Skating or skiing without seeing where you’re going may sound like a daunting experience, but Simon Tremblay is used to it. Tremblay, who is blind from birth, took the silver…
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Big Mountain Battle on Mont-Sainte-Anne
On March 8, the Mont-Sainte-Anne ski resort hosted the Helly Hansen Big Mountain Battle, a three-hour scavenger hunt. Battles are held at eight ski resorts across North America with a…
ESL students make the news in Thetford Mines
Deep inside a maze of hallways at the Cégep de Thetford Mines, more than a dozen ambitious adults are working to improve their English skills. The students in the Cégep’s…
Electricity in the air at auto show
The Salon de l’Auto de Québec drew hundreds of people out to the Centre des Foires de Québec this past week, from vintage-car enthusiasts like the members of Quebec-based Club…
Couillard and Liberals call for change
In reaction to the Parti Québécois’ call for a provincial election on April 7, the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) held a well-attended press conference on March 5.PLQ leader Philippe Couillard…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning ChronicleAs we anticipated, the musical soiree at the Music Hall under the auspices of the St. Patrick’s Catholic and Literary Institute, met with the most unbounded success. There…
Tanya Morand presents Entangled City Rambles
Quebec City artist Tanya Morand is presenting an exhibit of her recent works called Entangled City Rambles (Dédales urbains entrelacés) at the Aliette-Marchand library, 243 Pierre-Bertrand Boulevard, from March 5…
Upcoming Events for the Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation
This spring, the Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation, in collaboration with the Saint Brigid’sHome Foundation, will host the fourth annual Cultural Interlude at the lovely DomaineCataraqui in Sillery. The event, to…
Local athletes impress in Pentathlon des neiges School Challenge
Howie the Husky was hard to miss last Wednesday afternoon as hundreds of elementary school athletes took over the Plains of Abraham during the Pentathlon des neiges School Challenge. The…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864The Morning Chronicle On Saturday morning, about half-past seven o’clock, several carters who were standing at the corner of Notre Dame and Sous-le-Fort streets, Lower Town, heard faint cries as of…