In a recent press release, SPA Canada said it is relieved to hear that horses will not be forced to pull carriages in the streets of Montreal this summer. According…
Eating out is supposed to provide a pleasurable break from the chore of cooking. However, in recent decades food culture has grown to epic proportions and local food is the…
The last concert of the 2015-2016 season of the Club Musical de Québec was an absolute, three-star treat – with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra of San Francisco directed by Nicholas…
While sitting on the balcony enjoying the warmth of the sun on my face last weekend, I quickly forgot the rigours of the long winter. A pair of crows flying…
After almost a decade of prevarication, some forty shabby-looking military houses and apartment buildings lining Boulevard Hochelaga behind the shopping centres in Sainte-Foy are soon to be demolished to make…
On May 21, the YWCA on Avenue Holland held its annual Jardin Pour Soi/Great Plant Sale. Over 2,000 herbs, flowers, vegetables and medicinal plants were on display for sale. For…
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” ~ Ralph Waldo EmersonPlease pull this weed… and eat it.When little yellow flowers start popping up on our…
While passing by antique shops on Rue Saint-Paul, I was drawn to a poster in a window: Festival les Gosseux s’Exposent. I tried to figure out the poster showing a…
The Secondary IV and V students of Quebec High School’s music theatre class staged their presentation of Beauty and the Beast last weekend, in the school’s Webster Auditorium. As the room…
Stuart Wright celebrated his 90th birthday with style at the Quebec Garrison Club on May 10, 2016, surrounded by family and friends. The top hat, he explained, had been handed…