Flavia Nascimento leads the improvised street parade in front of the Morrin Centre after the percussion workshop on Aug. 15. (Photo by Oksana Mukhina) Arts Alive! 2026 creates connections between artists and the public Oksana Mukhina oksana@qctonline.com A couple in colourful bathing suits, holding beach towels, stand in front of the Morrin Centre on…
Shannon celebrates the end of summer with Festiv’Été Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Nothing says summer like the annual Festiv’Été in Shannon. On Aug. 15, under a cloudless sky, families and friends…
COMMENTARY: Who will despair of CAQ’s failed “pharaonic” third link? Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com “Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” That line from Percy Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias” comes…
TRAM TRACKER: Access to Rue Gérard-Morisset ready Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com Work is now completed on the creation of a passage for vehicles exiting the Rue…
Imaginaire store part of Les Galeries expansion in former Bay space Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com The space occupied by the Hudson’s Bay store at Les Galeries…
City’s program to combat Dutch elm disease draws praise Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com Nearly 600 elm trees are to be felled in the city in the…
The elegant Tourny Fountain, located in front of the Parliament Building, was inaugurated on July 3, 2007. Discovered for sale in France by Peter Simons in 2003, it was presented as a gift from Simons department stores to the City of Quebec for its 400th anniversary in 2008. For more details about its history and provenance, visit ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/citoyens/patrimoine/ quartiers/saint_ jean_baptiste/interet/fontaine_tourny. (SN) MONUMENTAL VIEWS: The story behind the Tourny Fountain…
Memorials and Things of Fame Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce August 18, 1766 – The Quebec Gazette An experiment in electricity was repeated before some gentlemen, on a woman…
Young anglophone leaders speak up at Bishop’s Forum Ruby Pratka Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative editor@qctonline.com LENNOXVILLE — Voices were hoarse and emotions were bubbling near the surface on Aug….
The cast of Les Misérables receives a long-standing ovation at the end of the Aug. 11 production at the Grand Théâtre. To the right of the French flag being waved are Dominique Côté (Javert), Ismaël Perceval Faucher-Zitouni (Gavroche), Alex Gaumond (Jean Valjean) and Amélie Baland-Capdet (Cosette). (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) REVIEW: Les Misérables a magnificent, memorable production Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com It was practically standing room only at the Grand Théâtre on Aug. 11 for the production of Les Misérables, directed…