All 24 parks managed by the Société des Établissements de Plein air du Québec (SÉPAQ) will offer free admission on Saturday, September 10This is an opportunity for all Quebecers to…
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Rough-and-tumble Gaelic football and hurling
Quebec City hosted the rough-and-tumble Gaelic games on September 3 on the Parc Victoria soccer fields. The Pub Galway Patriotes showcased Gaelic football and hurling, Ireland’s two official sports. Teams…
Valcartier BBQ a sold-out success
The Labour Day Chicken BBQ in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was, once again, a sold-out success. Hundreds of half-chickens were slow-cooked over coals and served with salads and the ever-popular homemade barbecue sauce. The…
Lake Témiscouata at break of dawn
Summer is leaving us. The geese are preparing to leave, to fly south. Soon the leaves will change their colours, telling us fall is here. Fall is a beautiful season. It’s…
100th anniversary of Gare du Palais
The centennial of the Gare du Palais was marked on August 24 by a ceremony and the unveiling of a plaque by Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social…
Rummaging through the Monastère des Augustines
Anyone wanting to own a piece of history lined up at the Monastère des Augustines to peruse the objects in the monastery’s first official odds-and-ends sale at the national historic…
Working on the railways
Officials gathered last week at the VIA Rail station in Old Quebec to mark the centennial of the ribbon-snip for the brand-new Gare du Palais train station.A gorgeous bit of…
Jack Tewksbury: from the QCT to the Golden Globe Awards!
This unusual story all started with an email enquiry from a reporter with the Los Angeles Times, who wrote, “Jack Tewksbury is a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866The Morning ChronicleA rather cool thing in burglary was done the other day at Montmorency. Two men smashed the door of a house, probably knowing the master was away from…
QAC auditioning for A Streetcar Named Desire
Having produced several light-hearted plays, the Quebec Art Company (QAC) is turning to a more serious drama for its fall production, Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. This well-known drama is…