Battle of the Atlantic SundayEach year on the first Sunday in May, Canada and its naval community commemorate those lost at sea in the longest single campaign of the Second…
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Quebecers come together to support Nepal
Several hundred people gathered on Saturday in L’Anse-à-Cartier park in Limoilou for a solidarity rally, fundraiser and fun run in support of people affected by last week’s earthquake in Nepal. The…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865The Morning ChronicleMany of our French Canadian contemporaries are in the habit of drawing wholesale upon our general and special telegraphic dispatches without giving us credit. We think they ought…
QHS’s Footloose takes all the right steps
Quebec High School’s musical theatre students gave their all at their year-end production of the musical Footloose. The show opened May 1 in the school’s Webster Auditorium to a capacity…
Champlain–St. Lawrence honours its top athletes
Champlain-St. Lawrence honoured its top athletes during its annual sports banquet on April 30. Many athletes were given awards for their academic performance as well as for their athletic performances. Karine…
It’s a Princess!!!
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate, are the proud parents of their second child, a Royal Princess, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, born on Saturday morning, May 2,…
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue Aberdeen
Rue Aberdeen is named in honour of John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon (1847-1934), who was known as the Earl of Aberdeen. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and his full title was…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: St. Michael’s Church Hall
I am sorry that I was not able to attend the service [at St. Michael’s Church] on April 19 when the plaque honouring the five parishioners who lost their lives in…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Quebec Caribous 40 years later
The Quebec Caribous 40 years laterI was so surprised to read the article on the Québec Caribous. I was one of their most faithful fans. We (my two girlfriends and I)…
An evening in Italy at St. Andrew’s Church
Tempêtes et Passions, Quebec City’s lyrical opera company, presented I Gondolieri: Voyage en Italie, an operatic voyage through Italy, to a sold-out audience at St. Andrew’s Church in the Old…