In Quebec City, Grande Allée was party central for those welcoming the New Year, topped off with fireworks at midnight. In London, England, crowds gathered to hear Big Ben ring…
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Invitation to a Burns Supper
The Fort St. Andrew’s Garrison of the 78th Fraser Highlanders, Quebec City invites you to a Burns supper on Saturday, January 24, 2015. Burns suppers are celebrations of the life…
Wanted, dead or alive, actors for the QAC spring production!!
January means audition time for the Quebec Art Company, Quebec City’s foremost English-language theatre group. Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead will be staged this spring, and at least…
Sir John A. Macdonald bicentennial celebrations
We Canadians have traditionally not done a very good job honouring our heroes, particularly past political leaders. Unlike our American and British cousins, and peoples in many other nations, we…
Crowning the Carnival Queen
You may not be finished your holiday shopping or your New Year’s Eve plans quite yet, but Winter Carnival time is right around the corner. On January 30, one of…
Historic Kent House is sold
One of the oldest buildings in Quebec City, located at the corner of Rue Saint-Louis and Rue Haldimand, was recently sold for $2.75 million. The new owners of Kent House,…
EQLC International Lunch a tasty treat for the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign
For the past 18 years, the students and staff of the Eastern Quebec Learning Centre (EQLC) have organized a lunch with an international flavour, the proceeds of which go toward…
CBC Radio One pitches in with Christmas Hamper efforts
As Christmas draws nearer, Quebec City’s English-speaking community is coming together once more to help families in need through the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign. With boxes full of groceries set…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864The Morning ChronicleWe take this opportunity of offering to our friends and fellow-citizens the compliments of the season. Another year is fast drawing to a close and we are happy…
The story behind the name of Rue Edward-Staveley
Edward Staveley (1795-1872) was a noted British surveyor and architect who was forced to leave England in disgrace in 1833, after embezzling a substantial amount of money from the Leicester…