It is officially summertime, which means the QCT’s annual mystery photo series is back. This year, as a nod to the paper’s 250th anniversary, we will ask you to identify…
Sharon passed away on July 29, 2014, in Quebec City following a brain hemorrhage. She is predeceased by her parents, George and Inez Runge, three sisters (in infancy) Shirley, Mavis,…
June 23, 1928 – July 29, 2014Suddenly on Tuesday, July 29, at his home in Westmount. Born in Arvida, son of Eileen O’Gallagher and Leander Conway. Spent his youth in…
We have T-shirts from our recent 250th anniversary celebrations for sale at the modest price of $15 + $2.25 taxes = $17.25 + mailing expense (cost varies, depending on number…
Jazz occupies a favoured place on Quebec’s musical landscape. Montreal inaugurated its internationally acclaimed annual jazz festival in 1980 and in 2007, both Quebec City and Lévis launched theirs. Lévis’…
It was in 1867 that Edward Staveley drew up plans for St. Mary’s Chapel to be erected in Sainte-Pétronille on the Île d’Orléans. Little did he imagine that in 2014…
The première performance of the Cirque de Soleil’s new show, Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities, opened last Friday evening under the big blue-and-yellow striped tent at the city’s Old Port….
Excitement’s in the air in downtown Quebec City and at Mont-Sainte-Anne a few hours before the start of the Vélirium activities running from July 31 to August 3. Whether in…
1864The Morning ChronicleWe hear the story of a lady who was staying with her husband at a hotel. In the night, the husband was taken very ill with spasm in…
Rue Bell is named after Matthew Bell (1769-1849), a Quebec City businessman, landowner, and elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.Matthew Bell was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed in England….