Rebecca Boucher moved to Quebec City three years ago. She and her husband Philippe Boucher now have two children. Rebecca is encouraging people to join her in the CIBC Run…
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Celtic Festival pitches in at Capitale’s ball game
The Festival Celtique de Québec is off and running this week, in more ways than one! To “pitch” the upcoming festival, many members of the organizing committee and volunteers attended…
Videotron Centre exceeds all expectations
Over the Labour Day weekend, Quebec’s new Videotron Centre opened its doors to people eager to visit the state-of-the-art, multi-purpose amphitheatre. From September 3 to 7, over 150,000 visitors passed…
Arts in Action series begins with Port-O-Swing dancing workshop
The Morrin Centre, Quebec City’s English-language cultural centre, will host a swing dancing workshop led by the Port-O-Swing dance school on Saturday, September 12, starting at 7:30 p.m., as the…
Madonna coming to the Videotron Centre
Madonna will be playing at the newly-opening Videotron Centre on Monday, September 21, at 8:00 p.m. as part of her 35-city Rebel Heart Tour, which started in Miami in August…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865The Morning ChronicleOn Monday afternoon, just as the Richelieu Company’s steamer was about to leave the Napoleon wharf, a well-dressed individual rushed through the crowd of spectators with frantic haste…
The story behind Rue Joseph-B.-Forsyth
Rue Joseph-B.-Forsyth in Cap-Rouge is named in honour of Joseph Bell Forsyth (1830-1913). Born in Quebec City, he was the son of James Bell Forsyth and Frances Bell. In 1855,…
LGBT Quebecers show their colours at the Fête Arc-en-Ciel
The rainbow flag flew high over City Hall and Rue Saint-Jean was splashed with rainbow-coloured paint as the Fête Arc-en-Ciel, Quebec City’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride festival,…
Trinity Church’s organist celebrates 20 years at the console
On Sunday, September 6, the congregation of Trinity Anglican Church in Sainte-Foy honoured Serge Laliberté, who has been the organist at their church for 20 years. Laliberté said, “I arrived…
Teens amaze at Magic Festival
Stage magic has gone beyond the stereotyped image of a dapperly dressed man conjuring rabbits from nowhere. Just ask Neil Croswell – he prefers birds. Croswell, a Toronto-based magician and past…