Catherine Laquerre will represent Canada during the international trade mission to China from July 28 to August 13, 2016. Selected from amongst hundreds of candidates by Global Vision (www.globalvision.ca) to…
Easter would not be complete without something sweet. Make that “something” a typically Québécois product – tire sur neige (hot maple syrup poured on snow = maple taffy) – and…
On March 14, Irish Heritage Quebec hosted a talk on the predominantly Irish neighbourhood that existed between 1947 and 1975 around Scott Street, now called Rue de l’Amérique-Française. The walk…
Mary-Kathryn Stevens-Toffin concluded Holy Trinity’s Petite Série with a grand finale performance on March 24. Violist Stevens-Toffin is well known on the Quebec City music scene. She has been a permanent…
On March 15, 2016, David Christopher was sworn in as the new mayor of Beaumont, Quebec. The municipality has a population of about 2,700 and in the summer, because of…
Marie-Claire Kirkland (1924 – 2016) was a Quebec lawyer, judge and politician, and a woman of “firsts.” She was the first woman elected to the Quebec Legislative Assembly, the first…
The seventh annual Défilé de la Saint-Patrick paraded into Old Quebec City on Saturday, March 19, charming the thousands of residents and visitors who crowded the sidewalks all the way…
Students of the Eastern Québec Learning Centre (EQLC) faced off on a new challenge on March 17, and it’s one that they may not be used to preparing for –…
The Festival d’Été de Québec (FEQ) recently launched its eagerly awaited 2016 programming simultaneously at a press conference and on the Festival’s website via video. For music lovers, watching the…
1866The Morning ChronicleEaster – April 1st – St. Patrick’s Church was the scene of a fearful panic at the Easter High Mass. An unfortunate fellow, suffering, it is said, under…