It’s “the very busy season” for Laurent Godon – the ice-sculpting businessman from Mont-Tremblant who is also a pilot, boat enthusiast and former Guinness World Record holder for fastest ice…
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International Snow Sculpture Competition
Two weeks ago, Lidrissi Moulay Hicham had never touched snow.Hicham is a Moroccan painter based in Nice, France. He had no plans to come to Quebec until late January, when…
Valentine’s Tea in honour of our caregivers
Are you providing care for family members or friends, either nearby or far away? Perhaps you prepare meals, taxi loved ones to medical appointments, ensure their medication is taken as…
Team Canada marches proudly at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
The Canadian Olympic Team walked onto the world stage on February 7 dressed in the Hudson’s Bay official parade uniforms. Led by Hayley Wickenheiser, Canada’s flag bearer, the Canadian athletes…
James McPherson Le Moine’s memoirs launched at the Villa Bagatelle
Last Sunday, at Villa Bagatelle, the Presses de l’Université Laval launched Souvenirs et réminiscences/Glimpses & Reminiscences de James McPherson Le Moine. During the nineteenth century, Le Moine was one of…
Audrey Robichaud determined to have fun at second Olympics
For one horrible moment, Audrey Robichaud thought it might be all over. During a World Cup qualifying event in Calgary in January, the Quebec City skier partially tore a knee…
Memories of the Sillery Junction
Editor’s note: At the suggestion of reader Michel Leclerc, we requested information about the Sillery Junction/La Jonction de Sillery in the January 22, 2014, issue. Joe Lonergan was more than…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864The Morning ChronicleWe are informed that a considerable number of our citizens have been mulcted in the sum of seven cents [$1.00 in 2014] in order to pay postage for…
P.M. Stephen Harper drops by to see Bonhomme Carnaval
Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Quebec City on Thursday, February 6. In the morning he dropped by the Winter Carnival site on the Plains of Abraham and was given a…
Practising English with the QCT
For over ten years a group of retired Quebec City Francophones have been meeting twice a week to maintain and improve their English-language skills. Some of them originally met while…