Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! There will be no paper on Dec. 24 or 31 while the QCT staff take a well-deserved break. Enjoy this special edition in the meantime! We’ll be back on Jan. 7, 2026, for our 262nd year of publication! 
Hundreds of elves spread holiday joy with charity run Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Early on Dec. 13, Santa Claus, his elves and even a Grinch were spotted in the streets of…
COMMENTARY: 2025 ranks as one of most disruptive years in recent memory Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com It may not be in the same league as 1914, 1939, 1989 or 2001, but…
The city hopes to make snow removal more efficient and therefore less costly with the use of telemetry. (Photo from Ville de Québec) City spends big on snow removal and Boulevard 2.0 plans Peter Black, Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com The traditional tools for removing snow from streets, sidewalks, driveways and the…
Christmas bells will ring at Église Notre-Dame des Victoires after all. In early October, the QCT reported that the church, the oldest stone church still standing in North America, would close until the beginning of the 2026 tourist season due to cost-cutting measures. However, a last-minute “wave of generosity” has allowed the church to open for midnight mass on Christmas Eve, the Notre-Dame de Québec parish wrote on its Facebook page on Dec. 11. Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix will lead the service. The 160 seats in the church will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis starting when the doors open at 11:15 p.m. Those who arrive afterspacerunsoutwillbedirectedupthehilltotheBasilique-CathédraleNotre-DamedeQuébec,acrossfromCityHall. (RP-LJI) Notre-Dame des Victoires to host midnight mass after last-minute “wave of generosity”…
Provisions Inc. on Ave. Cartier was decorated for its pre-Christmas grand reopening. (Photo by Peter Black) Ave. Cartier’s popular Provisions Inc. grocery reopens in time for Christmas Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com It may be a stretch to call it a Christmas miracle,…
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce lorie@qctonline.com December 21, 1780 – The Quebec Gazette Poet’s Corner – On Christmas O blessed season…
First woman to direct fire department takes over under cloud Ruby Pratka Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative editor@qctonline.com The first woman to lead Quebec City’s fire department is taking office…
Liberal health critic Marc Tanguay (centre) speaks alongside Université Laval medical students Edouard Rochefort and Raphaëlle Lauzon, some of the initiators of the petition against Bill 2, announcing the tabling of the petition on Dec. 10. (Screenshot from National Assembly) Family doctors reach tentative agreement with government over Bill 2 Ruby Pratka Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative editor@qctonline.com The province’s nearly 11,000 family doctors will vote on a new collective…