1864The Morning Chronicle”Le Canadien” of last evening says that it had learned by telegraphic dispatch that the Reformatory at St. Vincent de Paul*, near Montreal, had been entirely destroyed by…
On Sunday, August 3, descendants of original pioneer families who toiled for a century and more to create farms from wilderness where Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Valcartier now stands, met…
Spellbinding costumes literally stopped pedestrian traffic in the Lower Town. A young apprentice learns the craft of stone-cutting at the Tailleurs de Pierre workshop. The stonecutters were hard at work making…
You never know when and where you’re going to run into someone from your home town.While visiting the Arts et Reflects symposium in Château Richer last Friday, August 8, I…
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity recently announced that, due to popular demand, one more concert has been added to the Midi en Musique concert series to close their season….
Voice of English-speaking Québec (VEQ) and Be Active Québec (BAQ) invited Fit & Fun English Summer Day Camp campers and their families to an end-of-summer party at St. Vincent’s Elementary…
When you think of wild-harvested foods, do you envision the bounty in the watery wilds? You are thinking of the world’s largest wild food source – based on the size…
A charming ceremony took place recently at Chalmers-Wesley United Church in the Old City. Jeanne Alma, the infant daughter of Elisa-Maude McConnell and Pierre-Olivier Gaudet, was baptised. Little Jeanne looked…
Following a downpour of monsoon-like proportions last Thursday evening (which led to their first cancellation of the season) the Repercussion Theatre Group took to the stage to perform Harry the…
Betty Baldwin (1889-1981), a renowned artist, was born Elizabeth Smiles in Leeds, England. She was the daughter of William F. Smiles, also an artist. At a very young age, Betty…