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Fred Cribb, Grand Marshall of the Défilé de la Saint-Patrick
The seventh annual Défilé de la Saint-Patrick is only 10 days away and members of the parade’s organizing committee have been hard at work getting all the bands and dancers,…
Joseph P. Sutcliffe named Knight of France’s Legion of Honour
Joseph Patrick Sutcliffe, 93, sat ramrod straight in his chair at a special ceremony held at the Charles Forbes branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in Quebec City on Friday,…
Marching for women’s rights
The féministes en colère (angry feminists) were raising awareness last Saturday about issues such as violence towards women, inequality, and education. The march outside the Patro Roc-Amadour community centre on…
Experience literature in a new way at ImagiNation 2016
From April 6 to 10, 2016, the Morrin Centre will host its seventh annual ImagiNation writers’ festival. This year, authors and their books will be presented in a new light…
Triple Author Event at Livres Trois Canons
On Wednesday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m., Livres Trois Canons bookstore* will present three authors – Chuck Carter, Andrew Caddell and Simon Jacobs – who will talk about their writing…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1866The Morning ChronicleAlarm in the City During the Night – The Threatened Fenian Invasion – Ten Thousand Active Volunteers for the Whole Province Called Out – The Entire Quebec Force…
The story behind Rue McMahon
Rue McMahon is named in honour of Father Patrick McMahon (1796-1851). Originally from Ireland, McMahon arrived in Quebec with his family in 1817 and was ordained a priest at the…
Les Violons du Roy unveil their 2016-2017 program
On Tuesday, March 1, the 2016-2017 lineup for Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec was announced to a standing-room-only crowd at the Palais Montcalm, by Astrid Chouinard,…
Grosse Île 1847-1848: “We Rise Again”
In the summertime, my wife (Mary Moseychuck, a proud Cape Bretoner) and I often travel back “home” to Cape Breton. While there, we frolic on Kelly’s Mountain or around the…