This is the third of four weekly articles to appear in the QCT in the run-up to the General Election on 19 October. The titles for the first two were:…
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The impact of the Liberal Party fiscal plan on Quebec City
On September 28, Jean-Yves Duclos, federal Liberal candidate for the riding of Quebec, presented his party’s fiscal plan and its impact on Quebec City. Those following the federal election campaign…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865The Morning ChronicleThe corner-stone of St. Matthew’s Parsonage is to be laid at Mount Pleasant today at four o’clock p.m. punctually. Should the weather prove unfavorable, the ceremony will take…
Annick Papillon encourages people to get out and vote
From her riding office in Saint-Roch, Annick Papillon can see hip offices of Quebec tech startups as well as gritty, low-rent apartments. The invisible line that runs through the neighbourhood,…
Fall Celebration at the Quebec Citadelle
The Plains of Abraham again echoed with the sounds of battles fought on its soil when modern-day cannons at the Quebec Citadelle fired a 21-gun salute for His Excellency David…
St. Michael’s Church concert features organ, circus and tango!
On Michaelmas, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, September 29, parishioners and the general public filled St. Michael’s Church in Sillery for a benefit concert. The organ was the…
Battles 1759-1760 unveiled at Plains of Abraham Museum
During its 15-year run, some 300,000 visitors viewed Odyssey: A journey through history on the Plains of Abraham, an exhibit located at the Plains of Abraham Museum (formerly known as…
Le Monastère des Augustines officially open
On September 30, the Augustinian Sisters of Québec officially opened Le Monastère des Augustines, now transformed into a “haven of heritage, culture and wellness” with a new vocation as a…
Alan Stairs: The piping farmer of Tewkesbury
Alan Stairs is usually seen dressed in his 78th Fraser Highland uniform with his bagpipes slung under one arm while he plays an assortment of marches, slow marches, jigs and…
Happy 50th anniversary! Congratulations to Jim and Margaret Oman
Congratulations to Margaret and Jim Oman who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a garden party at their home with family and friends. It was a perfect day with…