In 1996, after twelve years of regular service in the Canadian Forces all over this country and abroad, I hung my shingle out as a civilian in this town, quickly…
“In life, just as in any business or sport, what’s most important is the quality and integrity of the people on your team, the people you most depend on,”…
“La Maison Simons'” story began when Peter Simons, born in 1785 in Scotland, settled in the Quebec City area on a small farm on Lac Duchesnay (now Lac Beauport) to…
Happy 245th birthday to the Quebec Chronicle Telegraph and congratulations for this outstanding achievement!QCT is part of our common heritage and we are proud that the oldest newspaper in North…
Four weeks after introducing a five cent charge for single-use grocery bags, Metro grocery stores across Quebec and Ontario (Metro, Metro Plus, Super C and Marché Richelieu) are reporting that…
Thursday July 2nd 2009Candlelight Series : Quebec City’s Jewish HistoryQuebec City has long had a Jewish population but its history remains little known. Join Simon Jacobs, director of the Shalom…
Ask for a taxi drive to Collique, a shanty town in the suburban area of Lima, Peru, and watch the driver’s reaction; chances are he will refuse to get you…
Simon Jacobs strolled into a Tourisme Québec information office and, in his thick London accent, asked where he might visit Quebec City’s historic jails. He was directed to the Plains…
Chronicle TelegraphMemorials and Things of FameResearched and Compiled by Catherine Mills RouleauJune 24, 2009 Note from Cathy: In Lower Canada, the celebration of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day took a patriotic tone in 1834…
It’s a funny way to kick off a new era of accountability, the way the Central Quebec School Board is being so hush hush about National Assembly Bill 88, scheduled…