Discover hidden treasures during Archeology Month
It is often said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. With that in mind, in 2005 Archéo-Québec inaugurated Archeology Month throughout the province. Its aim is to raise …
QCT Mystery Photo Contest – July 31
Danielle Burns, Bethann Merkle and Shirley Nadeau have been scouting out people, places and objects around the city for you to try and identify over the summer months. Every week, …
News Digest July 24, 2013
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Kids go exploring at the LHSQ library
Book Quest, a children’s reading program, is underway this summer at the LHSQ library in the Morrin Centre. The theme this year is Explore! Children are challenged to discover the …
New conservation plan for Sillery heritage site
On July 12, the Minister of Culture and Communications, Maka Kotto, presented a revised plan for the conservation of the Sillery heritage site, as well as a series of other …
Jazz etcetera festival will heat up Lévis
As if it isn’t hot enough these days . . . the Jazz etcetera festival will soon have Lévis heating up to the sounds of the sixth consecutive year of …
Festival d’Été a hit from start to finish
After celebrating music in all its forms for 11 straight days, the Festival d’Été de Québec (FEQ) ended on a high note last Sunday evening with the performance of Stevie …
Foreigner and Def Leppard rock down memory lane
After their concert for the Festival d’Été on Saturday, July 13, it is easy to understand why Foreigner have had ten multi-platinum albums, 16 Top-30 hits, album sales exceeding 75 …
Heritage houses of Quebec City offer cultural discoveries
The network of heritage houses of the City of Quebec has been renamed Maisons du patrimoine, espaces muséaux de la Ville de Québec. The new name better describes the mission …
Stranded in Natashquan
(Photo by Lise Lafond) A frequent contributor to the QCT, Lise Lafond, and her family travelled to the Côte-Nord a few weeks ago on a camping trip. Her husband, …