On June 20, the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (CALQ) and the Conseil de la Culture des Régions de Québec et de Chaudière-Appalaches presented the 2015 Prix…
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Place éphémère Charles-H.-Blais inaugurated in Sillery
The City of Quebec is enhancing many of its public spaces this summer. On June 23, the Place éphémère Charles-H.-Blais was inaugurated in front of the library named after the…
Église Saint-Charles parvis gets a second life
It’s surprising what we can accomplish when we come together” said administrator Carolyne Bolduc, one of the four creators of the community organization Espaces d’initiatives, whose mission lies in transforming…
Valcartier residents visit Grosse Île
Two bus loads of hardy travellers from Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, including 239-year-old John Neilson, travelled to Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site on June 18. The 58 passengers left…
Wendake: new site, new tastes and honouring traditions
It was hard not to notice something different about the venue of the traditional dancing component of the Wendake Pow Wow last week.In fact, “A month ago, the new celebratory…
Sailboats prepare to compete in the Transat Québec Saint-Malo
“There is excitement in the air! Just a few days to go before over two dozen ocean-going sailboats depart from Quebec City in the competition to reach Saint-Malo, France. From…
Quebec High School Graduates embrace the “Q-Force”
It was a packed house at Quebec High School (QHS) for last week’s graduation ceremony, where 83 mortarboards were jubilantly tossed in the air in front of friends and family….
Iron Bars and Bookshelves launched at the Morrin Centre
Have you ever walked the halls of the historic Morrin Centre and felt an unexplained presence? Have you ever thought to yourself: If only these walls could talk?The answer to…
The QCT wishes Shirley Nadeau a happy retirement
We take the occasion this week to pay tribute to the woman whose name has appeared in this paper for the past six years and who, during that time, has…
Shakey Graves shook Le Cercle
Quebecers got a little taste of Texas on June 21 from Alejandro Rose-Garcia, a.k.a. Shakey Graves, at Le Cercle on Rue Saint-Joseph. Being from the Lone Star State, Shakey often…