CEDEC Youth Startup Business Workshop – March 25
Wednesday, March 25, at 5:00 p.m. – CEDEC Youth Startup Business Workshop – Do you have an idea for a project or business? Are you between 18 and 35? Put …
Irish flag at City Hall welcomes St. Patrick’s Day and parade
Quebec City mayor Régis Labeaume, deputy-mayor Michelle Morin-Doyle and Stephen Burke, president of the 2015 Défilé de la Saint-Patrick, cheerfully raised the Irish flag beside City Hall on Friday, March …
St. Patrick’s Day kitchen party rocks La Korrigane
The St. Patrick’s Day season started off with a bang at La Korrigane on Rue Dorchester in Lower Town on March 14 with a dinner, a kitchen party and a …
Shannon celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with pride, music and dance
The spirit of St. Patrick’s Day filled Shannon’s community centre for the 49th annual Shannon Irish Show last Saturday. Every face was aglow with Irish pride. The show was dedicated …
International Wine and Spirits Fair a treat for the palate
The Centre des Congrès was a very popular spot last weekend, with 75 exhibitors offering samples of some 1,500 different products, and 50 free presentations about matching wines with food. …
PAF! Performing Arts Festival
St. Patrick’s High School is hosting the 12th annual Performing Arts Festival (PAF!) organized by the Central Québec School Board to showcase student talent. This Friday, March 20, over 400 …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle The New Illustrated Edition of Webster’s Dictionary: This seemingly dry and certainly ponderous book has its peculiar charms. Here is collected and tersely set down a …
Trio gives charged performance at Holy Trinity Cathedral
The second in La Petit Série of concerts at Holy Trinity Cathedral took place on Thursday, March 12. Cellist Blair Lofgren and bassist Étienne Lafrance of the Orchestre symphonique de …
Alpine snowboarders vie for Canadian Championship
Snowboarders descended upon Le Relais ski centre on March 13-15 to participate in the S3 Alpine Snowboard Canadian Championships. Australian, Chinese and American “riders” also took part in several races. …
The story behind Avenue O’Neill and Maison O’Neill
Avenue O’Neill, located in the Duberger district of Quebec City, is named after the O’Neill family who once owned land in that area. In the mid-nineteenth century, the New World …