Christmas traditions across Canada and around the world
Have you written your annual Christmas cards yet or put up your outdoor lights like Chevy Chase in the 1989 comedy classic movie: Christmas Vacation? Did you snowshoe into the …
News Digest for December 5, 2012
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof a Hit!
Tennessee Williams’ raw drama of “Southern discomfort” is perhaps not the lightest play to see as we approach the holiday season, but we are warned beforehand that this production, presented …
Meet Ruby Pratka, QCT’s newest writer
Ruby Pratka grew up in the United States and is a graduate of the Carleton University School of Journalism in Ottawa. She is completing a masters degree program in international …
Planning ahead for the Christmas and New Year editions of the QCT
The December 12, 2012, 50th issue of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph will be the special Christmas Edition and the last edition of the paper for this year. There will be no …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1862 The Morning Chronicle On Wednesday about six o’clock p.m., a house in Dorchester street was entered in rear by two men and a youth intent on plunder. The only …
Thanksgiving Americana
For most readers, Thanksgiving took place over a month ago, in mid-October. However, for those Quebec City residents with a tie to the United States, Thanksgiving happens in November. For …
Giving the gift of family to street children in Burundi
Diomède Niyonzima, a soft-spoken Université Laval graduate student, grew up in Burundi, a tiny, heart-shaped country in East Africa. During the civil war that rocked that country in the 1990s, …
Welcomen to the German Christmas Market
The Communauté Allemande de Québec invites you to participate in the 5th annual German Christmas Market at Place Hotel de Ville until December 9. The market features charming wooden kiosks …
Another battle won on the Plains of Abraham
Another historical battle was fought on the Plains of Abraham on November 18. On that pristine Sunday morning, The Fighting Irish of St. Patrick’s High School put on a high-octane …