After 15 years of success, the Quebec City International Festival of Military Bands has been forced to cancel all future events. This sad decision by the board of directors is…
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Quebec City families finally get the fair they’ve been waiting for
It’s hard to believe that the Parents and Kids Fair is celebrating its inaugural year in Quebec City. But, 22 years after what is now recognized as the BIGGEST consumer…
TD Canadian Children’s Book Week – The magic of children’s books and reading
May 3 to May 10 is TD Canadian Children’s Book Week, bringing the magic of books and reading to children all across Canada. Thirty-one authors, illustrators and storytellers will be…
Dancing in the streets with Québec en danse
Last Saturday in downtown Quebec City, it seemed as if spring had taken a day off. Gusts of wind and cold rain battered tables and chairs on empty café-terraces. But…
The Thrift at St. Michael’s – May 3, 2014
Come to the Thrift!Greetings! St Michael’s Church, 1800 Chemin Saint-Louis, will hold its monthly sale, The Thrift, Saturday, May 3 from 10:30 to 1 p.m. Clothing, jewellery, English and French books for children and adults, dishware, household goods,…
Barber ‘N’ BBQ
An amazing event was held on April 24 at CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence. Indeed, a determined group of P.W. Sims Business students organized a joyful BBQ lunch to celebrate the coming of…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864The Morning ChronicleWhere is it? We find the following paragraph going the rounds of our contemporaries. We should like to know where the rich “placer” therein alluded to, is to…
David Bircher’s portraits of Quebec City
David Bircher has published his first book, Québec Portrait, A photographic monograph, which shows the changing face of Quebec City between 1965 and 1980.The large-format bilingual book contains 42 high-quality…
Quebec heritage group wins prestigious digital mapping award
The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) is delighted to announce that its website ‘Mapping the Mosaic’ has just been awarded first prize by the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS)…
Where’s the fire?
The Cathedral Close. Five o’clock on a cloudless Easter morning. Bishop Dennis Drainville, Dean Christian Schreiner and 36 parishioners have gathered around a small fire, awaiting the sunrise service. All…