QAC launches Memories, Mementos and Magic project
Some 25 former and current members of the Quebec Art Company (QAC) amateur theatre group gathered in the library of the Morrin Centre last Friday evening to reminisce about the …
St. Pat’s Senior Jazz Band visits Monterey, California
St. Patrick’s High School’s Senior Jazz Band and Senior Vocal Ensemble recently performed at the 2017 Next Generation Jazz Festival in Monterey, California. This festival is considered the most prestigious …
Victory at Vimy 100 years ago
One hundred years ago, from April 9 to 12, Canadian soldiers fought and won the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the most important national event of the First World War. Vimy …
Irish boys earn St. Pat’s High a regional basketball banner
The St. Patrick’s High School Fighting Irish capped a successful 2016-17 basketball season when they defeated the Donnacona Diables, 42-34, in the regional Bantam (Benjamin) C2 final, last Saturday, in …
Coralie Gagné wins the SLC Kick-Start grand prize
Six Champlain-St. Lawrence entrepreneurial students pitched their SLC Kick-Start proposals at the college on March 30. The students worked for a year under the supervision of Business teacher Karina Brassard. …
Spring thaw is prelude to Printemps de la musique
As warmer temperatures begin to thaw the city, the Conseil de la culture des régions de Québec et de Chaudière-Appalaches invite residents of Quebec City to enjoy Printemps de la …
Has Quebec become a distinctly boring society?
It has come to pass, it seems, that news media in the rest of Canada think Quebec is boring, plat. Save for the occasional “Quebec-bashing” piece in Maclean’s magazine, mainstream …
The Défilé de la Saint-Patrick swings into spring
The brilliant weather last Saturday certainly put a spring in everyone’s step, and the skirl of the bagpipes certainly put a bit of swing into spring. Everyone was Irish for …
Joshua Moreno makes it through the blind auditions of La Voix
Joshua Moreno, a talented 17-year-old Secondary 5 student at Quebec High School, made it past the blind auditions of La Voix, a popular French-language singing competition on TVA, during the …
The Royal Canadian Air Cadets 629 Squadron celebrates its 60th
The Royal Canadian Air Cadets 629 Kiwanis-Sillery Squadron is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its 1956 founding. In recent years, it left its mark on history by being the first …