lawrence College
In November, the “Furry Helpers” – Elyssa Tousignant, Noémie Asselin, Lyann V.Gravel, Karine McKenna and Karen Diaz – a group of St. Lawrence College (SLC) students in the P.W. Sims …
My restricted driver’s licence
Only once did I ever have a restriction on my driver’s licence. I was living in Sept-Îles (then referred to as Seven Islands) in 1953 when I obtained my first …
Invitation to the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong
The Voltigeurs de Québec extend an invitation to veterans or descendants of members of the Royal Rifles of Canada to a ceremony that will take place on Saturday, May 7, …
The story behind Rue Lockwell and the Quebec Arena
Rue Lockwell, a short residential street in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste district, is named in honour of Joseph-Camélien Lockwell, a Quebec City businessman and cigar maker and, from 1908 to 1918, a …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866 Some statistics, culled from the WEB: $1 in 1850 was worth $28.45 in 2015. From 1840 to 1867, the population of the Province of Quebec nearly doubled despite an …
The spirit of giving is alive and well in Quebec City
On behalf of the members of the organizing committee of the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign,* I would like to extend our thanks to all of those who were involved at …