Champagne, fois gras and lobster are not normally associated with picnics. Neither are evening gowns and feathered hats. But the Dîner en Blanc is no ordinary picnic; it is in…
To mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, the Royal 22e Régiment Museum at the Quebec Citadel is hosting an exhibit of 20 paintings on…
Last Thursday, August 14, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM), directed by Kent Nagano, held an amazing concert on the Esplanade of the Olympic Stadium before a standing-room-only crowd of…
What more wonderful way to visit the opening of Expo Québec on August 15 than by viewing it from a platform suspended by a crane some 150 feet above the…
Philippe Moussette’s enthusiasm for photography and his knowledge of the subject kept his audience on the edge of their chairs during his recent presentation at the Roger Lemelin Library in…
Living in the Montcalm district near Église Saint-Dominique, I am daily treated to the sound of bells as they mark the hours from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., preceded by…
It was a beer drinker’s heaven from August 14 to 17 at the fifth annual Festibière de Québec at the Espace 400e. Eight microbreweries, two breweries and one cider house…
It wasn’t the score they wanted, but the 100 or so rugby fans packed into the Galway Pub on Sunday afternoon still went home happy. The Canadian women’s rugby team,…
Does returning to school require eschewing the outdoors? Not necessarily. A growing body of research shows children learn better, have less behavioural problems, and perform better academically, when they learn…
This year the world is marking the 100th anniversary of its greatest maritime construction project: the Panama Canal that joins the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean at the 77 km-wide…