Queen Elizabeth II recently celebrated her 90th birthday. Reigning through six decades, she is Britain’s longest-lived reigning monarch and the world’s oldest reigning monarch. She is also the Queen of…
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Thrills and excitement on the diamond despite the rain
Last weekend Team Cuba completed their first of five sets of baseball matches in their Can-Am League tour. Introduced to fans for the first time in Quebec City on Thursday…
Lifelong Learning Brewery tour: So that’s how it’s made!
We’re never too old to learn about what takes place around us and the Lifelong Learners Program is proof of this. The group’s last event of the season, on June…
A neighbourly bazaar in Limoilou
The 9th annual Grand Bazar des Ruelles (Big Alley Bazaar) took place in back alleys and streets in the heart of Limoilou over the weekend on Saturday, June 11, 2016….
Mamma Mia! What a show!
St. Patrick’s High School seniors put on an adaptation of British playwright Catherine Johnson’s musical hit Mamma Mia! which is based on the music of the Swedish pop group ABBA….
Observatoire de la Capitale broadens its Horizons
On May 30, the Observatoire de la Capitale opened its new Horizons exhibit on the 31st floor of the Marie-Guyart building, known to many simply as “Complexe G.” The creator,…
A Cultural Interlude at the Domaine Cataraqui
On a rainy Sunday afternoon, some 65 people gathered at the historic Domaine Cataraqui in Sillery for the fifth annual Cultural Interlude, a fundraiser for the Jeffery Hale Foundation and…
Floralies Jouvence donates $500 to replace stolen plants at Ste-Foy Elementary School
On May 27, students and staff arrived at Ste-Foy Elementary to find that the potted plants and tropical trees had been stolen from the front steps of the school. The…
The story behind Rue Michael-Connolly
Rue Michael-Connolly, in the Sainte-Foy district of Quebec City, was named in honour of Michael Connolly (1794-1884), who was born in Wexford, Ireland. He was just a young boy when…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866The Morning ChronicleThe formal inauguration of the new and extensive premises added in the course of last winter to the St. Louis Hotel, St. Lewis street, took place yesterday afternoon….