The Ville de Québec recently installed the sculpture Canot à glace at Pointe-à-Carcy overlooking the St. Lawrence River, where the famous ice-canoe races take place every winter. Canot à glace, by…
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More hidden treasures in the Museum of Geology
Well hidden in the austere and scientific atmosphere of the engineering department at Université Laval is one of the best-kept secrets of Quebec City, the Musée de Géologie René-Bureau. Set…
Douglas Coupland launches 3-D printing project at Simons
Shoppers and curiosity seekers alike crowded around a banner announcing “3DCanada” at the original Maison Simons in Old Quebec, momentarily forgetting the Festival d’Été and the outdoor circus that is…
A special passion for horses
Getting on a horse’s back gives some special riders the feeling of walking for the first time, being free of their wheelchair and feeling the wind in their hair.Annick Bedard…
Discover the delicate charm of Henry–Stuart House
Discreetly tucked behind a fence and sheltered by trees and shrubs at the corner of Grande Allée and Avenue Cartier is the charming white cottage known as the Maison Henry–Stuart. The…
Frampton: forget me not …
These few words keep me going back to Frampton, a small town 75 kms south of Quebec City. Every year, Springbrook, the hill on which sits Christ Church and cemetery,…
Leclerc family reunion in August
The Association des Familles Leclerc, Le Clerc, Leclair, Leclaire and Leclère will hold its 12th annual reunion on Saturday, August 8, 2015, at the Donnacona Arena. Donnacona is also celebrating…
News Digest July 8 2015
Issue July 8, 2015 English News Serving Quebec City since 1764 since 1764, North America’s Oldest Newspaper *TMusing the most advanced news distribution method in over 246 years!Ipad version great for…
Canada Day fireworks almost fizzled out
Despite the rain and forbidding clouds, the fireworks celebrating Canada Day were set off in front of Grey Terrace on the Plains of Abraham as a few hundred brave souls…
Fraser-Lefebvre reunion in Quebec City
Some 100 members of the Fraser and Lefebvre families from across North America and the Old Country (Scotland and England) came together in Quebec City last weekend to walk in…