On the night of July 31, 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau, a Nazi concentration and extermination camp in occupied Poland. Such daring attempts were very rare – and successful…
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Morrin Centre holding a student film contest
The Morrin Centre, Quebec City’s English-language cultural centre, recently received a media conference grant from Canadian Heritage, with the goal of examining and promoting Linguistic Duality. Part of the project…
David Parker scores with his hockey-inspired music
The Morrin Centre welcomed Dave Parker and his musicians last Saturday. The evening was special, featuring Parker’s talented band and his take on hockey history, a subject dear to many…
A shootout at the Saint-Tite rodeo arena
Best known for its large annual rodeo, the small town of Saint-Tite (population 4,000), 30 kms northeast of Shawinigan, welcomed the first ever Winter Classic outdoor hockey games with three…
Festi-Volant in Grandes-Piles, “So much fun!”
While at the Outdoor Classic hockey game in Saint-Tite, Diane Kameen and her husband Daniel Jobin stayed at their favourite bed and breakfast, La Capitainerie du Passant, overlooking the St….
News Digest January 21 2015
Issue January 21, 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…
Giant lampshades brighten Avenue Cartier
In the heart of the Quartier des arts, Avenue Cartier is aglow every evening with the light from 17 pairs of giant lamps. Thirty-four works of art now illuminate the…
Will Bill 10 amendments save our institutions? Perhaps not
While leaders in Quebec’s English-speaking community were cautiously optimistic in early December that amendments to Quebec’s health reform would allow the community to maintain an acceptable level of input and…
Champlain–St. Lawrence Campus welcomes Edward Berryman
Champlain Regional College (CRC) recently welcomed its new campus director, Edward Berryman, to head Champlain-St. Lawrence Campus in Quebec City. The QCT met with him in early January as he…
Quebec City to help rebuild Haitian firehouse
In less than a minute, a city of over four million people was almost completely razed to the ground. It was January 12, 2010, just before five o’clock in the…