Will Bill 10 amendments save our institutions? Perhaps not
While leaders in Quebec’s English-speaking community were cautiously optimistic in early December that amendments to Quebec’s health reform would allow the community to maintain an acceptable level of input and …
Champlain–St. Lawrence Campus welcomes Edward Berryman
Champlain Regional College (CRC) recently welcomed its new campus director, Edward Berryman, to head Champlain-St. Lawrence Campus in Quebec City. The QCT met with him in early January as he …
Quebec City to help rebuild Haitian firehouse
In less than a minute, a city of over four million people was almost completely razed to the ground. It was January 12, 2010, just before five o’clock in the …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle The ice-cone at Montmorency Falls has already formed and a decided rush of visitors, when the weather becomes somewhat milder, cannot fail to be the result. …
The story behind Rue Emerson
Rue Emerson is named after Ralph Waldo Emerson, the famous American intellectual, lecturer, and poet. He was a sought-after speaker and author of many notable essays, the first of which …
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity takes a bold musical direction
All mélomanes aboard! To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its designation in 1989 as a National Historic Site by the governments of Canada and Quebec, the Cathedral of the Holy …
Last one to leave the party: the lyrical world of Jane Ehrhardt
When Jane Ehrhardt took to the stage at the atmospheric Café Babylone last Saturday night, she might have been in your living room, sharing a story and a song. Unassuming …
New jazz series kicks off at the Morrin Centre
Claude Lavergne says jazz can be a bit like hockey: there are established rules that all the players know, but the action doesn’t always play out according to the rules. …
Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs celebrates 100th anniversary in 2015
The Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs de Québec, the oldest institution of its kind in North America, has enabled generations of children to learn choral singing and take part in the …
Isabelle (Paradis) MacTaggart
Isabelle MacTaggart, born November 6, 1920, left this earth on January 14, 2015, to join her beloved husband, who died on July 10, 2010. She leaves to mourn her loving …