Almost exactly 350 years after the first horses arrived in New France from Europe, their successors raced around a slippery, heart-pounding course in the heart of downtown Quebec City. The…
1865The Morning ChronicleOn Saturday evening a rather extraordinary exhibition of rowdyism took place in St. John street within the gate coupled with an equally odd manifestation of police activity! The…
The ice slide on the Plains of Abraham is slowly being dismantled, the snow sculptures knocked down and the shot glasses made of ice packed away for another year. The…
Rue Guiana, a short street in Cap-Rouge, was named after the Guiana, a ship built in the shipyard of George Black located at l’anse du Cap Rouge, at the mouth…
The Winter Carnival night parade presented a lively spectacle for families, friends, and visitors, in spite of freezing temperatures that felt like -24ºC. The voices and accents along the route…
A symphony hall may not seem like the most natural location for a traditional kitchen party, but Quebec folk fusion legends La Bottine Souriante brought a dose of homey warmth…
Located in the village of Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Les Sept-Chutes has closed as of 2015, after operating for 30 years as one of the area’s major tourist attractions and a popular park…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in town on February 12 and 13, during which time he and Bonhomme Carnaval met at the Hôtel de Glace in Charlesbourg. On his two-day…
After months of intense and difficult negotiations with Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette, Quebec’s English-speaking community obtained important changes to Bill 10. These changes to the health-reform law will preserve…
Though she was born in Brantford, Ontario, Sarah Barclay has lived in La Belle Province for 20 years and considers Mont-Sainte-Anne home. Her family moved to the area, where Sarah…