The magic of Egypt unveiled at the Musée de la Civilisation
The veil has been pulled back from the Égypte magique exhibit at the Musée de la Civilisation. Images of rolling sand dunes and an oasis beside the Nile are projected …
Reggae shows light up nearly empty Dagobert
The Dagobert nightclub on Grande Allée – the storied destination of bachelorette parties and groups of 18-year-old tourists – isn’t the first name that pops into the heads of local …
Mervin Jones
World War II veteran Mervin Jones, 92, a veteran of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, died on July 23, 2015, at Perley Veterans Home in Ottawa. There will be a …
Drop anchor at Les Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France
Quebec’s Lower Town will take on its original New France appearance during Les Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France from August 5 to August 9. The theme of the19th edition, Quebec: Port …
Canada places second at the 2015 Pan Am Games
Congratulations to our Canadian athletes who won a total of 217 medals at the Pan Am Games in Toronto which ended on Tuesday, July 26. Team Canada racked up 78 …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle A seedy looking individual who applied at Police Court for redress told a somewhat doleful story of the treatment he had received at the hands of his …
The story behind Rue des Hospitalières
Rue des Hospitalières is named after the Hospitalière (or Hospitaller) nursing sisters who, in 1639, founded the first hospital in New France. The order of the Augustinian Sisters was founded …
A joyful moment for a historian
Last year, as I was working on the history of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, I came across a most surprising photograph. In the August 28, 1943, edition of the newspaper, president …
Drawn to Quebec: Fireflies light up the night
“Through the whole land did shew themselves an infinite swarme of fierie wormes flying in the ayre, whose bodies make such a shew and light, as if every twigge or …
Festival Opéra de Québec: fifth edition and still going strong
The first year the Festival Opéra de Québec was organized, the board members were not sure how long it would survive. The event has to compete with a variety of …