Fifty years ago this week, the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon dominated front-page headlines in newspapers everywhere. The QCT archives give us a unique view into this human triumph….
This street is named in honour of Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863 – 1937), also known as Pierre de Coubertin. Born into an aristocratic French family, Coubertin…
July 19, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteKingston [sic] Palace, May 24, 1819This morning, at a quarter past 4 o’clock, the Duchess of Kent was happily delivered of a Princess. Her…
He turns 83 on July 30, so Buddy Guy has more than earned the right to sing the blues and claim the title of the last of the great bluesmen,…
No band could have closed the 52nd Festival d’Été de Québec better than the punk rock group from California, Blink-182. The songs of this iconic 1990s-2000s trio are etched in…
Triathletes were unruffled by the heavy rain and thunderstorm of July 13. Early Sunday morning, 300 amateur and elite international athletes competed in a triathlon on a course through lakes…
After a 30-minute delay, spectators were more than happy to see The Offspring appear on the Bell Stage. As part of the closing program of the 52nd Festival d’Été de…
A series of tents, cabins and rides reminiscent of Barnum and Bailey popped up under the ramps of Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency off Boulevard Charest from July 12 to 16. Visitors to…
There are just a couple of weeks to go before fireworks explode over the St. Lawrence River. From July 31 to Aug. 24, hundreds of thousands of spectators both old…
The weather “played a spoilsport” for two evenings of the 2019 edition of the 11-day Festival d’Été, but organizers are declaring the 52nd version of Quebec’s most popular musical event…