News Digest June 18, 2014
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Ville de Québec & Commission de la capitale nationale honour the QCT
The scene – a convivial sun-soaked ceremony on the corner of rue Buade and rue de Trésor, albeit a very noisy corner. Those gathered – Deputy Mayor Michelle Morin-Doyle, Françoise …
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Making history together: 250 years of chronicling our community
In this so-called digital age, publishing 250 years of English-language news in a predominantly French-speaking city is a significant collective achievement.• Since 1925, the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph has been the only …
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Anniversary Letters to the Editor
The U.S. Consulate General in Quebec City celebrates the QCT – 250 years in print and still standing tall in the present Paving the road of local history With words …
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Memorials and Things of Fame for June 18, 2014
1864 The Morning Chronicle One hundred years ago to-day, on the 21st day of June, 1764, the first number of the Quebec Gazette, the venerable pioneer of the Canadian press, …
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USS Oak Hill hosts early Fourth of July reception
Dressed to the nines despite the pouring rain, guests of the U.S. Consul General Hale Van Koughnett flocked to an early Fourth of July reception last Thursday evening. Van Koughnett …
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HMS Jeffy Jan II was a witness to two wartime conferences in Quebec City
On Tuesday, June 10, a flat-bed truck delivered an old yacht to Quay 22, at Pointe-à-Carcy, for display during the 2014 Rendez-vous naval de Québec on June 13, 14 and …
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Rendez-vous naval de Québec takes the city by land, sea and air
The weather could have been better on Friday and Saturday. Lined up at Quay 22 in the Port of Quebec were the U.S. Navy ship, USS Oak Hill, the Royal …
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Street views: The story behind the name of Rue de la Terrasse-Stuart
Rue de la Terrasse-Stuart is a short street near Avenue Maguire in Sillery, and is named for George Okill Stuart, Jr., lawyer, politician and judge. Born in Toronto, he was …
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Tales of Grosse Île in the early days
At the June 10 meeting of Irish Heritage Quebec, four speakers described Grosse Île as it was before it was named a National Historic Site in 1974 and the Irish …
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