Artists like Alaclair Ensemble, Claude Dubois, Marie-Mai and Marie Denise Pelletier performed at the Grand Spectacle de la Fête Nationale du Québec on the Plains of Abraham. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Blue skies and big shows for La Saint-Jean on the Plains Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com When June 24 rolls around, French Canadians paint the country blue and white. In Quebec, fleurdelysés…
The big circle and small circle, in which the audience members were invited to participate, turned in opposite directions – like the balance of life. (photo by Oksana Mukhina) Pow Wow draws crowds of thousands to Wendake Oksana Mukhina oksana@qctonline.com The volunteers raise a hand with three fingers – meaning there are three new places in the audience at…
COMMENTARY: Quebec hardware upstart Canac defies American-owned giants Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com There’s just something about a hardware store. Whereas some folks (to whom you might be married or otherwise attached)…
Boul. Laurier has become a massive trench as preparatory work for the tramway proceeds. (Photo from Ville de Québec) TRAM TRACKER: Tramway construction traffic ‘relatively stable’ as work ramps up Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com With no less than nine tramway-related construction sites underway around the…
CAQ moves ‘third link’ forward with ‘call for interest’ Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com After at least a decade of promises, multiple concepts, general op- position and…
250 YEARS OF U.S. INDEPENDENCE Part 4 – This Land is Your Land Charles André Nadeau canadeau@qctonline.com This is the last of a series of four articles which argue that…
Memorials and Things of Fame Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce lorie@qctonline.com July 3, 1766 – The Quebec Gazette Saturday the 28th ult. At 11 o’clock in the…
“Love team” Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera relax on a bench in Old Quebec during the shooting of Remember. (Photo from Marian Rivera via Facebook) Filipino community excited about “blockbuster” film shot in city Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com The recent filming of a movie starring two of the biggest stars in…
Université Laval political science student Emma-Jeanne Marchand, Québec-Centre MP Jean-Yves Duclos; Canadian Commission for UNESCO representative Vanessa Poulin- Gladu, Wendake Grand Chief Pierre Picard; Mayor Bruno Marchand; Minister responsible for the Capitale-Nationale region, Jean-François Simard,Jean-Philippe Messier of the Manicouagan-Uapishka world biosphere reserve, and the co-spokesperson du Mois des droits des enfants, Romane Durand-Goyette, addressed what it meant to them to have Quebec City recognized as a UNESCO Biosphere Region. (Photo by Danielle Burns) Quebec City scores a UNESCO hat trick with designation as a Biosphere Region Danielle Burns danielle@qctonline.com The greater Quebec City area and Wendake are now recognized as a UNESCO Biosphere…
Joe Lonergan stopped at the grave of Irish Heritage Quebec founder Marianna O’Gallagher to remember her many achievements and contributions to the Irish community. (Photo by Danielle Burns) Irish Heritage Quebec gets grant to develop audio tour of cemetery Ruby Pratka Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative editor@qctonline.com The guided tours of St. Patrick’s Cemetery given by Irish Heritage…